**************************************************************** THIS WAY OUT RUNDOWN for Program #652, distributed 09/25/00 (hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Surfer boys meet teen slasher in Charles Busch's "Psycho Beach Party"; Taiwan President holds historic huddle with gay and lesbian activists; Britain's third party becomes first in couples rights support, Canada considers exclusion of HIV+ immigrants, "Ex-gay" movement's poster boy caught in D.C. gay bar, police investigate hate motive in Virginia mass shooting, "Dr. Laura" TV show rushed into surgery, & other global GLBT news "TWO" FEEDS via the PRSS EACH MONDAY @ 14:30 ET on A72.3, EACH TUESDAY @ 16:00 ET on Pacifica`s KU band, and is mailed on cassette to non-satellite-equipped stations and to individual subscribers IMPORTANT: Due to possible solar interference, ADDITIONAL PRSS feeds are scheduled for OCT 2 and OCT 9 from 15:30-15:59 ET on A72.3; please note that these are IN ADDITION TO the regular feeds at 14:30-14:59 ET on each of those dates. -------- 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:00 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Britain's third party, the Liberal Democrats, include support for "civil partnerships" for gay and lesbian couples in their election platform; openly-gay 21-year-old Jim R. Morrison wins the Democratic nomination for a Washington state House seat, while his father Jim L. Morrison loses to the incumbent in the Republican primary; openly-gay Arizona Republican state legislator Steve May will fight his honorable discharge from the U.S. Army Reserves for violating "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" in a speech supporting domestic partnership benefits in a state House floor debate last year; openly-gay Canadian New Democratic Party M.P. Svend Robinson shuns a handshake with the new leader of the convservative Alliance Party, Stockwell Day, while Canada's Immigration Minister Elinor Caplan proposes mandatory HIV and hepatitis B tests for all prospective immigrants and exclusion of those who test positive; the best interests of their 2 children are the top concern as rock star Melissa Etheridge and filmmaker Julie Cypher announce their separation after over a decade together; "Ex-gay" movement poster boy John Paulk is caught fraternizing in a D.C. gay bar; in what appears to be a hate-motivated shooting spree at the gay Backstreet Café in Roanoke, Virginia, Ronald Edward Gay kills one patron, Danny Overstreet, and injures 6 others; "Dr. Laura" Schlessinger's TV show stops production for "re-tooling" just 2 weeks after its broadcast debut; and Olympic handballers Camilla Andersen of Denmark and Mia Hundvin of Norway are registered domestic partners but fierce competitors on the court [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, MARK R. KERR, BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, REX WOCKNER, CHRIS AMBIDGE, GREG GORDON and LUCIA CHAPPELLE, and anchored by CHASE SCHULTE and CINDY FRIEDMAN] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:15 SEGMENT #2 - "Psycho Beach Party" billboard [:15] + A first-of-its-kind Pride Festival was held earlier this month in TAIWAN's capital city of TAIPEI, and American writer Michael Bronski and legal activist NAN HUNTER were invited to participate in the festivities. Hunter talked last week with This Way Out's GREG GORDON about the various events at the 2-day festival in the first of a 2-part interview, and in this week’s conclusion, she describes being part of the unexpected historic meeting by gay & lesbian activists with the Republic of China’s President Chen Shui-Bian, discusses the impact of religion on political discourse there, and speculates on the Pride Festival’s long term impact [8:20]. . . . . 8:35 SEGMENT #4 - "TWO" I.D. by gay singing duo Romanovsky & Phillips (with an excerpt from their "Brave Boys") [:20] + CHARLES BUSCH is the playwright and cross-dressing star of such Off-Broadway classics as "Vampire Lesbians of Sodom," "Red Scare on Sunset," and "Theodora, She-Bitch of Byzantium." In his dubious spare time, this celebrated lady of the theatre authored the novel "Whores of Lost Atlantis." Busch appeared in the film "Addams Family Values" and has a recurring role on the popular HBO prison drama series "OZ," but now one of his earliest stage works, "PSYCHO BEACH PARTY", has morphed into a movie. This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE meets the gay cult icon to find out more about his checkered past, his bound-for-Broadway future, and his big screen beach blanket bloodbath (with music from "Psycho Beach Theme Song" by film composer BEN VAUGHN) [7:10] . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:50 ----------------------------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", TAIWAN'S PRESIDENT HOLDS HISTORIC HUDDLE WITH GAY AND LESBIAN ACTIVISTS, BRITAIN'S THIRD PARTY BECOMES FIRST IN COUPLES RIGHTS SUPPORT, CANADA CONSIDERS EXCLUSION OF HIV-POSITIVE IMMIGRANTS, THE "EX-GAY" MOVEMENT'S POSTER BOY IS CAUGHT IN A D.C. GAY BAR, POLICE INVESTIGATE HATE IN A VIRGINIA MASS SHOOTING, "DR. LAURA"'S TV SHOW IS RUSHED INTO SURGERY, AND SURFER BOYS MEET TEEN SLASHER IN CHARLES BUSCH'S "PSYCHO BEACH PARTY". ALL THAT AND MORE THIS WEEK ON "THIS WAY OUT: THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY RADIO MAGAZINE", ______________________________________ [DAY and TIME] HERE ON __________________________. [STATION] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> STATIONS: MISSED THE SATELLITE FEED? <~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PLEASE CONTACT THE PACIFICA RADIO ARCHIVES TO ORDER A COPY OF THE PROGRAM, WHICH THEY CAN SEND YOU VIA U.P.S.; PHONE 818/506-1077 AND ASK FOR MARK OR EDGAR. ******************************************************** On the air since April 1988, "This Way Out" is the multi-award-winning internationally-distributed weekly gay and lesbian radio newsmagazine. 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