THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine Program #707 distributed 10/15/01: (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) (Program I.D. Program I.D. #02-F72-00042 ("T.W.O." Program #707) A 1st round failure doesn't deter the B.C. marriage lawsuit plaintiffs; A poetic performance artist preaches against what "The Bishop Says";Terrorism fails to dampen many "Coming Out Day" events, California's governor okays expanded rights for queer couples, a German historian pries open Hitler's closet bunker, there are lesbigay rights advances in Colombia and Panama, plus other GLBT news from around the world;* In "NewsWrap": Annual "Coming Out Day" events are held on October 11th across the U.S. and in 7 other countries, but in some areas the observance is muted by the one month anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon... a new book by a German history professor claims Adolf Hitler may have been a repressed homosexual... Britains new Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith calls for a kinder, gentler Conservative Party approach to gays & lesbians... Colombia's Supreme Court orders conjugal visits for queer prisoners, while Panama allows the first official registration of a gay & lesbian organization... plus other GLBT news from around the world [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN and anchored by CHRISTOPHER GAAL and CINDY FRIEDMAN].(about 10:00) * In breaking news, California Governor Gray Davis has signed into law a bill giving same-gender couples a sweeping package of rights (and responsibilities) which its sponsors are calling "the largest expansion of domestic partner rights in the country." GREG GORDON has a brief report.(about 1:00)* A group of eight British Columbia couples received a setback earlier this month when a provincial Supreme Court justice rejected their lawsuit seeking equal marriage rights for gays and lesbians. But as "Queer FM"'s HEATHER KITCHING reports from Vancouver, the plaintiffs are tempering their disappointment over the decision with a renewed determination to push the case forward.(about 5:30)* It's not exactly "news" that gays and lesbians from religious backgrounds -- especially gays and lesbians of color -- often have a difficult time reconciling their sexuality and their traditional spirituality. African-American poet and performance artist LEVAN D. HAWKINS describes that old struggle with new words in "The Bishop Says".(about 7:30)
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