**************************************************************** THIS WAY OUT RUNDOWN for Program #635, distributed 05/29/00 (hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) A TV documentary opens the door to "Our House"; Hundreds of vows exchanged at the Millennium Wedding; World Pride is banished from Rome by Vatican pressure, while People Like Us are silenced in Singapore, Washington's governor leads the move for domestic partner benefits while California's vetoes one, Canadian couples seek marriage licenses, 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 *HEADS UP: The PRSS feed on Monday June 26 will be on A72.3 (one time only) -------- AIR THE ENTIRE HALF-HOUR AND/OR USE SELECTED SEGMENTS ------ ALWAYS FREE OF CHARGE! USAGE LIMITED ONLY BY TIMELINESS OF NEWS CONTENT! >>>> RUNDOWN <<<<< Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:05 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Vatican pressure banishes the long-planned World Pride 2000 celebration from central Rome, while police deny a permit for Singapore's first-ever major conference planned by People Like Us; U.S. Presbyterians and some Evangelical Lutherans take positive steps toward blessing union ceremonies for same gender couples; a Washington state panel okays domestic partner benefits for lesbian and gay state workers, but California Governor Gray Davis vetoes a domestic partner family leave measure, while "simple public servants" are uncertain of their response to same gender Canadian couples applying for marriage licenses; homophobic charges on an anti-abortion Web site lead all 4 candidates for the top post of Canada's most socially conservative political party, the Alliance Party, to make inclusive statements about gays and lesbians; legendary openly-gay actor Sir John Gielgud takes his final curtain call at the age of 96; and the auction price for a pair of Judy Garland's "Wizard Of Oz" ruby slippers goes way over the rainbow [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 CINDY FRIEDMAN and LEO GARCIA] >. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:45 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for "Our House" feature (over instrumental beginning of this segment's intro music) [:15] + Hundreds of same-gender couples congregated in Washington, DC on April 29, the day before the Millennium March for Equality, to celebrate their relationships at a mass commitment ceremony. "THE WEDDING: NOW MORE THAN EVER" was originally going to be held in front of the Internal Revenue Service to protest the denial of tax benefits to gay and lesbian partners, but the huge number of couples pre-registering for the ceremony made it necessary to move it to the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. There under sunny skies, the presence of picketing anti-gays in the distance didn't dampen the couples' jubilant spring wedding spirit as the REVEREND ELDER TROY PERRY of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches lead a ceremony that also included UFMCC REVEREND ELDER DARLENE C. GARNER, openly-gay Washington, D.C. City Councilman JIM GRAHAM, and defrocked same gender marrying Methodist minister REVEREND JIMMY CREECH (intro/outro music from "Yes I Am" by MELISSA ETHERIDGE) [8:45]. >. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:00 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by author/commentator Michelangelo Signorile [:10] + "OUR HOUSE: A VERY REAL DOCUMENTARY ABOUT KIDS OF GAY AND LESBIAN PARENTS" is an insightful video that's jumping from the queer film festival circuit to the U.S. public airwaves of PBS during the next few weeks. This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE chats with producer/director MEEMA SPADOLA and has audio excerpts from the film (with music from "Our House" by MADNESS and outro music from "We Are Family" by SISTER SLEDGE) [6:20] . . . . . 6:30 [online source mentioned for scheduled PBS TV station broadcast dates and more info about Children Of Lesbians And Gays Everywhere: http://www.colage.org] Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:35 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:55 ----------------------------Please note-------------------------------- Anyone with questions, suggestions, or *news stories* is encouraged to email "TWO" Coordinating Producer Greg Gordon at TWOradio@aol.co ----------------------------- thanks! --------------------------------- STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT", HUNDREDS EXCHANGE VOWS AT THE MILLENNUM MARCH'S MEGA-WEDDING, WHILE A NEW TV DOCUMENTARY ABOUT CHILDREN OF GAY AND LESBIAN PARENTS OPENS THE DOORS TO "OUR HOUSE"... IN OTHER NEWS, VATICAN PRESSURE BANISHES WORLD PRIDE FROM CENTRAL ROME, WHILE POLICE SILENCE "PEOPLE LIKE US" IN SINGAPORE... WASHINGTON MOVES TO GRANT PARTNER BENEFITS TO ITS GAY AND LESBIAN STATE WORKERS, BUT CALIFORNIA'S GOVERNOR VETOES A DOMESTIC PARTNER FAMILY LEAVE BILL, WHILE SAME GENDER CANADIAN COUPLES PUSH FOR MARRIAGE LICENSES. 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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