**************************************************************** THIS WAY OUT RUNDOWN for Program #630, distributed 04/24/00 (produced and hosted by Lucia Chappelle and Greg Gordon) Vermont Senators bless civil unions, Mississippi adoption ban invites litigation, a marryin' Methodist minister will return to his pulpit, a Brazilian court calls for same-gender social security benefits, Brit & Scot trade unions support rights, and other international LGBT news; A Zimbabwe lesbian comes out against the odds during an AI-sponsored tour; and hell-raisers, a Latina balladeer & a cappella drag from the "AudioFile" "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 Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:20 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: The Vermont Senate approves landmark civil unions for the state's same-gender couples [with comments by the Human Rights Campaign's WAYNE BESSEN and the Family Research Council's ROBERT KNIGHT]; the Mississippi legislature sends a bill banning adoptions by gays and lesbians to a supportive governor, inviting ACLU litigation; a judge who says his hands are tied by state law deals a setback to those trying to secure same-gender partner domestic partner benefits at the University of Pittsburgh; marryin' Methodist minister Gregory Dell will return from suspension to his Chicago pulpit (but for how long?), while a California Bishop who refused to file complaints against marryin' ministers there is himself the target of a complaint; an historic court ruling in Brazil may pave the way for same-gender couples recognition there; British and Scottish trade unions come out strongly for queer rights; film legend Greta Garbo's mystery remains intact after 40-year-old letters from her to her screenwriter friend Mercedes de Acosta (who'd bragged of having had a lesbian relationship with Garbo) are opened in Philadelphia; and another film legend, Elizabeth Taylor, brings the crowd to its feet talking love and marriage at the Los Angeles GLAAD media awards [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 BRIAN NUNES & CINDY FRIEDMAN] >. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for "AudioFile" [:10] + The world has grown all too accustomed to the homophobic rhetoric of ZIMBABWE's President Robert Mugabe, but the voices of lesbians and gays struggling for change in that country are seldom heard. In hopes of remedying that situation, an initiative sponsored by Amnesty International brought one of those lesbian leaders, TSITSI TIRIPANO , to Illinois Wesleyan University in March to talk about her life and work. This Way Out's KIMBERLIE KRANICH prepared this report [7:00] . . . . . . . . >. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:10 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by humorist Kate Clinton, preceded by a brief excerpt (about an airline passenger who's Gay) from her Publishing Mills audiobook "Don't Get Me Started". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:25 SEGMENT #4 - New CD's by six Seattle hell-women ("Les Flammes d'Enfer" and "T'En Au Eu, T'En Auras Plus" from LES FEMMES D'ENFER's "Hot Flash"), a Venezuelan balladeer ("For the World" and the title cut from IRENE FARRERA's "Soy De Ti") and an a capella drag group that compares its formation to mixing chocolate and peanut butter ("Baby Dyke" and "Gay, Straight or Bi" from THE KINSEY SICKS' "Boyz To Girlz") pop out of this month's "AUDIOFILE" (hosted by CHRIS WILSON & PAM MARSHALL and produced with CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM, with comments by Les Femmes d'Enfer's TAMI ALLEN, Farrera, and the Kinsey Sicks' "RACHEL") . . . . . . . . . . 7:05 Les Femmes d'Enfer 827 N.E. 56th St. Seattle, WA 98105 femmes.denfer@gte.net, femmesdenfer@hotmail.com Irene Farrera c/o Same Sea Productions P.O. Box 5817 Eugene, OR 97405 nkorican@pond.net Kinsey Sicks P.M.B. 387 584 Castro Street San Francisco, CA 94114 ksicks@aol.com CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:45 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", VERMONT SENATORS BLESS CIVIL UNIONS, MISSISSIPI'S ADOPTIONS BAN INVITES LITIGATION, A BRAZILIAN COURT RECOGNIZES SAME-GENDER COUPLES, BRITISH AND SCOTTISH TRADE UNIONS COME OUT FOR GAY RIGHTS, AND GARBO'S MYSTERY REMAINS INTACT... A ZIMBABWE LESBIAN COMES OUT AGAINST THE ODDS... AND SEATTLE HELL-RAISERS, A VENEZUELAN BALLADEER, AND A CAPELLA DRAGSTERS POP OUT OF THIS MONTH'S "AUDIOFILE". 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