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

…show descriptions from site queervoices.org

No show on January 19, 2009 and January 26, 2009

Show: February 2, 2009

The following is scheduled:

Opening, general discussion

 David Elliott joins us on the line from Washington, DC to talk about what is going on on the national scene.

Newswrap, Iceland's Social Affair Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir is poised to become the world's first openly lesbian prime minister;  Colombia's Constitutional Court extends more marriage-like rights to same-gender couples, while a U.S. federal court rejects the request by California's Prop 8 backers that names of their donors be kept secret;  Bahrain authorities cut LGBT online ties, Helem's queer human rights award is soured by Lebanese Army soldiers, Egypt's morality police crow about their latest crackdown on gays, and Maryland cops call the state LGBT rights group a "security threat"  (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reporte d this week by CHRIS WILSON and PAM MARSHALL) [10:08]  + Billboard for Kenyan lesbian activist feature [:13] . . . . . .  10:21. more

 Title: Can't Break My Heart

 Randall Terrell, of Equality Texas, which is a statewide political advocacy organization working to advance the cause of equality for all Texans. more

 Title: Living Out Proud (4:04)

 Don Hurst, president of Krewe of Olympus, will discuss their upcoming fundraiser, Krewe of Olympus Ball XXXIX (39), on February 7th at Reliant Park. The Krew is a Mardi Gras Krewe, now based in Houston, Texas USA, that started in New Orleans in 1970. We are one of the largest predominately gay Krewes in the United States, although our membership is open to all. Our principal aims are to present theatrical and educational events that perpetuate and continue Mardi Gras traditions and to raise money for community charities. Since moving to Texas, we've donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to Houston and Dallas Charitable Organizations. We are a 501(c)(3) non profit organization. more

 Title: So Gay?

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 Title: When Is It My Turn?

 Brian Riedel will update us on the the proposed creation of a Houston LGBTQ History Digitization Project. The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Queer (GLBTQ) community in Houston, Texas is robust and encompasses a rich history of many diverse people who are proactively involved in changing laws and society mores.  As the legal struggle over individual rights continues, the capturing of history is both timely and imperative.  If we are to fully understand our current societal privileges and needed changes, it behooves us to have an awareness of the past.  Now is the time to collect not only people’s personal stories, but also the artifacts that are invaluable to the researching and writing of our history.  Now is the time to create an archive that will serve the LGBTQ community and the public at large.

SEGMENT #2 –  The principal of a school in northern THAILAND late last year determined that between 10 and 20 percent of his students identified as transgender… so, in addition to bathrooms for boys and girls, he established a third – its doors are half blue and half pink.  For some insights into trans-life in that southeast Asian country, Radio Netherlands human rights reporter JONATHAN GROUBERT talked with activist SUTTIRAT SIMSIRIWONG (with transmittal thanks to RN's ERIC BEAUCHEMIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7:44

SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by actor MICHAEL EMERSON ("Ben" on TV's "Lost") [:22] + New Web Update Promo (voiced by SHERI LUNN) [:14] . . .    :36

SEGMENT #4 -  Discrimination, exclusion, hate crimes, drug abuse, suicide.  It's a depressing outlook for most of KENYA's closeted LGBT community. They're intimidated by the law in that east African country that makes homosexuality a crime, punishable by up to 14 years in prison.  But some people believe all that can change.  PAULINE KIMANI is a 23-year-old equal rights activist, and one of Kenya's few "out" lesbians.  This Way Out's ARUSHA TOPAZZINI met Kimani and some of her family and friends in Nairobi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7:34

Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1:21. more

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