(new easier URL for our web page! http://www.thiswayout.org) **************************************************************** THIS WAY OUT RUNDOWN for Program #620, distributed 02/14/00* (hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Malaysian activists lay low during a high profile sodomy trial; California anti-marriage forces invoke state's rights in new radio/TV ads, while a high school support group faces onslaught in Orange; British gays and lesbians lose in the Lords but conquer the Commons, the Canadian government sends domestic partners legislation down the aisle, and other LGBT news from around the world * "TWO" USUALLY FEEDS MONDAYS @ 14:30 ET on PRSS DIGITAL FREQUENCY A73.5 * (and TUESDAYS @ 16:00 ET on Pacifica`s KU band) ************************************************************************** Human error prevented Monday's PRSS program feed, but A re-feed has been scheduled for TOMORROW/TUESDAY, 15 FEBRUARY 12:00 ­ 12:29 ET A71.5 We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. (distributed as usual via Pacifica's KU band on Tuesday FEB 15 @ 16:00ET, on audiocassette by mail to non-satellite stations, and by individual subscription) ************************************************************************** >>>> RUNDOWN <<<<< Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:05 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Britain's House of Lords rejects "no promo homo" Section 28 repeal, but the Commons approves consent equalization; Orange, California's El Modena High School Gay/Straight Alliance meets for the first time under court order, but the battle is far from over [with comments at this week's school board meeting including GSA leader ANTHONY COLIN]; California's Attorney General says the state won't challenge last week's appeals court ruling banning sexual orientation discrimination in jury selection; 68 Methodist ministers won't be tried for their holy union; 13 Vermont legislators introduce a bill to impeach the state's Supreme Court justices charging they overstepped their legal authority in ordering same-gender couples equalization, while the state House Judiciary Committee, charged with implementing that order, decides to prepare a bill creating parallel legal domestic partnership relationships rather than extend equal marriage rights to gays and lesbians; the Canadian government introduces sweeping legislation to equalize same-gender partnerships, which appears likely to pass; Finland's new president Tarja Halonen is past president of the nation's leading lesbigay rights group; and the world's first transsexual MP, New Zealand's Georgina Beyer, has some fun during her "maiden" speech [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, CHRIS AMBIDGE, MARTIN RICE, BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, REX WOCKNER, GREG GORDON & LUCIA CHAPPELLE, and anchored by LEO GARCIA and CINDY FRIEDMAN] . . . . . . >. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:45 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for Malaysia feature [:10] + The better-funded proponents of California's "Knight Initiative", Proposition 22, which would ban state recognition of same-gender marriages legalized in another state, launched a new TV ad this week, a few weeks after debuting Spanish-language ads extolling the virtues of the "traditional family". The more direct new English-language ads none-too-subtly attack Vermont's Supreme Court judges and invoke "state's rights". You'll hear what they're saying in this brief campaign update reported by GREG GORDON [2:10] . . . . . 2:20 SWEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by author/commentator Andrew Sullivan ("Virtually Normal") [:30] + As Malaysian reform leader Anwar Ibrahim and his political mentor and nemesis Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad prepare for a possible courtroom face off in Anwar's homosexual sodomy trial this week, the status of democratic freedoms and human rights in that country is again in the spotlight. Anwar had been Mahathir's heir apparent until a political rift led to Anwar's removal as Deputy Prime Minister in September 1998, quickly followed by his arrest and jailing for "unnatural offences". He's already been convicted of corruption charges in connection with a cover-up of the alleged sexual offenses, for which he was sentenced to six years in prison. Anwar and his supporters have consistently maintained that a conspiracy to discredit him was ordered by the Prime Minister, and the case has sparked unprecedented demonstrations and activism in opposition to the Mahathir government. However, one segment of the human rights movement has remained conspicuously quiet: members of a Malaysian gay organization believe their best course of action during the Anwar sodomy trial is to keep a low profile. As Radio Netherlands' HELENE MICHAUD discovers in this report from Kuala Lumpur, they believe Asian culture demands it [12:35]. . . . . . . . . . . . >. . . . . . . . . 13:05 CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30 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", FIND OUT WHY MALAYSIA'S GAYS HAVE DECIDED TO LAY LOW DURING A HIGH-PROFILE SODOMY TRIAL, TUNE IN TO THE PROPONENTS OF CALIFORNIA'S PROPOSITION 22, AND HEAR ABOUT THE ONSLAUGHT IN ORANGE OVER EL MODENA HIGH SCHOOL'S GAY SUPPORT GROUP. IN OTHER NEWS, BRITISH GAYS AND LESBIANS LOSE IN THE LORDS BUT CONQUER THE COMMONS, THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT SENDS SAME-GENDER PARTNERSHIP LEGISLATION DOWN THE AISLE, AND THE WORLD'S FIRST TRANSSEXUAL M.P. IS "MAIDEN" NEW ZEALAND. THOSE STORIES AND MORE THIS WEEK ON "THIS WAY OUT: THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY RADIO MAGAZINE", ______________________________________ [DAY and TIME] HERE ON __________________________. 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