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For 14 years, nobody has covered the LGBT music scene like JD Doyle, Chris Wilson, Pam Marshall, and Christopher David Trentham. You'll want to have your own CD copy of their "last waltz," the Audiofile 2010 Year in Review! It's yours for a $25 donation to This Way Out. Get the details at thiswayout.org.

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Sonia & disappear fear - Blood, Bones and Baltimore
Ryan States - Strange Town
Roger Mapes - House of Joy (Special Edition)
Kevin Wong - Pink in the Grey
Sean Wiggins - Naked Thursdays
Avi Wisnia - Something New
Kristie Stremel - Color of Stars
Mike Rickard - Sweat

Audiofile 2010 Year in Review

Now playing ... week of Dec. 27, 2010

Our tune-filled holiday season tradition features bluesy/jazzy/country/pop/rock from the personal to the whimsical to the political, the music of Sonia & disappear fear (Blood, Bones & Baltimore), Ryan States (Strange Town), Roger Mapes (House of Joy), Kevin Wong (The Pink in the Grey), Sean Wiggins (Naked Thursdays), Avi Wisnia (Something New), Kristie Stremel (Color of Stars) and Mike Rickard (Sweat).



It's an all-star swan-song for Audiofile hosts/producers JD Doyle, Chris Wilson, Pam Marshall, and Christopher David Trentham.

(NewsWrap returns January 10th.)

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"Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward"

Now playing ... week of Dec. 20, 2010

Janet Mason reads into Justin Spring's biography portraying the life long friendship of professor, tattoo artist and sexual renegade Samuel Steward with Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas.

A fond remembrance of former This Way Out News Director Cindy Friedman, who would have been 60 years old this week, featuring Jerry Falwell, Tinky Winky, and Cindy's infamous, razor-sharp wit.

Plus a Rainbow Minute saluting the lesbian "little general" of a venerable U.S. first family.



And in NewsWrap: "Don't Ask Don't Tell" marches to the dustbin of history, British couples seek double equality, Iranian oppression gets documented, poisonous homophobia mushrooms in Africa, and more news reported by Christopher Gaal and Rick Watts.

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NewsWrap for the week ending Dec. 18, 2010

SUMMARY

Stand Down - "Don't Ask Don't Tell" heads to the dustbin of history with its repeal in the US Senate, but outspoken discharged soldier Lt. Dan Choi is sent to a psychiatric hospital after a severe anxiety attack following repeal's initial rejection ...

Fair Trade - attorney for eight British couples prepares a lawsuit to challenge the UK's dual bans on same-gender marriage and heterosexual civil partnerships, but civil unions are increasingly being favored over marriage by heterosexual couples in France ...

Repression Progression - Human Rights Watch details extensive state persecution of LGBT people in Iran, while attacks on sexual minorities are on the rise in many parts of Africa ...

No Kill I - US seeks the restoration of sexual orientation to the named targeted categories in a UN anti-violence resolution ...

Red Card - FIFA president Sepp Blatter apologizes after kicking up a round of global outrage by suggesting that gay fans who plan to attend the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, where same-gender sex is outlawed, should "refrain from sexual activities"

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How Queer Are You & Prop 8 Hearing

Now playing ... week of Dec. 13, 2010

A new LGBT generation "cues" up with street activist-turned workplace equality advocate Angela "Q" Wilson, who talks with Sheri Lunn about the new use of the word "queer."

A gloves-off hearing in the Ninth Circuit Court pushed the arguments for and against marriage equality in California. From Pacifica Radio, Mark Mericle and Glenn Reeder anchor reports by Christopher Martinez and Dan Fritz.

Plus poet Jonathan Ryan Lee ponders Any Other Name.



And in NewsWrap: E.U. measures variable rights among member states, a Czech asylum test fails its E.U. exam, Jamaican activists demand answers in a comrade's killing, Republicans repel "Don't Ask" repeal as the deadline looms, Brazil equalizes partner pensions, and more news reported by Rick Watts and Greg Gordon.

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NewsWrap for the week ending Dec. 11, 2010

SUMMARY

EuroFinger Wag - The E.U.'s Fundamental Rights Agency provides the EuroParliament with a report outlining the disparities among member states in the protection of LGBT rights, and criticizes the Czech Republic for using "arousal tests" in gay asylum cases ...

J-FLAG at Half Mast - Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays reports that one of its members has been brutally murdered ...

Just Don't - U.S. Senate again fails to consider repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell, but hope remains that it can still be passed in the waning days of the current Congressional session ...

A Few Bad Men - Ft. Worth, Texas City Attorney drops charges against two patrons of the infamous Rainbow Lounge raid who were assaulted by police and state agents, while the city of Atlanta, Georgia offers a million-dollar lawsuit settlement to several patrons of the Eagle bar who were victimized during a similar raid there ...

Spare Rod/Love Child - U.S. study reports that misbehaving LGBT youth are punished more severely than their heterosexual peers for similar offenses, while another confirms that familial acceptance is healthier for LGBT youth than rejection ...

Forget-Me-Not - Brazil's Social Security Ministry announces that the surviving spouses in same-gender relationships are entitled to the same pension benefits as their heterosexual counterparts

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AIDS and Elders & Don't Quack Don't Tell

Now playing ... week of Dec. 6, 2010

Sean Cahill of New York City's Gay Men's Health Crisis gives Sheri Lunn the highlights of a groundbreaking study on aging with HIV.

Cynical Senators dispute the Pentagon's encouraging "Don't Ask Don't Tell" troop survey as MSNBC's Rachel Maddow decries the stubbornness of the lame duck Congressional session (featuring a report on the latest Armed Services Committee hearing from Free Speech Radio News).

And in NewsWrap: Kenya's P.M. causes gay panic, Pride legalities celebrated in Delhi and protested in St. Patersburg, Pope offers grudging grace to condoms, gay couples can soon unionize in Illinois, "Kamala-from-behind" win for California's Prop 8 foe, and more news reported by Tanya Kane-Parry and Rick Watts.

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NewsWrap for the week ending Dec. 4 , 2010

SUMMARY

Just Kidding - Kenya's Prime Minister creates panic by calling for the mass arrests of gays and lesbians, then says that was not what he meant, while Human Rights Watch warns of escalating violence against sexual minorities in Senegal ...

Pride & Prejudice - more than 2,000 people celebrate Pride in Delhi, but counter-protesters attack the first legal Russian Pride march in St. Petersburg ...

Rubber Soul - Pope Benedict XVI says using a condom is less sinful than infecting a sexual partner with HIV, but doesn't change his position that gays and lesbians are "intrinsically disordered" ...

Don't Quack Don't Tell - Arizona's John McCain leads other Republicans in their continuing opposition to repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell at the Senate Armed Services Committee hearings, while the Pentagon's top brass all testify that Congressional repeal could be implemented with no significant problems, but while a few Republican Senators now voice support for repeal, all 42 GOP Senators refuse to consider any other legislation in the lame duck days of the current Congressional session until government funding and tax cut issues are resolved ...

One Small Step - Illinois legislature approves a civil unions bill that Governor Pat Quinn is expected to sign ...

One Giant Leap - big GOP victories in November's state legislature elections in Minnesota signal unlikely progress on a marriage equality bill there, and a possible effort to overturn New Hampshire's existing marriage equality law ...

Hawkeye Hardline - Iowa's Senate leader says he won't allow a vote on a proposed constitutional amendment to overturn his state's marriage quality law ...

Judge Not - Prop 8 supporters challenge one of the three judges named to hear the Ninth Circuit appeal case scheduled for December 6th to recuse himself because of potential bias, but he refuses ...

Final Tally - Kamala Harris is named the winner of the critical razor-thin race for California Attorney General, insuring that the state will not re-enter the case to defend Prop 8

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