THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine Program #733. (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Program I.D. ##02-F72-00015 The "War On Teorrism"'s toll on 3rd World queers & "identity" complexities; U.N. testimony details abuses in India while Amnesty documents persecution in Equador, a Muslim cleric's hate speech passes a Dutch court test, a Vancouver school district is liable for a gay student's harassment, U.S. students give discrimination the "Day of Silence" treatment, & other news; And "Fairy Godparents" offer a simple answer to a simple question.* In NewsWrap: The United Nations Commission on Human Rights hears testimony about the abuse of sexual minorities in India, while Amnesty International issues an extensive report detailing police abuse of gays, lesbians and transgenders in Ecuador, and a Dutch court rules that a Muslim imam's virulently anti-gay remarks in a national TV broadcast were protected free speech... in what may be a Canadian first, a school board in British Columbia is officially held responsible for failure to protect a student from anti-gay harassment, but at least 14 students in Nigeria are charged with beating a classmate to death because they believed he had sex with younger boys, while students on almost 1,800 high school and college campuses across the U.S. observe the 7th Annual "Day of Silence" to raise awareness of anti-queer harassment and discrimination... and other GLBT news from around the world [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN & DEAN ELZINGA].(about 10:30)* The growing and dynamic queer liberation movements in the Third World have their own unique national & regional histories and developing identities. PETER DRUCKER, a U.S. activist based in the Netherlands, has edited an anthology of essays by several Third World activists called "DIFFERENT RAINBOWS" (Gay Men's Press). During the first two of a 3-part This Way Out conversation, correspondent MICHAEL SCHEMBRI [2SER-FM/Sydney's "Gaywaves"] has talked with Drucker about the influences of globalization and the West on Third World queer liberation movements, and activist successes and challenges in confrontations with religion and post-colonial mindsets. In this week's conclusion, Drucker assesses the impact of the so-called "War on Terrorism", and expands on the complexities of queer identity in the context of Third World realities.(about 9:30)* For some parents a young child's asking "what does 'gay' mean?" could be a perplexing challenge, but in this charming essay by PETER DELL, a simple question gets a simple answer, thanks to some "Fairy Godparents" [produced by STEVE PRIDE & JON BEAUPRE].(about 5:30)