**************************************************************** THIS WAY OUT RUNDOWN for Program #658, distributed 11/06/00 (hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) A fascinating new biography uncovers the story of a gay "Rainforest Gump"; Sydney's Olympic success sparks planning there for Gay Games 2002; Homophobic rants disrupt debate on human rights in the Namibian Parliament, a pro-queer Brazilian sexologist is the new mayor of Sao Paulo, California's gay & lesbian co-parents get a "head of household" tax break, a transwoman's 20-year marriage is illegal in the eyes of London's High Court, Israel equalizes its age of consent, 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 scheduled by PRSS on A72.3 through June 2001 <== -------- 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:15 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Offensive anti-gay outbursts, led by notoriously homophobic Home Secretary Jerry Ekandjo, disrupt the Namibian Parliament's discussion of a human rights bill; pro-gay Brazilian sexologist Marta Suplicy is elected mayor of Sao Paulo in a landside; California's gay and lesbian non-biological co-parents win "head of household" tax status; London's High Court denies legal recognition to a British transwoman and her husband's nearly 20-year marriage; Israel quietly equalizes its sexual age of consent at 16; by a one vote margin, Hawai'i's Board of Education makes sexual orientation a covered category in a new, tougher anti-harassment policy; gay Romanian Gabi Ragman is denied asylum in the UK because he can't prove he was being persecuted enough in his homeland; Arizona state legislature chaplain Charles Coppinger has his Church of Christ ordination withdrawn and will probably lose his job after announcing his homosexuality on National Coming Out Day, while Len Lanzi, executive director of a regional council of the Boy Scouts of America, is fired despite 14 years of exemplary service after coming out in defense of the organization he loves during a meeting of a Santa Barbara, California County Commission; despite political controversy all year, more than 3,000 marchers, 54 floats, and a crowd of over 100,000 enjoy West Australia's 11th annual pride parade in Perth; and traffic cops stop traffic with encouraging signs and sounds as 15,000 march with gay and lesbian pride in Johannesburg, South Africa [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, REX WOCKNER, CHRIS AMBIDGE, GRUCIA CHAPPELLE, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN and CHASE SCHULTE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for Colin Turnbull feature [:05] + Even as Sydneysiders continue to bask in the afterglow of what was, by most accounts, the city's hugely successful hosting of the Summer Olympics, the governing body for the International Federation of GAY GAMES arrived there this week for its annual general meeting, during which they'll tour potential Gay Games venues and pitch corporate sponsorship to Australian businesses. GARRIE GIBSON, CEO of the Sydney 2002 Gay Games, tells GREG READING (2SER-FM's "Gaywaves"/Sydney) how lesbian and gay participation in this year's Olympics has helped Gay Games planners, discusses how that event will be funded, and reaffirms the participatory spirit of the first Gay Games of almost 20 years ago [6:55] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by openly-lesbian singing duo ZRAZY (with an excerpt from their "Come Out Everybody") [:25] + "IN THE ARMS OF AFRICA" is the biog raphy of noted anthropologist COLIN TURNBULL, who studied and embraced Pygmy culture, was mistaken for a Soviet spy during the Cold War, became an unlikely friend of African heads of state, studied with the brother of the Dalai Lama, and lived his life matter-of-factly as an openly gay man in a long term interracial relationship during a time when few others would. Author ROY RICHARD GRINKER, who calls Turnbull a sort of gay "Rainforest Gump", provides some fascinating details about the life of a little-known but pioneering activist -- who would never have described himself that way –- in this enlightening interview with BUCK ROWLAND [from KJHK-FM/Internet "Queer Radio", http://kjhk.ukans.edu, sound engineer BRAD KOEHLER] (with intro/outro music from "Sweet Lullaby" by DEEP FOREST) [9:20]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:45 (Website for more info about the book & author: http://colinturnbull.com) Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29:00 ----------------------------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", SYDNEY'S OLYMPIC SUCCESS SPARKS PLANNING THERE FOR GAY GAMES 2002, WHILE A NEW BIOGRAPHY UNCOVERS THE FASCINATING STORY OF A GAY "RAIN-FORREST GUMP"... IN THE NEWS, HOMOPHOBIC RANTS DISRUPT A PARLIAMENTARY HUMAN RIGHTS DEBATE IN NAMIBIA, A PRO-GAY SEXOLOGIST IS THE NEW MAYOR OF SAO PAOLO, BRAZIL, CALIFORNIA'S GAY AND LESBIAN CO-PARENTS GET A "HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD" TAX BREAK, A BRITISH TRANSWOMAN'S 20-YEAR MARRIAGE IS ILLEGAL IN THE EYES OF LONDON'S HIGH COURT, AND ISRAEL QUIETLY EQUALIZES ITS AGE OF CONSENT. 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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