======================================== To listen to "This Way Out" online copy/paste into your browser www.outinamerica.com/arts/two.asp, use 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 #1,040, distributed 03/03/08 via the PRSS Content Depot, Pacifica's Audioport, and free online downloads at www.radio4all.net and www.indymedia.org (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Jamaican resistance warrior Gareth Henry flees to fight again; Honoring pioneering US social worker Jane Addams in a "Rainbow Minute"; Sydney's celebrated Mardi Gras floats its 30th, African lesbians call for a continental shift, Maltese activists petition the ruling party for equality, gays campaign for seats in Nepal's Parliament, a Dutch royal is the first to attend an LGBT conference, and more global news = RUNDOWN = Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity . . . . . . . . . . 1:10 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": More than 300,000 Aussies and tourists celebrate queer pride at Sydney's 30th annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade, while a weeklong conference in Mozambique hosted by the Coalition of African Lesbians demands an end to homophobia and the repeal of anti-queer laws on the continent; Spain's opposition Partido Popular vows to overturn the country's marriage equality law if it wins the March 9th national elections, the Malta Gay Rights Movement petitions the ruling Nationalist Party for queer rights, at least five gay men are running for seats in Nepal's Parliament, and Human Rights Watch and the Moroccan Human Rights Association petition that government for the repeal of the country's law banning consensual adult same-gender sex and the release of six men recently jailed for that "offense"; in what activists call a worldwide royal first, the future Queen of the Netherlands attends a nationwide conference in support of full societal equality for LGBT people, while in what may be the first ruling of its kind in the U.S., a New York judge says that a state ban on same-gender marriage doesn't prevent a Manhattan lesbian who legally married her partner in Canada from filing for divorce; and the traditional Oscars night gala hosted by the Elton John AIDS Foundation raises a record-breaking 5.1 million dollars for prevention and service programs in 55 countries, while the official online transcript of the Academy Awards telecast first omits, and then restores, Best Picture co-producer Scott Rudin's thanks to his "honey" John Barlow [with that brief Rudin soundbite] (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by ERICA SPRINGER and GREG GORDON) [10:47] + billboard for Gareth Henry/Part 2 [:07] . . . . . . . 10:54 SEGMENT #2 The many accomplishments of "JANE ADDAMS: SOCIALL WORK PIONEER AND PEACE ACTIVIST" are celebrated in another "RAINBOW MINUTE" (produced by JUDD PROCTOR & BRIAN BURNS at the studios of WRIR-FM in Richmond, Virginia and read by MARY GAY HUTCHERSON) . . . 1:09 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" Subscriptions Promo (voiced by SHERI LUNN). :45 SEGMENT #4 - As GARETH HENRY says himself, being a leader of J-FLAG, the JAMAICA Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays, is "a high risk job." The risk became so high that Gareth had to escape the official and unofficial threats to his life and leave the country. Last time on "This Way Out,” only a few weeks after arriving in TORONTO, he talked with correspondent HEATHER KITCHING ["Queer FM" on CiTR-FM/Vancouver, B.C.] about why he's seeking asylum in Canada with the assistance of the LLGBT organization EGALE. In this week's conclusion, Gareth shares his remarkable story of survival and commitment (with an outro tag briefly reporting the case of Michael Hayden, another gay Jamaican seeking Canadian asylum; a possible first sign of governmental acknowledgment that serious problems exist for queers in the Caribbean nation; and how the Metropolitan Community Church is lobbying Jamaican authorities for change) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13:30 Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:11 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:39 ================================ * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," JAMAICAN RESISTANCE WARRIOR GARETH HENRY FLEES TO CANADA TO FIGHT AGAIN, AND PIONEERING U.S. SOCIAL WORKER JANE ADDAMS IS PROFILED IN A "RAINBOW MINUTE"... IN THE NEWS, SYDNEY'S CELEBRATED MARDI GRAS FLOATS ITS 30TH, AFRICAN LESBIANS CALL FOR A CONTINENTAL SHIFT, MALTESE ACTIVISTS PETITION THE RULING PARTY FOR EQUALITY, GAYS CAMPAIGN FOR SEATS IN NEPAL'S PARLIAMENT, AND A DUTCH PRINCESS IS THE FIRST ROYAL TO ATTEND AN L-G-B-T CONFERENCE. THOSE STORIES, AND MORE THIS WEEK, WHEN YOU DISCOVER "THIS WAY OUT: THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY RADIO MAGAZINE", ______________________________________ [DAY and TIME] HERE ON __________________________. [STATION] =================================================================== "This Way Out" operating expenses are funded by a grant from The Gay Chemists Support Fund of the Horizons Foundation, VOLUNTARY "PROGRAM ACQUISITION" PAYMENTS FROM YOU, OUR STATIONS, and through tax-deductible donations from our listeners. 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