Show: February 2, 2009 The following is scheduled: 9: 00 pm

 Show: October 12, 2009

Opening, general discussion

Discussion on the GLBT community and the upcoming Houston City election with features many GLBT candidates running. more

Newswrap: Australia's National Human Rights Consultation Committee recommends a federal bill of rights that could guarantee marriage equality; a queer-inclusive hate crimes bill passes in the U.S. House, with Senate approval imminently expected, while President Barack Obama appoints openly gay lawyer David Heubner as U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa; a record crowd celebrates Pride in Johannesburg, while Belarus LGBT activists and their supporters meet in Minsk for a historic conference; a Moscow court denies a marriage license to a crusading lesbian couple, while in the U.S., the Montana state Supreme Court rules that a lesb ian deserves to continue parenting the children she raised with her now-estranged partner, and a haven for lesbians in Sweden is an Internet hoax, but Australia's Alice Springs is for real (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported by JENN MAHONEY and CHRIS WILSON). more

 

9:40 pm

The National Equality March is an important event to show support for full equality on the door step of those who can make that happen: the Congress of the United States. It will be held October 10-11, 2009 in Washington, DC and each Congressional District Action Team will mobilize its community to go to DC. more

The Thomas Street Health Center is the largest, freestanding HIV indigent care clinic in the nation. Located just north of downtown Houston, it provides medical and psychological services to residents of Harris County in Texas. It is more commonly known as the Thomas Street Clinic—its original name. The center serves approximately 4000 patients each year. An estimated 700 new patients seek care at Thomas Street annually. Intertwined in this care are patients who are co-infected with both HIV and hepatitis C. The center operates as part of the Harris County Hospital District, and in order to receive medical services at Thomas Street Health Center, a patient must be diagnosed as HIV positive. Tests are given at the site. more

Bayou City Performing Arts (BCPA) was founded as the Montrose Singers, Inc. in November of 1979. Led by founding director Andy Mills, the Houston based men's chorus met with early successes marked by lavish productions at the Tower Theatre, performing with as many as 80 singing members.  The BCPA family of choruses has expanded to include Gay Men's Chorus of Houston (GMCH), Bayou City Women's Chorus (BCWC), Bayou City Chorale (BCC), and Bayou Rhythms.  2009/2010 marks BCPA's 31st anniversary of continuous performances. more

This Way Out: Lesbian, gay, bi, and trans people and their supporters took to the streets of WASHINGTON, DC by the thousands for the NATIONAL EQUALITY MARCH on October 11th. They brought one fundamental demand with them as they passed the White House on their way to the steps of the Capitol: "Equal protection for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people in all matters governed by civil law in all 50 states. Now."  President Barack Obama has promised to significantly advance LGBT civil rights by the end of his anticipated second term, and he reiterated those intentions – with all the passionate eloquence of his previous pledges – at the Human Rights Campaign's gala annual dinner the night before the march.  The sense that progressive action is necessary to turn Obama's progressive rhetoric into substantive change was one reason for a demonstration aimed at the federal government, as March Co-Chair CLEVE JONES told CNN's ANDERSON COOPER earlier in the week.  This Way Out's CHRISTOPHER GAAL heard many reasons to march from some of the people who filled the streets of Washington for the event, including tennis legend MARTINA NAVRATILOVA. When they arrived a t the end of their trek, they were greeted by This Way Out's RICK WATTS, who served as rally announcer on the main stage.  Rick introduced longtime San Diego gay activist NICOLE MURRAY RAMIREZ, as well as a sing-along with bi U.K. recording artist BILLIE MYERS and "out" U.S. jazz saxophonist DAVE KOZ.  Civil rights pioneer and NAACP Chairman JULIAN BOND gave the keynote address. more

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Show: October 19, 2009

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Opening, general discussion

Melissa Noriega, A 27-year veteran of the Houston Independent School District (HISD), Melissa Noriega has a unique perspective as a public school educator, a community activist and as a member of the Texas House in 2005. In June 2004, her husband, Representative Rick Noriega, a Colonel in the Texas Army National Guard, was called by his country to serve in Afghanistan, as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. He was stationed near Kabul for a year and a day, and deployed for 14 months. In 2005, Melissa left her job and her responsibilities at home to be the first person to serve in her spouse's stead under a constitutional amendment approved by Texas voters in 2003. more more

Newswrap: A bill proscribing the death penalty for certain same-gender sexual activity is introduced in the Ugandan parliament; Jamaica Prime Minister Bruce Golding vows to exclude sexual minorities from a proposed Charter of Fundamental Rights currently being drafted, while "kill gays" Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton meets with LGBT activists in San Francisco and then continues to fuel his "war between me and faggots", but a group of well-known Russian singers and writers call for an end to anti-lesbigay discrimination; in response to a query about anti-gay measures on the ballots in Maine and Washington, the White House issues a statement saying that President Obama believes "strongly in stopping laws designed to take rights away", while a likely-to-pass marriage equality bill is introduced in the Washington, D.C. City Council; a U.S. district judge rebuffs dismissal attempts by California Proposition 8 proponents and orders the trial over its constitutionality to proceed in January as scheduled, while Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signs legislation to create an annual "Harvey Milk Day", to expand services to LGBT domestic violence victims, and to recognize legal same-gender marriages performed outside California; and a Mormon leader sparks a firestorm for comparing the backlash against his Church over its support for Proposition 8 to the suffering of Southern Blacks during the civil rights struggles of the 1960s (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by CHRISTOPHER GAAL and GREG GORDON) more

 

9:40 pm

Montrose Counseling Center empowers our community, primarily gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals and their families, to enjoy healthier and more fulfilling lives by providing culturally affirming and affordable behavioral health and prevention services. tonight we will talk about: Coming Out  Support Group, NEW Transgender Support Group, and Domestic Violence Awareness Month. more

Galveston Island celebrates it's 3rd annual Pride Festival the weekend of October 24-25th at Saengerfest Park. This park is located at 23rd and Strand streets. Houston Chronicle music columnist, Joey Guerra, has been brought on to raise the profile of this event. He will be on the program to discuss the entertainment and will bring some of its performers. more

The Houston Pride Band opens their season with pOpera!This pops concert will showcase popular music with an operatic theme: space opera, classic opera and a night at the theater with mus...ical selections from Star Wars, Phantom of the Opera, Carmen and Wicked, among others. The Houston Pride Band will donate ticket proceeds from this concert to Bayou City Performing Arts (BCPA) and its associated family of choruses, including Gay Men's Chorus of Houston (GMCH), Bayou City Women's Chorus (BCWC), Bayou City Chorale (BCC) and Bayou Rhythms. more

The concert will be held at Resurrection MCC (located at 2025 W. 11th Street ) on Saturday, October 24th, 2009, at 7:30 PM, with the doors opening at 7:00 PM. more

GUEST: Rudy Martinez, Houston Pride Band

10:40 pm

This Way Out: Demanding full equality in the land of the free, nearly a quarter of a million LGBT activists and their supporters marched on the home of their federal government October 11th. Organizing for the NATIONAL EQUALITY MARCH was fueled by impatience with the Obama Administration, and galvanized by state-level battles like the Prop 8 loss in California and the upcoming ballot measures in Maine and Washington. Religious right groups have as usual been deeply involved in opposing LGBTs on all of those issues, so it was interesting to see queer-supportive communities of faith take the stage ahead of any other rally speakers: the LGBT-affirming Metropolitan Community Church's REVEREND ELDER TROY PERRY reads a letter of support from Nobel Peace Prize-winning ANGLICAN BISHOP DESMOND TUTU and salutes past and present equality pioneers in his invocation (with intro music from the "Star Spangled Banner" performed at the rally by the GAY MEN'S CHORUS OF WASHINGTON, D.C.; segment ends with a "TWO" I.D.)

Previously on "This Way Out," ELLIOTT TIBER told us about living the story of "TAKING WOODSTOCK." Tiber's 2007 memoir was the basis for Ang Lee's recent film, and he shared some behind-the-scenes dish about the legendary concert, meeting the Oscar-winning director, and how the movie came to be. His conversation with our entertainment reporter STEVE PRIDE concludes this week with Tiber's personal story about coming out, becoming an activist, and how fame has affected his life (with intro music from "Woodstock," written and performed by JONI MITCHELL) . more

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Joe Wilson, one of the co-directors of Out in the Silence,will attend the screening of his new documentary about small-town and rural gay life on Wednesday, October 28, hosted by QFest–Presented by the Houston GLBT Community Center.  The screening will be shown at Rice Media Center on the Rice University campus (Entrance 8 off University Boulevard).

The 7 p.m. screening is open to the public. College and high school students with valid student IDs will be admitted at no charge.  Other individuals will be asked to contribute a $5 donation.

Wilson will speak at the screening.  A panel discussion featuring local individuals who grew up in rural and small-town environments will follow.

QFest is the 13thannual gay and lesbian film festival.  This year, QFest has partnered with the Houston GLBT Community Center to present the screening of Out in the Silence, which will be followed by regular QFest movie night at the Community Center. The Houston GLBT Community Center is home base for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals and allies in the Houston metropolitan area and southeast Texas.  The GLBT Community Center is located at 3400 Montrose Blvd. Suite 207.

Queers & Allies, the group for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender and questioning students at Rice University, is the on-campus sponsor of the QFest screening. more

GUEST: Joe Wilson.

9:30 pm

NewsWrap: LGBT rights concerns are prominent in the European Commission's progress reports on 7 countries seeking E.U. membership, with particular criticism of Serbia and Turkey for failing to protect sexual minorities; the European Court of Human Rights consolidates lawsuits against Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov over his multi-year bans of Pride events; the Church of Sweden okays marriage ceremonies for same-gender couples, while the Pope recruits disaffected conservative Anglicans; Germany's highest court orders same-gender couple pensions equality, but LGBT rights are rejected by drafters of Kenya's new constitution, while the U.K. civil partnership ceremony of an expatriate Kenyan gay couple creates a firestorm in their native country; a landmark bill to add sexual orientation and gender identity to existing U.S. hate crime laws heads to President Obama for his signature, while the Housing and Urban Development and Health and Human Services Departments each announce lesbigay-friendly actions; popular Irish hurler Donal Og Cusack comes out; and Nepal's government welcomes LGBT tourists (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to RITA GONZALES and REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by LEIGH MOORE and MICHELE PLEASANT) [10:59]

They've been dubbed the "Stonewall 2.0 Generation," and the success of the NATIONAL EQUALITY MARCH seems to have demonstrated that they're here and queer... and not very patient. They coupled the power of online social networking with old-fashioned grassroots organizing to bring some 200,000 LGBT people and their supporters to Washington, D.C. on October 11th -- many of whom were participating in their first such action. The large youth contingent at the post-March rally on the Capitol steps resonated strongly with political activist CHRISTINE CHAVEZ, the granddaughter of United Farm Workers co-founder Cesar Chavez. They also saw themselves in Penelope Williams, a young "bisexual queer" of color from New York City who introduced someone they could really go gaga over (pop star LADY GAGA, that is). .   7:20

There are a couple of new "out" anthems included in this month's "AUDIOFILE," which features a Toronto-New Yorker (excerpts from "Love Is Love" and the title track from ATHENA REICH's "LITTLE GIRL DREAMS"), an Angeleno ("Future Street" and the title track from MARK WINKLER's "TIL I GET IT RIGHT"), and a Canadian-Australian duo ("Mama I Love Her" and "Living Out Proud" from SUGARBEACH's "NOT DESERTED") – with comments by the artists, hosted by CHRIS WILSON & JD DOYLE, and written and produced with CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM audiofile more

 Since I began QMH in 2000 this is my tenth show entirely devoted to the music of Transgendered Artists. And I love doing shows like this, as it not only gives me a chance to share their music, but also to share a bit of their lives and journeys. In 2007 I did a series of four shows in a row, so now I'm going to sort of catch up with music mostly newer than that. And I've got I think some very interesting feature interviews, with Radford Bishop of the queercore band Tough Tough Skin, and with acoustic rock artist Angela Motter.

The Sexual Side Effects - I'm In Love With A Girl (Who Used To Be A Man) (2004)
Jenny Slater - Run and Hide (2008)
Antony & the Johnsons - For Today I Am A Boy (2005)
Novice Theory - Vignettes (2008)
Radford Bishop Interview (2009)
Winter Machine - Going Through (2002)
Tough Tough Skin - Manwhore (2008)
Tough Tough Skin - Second Guessing (2008)
Tough Tough Skin - Pass the Whiskey (2008)
Shondes - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (2008)
Cliks - Dirty King (2009)

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Opening, general discussion

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Newswrap: President Barack Obama signs a landmark measure to add sexual orientation and gender identity to U.S. hate crime laws, and deletes a decades-old HIV travel and immigration ban, while Kenya's government recruits illegal gays for AIDS education; a Moscow lesbian couple weds in Canada to seek Russian recognition, while Argentina lawmakers debate same-gender marriage legislation; 25,000 parade with Pride in Taipei to demand action by politicians on equality promises; in the U.S., the Tallahassee, Florida City Commission approves domestic partner benefits for gay and lesbian city workers and outlaws anti-LGBT bias, while "Concerned Parents" sue to stop gay-positive high school productions in Henderson, Nevada, but the Birmingham, Alabama Board of Education protects LGBT students and teachers from bullying and harassment (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by PAM MARSHALL and CHRIS WILSON). more

 

9:40 pm

Maria Gonzalez is discuss Tuesday's Houston city election. The discussion will include the endorsed candidates from the Houston GLBT Political Caucus. more

On Thursday, November 5th JCP Consulting presents "Taste of Life" a benefit for the Center for AIDS. This unique art and fashion show event is designed to raise awareness and funds to combat AIDS. "Taste of Life" will be held at La Strada at 322 Westheimer. Attendees to this event can expect entertainment, an art show along with a silent auction. All proceeds will go to the CFA and the work it does in the community. The Center for AIDS Information and Advocacy (CFA) provides information and treatment options to those newly infected with HIV as well as those who are living with AIDS. The CFA also provides training to those in the HIV community to be leaders and advocates for the latest information for HIV. For more information about the Center for AIDS more

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This Way Out: JUDY SHEPARD and her husband Dennis, the parents of gay bashing murder victim Matthew, have campaigned for the inclusion of LGBT people in U.S. federal hate-crimes law for more than a decade. The Shepards were among those to witness President Barack Obama’s signature on the Hate Crimes Prevention Act – named to honor their son – on October 28th [with an excerpt from Obama's signing remarks]. In her new book, "THE MEANING OF MATTHEW", Judy Shepard describes the impact of her son’s murder on what she calls a "typical American family". "This Way Out's" STEVE PRIDE produced this profile of an indomitable mom who continues the fight against anti-LGBT oppression (includes an excerpt from Judy's speech at the October 11th National Equality March, and with intro/outro music from "What Matters", a song by RANDI DRISCOLL to benefit The Matthew Shepard Foundation) matthewshepard.org. more

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Show: November 9, 2009

The following is scheduled:

Opening, general discussion

Discussion on the GLBT community and the upcoming Houston City election run off with features many GLBT candidates running. more