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October 16, 2006: Cinematic trip to carnal knowledge; poet develops new queer aesthetic. Plus ANC backs South Africa's civil unions, lesbians' right to mother gestates in Denmark & Finland, Sweden deports gay to Iranian closet, Mozambique LGBTs rise, more news.

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Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:05

SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": A vote in favor of civil union legislation for South African same gender couples by the ruling African National Congress this week all but assures parliamentary passage; lesbian couples and single women will be able to access publicly-funded fertility treatment in Denmark starting January 1st, and will likely gain similar access soon in Finland; Sweden faces heat for the pending deportation of an Iranian gay man whom some fear will be executed in the Islamic nation; Amnesty International urges Philippines lawmakers to pass anti-discrimination legislation, while conservative Christian groups are agitating for repeal of such protections in Fiji; semi-autonomous power granted by Indonesia's government to regional authorities increases Sharia persecution of LGBT people in that Muslim nation, while Northern Cyprus appears to be on the verge of decriminalizing homosexuality; a United Nations human rights body condemns arrests and detention of gays and lesbians in Cameroon, but a first-ever LGBT rights organization may be forming in Mozambique (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL and REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by SHERI LUNN and DON LUPO) [9:55] + Studds obit (written by LUCIA CHAPPELLE and reported by GREG GORDON) [1:25] + "Rainbow Minute"+"Shortbus" billboard [:15] . . . . . . . . 11:35

SEGMENT #2 - This Way Out correspondent JANET MASON guides us out of an often all-too-prosaic world into more lyrical climes with this reflection on C.A. CONRAD's "DEVIANT PROPULSION" (from Soft Skull Press) . . . . . 3:30
[www.amusejanetmason.com]

SEGMENT #3 - "This Way Out" continues LGBT HISTORY MONTH with the enlightening new series, "THE RAINBOW MINUTE." Next up: GILBERT BAKER, the queer incarnation of U.S. flag maker Betsy Ross [produced by JUDD PROCTOR & BRIAN BURNS at the studios of WRIR in Richmond, Virginia, and read by DUSTIN RICHARDSON]. . . . . . . . 1:05

SEGMENT #4 - "TWO" I.D. by JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL ("Hedwig and the Angry Inch," "Shortbus") [:10] + A troubled gay male couple, a bored bisexual dominatrix, a sexually frustrated sex therapist -- they're just some of the characters who populate the controversial new movie "SHORTBUS." Their various journeys intersect at an exclusive New York private club, where they navigate the complicated back roads of love and lust. This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE hitched a ride on the "Shortbus" with writer/director JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL to talk about cinematic sex and "all the colors in the paint box" [10:25] . . . . . . 10:35
[www.shortbusthemovie.com, www.prideonscreen.com]

Closing Credits/continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:10

TOTAL PROGRAM TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29:00

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