**************************************************************** THIS WAY OUT Rundown Program #586 (Distributed 06/21/99) San Francisco author and performance artist Justin Chin ponders the history and meaning of the Stonewall Rebellion, William Watson, John Boswell, and Lesbian American Composers shine on new CD releases in this month's "Audiofile", Chart-topping Irish band Boyzone singer and 2 Welsh politicians come out, an openly-gay British actor is elected to the Euro Parliament, the Canadian Senate stalls couples pension equality, and other LGBT news from around the world **************************************************************** Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity ........................ 1:10 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Stephen Gately of the chart-topping Irish band Boyzone enters the out-zone; Two Welsh politicians (Member of the Welsh Assembly Ron Davies and Chief Executive of the Welsh nationalist Plaid Cymru party Karl Davies) come out to test tolerance; openly-gay actor Michael Cashman is elected to the Euro Parliament; Top-ranking White House lesbian Virginia Apuzzo leaves her post after 2 years for an endowed NGLTF Policy Institute position; Oklahoma Republican Senator James Inhofe's post-Hormel appointment "hold" crisis ends after he's almost universally condemned for the action; the U.S. House of Representatives votes its approval of the Department of Justice's queer-inclusive anti-bias school curriculum "Healing the Hate"; former Nassau County police officer James Quinn becomes the first in New York to win a federal lawsuit for homophobic harassment by his fellow officers; the Canadian Senate stalls couples pension equality; Quebec neutralizes de facto couple definition; Irish billboards boost lesbian rights; and 17-year-old Charlotte, North Carolina lesbian Samantha Gellar enjoys a staged reading of her award-winning play "Life Versus the Paperback Romance" -- which was banned from being performed by her home school district -- before a star-studded sell-out crowd in the home of the New York Shakespeare Festival [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, MARTIN RICE, REX WOCKNER, CHRIS AMBIDGE, GREG GORDON & LUCIA CHAPPELLE, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN & DEAN ELZINGA] >........... 9:40 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for AudioFile [:10] + The celebration of gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender pride during the month of June can be a mixture of recalling past struggles, confronting current issues and sharing hope for the future. For gay author and performance artist JUSTIN CHIN, reflections on Stonewall bring fresh insights -- and frustrations -- as he describes in his essay, "Q-Punk Grammar" from his book "Mongrel" (author's reading produced by STEVE PRIDE, with music from Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue") [7:05] ...................................................... 7:15 [San Francisco-based Justin Chin was born in Malaysia and grew up in Singapore. He's also the author of "Bite Hard" (Manic D Press), which was a finalist in the Firecracker Alternative Book Awards and the Lambda Literary Awards. His solo performances have been performed nationally.] SEGMENT #3 "TWO" I.D. by gay writer Edmund White [:35] + Soul-soothing solo piano music by two gay men (WILLIAM WATSON's "Burnham Woods" and JOHN BOSWELL's "Trust", with comments by Watson) and a collection of classical and contemporary-style pieces by lesbians ("LESBIAN AMERICAN COMPOSERS", released by Composers Recordings, Inc., with comments by PAULA KIMPER, the composer of "Patience and Sarah") are the featured CDs on this month's edition of "AudioFile" (produced and hosted by CHRIS WILSON and CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM) [8:40] .............................................. 9:15 CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY ......................................... 1:35 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME ................................................. 28:55 ------------------------------Please note------------------------------- Anyone with questions, suggestions, or NEWS stories is encouraged to email "T.W.O." Coordinating Producer Greg Gordon at TWOradio@aol.co -------------------------------thanks! ---------------------------------- =========================================*================================= STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT", STEPHEN GATELY OF THE CHART-TOPPING IRISH POP GROUP BOYZONE ENTERS THE OUT-ZONE, WHILE TWO WELSH POLITICIANS ALSO COME OUT TO TEST TOLERANCE ... SAN FRANCISCO AUTHOR AND PERFORMANCE ARTIST JUSTIN CHIN PONDERS THE HISTORY AND MYSTERY OF STONEWALL ... AND WATSON, BOSWELL, AND LESBIAN AMERICAN COMPOSERS SHINE ON NEW CD RELEASES IN THIS MONTH'S "AUDIOFILE" ... ALL THAT AND MORE THIS WEEK ON "THIS WAY OUT: THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY RADIO MAGAZINE", ______________________________________ [DAY and TIME] HERE ON __________________________. 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