**************************************************************** THIS WAY OUT RUNDOWN for Program #632, distributed 05/08/00 (produced and hosted by Lucia Chappelle and Greg Gordon) The Millennium March On Washington in black and white with Boykin & Jean; Vermont celebrates civil unions and contemplates a gay Senator, same-gender couples at issue in New Zealand and Nigeria, Connecticut okays but Mississippi nixes adoption by gays and lesbians, wealthy anti-gay Scot buys Section 28 referendum, 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 Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:15 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Hundreds of thousands rally in D.C. on April 30th at the Millennium March On Washington for Equality, and tens of thousands attend the "Equality Rocks" concert the night before at RFK Stadium featuring several big-name queer and supportive performers; reaffirmation by the state House and Governor Howard Dean's signature officially enact Vermont "civil unions", the most extensive legal recognition of gay & lesbian couples in the U.S. to date, while Vermont state Auditor of Accounts Ed Flanagan officially announces his candidacy to become the first openly-gay U.S. Senator; Washington governor Gary Locke pushes for spousal health coverage for the state's gay and lesbian employees, but the Virginia Supreme Court strikes down Arlington County's domestic partner benefits; a Maryland appeals court recognizes a lesbian co-parent's legal standing to sue for visitation, Connecticut's state Senate joins the House in approving second-parent adoptions by both same-gender and unmarried hetero couples, but Mississippi bans all adoptions there by same-gender couples; the New Zealand Parliament approves in principle giving domestic partners the same property rights as legally married couples; what may be Nigeria's first reported "gay wedding" sparks a formal investigation in the Muslim-dominated Kano state legislature; in the Welsh town of Aberystwyth, mayor-elect Jaci Taylor announces that her longtime partner Felicity Roberts will handle the duties traditionally borne by mayors' wives; Scotland's Parliament votes overwhelmingly to move repeal of the Thatcher-era "no promo homo" Section 28 to the committee stage, while a last-ditch effort by opponents of repeal banks on a questionable referendum funded by anti-gay millionaire businessman Brian Souter; and the French army welcomes open gays and lesbians, as long as they don't try to "recruit" the recruits [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, REX WOCKNER, CHRIS AMBIDGE, MARTIN RICE, GREG GORDON & LUCIA CHAPPELLE, and anchored by BRIAN NUNES and JOSY CATOGGIO] . . . . . 9:45 SEGMENT #2 - The hundreds of thousands who gathered April 30th in Washington, D.C. for the Millennium March for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Equality spent the afternoon listening to speakers representing many different aspects of the movement. Two of the most inspiring speeches came from former Executive Director of the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center LORI JEAN and former Executive Director of the National Black Lesbian and Gay Leadership Forum KEITH BOYKIN. Jean dealt with the broad dimensions of the fight for "full equality and nothing less", while Boykin's speech/poem addressed the tensions between the mainstream lesbigay community and L/G/B/T people of color -- and some of the concerns of those who were critical of the march from the beginning [thanks to Alan Wiley and PlanetOut.com for providing the sound]. Segment intro music from "Come To My Window" by MELISSA ETHERIDGE and intro continuity [1:05] + Lori Jean speech excerpts [6:25] + "TWO" I.D. by Lucia Chappelle [:05] + Keith Boykin speech excerpts [8:45] . . . . . . . 16:20 Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:40 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", KEITH BOYKIN AND LORI JEAN HIGHLIGHT THE MILLENNIUM MARCH ON WASHINGTON RALLY IN BLACK AND WHITE... IN OTHER NEWS, VERMONT CELEBRATES CIVIL UNIONS AND CONTEMPLATES A GAY SENATOR, WHILE SAME-GENDER COUPLES ARE AT ISSUE IN NEW ZEALAND, WALES, AND NIGERIA... CONNECTICUT MAY OKAY BUT MISSISSIPPI NIXES ADOPTION BY GAYS AND LESBIANS, AND A WEALTHY ANTI-GAY BUSINESSMAN BUYS SCOTLAND'S "NO PROMO HOMO" REFERENDUM. 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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