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

  Soungs about Stonewall, 40 years after

Suzanne Cimone - Freedom Day (1995)

Madeline Davis comments (2004)

Madeline Davis - Stonewall Nation (1971)

Jimmy Worm comments (2006)

Worm - Stonewall (1995)

Melinda - Remember Stonewall (1994)

NYC Gay Men's Chorus Chamber Choir -

Before Stonewall (1994)

Jan Tilley - Bricks and Bottles (1994)

Jessica Xavier comments (2005)

Jessica Xavier - Stonewall (1999)

Fairy Tales - Stonewall Serenade (1995)

Sandy Rapp - Everyone Was At Stonewall (1995)

John Callahan of Age of Consent comments (2007)

Age of Consent - History Rap (1982)

Peter Hicks comments (2002)

Peter Hicks - Stonewall '69 (1993)

Jallen Rix - I Saw Jesus Down at Stonewall (1995)

Jon Gilbert Leavitt comments (2001)

Jon Gilbert Leavitt - Pride 2009 (2009) more

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Show: August 3, 2009

The following is scheduled:

Opening, general discussion

 David Elliott will discuss has Obama health care and how it effects our community LGBT community? more

Newswrap: Australia's gays, lesbians and their supporters demand marriage equality at National Day of Action demonstrations across the country; Albania's Government proposes legislation to allow same-gender couples to civilly marry, but Portugal's Constitutional Court upholds the country's hetero-only marriage law; an Israeli court agrees that a lesbian deserves a widow's government pension following the death of her longtime partner; U.K. Quakers vote to marry same-gender couples, while Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams acknowledges a likely "2-tiered" global Anglican Communion; the man accused of killin g gay African-American U.S. Navy Seaman August Provost commits suicide; Salt Lake City's prosecutor refuses to file trespassing charges against a kissing gay couple, while "The Great Nationwide Kiss-In" to affirm same-gender affection is scheduled for August 15th [http://sitin4equality.net] (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM and CHRIS COLEMAN) [10:03]  +  Breaking News: a masked machine-gunner attacks an LGBT youth support group in Tel Aviv, killing at least 2 and wounding more than a dozen others more

  Tim Brookover will discutt the third 2009 quarterly meeting of the Community Leaders Networking Group. The meeting will convene on Saturday, August 8, at the Houston GLBT Community Center (3400 Montrose Blvd., Suite 207). The 1-5 p.m. meeting is open to everyone in the community. Please feel free to share this information with others in the community who you think may be interested. Originally designated the Futures Conference Working Group, the Community Leaders Networking Group was first convened and hosted by the Community Center in January 2006 to follow up on resolutions presented at the Conference on Houston's LGBTI Future, held in June 2005. Over the past three years, the quarterly meeting has evolved into an opportunity for community leaders, activists, and advocates to meet in an informal setting and discuss community issues and ideas and to share information on their respective organizations in an informal atmosphere. With the May 2008 meeting, we changed the name to the Community Leaders Networking Group to better reflect the purpose of the meetings. Conversation at the quarterly meetings tends to be free-wheeling, with content largely determined by the individuals who attend. An RSVP is not required, but we appreciate receiving a heads-up from people who plan to join us. The Community Leaders Networking Group is a program of the Houston GLBT Community Center. Free parking is available in the garage adjacent to the 3400 Montrose building. more

 Jone Devlin will interview Frederick Hertz, co-author of Making it Legal: A Guide to Same-Sex Marriage, Domestic Partnership & Civil Unions

JoOne's initial thoughts on the book:

As you might have already figured out, "Making it Legal" is a pun. It refers both to the political struggle to obtain marriage equality, but also to the personal decision: should a couple continue to cohabitate, or should they³make it legal² by marrying?

Accordingly, the book has two themes:  the first is an historical and sociological look at marriage in the U.S., what it means, what is does, and how the inclusion of gay and lesbian people in the institution is changing it.  Along the way, Fred looks at the state of same sex marriage (and marriage-like statuses) in this country, and around the world, and makes some predictions about the future of marriage equality.  Given that the ³marriage map² is changing month by month, and the hope that the Obam administration might attack DOMA (despite recent indications to the contrary) that would make a pretty interesting interview, I think.

But the book has another theme, one that might be equally interesting to your listeners -- straight and gay.  Because most gay and lesbian couples (at least couples of a certain age, like me Betsy) formed their relationships without giving a second thought to the possibility of someday marrying legally, the sudden shift in legal reality forces sex couples to choose. To marry or not to marry, that is the question.  And in that decision, couples come up against all kinds of issues  legal and personal‹that they probably never considered. It¹s not as if gay and lesbian people are the only people who should think about whether or not their intended spouse is "marriage material", but because many of us have been together for so long, our decision making process is instructive.. more

 James Oxford of Impact Houston.  Topics will include their Sizzling Summer Soiree fundraiser on August 9th and the upcoming Kiss-in. This event is planned to start at 1:00 pm on Aug 15, 2009 at Discovery Green. more

This Way Out: Pansy Division interview billboard [:07]  +  Political pressure again shot down another attempt to at least temporarily suspend U.S. military discharges under "DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL."  MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow spoke with frustrated DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN ALCEE HASTINGS of FLORIDA this week; meanwhile, new research underscores the heretofore unstudied harm the policy may be doing to all enlisted personnel, and the BRITISH Army puts an openly gay trooper on the cover of its official magazine

San Francisco's legendary queer band PANSY DIVISION celebrates 20 years of rock with a new CD, "THAT'S SO GAY", a DVD, and a memoir by lead singer Jon Ginoli.  The band is also playing a series of live shows across the U.S.A.  "This Way Ou t" Brisbane, Australia correspondent JOHN FRAME – a devoted fan – spoke by phone with the group’s co-founder, co-writer, bassist and vocalist CHRIS FREEMAN in Los Angeles (with excerpts from the new CD's title cut) more

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The following is scheduled:

Opening, general discussion

  Ray Hill wil talk about community issues and a report from the community leadership meeeting head last Saturday at the Housotn GLBT Community Center more

Newswrap: A murderous shooting rampage on a youth support group at the downtown LGBT Center shatters Tel Aviv's image as Israel's safest, most queer-welcoming city – a wide-ranging report; 5,500 participants from 90 countries converge on Copenhagen and overcome hate at the 2nd LGBT World Outgames; a Brazilian LGBT group wins consultative status at the United Nations; the American Psychological Association rejects so-called "reparative therapy" to change sexual orientation; and what may be a first-of-its-kind LGBT online high school launches in January [www.glbtqonlinehighschool.com] (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by CHRIS WILSON and JOHN TORRES) [10:23]  +  "TWO" Web promo (voiced by SHERI LUNN) more

  Noel Freeman has been dedicated to public service since he joined the United States Air Force at the age of 19, and now he plans to apply that dedication to the City of Houston as your next At-Large council-member in Position 4.

Noel's reason for running for City Council is his love of Houston and a desire to see it grow and prosper through long-term planning, economic and community development and capital improvement.

His career with the City of Houston began in 2004 in the Utility Customer Service branch of Houston’s Public Works and Engineering Department investigating and resolving citizen complaints that were referred to the Mayor, City Council, the Public Works Director and members of the news media.  He now works as an administrative specialist for the Office of the City Engineer.  Noel has extensive knowledge of Houston’s infrastructure – and the public concerns about Houston’s future development.  He will bring that knowledge to City Council without the lengthy learning curve most new Council members face. more

  Josephine Paulette Tittsworth more

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This Way Out.The murderous nighttime rampage on a youth group at TEL AVIV's LGBT Center on August 1st brought as many as 70,000 gays, lesbians and their supporters to the capital’s Rabin Square on the evening of August 8th.  Israel's PRESIDENT SHIMON PERES was joined on stage by one wounded and traumatized survivor, youth counselor CHEN LANGER.  "This Way Out's" correspondent in Tel Aviv ERAN CICUREL then takes us back to the beginning of the tragic week (includes comments by MIKE HAMMEL of the GLBT Association; Prime Minister BENJAMIN NETANYAHU; gay journalist and activist GAL OHOVSKY; ZIPI LIVNI, who heads the political opposition in Israel; openly gay legislator NITZAN HOROWITZ; murder victim NIR KATZ's sister CHEN; and with outro music by IVRI LIDER) more

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Show: August 17, 2009

The following is scheduled:

Opening, general discussion

  Victory Fund. more

Newswrap: Romania protects gays and lesbians from discrimination but outlaws their relationships; thousands march in Dublin to protest the Irish Government's less-than-marriage proposal; two young Aussie gay inclusion advocates are roughed up at a National (Hetero) Marriage Day celebration; the Employment Non-Discrimination Act is introduced in the U.S. Senate; Wisconsin's same-gender domestic partnership law takes effect but is under voter repeal threat, as is Maine's marriage equality law and Washington state's "all but marriage" domestic partners law; California's major LGBT advocacy groups differ on a ballot measure to repeal Proposition 8 in 2010 or 2012, while participation by major queer rights groups and the City of San Francisco is rejected by the high profile Olson/Boies legal team in their federal lawsuit against Prop 8; organizing continues for a controversial October 11th LGBT National Equality March in Washington, D.C. [www.nationalequalitymarch.com]; and slain San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk and tennis legend Billie Jean King are among the 16 trailblazers given the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama, while U.K. activists petition the British Government for a formal apology to persecuted gay computing whiz and World War II hero Alan Turing (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by CHRIS COLEMAN and MICHAEL LEBEAU) [10:48] + "Up With (Gay) People" billboard [:07] more

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 The Slightly Off Center Players (SOCP) - ranked a 2005 Top Ten U.S. theatre by The American Association of Community Theatre -present the 1998 Pulitzer Prize-winning musical "RENT" August 13-29 at Center Stage Performing Arts Studio and Theatre under nationally-acclaimed actor / director Jeff Sensat with choreography by Mandy Seymore. "RENT," based loosely on Puccini's opera "La Boheme" follows a year in the lives of seven friends living the disappearing Bohemian lifestyle in New York's East Village. AIDS and both its physical and emotional complications pervade the lives of Roger (Dave Bermudez), Mimi (Cortney Jacobs), Tom (Johnny Nichols), and Angel (Aicardo Rivera); Maureen (Lendsey Kersey) deals with her chronic infidelity through performance art; her partner, Joanne (Ashley Van Pelt), wonders if their relationship is worth the trouble; Benjamin (Kurtis Von Krueger) has sold out his Bohemian ideals in exchange for a hefty income and is on the outs with his former friends; and Mark (Travis Coombs), an aspiring filmmaker, feels like an outsider to life in general, always behind the camera recording the events but never playing a part. Joining us on the show will be: David Bermudez (Roger Davis) Lendsey Kersey (Maureen) Kurtis von Kruger (Benny) more

This Way Out. Renewed hopes for the repeal of the U.S. military’s "DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL" policy and the DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT under the Obama Administration have also recalled frustrations with the last Democratic administration.  Then-President BILL CLINTON's effort to fulfill a campaign promise to overturn the ban on military service by open gays and lesbians ultimately led to the discharge of thousands.  He further angered equality activists when he signed the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA.  That law forbids federal recognition of same-gender unions, and allows states to do the same.  Clinton gave the keynote address at the Netroots Nation conference in Pittsburgh last week, which brings together many of the movers and shakers of progressive online politics.  He got an unexpected opportunity to tell his side of the story when he was interrupted by gay blogger Lane Hudson, who demanded to know why the former president supported those oppressive policies (ends with a brief "TWO" ID)

The ultra-conservative singing youth group UP WITH PEOPLE, born in response to the liberal counter-culture of the 1960s, has performed for 20 million people worldwide, including four Super Bowl halftime shows, and been parodied on "The Simpsons" and "South Park".  A favorite of both Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, the smile-drenched entertainers are often seen as the embodiment of conservative American ideals.  While the new documentary "Smile 'Til It Hurts" takes a look at Up With People's cult-like beginnings and impact on both society and its own performers, This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE met with former member ERIC ROOS to get the lavender side of the story (with copious Up With People performance clips) more

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Opening, general discussion

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"NewsWrap "NewsWrap": more

 This show's been a long time coming, and is overdue, as I've never devoted an entire show to Queercore, Homocore, gay punk, or whatever you choose to call it...and those are elusive terms at best. Jon Ginoli was the catalyst. I've been a long-time fan of Pansy Division and last January when I heard that there would be a new CD, new film and Jon's book all released together this Spring, I knew this was the time. Fortunately Jon's book tour made a stop in Houston in May, so I was able to cajole him to stop by my house for an extensive interview.

And last January I also sounded out my friend Larry Bob, of HolyTitclamps.com, on the project, and he's been of immense help in recommending artists and songs (and providing songs) and on gee, what is queercore? He knew of my fascination with the JD's Top Ten Homocore Hit Parade Tape, and got me in contact with GB Jones, who graciously agreed to an interview about the tape, and JD's...the zine she and Bruce LaBruce created that sparked the genre of Queercore...and of course her pioneering band Fifth Column. And for everyone who's ever researched Queercore and learned about that famous JD's Tape, well, this is their chance to hear every song that appeared on it, and many more featured in the zine during its 6-year run.

Pansy Division - Fem in a Black Leather Jacket (1993)

Jon Ginoli Interview (2009)

The Outnumbered - I Feel So Sorry Now (1985)

Pansy Division - Fem in a Black Leather Jacket (1991)

Pansy Division - I Can't Sleep (1995)

Pansy Division - Cowboys Are Frequently

Secretly Fond of Each Other (1995)

Pansy Division - Vanilla (1996)

Pansy Division - I Really Wanted You (1996)

Pansy Division - Manada (1997)

Pansy Division - He Could Be the One (1997)

Pansy Division - Luv Luv Luv (1998) more

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The following is scheduled:

Opening, general discussion

 General discussion more

Newswrap: Uruguay continues to lead Latin America in sexual minority rights with the pending enactment of adoption equality for same-gender couples, and Germany's highest court rules that gays and lesbians can adopt their partner's children, while Florida's total ban on adoption by lesbians and gay men is challenged in a state appeals court; same-gender couples begin registering their relationships under Nevada's new domestic partners law, while Wisconsin's Democratic Governor appoints a veteran civil rights lawyer to defend a challenge to his state's domestic partnership law after the Republican Attorney General refuses to do so, but the El Paso, Texas City Council approves healthcare benefits for the domestic partners of its municipal employees; the Texas Alcoholic Beverages Commission fires 3 agents involved in the controversial June 28th raid on Fort Worth's Rainbow Lounge gay bar, while Senegal continues to prosecute and imprison men for consensual adult gay sex; and a school district in central New York state that failed to protect a 14-year-old from homophobic harassment and violence settles a lawsuit by agreeing to better-protect its openly-LGBT students (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM and JENN MAHONEY) more

 

9:40 pm

 Chris Kerr, Clinical Director - Montrose Counseling Center will be on to discuss the HATCH program at the Center. HATCH is dedicated to empowering gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex, questioning youth and their allies, ages 13-20, to become positive contributors to society by providing a safe social environment for GLBTIQA youth, offering role models and peer support, and sponsoring educational and community outreach opportunities. more

 Johnny Hooks, PR and Marketing Coordinator of the Theater Under the Stars will be on to discuss the 2009-2010 season and the GLBT program TUTS has, "Out at TUTS". Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) is a Houston based non-profit institution dedicated to enriching life through the experience of quality musical theatre and positively impacting lives beyond the stage through innovative education and community outreach initiatives. more

 The Greater Houston GLBT Chamber of Commerce is an organization of broad-based members advocating the economic and cultural development of the GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender) community and supporting businesses. The goal of this web site is to provide information to our membership, and to whomever may be interested in joining the GHGLBTCC. more

This Way Out: In the northwest suburbs of MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL, a high school student and his mother were not going to take anti-gay harassment on campus lying down.  Their more-than-a-year-long legal battle against the Anoka-Hennepin School District came to an end in mid-August with a $25,000 settlement.  As MINNESOTA’s largest school district, its board's decision not to fight a ruling by the state Department of Human Rights is notable, as is the source of the homophobic bullying.  "This Way Out" correspondents DIXIE TREICHEL and JOHN TOWNSEND ["Fresh Fruit"/KFAI-FM] discuss the case with OutFront Minnesota Legal Director PHIL DURAN (with "Teen Freak" intro music by DAVID BROWN)

"TWO" I.D. by ANDREW SULLIVAN [:13] + The trans-musical genres change on a dime in this month's "AUDIOFILE" – with excerpts from "Beneath These Bones" and "Do It Again" from NAMOLI BRENNET's "UNTIL FROM THIS DREAM I WAKE"; "Heaven Dog" and "Young & Dumb" from COYOTE GRACE's "EAR TO THE GROUND"; and "Manwhore" and "Stranger Danger" from TOUGH TOUGH SKIN's "LET IT SINK DOWN" (with comments by the artists, hosted by JD DOYLE & CHRIS WILSON, and written & produced with CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM)
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Opening, general discussion

 David Elliott will discuss "Will the Obama presidency be 'yes we can' or 'yes, we could have'." more

Newswrap: More than a thousand march against escalating anti-LGBT violence in Rome, while about a hundred gay men clash with police in Guangzhou, China over a popular cruising park; the election of a left-leaning Government in Japan prompts hope for LGBT rights advances in Japan, while India's Government will reportedly not challenge July's Delhi High Court ruling striking down the country's anti-gay sex law; queer couples begin legally marrying in Vermont, but opponents in Maine stymie the start of same-gender weddings there, and "everything but marriage" domestic partnership law enhancements also face a Nove mber 3rd ballot test in Washington, while a vocal opponent of marriage equality in Iowa loses a state House election despite substantial backing from the rightwing D.C.-based National Organization for Marriage; the 2 teachers whose classroom bullying of a perceived-to-be-gay student forced their district into a large out-of-court settlement are on leave as the new school term begins; and MSNBCs RACHEL MADDOW reports on some interesting statistics that may, in fact, reveal the real "defense of marriage act" (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by CHRIS COLEMAN and MICHELE PLEASANT) . more

 

9:40 pm

 Resurrection MCC - Mark Eggleston, Director of Outreach. more

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 Diana Fernandez from LSVA (Lone Star Volleyball Association) will be on to discuss their upcoming season.  LSVA is Houston's GLBT volleyball league. more

This Way Out: Lesbian feminist humorist KATE CLINTON can once again say, "I Told You So" -- not just because she's one of the sharpest political wits in the U.S., but because that's the title of her new collection of essays. There's not a hot-button issue you can think of that she doesn�t take on, from baptism to waterboarding. She's won the right to her opinions after 30 years of performing, and rabble-rousing in concert with her longtime partner, author/activist Urvashi Vaid. Clinton chatted with "This Way Out" correspondents JOSY CATOGGIO and LYNN BALLEN ["Feminist20Magazine"/KPFK-Los Angles] about the movement, the media... and models (Part 1, ends with a tease for next week's concluding Part 2)

"TAKING WOODSTOCK" is the new film from Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee based on the memoirs of Elliot Tiber, who in the summer of 1969 came to terms with his sexuality while playing a pivotal role in bringing half a million people to his neighbor's farm for �3 Days of Peace & Music.� STEVE PRIDE talks to stars DEMETRI MARTIN, LIEV SCHREIBER and filmmaker ANG LEE about the gay story behind the legendary cultural event (with clips from the film and intro/outro music from the soundtrack, "Freedom" by RICHIE HAVENS) more

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Opening, general discussion

 GLOBAL is the GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender) student group at the University of Houston Main Campus. Everyone, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, is welcome to come to our meetings and hang out. more

Newswrap: About 2,000 LGBT activists and their supporters brave violent protesters in a "Gay Dignity March" through central Budapest soon after Hungary's National Election Committee rejects a proposed voter referendum to outlaw "public advertisement of homosexuality"; Uruguay's Senate, as expected, joins the lower house in approving a bill to extend adoption rights to same-gender couples; a British honorary consul in Jamaica is brutally murdered in what appears to have been an anti-gay hate crime, and a Turkish father who's in hiding is tried in absentia in Istanbul for the apparent "honor killing" of his gay son; a lesbian who deserted the U.S. Army after being repeatedly harassed and threatened by fellow soldiers seeks asylum in Canada; a Washington judge rejects a challenge to the November 3rd vote on Referendum 71 that could nullify the "everything but marriage" expansion of the state's domestic partnership law, but citing Washington's Public Records Act, Attorney General Rob McKenna says he'll appeal a federal court ruling that prevents the publication of the names of those who signed the petitions to get the measure on the ballot; the Roman Catholic Church in Maine orders its priests to collect donations to support the November 3rd ballot measure to overturn the state's marriage equality law; and after almost 31,000 people sign a petition for it, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown issues a formal government apology for the persecution of gay World War II code-breaking hero Alan Turing, who committed suicide after being convicted and chemically castrated in 1952 for "gross indecency" with another man (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by CHRISTOPHER GAAL and RICK WATTS). more

 

9:40 pm

 Lura N. Groen is a pastor with a love for preaching the Good News of God’s inclusive love, and a resulting passion for social justice.  She is a native if Cumberland MD, and a member of the Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries Roster.  

Lura attended St. John’s College in Annapolis MD, studying the Great Books Program.  Prior to seminary, Lura was a two-year member of Lutheran Volunteer Corps, serving as a case manager to homeless people in Baltimore MD and Washington DC.  Lura continued her social service work as an employment coach before attending seminary at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. more

9:55 pm

10:00 pm

  Brandon Wolf will talk about a number of issues in the Housotn GLBT issues. He is especially interested in the preservation of our community history, and am pleased with what ARCH is doing. Doing profiles for OutSmart including Annise, Sandi Bubbert, and Steve Kirkland gave me a chance to see rich in experiences their lives are - and how far we've all come. The Dianas story has been fascinating - the story starts in 1953, and finding out how gay people in Houston lived in those pre-Stonewall days has been amazingly inspiring. Han-Net was certainly an interesting 'adventure' - it was exciting when it first became apparent how quickly Houston's GLBT community activists could communicate with each other in this wonderful new electronic age of instantaneous information. more

 Evin Thayer will be on to discuss the "Face for A Cause", his fall fundraiser to benefit an HIV/AIDS organization. For the past 15 years, Evin Thayer studios have created this benefit to help those infected with HIV. This year's beneficiary is LIVE Consortium. LIVE Consortium exists to reduce the stigma for those infected with HIV.  For more information on Evin Thayer and this fundraiser. more

This Way Out: In the pantheon of contemporary les bian literati, playwright CAROLYN GAGE stands out not only as a performer and director, but as a teacher and theatre activist, too. She's written eight books and over fifty-five plays, musicals, and one-woman shows. "This Way Out" correspondents DIXIE TREICHEL and JOHN TOWNSEND ["Fresh Fruit"/KFAI-Minneapolis-St. Paul] ask Gage about one of her most recent accomplishments, the Lambda Literary Award-winning "The Second Coming of Joan of Arc and Selected Plays," and her crusade to bring more gender-variant butch women to the stage and screen.

KATE CLINTON is one lesbian feminist humorist who won't stand for standing still. She joined us last time on "This Way Out" to talk about her new essay collection "I Told You So," her longtime partner Urvashi Vaid, and about the media's impact on the LGBT civil ri ghts movement... and vice versa. In this week�s conclusion, correspondent JOSY CATOGGIO ["Feminist Magazine"/KPFK-Los Angles] asks Clinton to critique the "gay agenda". more

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 Natasha Kamrani was elected to the Board of Education in December 2005 and was chosen by her colleagues to serve as assistant secretary in 2007, second vice president in 2008, and first vice president in 2009. She graduated from Miami University of Ohio in 1990, and upon graduation she applied to and was accepted into Teach for America, the national teacher corps of outstanding recent college graduates who commit to teach for two years in inner-city and rural school districts that suffer from teacher shortages. Kamrani was placed at the Houston Independent School District's Thomas Edison Middle School to teach English as a Second Language to recent immigrants from Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala.

Upon completing her two-year commitment to Teach for America, Kamrani spent the following four years as the local executive director of Teach for America, where she was responsible for training and placing more than 200 teachers and raising funds to sustain the organization.

In 2000, Kamrani received her law degree from the University of Houston Law Center. Since 2007, she has served as the founding executive director of the Arnold Family Foundation, whose philanthropic work supports K�12 education initiatives.

In 1998, Kamrani married fellow Teach for America corps member Chris Barbic, who is the founding head of schools of the YES College Preparatory School District. Kamrani and her husband are the parents of two children both of whom are HISD students.

Kamrani currently sits on the advisory board of Teach for America and the Houston Heights Association's Education Committee, and she was a member of the task force that helped establish HISD's Woodrow Wilson Elementary Montessori School. more

Newswrap: Threats of violence by neo-Nazis and rightwing Serb nationalist extremists force the cancellation of the September 20th Belgrade Pride march; the European Parliament condemns Lithuania's recently passed "no promo homo" law, while the Sharia-governed Indonesian province of Aceh makes homosexuality a crime punishable by public lashings and up to 8 years in prison; questions emerge about whether Uruguay's recently-revised adoptions law does, in fact, include same-gender couples; broadcast ads urging repeal of Maine's marriage equality law on the November 3rd ballot's Question 1 are a replay of California's lying Prop 8 claims about the threat to children, whil e many of Washington's largest employers issue a joint statement supporting a "yes" vote on Referendum 71 to uphold the state's "everything but marriage" domestic partnerships law; and George "Mr. Sulu" Takei and his husband Brad Altman will become the first gay couple on TV's venerable "Newlywed Game" (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by JOHN TORRES and MICHAEL LEBEAU) more

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 For over 30 years, Pride Houston has worked at the heart of the local GLBT community to increase awareness and equality in our city. Our initial goals of strengthening equality, building a stronger community and increasing public awareness of our causes still reside at the core of our mission. As we've made progress to these ends, that mission has expanded to include a variety of new initiatives. Ranging from annual charity events to aiding support and counseling networks, our activities continue to promote social awareness and enrich the diversity that helps our community thrive. The Pride organization consists of a number of groups and individuals who work together to produce, manage, and promote the many events hosted by Pride. more

 Every student in Texas schools deserves an education free from the harmful physical and emotional effects of harassment and bullying.  However, as schools across the state are reopening for the Fall term, thousands of Texas children dread going to school to face the taunts, jeers, humiliation, physical intimidation and pain inflicted through harassment and bullying. The Equality Texas Foundation is concerned that many school districts’ current policies on bullying and harassment may be inadequate, or inadequately enforced.  Although Texas’ schools have worked to make safe schools a reality by putting in place bullying and harassment policies required by the Texas Education Code, we believe current statutes do not yet adequately address the prevention, intervention, and elimination of bullying and harassment from our schools Although well-defined and communicated policies help deal with bullying and harassment when it happens, a comprehensive program is necessary for prevention. Programs that integrate a data-tracking system for bullying and harassment incidents, a robust district-level policy that is consistently enforced, and a research-proven program to educate both students and staff about bullying and harassment have been found to be the most effective. On Wednesday, September 23, 2009, the Equality Texas Foundation will host the second of several statewide open community forums on safe schools. Safe Schools Forum, Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. Lamar High School Cafeteria

This Way Out: "To march or not to march?" That's the question that's been confronting the LGBT community in the U.S. since a group of activists announced their plans for a major demonstration in Washington, D.C. on October 11th. With only a few months to organize the National Equality March, the idea was met with skepticism by some and enthusiasm by others. The reasons for and against marching on Washington were remarkably similar to the debate before the first such action. In FEBRUARY 1979 – at the kind of gathering critics of this year’s march have found missing from the process – local activists from around the country sent delegates to a national conference in PHILADELPHIA to make the final decision (veteran radio journalist BILL BOGUN reported from the City of Brotherly Love, with music from "We Shall Go Forth" by MARGIE ADAM)

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Drawn back by a plea for help from the mother of a gay teen being tormented at school, Wilson’s journey dramatically illustrates the universal challenges of being an outsider in a conservative environment and the transformation that is possible when those who have long been constrained by a traditional code of silence summon the courage to break it. more

NewsWrap:

 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)
Lisa Jackson & Girl Friday - Beautiful Freak (2003)
Lisa Jackson comments (2004)
Lisa Jackson & Girl Friday - AOK (2003)
Mark Angelo Cummings - video excerpt (2008)
Mark Angelo Cummings - The Mirror Makes No Sense (2007)
Tim Walker - Klondyke (2000, not trans)
Coyote Grace Interview (2009)
Coyote Grace - Girls Like Me (Summertime) (2009)
Coyote Grace - Picture Frame (2009)
Coyote Grace - Eyes (2009)
Coyote Grace - Daughterson (2009)
Namoli Brennet - Jacob's Angel (2009)
Namoli Brennet comments (2009)
Namoli Brennet - We Belong (2003)

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The following is scheduled:

Opening, general discussion

Gay marriage is once again up for debate. In Maine, voters next month will decide whether lesbian and gay people can get married, and polls show a very close contest. In Washington, D.C., the City Council in the next two months will approve same-sex marriage. And in California, efforts are underway to repeal a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. more

David Elliot is a former Texas newspaper reporter who now works as communications director for USAction. USAction is leading the coalition effort to pass quality, affordable health care through Congress. more

Newswrap: The newly-installed president of the United Nations General Assembly, Libya's Ali Abdussalam Treki, comes under fire for calling homosexuality "not really acceptable"; pundits predict that Germany's openly gay Free Democratic Party leader Guido Westerwelle will be named Foreign Minister in newly re-elected Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government; same-gender couples in Portugal await re-elected Prime Minister Jose Socrates' promise to enact marriage equality, while El Salvador lawmakers reject constitutional amendments to ban same-gender couples from legally marrying or adopting children; the Vatican's latest attack on gay men blames them, not pedophiles, for the Catholic Church child sex abuse scandal; lesbigay couples in the Australian state of Tasmania will be able to have their civil unions officiated by marriage celebrants beginning on November 1st, while same-gender couples in the U.S. state of Nevada begin registering their domestic partnerships; an unlikely battle over marriage rights – and divorce – begins in Texas; and the authors of "And Tango Makes Three", the most-banned book in the U.S. – and possibly Poland – welcome their own "third" (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by RICK WATTS and GREG GORDON). more

 

9:40 pm

Sue Lovell moved to Houston in 1970 from Fresno , California with 3 suitcases, $35 and two good friends. She was 19 years old. Lovell has been committed to creating jobs and opportunity for Houstonians ever since. She has worked in the private sector-both as a small business owner and as a corporate manager-and in the public sector-in the State Comptroller's office and as a Houston City Council Member for the last two years. Council Member Sue Lovell uses her experience in business and in community activism as she serves the City of Houston as a leader on City Council. more

Bering Methodist Church a reconciling congregation. Discussing the outreach to GLBT community. more

Rev. Ernie Turney minister

Decadent Desserts: Discuss the AssistHers program and fundraiser set for October 11, 2009 (National Coming Out Day) at South Beach 810 Pacific Street 4 - 8 p.m. AssistHers is a volunteer organization formed in 1996 to provide non-medical in-home support and care to lesbians with illnesses such as cancer, fibromyalgia, HIV/AIDS and multiple sclerosis. Volunteers work together to provide transportation and care to help clients remain in their own homes. more

This Way Out: Billboard for the "Rainbow Minute" and Elliott Tiber interview (with a brief Tiber tease) [:10] + For a man with some of the most highly touted liberal credentials in the world, opposition to marriage equality has become “an untenable position.” That's what former U.S. President BILL CLINTON told CNN's ANDERSON COOPER during a wide-ranging September 25th interview. Clinton cited the legal and political issues involved, but said his own personal friendships with same-gender couples had the most impact on his c hange of heart [2:28] + "TWO" I.D. by award-winning writer EDMUND WHITE

We'll "Take the A Train" to honor gay "JAZZ MASTER BILLY STRAYHORN" in a "RAINBOW MINUTE" (produced by JUDD PROCTOR and BRIAN BURNS at WRIR-FM in Richmond, Virginia and read by GIZ BOWE)

The word "character" could've been coined to describe ELLIOTT TIBER. His book was the inspiration for "Taking Woodstock," a cinematic celebration of the landmark cultural event. Oscar-winning director Ang Lee's movie makes Elliott a "character" in that sense of the word, too, portrayed by actor/comedian Demetri Martin. "This Way Out" entertainment reporter STEVE PRIDE got some behind-the-scenes dish from Tiber about the movie, and the legendary concert itself [with intro/outro music by RICHIE HAVENS, ending with a tease for next week's concluding Part 2]. more

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