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THIS WAY OUT
the international gay & lesbian radio magazine
RUNDOWN for Program #988, distributed 03/05/07
(hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle)
A gay Nicaraguan asylum-seeker fails his sexuality test;
Dance hall beats assault Jamaican queers;
A partial pension plan victory resolves Canadian parity problems,
Italy's Prodi swims by sinking same-gender partnerships, activists say
African LGBT people are "Off the Map" for HIV services, a disabled gay
Iraq vet leads the Congressional charge against DA/DT, and more news
Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity . . . . . . . . . . 1:13
SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": A partial victory in the Supreme Court for Canada
Pension Plan benefits for surviving partners of lesbian and gay couples may be
the last great battle for queer equality in that country; Italian Prime
Minister Romano Prodi survives a political crisis, but apparently only after
jettisoning his promised bill for legal recognition of lesbigay couples;
Australia's historically LGBT-hostile Prime Minister John Howard says he'll consider
limited legal rights for same-gender couples, but many queer activists are
skeptical, while an estimated 350,000 spectators cheer the 29th annual Sydney Gay
and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade; a new report by the International Gay and
Lesbian Human Rights Commission says that homophobia is seriously undermining the
battle against HIV/AIDS in Africa, while a gay man in Cameroon who had
languished in prison for two years is rescued by human rights groups, and Nigerian
lawmakers are reportedly continuing to fast track the most anti-queer legislation
in the world; Eric Alva, the first member of the U.S. military wounded in
Iraq, comes out to help reintroduce a bill in Congress to repeal the Pentagon's
notorious "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, and Christian Chavez, a member of the
popular Spanish-language singing group RBD, also comes out after photos of
his Canadian marriage to another man surface on the Internet (written by GREG
GORDON, with thanks to LUCIA CHAPPELLE, GRAHAM UNDERHILL and REX WOCKNER with
BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by CHARLS HALL and SHERI LUNN) [10:32] +
Jamaica then and now/Part 2 billboard [:12] . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:44
SEGMENT #2 - If there were a reward for being queer, would you be able to
prove your eligibility? When a young NICARAGUAN gay man named ALVARO OROZCO
applied for asylum in CANADA last month, the 21-year-old's request was denied
because the immigration judge believed he was lying about his sexual orientation.
This Way Out correspondent HEATHER KITCHING ["Queer FM" on CITR/Vancouver]
spoke to Orozco's attorney EL-FAROUK KHAKI about his client's heart-rending
story, and the renewed efforts to save him from a cruel fate . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 7:59
[http://orangehabitat.com/alvaro/]
SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by comedian MARGARET CHO [:12] (over instrumental
intro music) + Two years ago GARETH and KARLENE of J-FLAG, the JAMAICA FORUM
FOR LESBIANS, ALL-SEXUALS, AND GAYS, were sponsored by Amnesty International
and Human Rights Watch on a networking and lobbying tour of the U.S. Gareth and
Karlene spoke then about the intensely homophobic environment they faced, the
brutal murder of J-FLAG co-founder Brian Williamson, and their hopes to rally
international attention for their cause. This past Valentine's Day, Gareth
was one of four gay men forced to barricade themselves inside a ST. ANDREW'S
PARISH store, threatened by a violent mob of over 200 -- an incident that has
once again focused international attention on the anti-queer crisis in the
island nation. In a conversation with This Way Out's LUCIA CHAPPELLE during their
2005 visit, Gareth and Karlene who dare not use their last names
discussed a key component of Jamaican culture that continues to fuel violence against
lesbians and gay men today dance hall music - and how internationaal activism
has helped them in their struggle (concludes next week, with intro/outro
music from "Get Up, Stand Up" by PETER TOSH) [7:20] . . . . . . 7:32
[HPM@opm.gov.jm; admin@jflag.org; RevRobertGriffin@MCCchurch.net;
www.jflag.org]
Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:27
TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:55
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STATION PROMO COPY:
ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," A GAY NICARAGUAN ASYLUM-SEEKER
FAILS HIS "SEXUALITY" TEST, AND DANCE HALL BEATS ASSAULT JAMAICAN
QUEERS... IN OTHER NEWS, A PARTIAL PENSION PLAN VICTORY RESOLVES
CANADIAN PARITY PROBLEMS, PRODI SWIMS BY SINKING SAME-GENDER
PARTNERSHIPS, ACTIVISTS SAY AFRICAN LGBT PEOPLE ARE "OFF THE MAP" FOR
HIV/AIDS SERVICES, AND A DISABLED GAY IRAQ VET LEADS THE CONGRESSIONAL
CHARGE AGAINST "DON'T ASK/DON'T TELL."
THOSE STORIES - AND MORE THIS WEEK - WHEN YOU DISCOVER "THIS WAY OUT:
THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY RADIO MAGAZINE",
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