**************************************************************** THIS WAY OUT RUNDOWN for Program #629, distributed 04/17/00 (hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) N.Z. Human Rights Commissioner predicts rosy future for queer couples; Kate Clinton proves there's something funny about gay & lesbian families; Same-gender couples bill clears Canadian Commons, British Lords manipulate consent age reform measure, George W. meets selected gays but Log Cabiners bushwacked in Texas, trans-rights bill considered in Victoria, Australia, and other LGBT news from around the world "TWO" FEEDS EACH MONDAY @ 14:30 ET on PRSS DIGITAL FREQUENCY A73.5 and TUESDAY @ 16:00 ET on Pacifica`s KU band and is mailed on cassette to non-satellite-equipped stations and individual subscribers >>>> RUNDOWN <<<<< Opening Tease/Theme Music/Intro Continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:10 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Canada's landmark bill C-23, which would give same-gen der couples equal standing with unmarried heterosexual couples, clears the House of Commons, while the Justice Department announces its intention to introduce an age of consent equalization measure next year; Britain's House of Lords maneuvers more time to avoid age of consent equalizaton there; presumptive GOP presidential nominee George W. Bush meets with selected gays who support his candidacy, while the Log Cabin Republicans are denied a booth at the state party convention in Texas because they once sued to have one; Orlando, Florida's new City Councilwoman Patty Sheehan out-polls an incumbent to become that city's first openly-queer elected official, while openly-gay Ron Strouse runs unopposed as the Democratic candidate for U.S. Congress from Pennsylvania's 8th District; the government in the Australian state of Victoria introduces a bill to add "gender identity" to the state's Equal Opportunity Act; significant honors for gay men this week include Spain's Pedro Almodovar winning Best Director and Best Foreign Language Film at Britain's version of the Oscars, the BAFTA Awards, for "Todo Sobre Mi Madre" ("All About My Mother"), the Village Voice's Mark Schoofs winning the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for Foreign Reporting for his series on AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, and U.S. diva Diana Ross presenting a Pride of Britain award to manager Mark Taylor for his heroism at Soho's gay Admiral Duncan pub when it became the 3rd target of a series of hate-motivated nail bombings last April [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, CHRIS AMBIDGE, MARTIN RICE, BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, REX WOCKNER, LUCIA CHAPPELLE & GREG GORDON, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN & BRIAN NUNES] . . . . . . . . . >. . 10:00 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for Kate Clinton audiobook excerpt [:05] + The New Zealand government has been making steady progress toward legal recognition of same-gender relationships. Earlier this month, Prime Minister Helen Clark announced that the Cabinet had agreed to extend the law covering the division of property in divorce to apply equally to both heterosexual and same-gender domestic partnerships. That measure is expected to be passed by the Parliament in the next few weeks. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Justice has been soliciting public comment since August on its discussion paper, "Same-Sex Couples and the Law." CHRIS LAWRENCE, a member of New Zealand's Human Rights Commission, participated in a recent forum on the subject held in Christchurch. This Way Out's WALT ABELL caught up with him there for a conversation about how the process is going, the related issue of adoptions by gays and lesbians, and the prospects for enactment of some type of marriage-like legislation (intro music from "Step By Step" by SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK/outro music from "Married" from a "Cabaret" medley by LIZA MINNELLI) [12:00] + Billboard for Kate Clinton audiobook excerpt [:10] . . . . . . . >. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12:15 (the deadline for submissions on "Same-Sex Couples and the Law" is April 30th; information is available at the Ministry of Justice's Web site, www.justice.govt.nz) SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by comic actor Terry Sweeney (as "Nancy Reagan") [:15] + Leave it to lesbian-feminist humorist KATE CLINTON to find something funny about gay and lesbian families, in this excerpt from her Publishing Mills audiobook "Don't Get Me Started" [3:30]. . . . . . 3:45 CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:35 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", NEW ZEALAND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER CHRIS LAWRENCE PREDICTS A ROSY FUTURE FOR SAME-GENDER COUPLES THERE... A BILL TO INCLUDE GAYS & LESBIANS IN LEGAL CANADIAN COUPLEDOM CLEARS THE COMMONS, BRITAIN'S LORDS MANIPULATE AN AGE OF CONSENT EQUALIZATION MEASURE, GEORGE DUBBYA MEETS SELECTED GAYS BUT LOG CABINERS ARE BUSHWACKED IN TEXAS, THE AUSTRALIAN STATE OF VICTORIA CONSIDERS A TRANS-RIGHTS BILL... AND LEAVE IT TO HUMORIST KATE CLINTON TO FIND SOMETHING FUNNY ABOUT GAY & LESBIAN FAMILIES. 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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