======================================== To listen to this week's "This Way Out" copy/paste into your browser: www.planetout.com/support/media.html?file=/two/two20050321.rm or click on the PlanetOut link at www.thiswayout.org [our current show is usually up by Wednesday nights US Pacific Time each week] or check thiswayout.org for a list of our 150+ local broadcast station affiliates ======================================== THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #886, distributed 3/21/05 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) A victim of Kiwi political gay-baiting fights back; Lesbigay activists yield to civil unions in Connecticut; New Zealand solidifies its queer partner rights, Britain's budget to give "civil partnership" taxes teeth, South Australia's Catholic archbishop recognizes relationship reality, Israel's Attorney General orders gay survivor benefits, a California judge orders marriage equality, more news FEEDS MONDAY MARCH 21 from 14:30-14:59 ET on PRSS DIGITAL FREQUENCY A72.7 and TUESDAY MARCH 22 from 15:00-15:29 ET on Pacifica's KU satellite Also available online via mono or stereo mp3 files at www.radio4all.net, and on postal-mailed audio CD to non-satellite/non-wired stations, and to individual subscribers -------- AIR THE ENTIRE HALF-HOUR AND/OR USE SELECTED SEGMENTS ------- ALWAYS FREE OF CHARGE! USAGE LIMITED ONLY BY TIMELINESS OF NEWS CONTENT! => RUNDOWN <= Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:00 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": Parliamentary passage of the Relationships (Statutory References) Bill finalizes New Zealand's civil unions legislation for same gender couples, while the British government's proposed budget includes assorted changes to the tax code to put recently-enacted "civil partnerships" there on the same footing as marriage; in South Australia, ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP PHILIP WILSON voices qualified support for a government bill to legally recognize same gender couples (includes brief comments by Wilson during an interview on an Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio program); in a move toward healing its relations with the global Anglican Communion, the Episcopal Church USA agrees to a moratorium on consecrating new bishops and to stop blessing gay & lesbian couples until mid-2006, but "first among equals" Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams opts out of a visit to Canada, where one diocese has also been criticized for blessing same gender unions; the civil status of Israeli queer couples advances as Attorney General Menahem Mazuz orders payment of government survivor benefits to a gay widower; Saudi Arabia authorities raid what they believe to be a gay wedding in Jeddah, arresting 110 men whom a tipster described as "behaving like women", while a gay couple in Arar are beheaded for murdering a Pakistani man they reportedly feared would expose their relationship; San Francisco Superior Court Judge Richard Kramer issues a powerful ruling that denying marriage to same gender couples violates equality guarantees in the California state constitution; and veteran comic and activist Robin Tyler describes various political perspectives on the location of marriage-seeking queer couples on (or under) the equality bus (written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to Graham Underhill, Rex Wockner, and Greg Gordon, and reported this week by CINDY FRIEDMAN & JON BEAUPRE) [10:30] + billboard for maligned New Zealand bookseller interview [:15]. . . 10:45 SEGMENT #2 - CONNECTICUT seems poised to become the second U.S. state to establish civil unions for same-gender couples. Backers of the civil unions bill are predicting its final passage based on strong endorsements from the state legislature's Judiciary Committee and Republican Governor Jodi Rell. Whatever the final outcome of the legislation, Connecticut's courts will also be weighing in on the issue in a lawsuit filed by seven gay and lesbian couples who were denied marriage licenses. A coalition backing same-gender marriage in the state originally opposed the civil unions bill, but changed course when supportive legislators promised that they would not abandon the fight for full marriage equality. SCOTT HARRIS, of the radio program "Between The Lines," talks with ANNE STANBACK, president of Connecticut's LOVE MAKES A FAMILY, about the shifting debate on the legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:45 [www.lmfct.org; www.btlonline.org] SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by KEITH BOYKIN, author of "Beyond the Down Low: Sex, Lies, and Denial in Black America" [:10] + A gay NEW ZEALAND bookseller with a libertarian bent is wondering how it all came to this. Chicago-born JIM PERON found himself being denounced on the floor of Parliament as a pornographer and a pedophile by New Zealand First party leader Winston Peters. Peters' election-year motivation became more evident when he dragged Peron's acquaintance, ACT party leader Rodney Hide, into the fray. This Way Out correspondent ROSS STEVENSON asks Peron just what goes on at Aristotle, his AUCKLAND bookstore, why they're saying such terrible things about him, and how the unexpected Inquisition has impacted him and his long-term SOUTH AFRICAN-born partner Sean Aucamp [8:50]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:00 Closing Credits/continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:25 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:55 ===================================== * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," THE VICTIM OF A KIWI POLITICAL GAY- BAITER FIGHTS BACK, LESBIGAY ACTIVISTS YIELD TO CIVIL UNIONS IN CONNECTICUT, AND AN AUSSIE CATHOLIC BISHOP RECOGNIZES RELATIONSHIP RELATITY... IN OTHER NEWS, NEW ZEALAND SOLIDIFIES ITS QUEER PARTNER RIGHTS, BRITAIN'S BUDGET TO GIVE "CIVIL PARTNERSHIP" TAXES TEETH, ISRAEL'S ATTORNEY GENERAL ORDERS GAY SURVIVOR BENEFITS, AND A CALIFORNIA JUDGE ORDERS MARRIAGE EQUALITY. 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 __________________________. [STATION] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> MISSED THE SATELLITE FEEDS? <~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can download mp3s of the program free of charge at www.radio4all.net. ******************************************************** Some "This Way Out" operating expenses are funded by VOLUNTARY "PROGRAM ACQUISITION" PAYMENTS FROM AFFILIATE STATIONS, and through direct charitable donations from our listeners. "This Way Out" is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit under the corporate name of OVERNIGHT PRODUCTIONS (INC.). 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