**************************************************************** THIS WAY OUT RUNDOWN for Program #601, distributed 10/04/99 (hosted by Greg Gordon with Lucia Chappelle) "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) ON THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM: The Book of Matthew, Chapter 2: Recalling the "bashing death heard 'round the world", and examining the mainstream media's reporting of LGBT issues since then; EuroCourt blasts British military ban, bias protections advance in Kentucky and California, but Colombia's Senate stifles rights & leaders of Uganda and Kenya join the African gay-bashing chorus, plus other LGBT news from around the world **************************************************************** Opening Tease/Theme Music/Intro Continuity ......................... :55 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: The European Court of Human Rights issues a stinging and unanimous ruling against Britain's ban on lesbigay military service; the city of Henderson, Kentucky passes a lesbigay anti-discrimination Fairness Ordinance, but a similar measure is temporarily stalled in Jefferson County; California Governor Gray Davis signs a hate crimes bill into law enhancing penalties for those convicted of murder based on the victim's sexual orientation, while several other queer-friendly measures await his signature*; Switzerland passes a bill creating legal recognition of same-gender couples (but excluding adoption rights and access to fertility services); the homophobic Congressional Counsel quashes a package of landmark lesbigay rights proposals introduced in the Colombian Senate before they can even be debated; silenced Sister Jeannine Gramick says she'll continue her advocacy in academic circles and brands the Vatican's order against her as "unfair"; both Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Kenya's President Daniel arap Moi strongly condemn homosexuality in separate speeches one day apart; about 150 LGBT activists and their allies in Mexico make a pilgrimage to the shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe seeking tolerance and an end to discrimination and hate violence; stingy Council members in the Western Australia city of Perth deny organizers' funding request and may lose their traditional hosting of the economy-boosting annual Pride celebration there; San Francisco-based LGBT Internet web service PlanetOut announces new investments in the IPO-destined company to the tune of 16.4 million dollars; and gay issues had a low profile during the national conference of Britain's ruling Labour Party, but gay-but-won't-discuss-it former Cabinet member Peter Mandelson dances to a different tune [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 & GREG GORDON] ............................................ 9:45 SEGMENT #2 - *Late-breaking update to the "NewsWrap" report about California's pending pro-lesbigay legislation: Governor Gray Davis signs 3 additional bills into law establishing a statewide domestic partners registry, protecting students from harassment and discrimination, and strengthening the state's employment and housing sexual orientation anti-bias provisions .................................................... :35 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by openly-gay actor Stephen Fry (best known for his Oscar-nominated role in "Wilde") [:25] + This week marks the first anniversary of the brutal murder of gay University of Wyoming student MATTHEW SHEPARD, which could be described as "the bashing death heard 'round the world". How has that event influenced subsequent mainstream media coverage of the lesbian & gay community? Print and broadcast reporters, activists and media watchers tackled that question at the recent conference of the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association and, following brief excerpts from "This Way Out"'s original coverage and analysis from October 1998[3:50], we have excerpts from the mid-September 1999 NLGJA panel discussion "COVERING MATTHEW: A FLUKE OR A MILESTONE?", featuring comments by CATHY RENNA of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD); CHRIS CONNELLY of MTV; JASON MARSDEN, a personal friend of Matthew Shepard and a reporter for the Casper, Wyoming "Star Tribune"; and Matthew's mother JUDY SHEPARD, whose recently-formed Matthew Shepard Foundation aims to promote diversity & increase public awareness about hate violence (outro music from "Something Blue" by CRIS WILLIAMSON & TRET FURE)[12:25] >.................................................. 16:40 CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY ......................................... 1:05 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME ................................................. 29:00 ----------------------------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", OBSERVING THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE BRUTAL MURDER OF MATTHEW SHEPARD, AND EXAMINING ITS IMPACT ON MAINSTREAM MEDIA COVERAGE OF LESBIGAY ISSUES SINCE THEN ... IN THE NEWS, EUROPE'S HUMAN RIGHTS COURT BLASTS BRITAIN'S MILITARY BAN, BIAS PROTECTIONS ADVANCE IN KENTUCKY & CALIFORNIA, BUT COLOMBIA'S SENATE STIFLES RIGHTS, AND LEADERS OF UGANDA & KENYA JOIN THE AFRICAN GAY-BASHING CHORUS. 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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