======================================== To listen to the current "This Way Out" online copy/paste into your browser www.outinamerica.com/arts/two.asp, click on the OIA link at www.thiswayout.org, or check the stations link there for our 150+ local broadcast affiliates ======================================== THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #984, distributed 02/05/07 (hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) A homeless epidemic traps queer youth on mean streets; A lesbian couple makes Mexican history while a persecuted Mexican gay man wins asylum in the US, Israel recognizes a gay couple's Canadian marriage - but in name only, Canada welcomes foreign spouses but criticizes UN discrimination, a Michigan court kills health benefits for partners of lesbigay public employees, and more global GLBT news Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity . . . . . . . . . . 1:05 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": Lesbian couple Karina Almaguer and Karla Lopez celebrate Mexico's first civil union, while a persecuted gay man from Mexico wins asylum in the United States; Israel's Interior Ministry records that country's first same-gender marriage ­ although it's Canadian â– while Canadians who marry their gay or lesbian partners abroad can now sponsor their spouses' immigration, and the Canadian government protests the rejection of a Quebec LGBT group's bid for "observer status" at the United Nations; Michigan's state Court of Appeals rules that provisions of a voter-passed constitutional amendment banning legal recognition of same-gender couples negates domestic partner benefits for the partners of lesbigay government workers; according to reports, the Liberal Party Government of P.M. John Howard will introduce legislation to deny legal recognition to one of the parents of a foreign child adopted by any lesbian or gay couple; and U.S. Vice Presidential daughter Mary Cheney says her pregnancy is not political (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to LUCIA CHAPPELLE, GRAHAM UNDERHILL and REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by CHRISTOPHER GAAL and CHARLS HALL) . . . . . . . . . . . 10:39 SEGMENT #2 - A new report released in the U.S. this week by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force in collaboration with the National Coalition for the Homeless says between 20 and 40 percent of homeless youth are lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender, and that conflicts at home over sexual orientation or gender identity are the driving force behind these disturbing statistics. It's been estimated that about 3 to 5 percent of the U.S. population identify as gay or lesbian, so these figures are grossly disproportionate, and there's no reason to believe the situation is any better elsewhere. The report, called "LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER YOUTH: AN EPIDEMIC OF HOMELESSNESS," addresses the harassment and violence that many of these young people experience in public shelters, and the specific impact on LGBT homeless youth of federal funding for so-called faith-based service providers. Homeless young people themselves, as well as service providers in Massachusetts, Michigan and New York discussed the problems, and some of the solutions, during a teleconference this week. Among those commenting: the study's author NICHOLAS RAY of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute; MICHAEL STOOPS, Executive Director of the U.S. National Coalition for the Homeless; queer homeless youth ANGELIKA TORRES and DILO CINTRON; National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Executive Director MATT FOREMAN; COLBY BERGER of Waltham House in Waltham, Massachusetts; GRACE McCLELLAND of the Ruth Ellis Center in Detroit, Michigan; and THERESA NOLAN of Green Chimneys in New York City [with DAVID BROWN's "Teen Freak" intro music and a :27 "TWO" I.D. by openly gay New Zealand cabinet minister CHRIS CARTER at 10:24 into this segment/22:08 into the program over transition music from "Homeless" by LADYSMITH BLACK MOMBAZO] . . . 15:43 [www.thetaskforce.org, www.nyacyouth.org] Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:28 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:55 ================================ * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," A HOMELESS EPIDEMIC TRAPS L-G-B-T YOUTH ON MEAN STREETS ­ A DISTURBING NEW REPORT OUTLINES THE PROBLEM AND OFFERS SOME SOLUTIONS... AND IN THE NEWS, A LESBIAN COUPLE MAKES MEXICAN HISTORY WHILE A PERSECUTED MEXICAN GAY MAN WINS ASYLUM IN THE U.S., ISRAEL RECOGNIZES A GAY COUPLE'S CANADIAN MARRIAGE - BUT IN NAME ONLY, CANADA WELCOMES FOREIGN SPOUSES BUT CRITICIZES U.N. DISCRIMINATION, AND A MICHIGAN COURT KILLS HEALTH BENEFITS FOR THE PARTNERS OF LESBIGAY PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. THOSE STORIES - AND MORE THIS WEEK - WHEN YOU TUNE IN TO "THIS WAY OUT: THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY RADIO MAGAZINE", ______________________________________ [DAY and TIME] HERE ON __________________________. 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