THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine Program #711: (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Program I.D. #02-F72-00046 There will be no "NewsWrap" segment on "This Way Out" programs to be distributed on 11/26, 12/24 and 12/31/01. ON THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM: Antique tunes chart lesbigay musical heritage in "Queer Vinyl";There's election disappointment Down Under but much American success, the U.S. Senate lifts the ban on DC domestic partner benefits, marriage vows are heard in Ontario and Quebec courtrooms, cops are cleared in a gay teen's suicide, the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais is close to approving a sweeping lesbian & gay civil rights bill, and other global GLBT news * In "NewsWrap": Australian voters return the nation's ruling Coalition to power, one that's been road-blocking pro-GLBT legislation, with a 10-seat legislative majority and a third term for Liberal Party P.M. John Howard, but openly-gay Tasmanian Green Bob Brown is reelected to the Senate... in U.S. elections, domestic partner benefits for city employees are narrowly banned by voters in Houston, Texas but approved by a landslide in Miami Beach, Florida, while civil rights protections for gays & lesbians find solid ballot box support in the Michigan cities of Kalamazoo, Traverse City and Huntington Woods, and several openly-lesbian & -gay candidates enjoy elections success in North Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Maryland, Georgia and Minnesota... the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approves ending a ban on domestic partner benefits in Washington, DC... police officers in Minersville, Pennsylvania are cleared of any liability in the suicide death of gay teen Marcus Wayman, whom police threatened to "out" to his parents after he was arrested for under-age drinking, while courts in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec hear lawsuits seeking equal marriage rights for same-gender couples... the parliament of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais gives initial approval to a sweeping civil rights bill protecting gays and lesbians from discrimination... and other GLBT news from around the world [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN and anchored by BRIAN NUNES and CINDY FRIEDMAN].(about 10:15)* The explosion of commercially-available music by and about gays and lesbians in the past several years has roots that go back as far as the 1920's. During this and the next two installments of "This Way Out", CHRIS WILSON & J.D. DOYLE, the hosts of our monthly "AudioFile" segment, will be exploring lesbigay musical heritage in a special series called "QUEER VINYL" [produced with CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM]. Part One features "Masculine Women, Feminine Men" by MERRITT BRUNIES & HIS FRIARS INN ORCHESTRA (a few different folks recorded this tune, this one's by a British group from 1926); "Prove It On Me Blues" by the legendary MA RAINEY (most historians peg her as at least bi); and "Angry Atthis" by MAXINE FELDMAN (from the early 1970's, one of the first records by an "out" singer).(about 16:00)
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