======================================== 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 click on AFFILIATE STATIONS for our 150+ local broadcast outlets ======================================== THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #1,021, distributed 10/22/07 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) PFLAG gets religion at its annual conference; A Latino parents study examines communication about anti-LGBT bullying; Euro-activists brave bombs and blockades in Lithuania, Lambda Istanbul fights the law for its life, national elections oust Poland's anti- queer government, Dumbledore's "outing" vexes witch-hunters, lesbigay's okay with Vietnamese students, and more global GLBT news => RUNDOWN <= Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity. . . . . . . . . . . 1:05 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": European LGBT activists overcome noxious smoke and government roadblocks to confer in Vilnius, Lithuania, while Istanbul authorities try to close down Turkey's leading queer rights group, but Singapore activists vow to keep fighting the anti-gay law that Parliament has left intact after revising the city-state's penal code to allow hetero anal and oral sex; Poland's rabidly-homophobic rightwing government is ousted by more moderate parties in national elections; both the UK and New Zealand issue same-gender union statistics; the latest Congressional machinations over ENDA appear to doom any transgender protections, even as President Bush's office confirms that he'll veto any form of anti-bias protections for sexual minorities; "Harry Potter" author JK Rowling defends her "outing" of Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore; and a Vietnamese newspaper calls Ho Chi Minh City young peoples' overwhelming acceptance of gays and lesbians "startling" (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by SHERI LUNN and RICK WATTS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:14 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for PFLAG feature (over instrumental start of this segments intro music) [:13] + The nonprofit national organization MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA has released a new study called “WHAT DOES GAY MEAN?: A SURVEY OF LATINO PARENTS' PERSPECTIVES ON BULLYING, SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND PREJUDICE”. Its results are both important and in some cases contradictory. Mental Health America says one of its goals is to help parents communicate with their children early and responsibly to reduce anti-queer prejudice and bullying. Gay Sacramento, California-based youth activist JESUS SANCHEZ, who grew up in South Texas, believes the findings of Mental Health America’s survey and thhe challenges it reveals about Latino parents and LGBT kids providee an important educational tool (with intro music from "What's So Funny 'bout Peace, Love and Understanding?" by ELVIS COSTELLO). . . . 7:12 [www.mentalhealthamerica.net/go/surveys] SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" Web Update Promo [voiced by SHERI LUNN] . . :18 SEGMENT #4 - PARENTS, FAMILIES, AND FRIENDS OF LESBIANS AND GAYS has primarily been a support group for the relatives of queer folk, and a strong ally in the political struggle for LGBT equality. Now P-FLAG is stepping outside its comfort zone to make its presence known in the pews of religious institutions. This Way Out correspondent SUSAN GAGE found out about the new initiative at the group’s recent annual conference outside Washington, DC (with comments by Akron, Ohio dad and RABBI DAVID HOROWITZ, PFLAG President JOHN CEPEK, openly gay U.S. Episcopal BISHOP V. GENE ROBINSON, “Silent Lives: How High A Price?” author SARA BOESSER, and an outro music reprise of "What's So Funny 'bout Peace, Love and Understanding?" by ELVIS COSTELLO) . . . . . . 8:38 [www.pflag.org] Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:17 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:57 =================================== * ============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," P-FLAG GETS RELIGION AT ITS ANNUAL CONFERENCE, AND A LATINO PARENTS SURVEY EXAMINES COMMUNICATION ABOUT ANTI-LGBT BULLYING... IN THE NEWS, EURO-ACTIVISTS BRAVE BOMBS AND BLOCKADES IN LITHUANIA, LAMBDA ISTANBUL FIGHTS THE LAW FOR ITS LIFE, NATIONAL ELECTIONS OUST POLAND'S ANTI-GAY GOVERNMENT, DUMBLEDORE'S "OUTING" VEXES WITCH-HUNTERS, AND LESBIGAY'S OKAY WITH VIETNAMESE STUDENTS. THOSE STORIES AND MORE THIS WEEK - WHEN YOU DISCOVER "THIS WAY OUTT: THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY RADIO MAGAZINE", ______________________________________ [DAY and TIME] HERE ON __________________________. [STATION] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can download broadcast quality audio files of our program each week free of charge at www.radio4all.net and www.indymedia.org. =================================================================== Most "This Way Out" operating expenses are funded by VOLUNTARY "PROGRAM ACQUISITION" PAYMENTS FROM YOU, OUR STATIONS, and through tax-deductible donations from our listeners. 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