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The longest-running queer news radio show is headed to the Library of Congress

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The independent radio show This Way Out has covered the global queer community for more than 30 years. Now, its archives are moving to the nation's library as part of a radio preservation² program.

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

A piece of living LGBTQ history is heading to the Library of Congress.

A MART?NEZ, HOST:

The independent radio show "This Way Out" has covered the global queer community for more than 30 years. Now its archives are moving to the nation's library as part of a radio preservation program.

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GREG GORDON: Welcome to "This Way Out," the international lesbian and gay radio magazine.

MARTIN: "This Way Out" debuted³ in 1988 on Pacifica station KPFK in Los Angeles. Co-host Lucia Chappelle says that in the '80s, mainstream⁴ media coverage⁵ of queer people mainly focused on the AIDS crisis.

LUCIA CHAPPELLE: There was just nothing else about our lives. They talked about our deaths but not our lives. That was the breakthrough, I think, with "This Way Out."

MART?NEZ: The show documents the fight for gay and lesbian rights all over the world, and it examines the culture wars at home with journalistic accuracy and a biting sense of humor.

CHAPPELLE: We are a queer voice, and so we have that edge, that special something, an insightful piercing of the status quo.

MARTIN: A 1992 broadcast marked the 15th anniversary of Anita Bryant's anti-gay Save Our Children campaign in Florida. Gay and lesbian activists⁷ organized to defeat the conservative Christian⁸ effort, targeting a new anti-discrimination law in Dade County.

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GORDON: Florida orange juice huckster Anita Bryant probably did more to advance the cause of lesbian and gay rights than any single activist⁶ when she fronted a similar religious fundamentalist campaign to repeal⁹ the lesbian and gay rights ordinance¹⁰ in Dade County, Fla.

MART?NEZ: Today, "This Way Out" is the longest-running radio news program by and about queer people. And while there's now plenty of LGBTQ media on the internet, co-host Greg Gordon says the program remains¹¹ a lifeline.

GORDON: I can tell you, based on responses - email and letters - that there are a lot of kids, and even older people, still in the closet with no discernible way for them to make any contact with the community. And we are very often that sort of lone¹² voice in the night telling them that they're OK to be who they are.

MARTIN: "This Way Out" airs on more than 180 community radio stations around the world. And with its archives set to be preserved, the program will be accessible to researchers, historians and to the public for years to come.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 preservation   

n.保护，维护，保存，保留，保持

参考例句：

• The police are responsible for the preservation of law and order.警察负责维持法律与秩序。
• The picture is in an excellent state of preservation.这幅画保存得极为完好。

3 debuted   

初次表演，初次登台（debut的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• In late 2003 a full-size SUV, the Pathfinder Armada, debuted. 2003年末，全尺寸SUV的探路者无敌舰队，推出。
• The album debuted at number two and quickly went platinum. 专辑一亮相就荣登排行榜第二名，很快就取得了白金销量。

4 mainstream   

n.（思想或行为的）主流；adj.主流的

参考例句：

• Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
• Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。

5 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

6 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

7 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

9 repeal   

n.废止，撤消；v.废止，撤消

参考例句：

• He plans to repeal a number of current policies.他计划废除一些当前的政策。
• He has made out a strong case for the repeal of the law.他提出强有力的理由，赞成废除该法令。

10 ordinance   

n.法令；条令；条例

参考例句：

• The Ordinance of 1785 provided the first land grants for educational purposes.1785年法案为教育目的提供了第一批土地。
• The city passed an ordinance compelling all outdoor lighting to be switched off at 9.00 PM.该市通过一条法令强令晚上九点关闭一切室外照明。

11 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

12 lone   

adj.孤寂的，单独的；唯一的

参考例句：

• A lone sea gull flew across the sky.一只孤独的海鸥在空中飞过。
• She could see a lone figure on the deserted beach.她在空旷的海滩上能看到一个孤独的身影。