THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine Program #726. (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Program I.D. #02-F72-00008 "Running With Light" over a "Bridge to Atlantis" in a "Huge" "AudioFile"; Queer youth demand Dignity for All Students from Florida legislators; Massachusetts high court ruling renders sodomy laws impotent, a transgender M.P. welcomes the British Queen to Kiwiland, Jesse Helms is "ashamed" of his AIDS inaction while Gerry Adams urges a shift in Sinn Fein's gay rights position, and other global GLBT news * In NewsWrap: Massachusetts' highest court upholds the state's ancient sodomy laws but rules that they should not be applied to private consensual acts... the world's only transsexual MP Georgina Beyer greets Britain's Queen Elizabeth as she arrives for a visit to New Zealand, but pioneering U.S. transgender activist Sylvia Rivera dies at the age of 50 from liver cancer... the Presbyterian Church USA retains its ban on ordaining non-celibate gays & lesbians... there are supportive changes of heart for U.S. Senator Jesse Helms and Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams... nearly 3 in 4 French citizens would be comfortable with an openly-gay President... a transvestite trio will represent Slovenia in the EuroVision Song Contest (with an excerpt from Sestre's "Only Love")... plus other GLBT news from around the world [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN & BRIAN NUNES].(about 10:30) * The state of FLORIDA has seen many battles over rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people during the past 3 decades. As a new generation grows up, they are becoming more demanding that their political leaders provide them equal treatment and protection from harassment. As SUSAN GAGE reports, a contingent of those emerging activists descended on the state capital in Tallahassee in mid-February to lobby for passage of the "Dignity for All Students Act" (includes comments by GOVERNOR JEB BUSH, the bill's sponsors STATE REPRESENTATIVE KEN GOTTLIEB and STATE SENATOR "SKIP" CAMPBELL, and students ALENA MORELAND & NATASHA KAROLA).(about 7:00)* As CHRIS WILSON & JD DOYLE open this month's "AudioFile", you'll find yourself "Running With Light" (TOM McCORMACK) across a "Bridge to Atlantis" (KEVIN HANNAN), where the rewards will be "Huge" (THE BOOTLICKERS) includes excerpts from these 3 new CDs and comments by the artists [written & produced with CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM].(about 7:00)
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