**************************************************************** THIS WAY OUT Rundown Program #597 (Distributed 09/06/99) (hosted by Lucia Chappelle and Greg Gordon) One sweaty night in the life of a confused Greek-Australian gay man hits movie screens "Head On"; Chinese Tongzhi explore their diversity in Hong Kong; A major British pro-gay ad campaign says "It's Prejudice That's Queer", trans-rights and a lesbigay-supportive PTA are established in Seattle, Belgium enacts limited partners legality while same-gender couples tie the registry in Milwaukee, but Utah bans unmarried foster parents, and other LGBT news from around the world **************************************************************** Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity ........................ 1:20 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: The Terrence Higgins Trust, Britain's leading AIDS charity, begins what's believed to be Europe's first large-scale media campaign against homophobia, "It's Prejudice That's Queer"; Massachusetts schools flunk the lesbigay student rights test, but a queer-supportive PTA and trans-protections are established in Seattle; West Australia Democrat Brian Grieg details his gay life and what he calls Australia's regime of sexual apartheid in his maiden speech before the national parliament; Belgium enacts a limited domestic partners law, same-gender Milwaukee couples tie the registry, but Utah prohibits foster parents who aren't legally married; San Diego's Union-Tribune newspaper reverses its policy following protests of their refusal to run an ad for the movie "Better Than Chocolate" because it included the word "lesbian"; Archbishop of Southeast Asia Moses Tay announces that he's boycotting a meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council because it's being hosted in Scotland by queer-supportive Primus Richard Holloway, whose views he calls "horrendous and heretical"; the annual conference of the Log Cabin Republicans, held this past week in New York City, featured a diversity of opinions inside, and a lame protest by right-wing gadfly Peter LaBarbera and a disorderly demonstration against keynoter Mayor Rudy Giuliani by a group calling itself Fed Up Queers outside; the Western Montana Gay and Lesbian Community Center opens in Missoula; and a nighttime tour emphasizing the homosexual habits of certain denizens of the Perth Zoo during West Australia's Lesbian and Gay Pride festival is nixed by the zoo's CEO as "an opportunity for voyeurism" [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, MARTIN RICE, REX WOCKNER, CHRIS AMBIDGE, ALAN REEKIE, GREG GORDON & LUCIA CHAPPELLE, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN & LEO GARCIA] >............................................. 9:50 SEGMENT #2 - "Head On" billboard [:05] + The 3rd CHINESE TONGZHI CONFERENCE, held August 19-22 in Hong Kong, was attended by over 140 LGBT delegates from 10 countries, as activists continued to increase their visibility in the region -- and to reach out to Chinese lesbigays abroad. The success of the Conference, and of the first-ever Hong Kong Gay Pride Day in mid-June -- both of which received considerable local media attention -- showed that the Tongzhi movement is growing. This Way Out's MICHAEL SCHEMBRI [from 2SER-FM/Sydney's "GayWaves"] talks with organizer RODDY SHAW about the event and its theme of "diversity", if Hong Kong's reunification with the mainland has affected lesbigay life there, and how their activism is influencing gays and lesbians in China [6:15] .... 6:20 SEGMENT #3 - "Head On" billboard [:10] + Lesbian "fumerist" KATE CLINTON describes how she began her stand-up career, in an excerpt from the recorded version of her best-selling "Don't Get Me Started" (Publishing Mills AudioBooks/www.pubmills.com) [2:40] + Kate Clinton "good virbrations" "TWO" I.D. [:15] ................................................... 3:05 SEGMENT #4 - "Head On" is not your typical coming out story -- This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE says it's a rollercoaster ride that jams a lot into one high velocity sweaty Melbourne night with a confused Greek-Australian gay man. The hit film from Down Under has just opened in the U.S. to even more critical acclaim than it received at home. Steve has a preview clip (featuring ALEX DIMITRIADES as the central character "Ari") and chats with the lesbian behind the camera of "Head On", director ANA KOKKINOS (with music from the movie soundtrack by OLLIE OLSEN) .................... 6:50 CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY ......................................... 1:25 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME ................................................. 28:45 ----------------------------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", DOWN UNDER'S "HEAD ON" TRACKS ONE SWEATY NIGHT IN THE LIFE OF A CONFUSED GREEK-AUSTRALIAN GAY MAN ... CHINESE TONGZHI [tahng-*zjhee*] FROM AROUND THE WORLD MEET IN HONG KONG TO EXPLORE THEIR DIVERSITY ... AND IN OTHER NEWS, EUROPE'S BIGGEST PRO-GAY AD CAMPAIGN SAYS "IT'S PREJUDICE THAT'S QUEER", MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOLS FLUNK THE STUDENT RIGHTS TEST BUT A LESBIGAY-SUPPORTIVE PTA AND TRANS-PROTECTIONS FIND A HOME IN SEATTLE... ANGLICAN ANIMOSITY DIVIDES TWO BISHOPS... BELGIUM ENACTS LIMITED PARTNERS LEGALITY WHILE SAME-GENDER COUPLES TIE THE REGISTRY IN MILWAUKEE, BUT UTAH BANS UNMARRIED FOSTER PARENTS ... THOSE STORIES AND MORE THIS WEEK ON "THIS WAY OUT: THE INTERNATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN RADIO MAGAZINE", ______________________________________ [DAY and TIME] HERE ON __________________________. 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