**************************************************************** THIS WAY OUT Rundown Program #596 (Distributed 08/30/99) (hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) A Roundtable preaches for rights in the belly of the beast; A Castro Cowboy, Queen City diva & dynamic duo fill this month's AudioFile; The Moroccan king's "outing" causes a royal blush, asking and telling from Argentina to Arizona, a co-adoption is denied in Israel but granted in The Yukon Territory, the "Jenny Jones" killer is found guilty again, and other LGBT news from around the world **************************************************************** Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity ........................ 1:10 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Morocco's new king is outed in the Netherlands; Argentina's soon-to-retire commanding Army general recommends just discharging gay soldiers instead of throwing them in jail, while the Pentagon says it's investigating a U.S. Army reservist -- who's also an openly-gay Arizona lawmaker -- for homosexuality [with a brief comment by GOP state legislator STEVE MAY]; the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America solidifies its celibacy requirement for gay & lesbian and unmarried heterosexual clergy, while a Houston, Texas lesbian couple of 25 years obeys United Methodist law against sanctioned same-gender union ceremonies by holding theirs in the street outside their local church; New Zealand's Ministry of Justice seeks public comment on their finally-issued discussion paper that proposes reconciling the legal status of same-gender couples with the national Human Rights Act; a lesbian couple's bid to co-adopt each other's biological children is denied in Israel, but a lesbian couple becomes the first to co-adopt a child in the Yukon Territory, while Canada's federal government grants asylum to a lesbian who fled from horrendous persecution in Argentina; Jonathan Schmitz is found guilty again of second degree murder for killing fellow "Jenny Jones" TV show guest Scott Amedure; a threatened lawsuit gets venomous Kansas homophobe Fred Phelps his godhatesfags.com website back from its temporary ownership by the webmaster of godlovesfags.com; a stridently-anti-gay Frederick County, Maryland state senator condemns the Ku Klux Klan's distribution of bible verses against homosexuality in flyers randomly left on doorsteps of his constituents; and a Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission hearing over a bible-quoting anti-gay advertisement includes an exchange about the purpose of testicles between one of the 3 complaining gay men and the man who placed the ad [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 LEO GARCIA and CINDY FRIEDMAN] ................................ 10:05 SEGMENT #2 - "AudioFile" billboard [:10] + To the lesbigay-positive ear the words "religious roundtable" can sound like an alert for suspicion and anxiety. That's why U.S. religious leaders who don't fit the stereotype are forging a major public voice in support of LGBT rights to counter the homophobic rhetoric of the religious right. LAURA FLANDERS of Pacifica Radio's "Democracy Now" spoke this week with some of those seated at the NATIONAL RELIGIOUS LEADERSHIP ROUNDTABLE, which recently brought its message into what many would call the heartland of religious conservatism-- Colorado Springs, Colorado [comments by URVASHI VAID, Director of the co-convening National Gay & Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute (with Equal Partners In Faith); RABBI STEPHEN FOSTER of Denver's Congregation Emmanuel; and suspended United Methodist Church minister REVEREND GREGORY DELL of Chicago] [8:30] >............................................. 8:40 [contact info given in the outro tag: 202-332-6483, ngltf@ngltf.org] SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by queer author/commentator Michelangelo Signorile [:10] + PAM MARSHALL and CHRIS WILSON (with the ever-reliable CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM on keyboards) turn their "AUDIOFILE" spotlight this month on the music of "Castro Cowboy" CHARLIE PACHEO ("Here Come The Blues"), the "Naked" blues/jazz/rock stylings of Cincinnati's TRACY WALKER, and the ever-popular CRIS WILLIAMSON & TRET FURE ("Radio Quiet") [7:25] >...................................................... 7:35 contact info for the featured artists: Charlie Pacheo: Castro Cowboy Records, 117 Hartford No. 4, San Francisco, CA 94114; www.cyberwolves.com/castrocowboy, cpached@PacBell.net Tracy Walker: Gallimaufry Records, P.O. Box 140126, Cincinnati, OH 45250; www.tracywalker.com, tracywalk@aol.com Cris Williamson & Tret Fure: Wolf Moon Records, P.O. Box 970, Marcola, OR 97454; www.cris-tret.com, wolfmoon@teleport.com CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY ......................................... 1:20 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME ................................................. 28:50 ----------------------------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", A ROUNDTABLE PREACHES FOR RIGHTS IN THE BELLY OF THE BEAST, WHILE A CASTRO COWBOY, QUEEN CITY DIVA AND DYNAMIC DUO FILL THIS MONTH'S "AUDIOFILE" ... AND IN THE NEWS, THE KING OF MOROCCO IS OUTED IN HOLLAND, A CO-ADOPTION IS DENIED IN ISRAEL BUT APPROVED IN THE YUKON TERRITORY, AND THEY'RE ASKING AND TELLING FROM ARGENTINA TO ARIZONA. ALL THAT AND MORE THIS WEEK ON "THIS WAY OUT: THE INTERNATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN RADIO MAGAZINE", ______________________________________ [DAY and TIME] HERE ON __________________________. 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