**************************************************************** THIS WAY OUT RUNDOWN for Program #655, distributed 10/16/00 (hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Hate and marriage heat up the second U.S. presidential debate; Lesbian-feminist humorist Kate Clinton chats up "National Coming Out Day"; Korea has its first openly-gay celebrity and the Arizona state legislature has an openly-gay chaplain -- but each pay a price, a transgender teen wins the right to dress for gender success, "Dr. Laura" suffers apology deficit disorder, African-American lesbian icon Ruth Ellis is dead at 101, and 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 *==> Weekly feeds now confirmed by PRSS on A72.3 through June 2001 <== -------- AIR THE ENTIRE HALF-HOUR AND/OR USE SELECTED SEGMENTS ------ ALWAYS FREE OF CHARGE! 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[no teases this week] . . . :40 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Korea has its first openly-gay celebrity as popular actor-comic Hong Sok-chon comes out on national television, while the Arizona state legislature's chaplain, Reverend Charles Coppinger, uses the October 11th U.S. National Coming Out Day to do the same – but each pays a price; the leader of the anti-queer Southeast Legal Foundation, Matthew Glavin, is busted for a second time for public indecency in a popular cruising area in the Chattachoochee River National Recreation Area in Georgia; a transgender Massachusetts teen, forced to dress as a male by school authorities, wins a court order allowing her to attend in her gender-identifying women's clothing; top-rated radio but low-rated TV talk show host "Dr. Laura" Schlessinger makes another lame apology for hurting people with her words about homosexuality, but not for the medically-inaccurate and defamatory statements themselves; as the 100th anniversary of the death of Oscar Wilde approaches, a feature article in the venerable Jesuit publication "La Civilita Cattolica" asserts that the gay icon converted to Catholicism on his death bed; and African-American lesbian icon Ruth Ellis dies at the age of 101 (with excerpts from her comments in the Yvonne Welborn film "Living With Pride: Ruth Ellis at 100") [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to STEVE PRIDE, GRAHAM UNDERHILL, BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, REX WOCKNER, CHRIS AMBIDGE, GREG GORDON and LUCIA CHAPPELLE, and anchored by CHASE SCHULTE and CINDY FRIEDMAN]. . . . 10:55 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for Kate Clinton segment [:10] + When the Democratic and Republican candidates for President of the United States met for their second face-to-face debate on October 11th, neither side scored any major points -- and their volleys on the issues of hate crimes, same-gender marriage and gay and lesbian civil rights may have said as much about their preparation and debating skills as about their positions. DEMOCRAT VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE and REPUBLICAN TEXAS GOVERNOR GEORGE W. BUSH discuss the issues with moderator Jim Lehrer (we've added some illuminating commentary) [9:10] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:20 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. writer/commentator ANDREW SULLIVAN ("Virtually Normal") [:30] + In honor of the annual October 11th event, a few words from lesbian-feminist humorist KATE CLINTON about NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY and her own journey out of the closet, from her Publishing Mills audiobook, "Don't Get Me Started" [5:50] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:20 Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:45 ----------------------------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", HATE AND MARRIAGE HEAT UP THE SECOND U.S. PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, A KOREAN CELEBRITY AND AN ARIZONA PASTOR MAKE "COMING OUT DAY" NEWS, A TRANS-TEEN WINS THE RIGHT TO DRESS FOR GENDER SUCCESS, "DR. LAURA" SUFFERS APOLOGY DEFICIT DISORDER, AND AFRICAN- AMERICAN LESBIAN ICON RUTH ELLIS IS DEAD AT THE AGE OF 101. MORE NEWS, AND HUMORIST KATE CLINTON'S TAKE ON COMING OUT ARE ALL IN THE MIX 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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