**************************************************************** RUNDOWN for Program #599 THIS WAY OUT (hosted this week by Greg Gordon) "TWO" FEEDS EACH MONDAY @ 14:30-14:59 ET on PRSS DIGITAL FREQUENCY A73.5 and EVERY TUESDAY from 16:00-16:29 ET on Pacifica`s KU band) (also distributed on audiocassette by mail to non-satellite stations) Taiwan's new rights group combines "Queer & Class"; A new film from New Zealand explores what happens "When Love Comes"; Norway's Prince visits some queens, Britain's Fire Service gets burned, George Michael is sued by the cop who busted him, and other LGBT news from around the world **************************************************************** Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity ........................ 1:15 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Norway's Crown Prince Haakon urges respect for gays and lesbians and other minorities, and visits a gay bar in Oslo to prove his point; an employment anti-discrimination measure passes in Ferndale, Michigan, and is being considered in Jefferson County and the city of Henderson, Kentucky, while the existing law in Louisville, Kentucky is being challenged as infringing on the religious freedom of a Christian employer; Britain's national Fire Service is roasted for intolerance in an internal review issued by the Home Office; following revelations by former Conservative Defence Minister Michael Portillo of his collegiate homosexuality, a survey finds that a majority of British voters are ready for a gay Prime Minister; Democratic U.S. presidential hopeful former New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley stakes out stronger lesbigay rights positions than his rival for the nomination Vice President Al Gore, while GOP front-runner George W. Bush's campaign reportedly endorses some parts of an anti-queer pledge for presidential candidates proposed by religious right groups; South Africa's Law Commission proposes lowering the gay age of consent from 19 to 16, to making legal language describing rape gender-neutral, and to shifting responsibility for proving the crime from the victim to the defendant; a new book reveals gay former British MP Tom Driberg's forced Cold War-era spying followed his sex-seeking excursion in a Moscow men's room; pop singer George Michael, who came out as a gay man following his own charges of lewd behavior in a Beverly Hills men's room, is being sued by the cop who busted him; a poll names Sir Elton John one of the top 10 people best representing the last thousand years of British history; openly-gay Paris Barclay wins his second consecutive Directing Emmy for an episode of "NYPD Blue"; for the second time, Jonathan Schmitz receives a 25-to-50-year prison sentence for the "Jenny Jones" TV show-related shooting death of Scott Amedure; Toronto authorities clarify what constitutes public sex after charges are dropped against 18 men arrested for sexual activity at the gay Bijou Theatre bar; and Ally Sheedy steps into the transgender role in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" in New York City, while openly-gay comedy writer Bruce Vilanch is profiled in a new film documentary now in general U.S. release called "Get Bruce" [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, MARTIN RICE, REX WOCKNER, CHRIS AMBIDGE, ALAN REEKIE, DAVID WILLIAMS, GREG GORDON & LUCIA CHAPPELLE; anchored by JOSY CATOGGIO & GREG GORDON] . 9:55 SEGMENT #2 - "When Love Comes" billboard [:05] + Activism is growing in TAIWAN, especially with the formation earlier this year of the first political group specifically organized to advance legal rights for sexual minorities. This Way Out's MICHAEL SCHEMBRI talks with NI JIA-ZHEN of the Taipei-headquartered QUEER & CLASS about lesbigay life in Taiwan, the work her new group and others have engaged in during the past few years, and their top priority this year: beginning the slow process leading to enactment of employment discrimination protections [8:45] ......... 8:50 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by playwright/performance artist Luis Alfaro and comic Monica Palacios [:15] + New Zealander GARTH MAXWELL, who's directed episodes of both the "Xena" and "Hercules" TV series, made his feature film debut a few years ago with the cult classic "Jack Be Nimble". He's back on U.S. movie screens with his second film, the gay themed "WHEN LOVE COMES" (a Jour De Fete release) starring fellow Kiwi SIMON PRAST. This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE met with the duo for lunch and conversation, and also has several clips from the film (intro/outro music from "Brand New Start", written by Garth Maxwell and performed by LIZA LEE, from the movie soundtrack) [7:05] >................................................. 7:20 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", TAIWAN'S NEW RIGHTS GROUP COMBINES "QUEER AND CLASS", AND THE LATEST FILM FROM NEW ZEALAND EXPLORES WHAT HAPPENS "WHEN LOVE COMES" ... IN OTHER NEWS, NORWAY'S CROWN PRINCE VISITS SOME QUEENS, BRITAIN'S FIRE SERVICE GETS BURNED, AND POP SINGER GEORGE MICHAEL IS SUED BY THE COP WHO BUSTED HIM. 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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