**************************************************************** THIS WAY OUT RUNDOWN for Program #659, distributed 11/13/00 (hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) The GLBT wins, losses and still-don't-knows in the U.S. elections, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton makes history in The Empire State, while New Yorker DeeAnn Macomson stalks her in playful song, and kids teach kids about diversity in "That's A Family!" "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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:10 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: A review of GLBT and GLBT-relevant November 7th U.S. elections results, including reports on the presidential deadlock and the narrowing balance of power in Congress; the defeat of GLBT-supportive Virginia Democratic Senator Chuck Robb by Republican Governor George Allen, who made Robb's support for queer issues a campaign issue; the re-election of openly-queer Congressional incumbents Barney Frank (D-MA), Jim Kolbe (R-AZ) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and the as yet-undetermined future of openly-lesbian Southern California Democratic Congressional candidate Gerrie Schipske; the loss for U.S. Senate by openly-gay Democratic Vermont State Auditor Ed Flanagan to gay-supportive GOP incumbent Senator Jim Jeffords, and Republican Congressional candidate transsexual Karen Kerin to gay-supportive Independent incumbent Bernie Sanders; the wins and losses by openly-queer incumbents in state legislative races, including the defeat of Democratic Montana state Representative Mary Anne Guggenheim and the apparently narrow losses by Democratic Maine state Representative Susan Longley and Democratic New Hampshire state Senator Rick Trombly; the increasing number of openly-queer candidates in state races, spotlighting the victories of Georgia Democrat Karla Drenner and Michigan Democrat Chris Kolb as their respective state's first openly-queer legislators; a review of how the civil unions controversy impacted voting in Vermont, noting the reelection of supportive Democratic Governor Howard Dean over anti-gay Republican Ruth Dwyer and how the balance of power will be affected in the state legislature; the overwhelming passage of anti-queer marriage initiatives in Nevada (Measure 2) and Nebraska (Initiative 416) and how they differ, the narrow victory over an Oregon Citizens Alliance-sponsored initiative (Measure 9) to ban the "promotion of homosexuality" in state schools there, and the apparently narrow ballot defeat in Maine of Question 6, which sought to reestablish anti-discrimination protections for gays & lesbians that were lost in a 1998 special election; and how a plea bargain this week in the case of January Iowa presidential caucus "infiltrator" gay columnist Dan Savage will keep him from doing "redundant" jail time there [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, REX WOCKNER, CHRIS AMBIDGE, GREG GORDON and LUCIA CHAPPELLE, and anchored by CHASE SCHULTE and CINDY FRIEDMAN] . . . . . . . . . . . 9:50 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for "That's A Family!" feature [:10] + There's one U.S. election campaign where the final results are conclusive: in the state of New York, history was made with the election of First Lady HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON to the U.S. Senate. The GLBT-supportive Clinton not only becomes the first sitting First Lady to win an elective office, she'll become the Empire State's first woman Senator. This expanded report by Pacifica Network News correspondent NATHAN KING includes a brief excerpt from GOP opponent RICK LAZIO's concession speech, comments by a couple of New York voters, and additional excerpts from Clinton's election night victory speech [4:05]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 4:15 segues directly into: SEGMENT #3 - "HILLARY", written and performed by DEEANN MACOMSON, playfully stalks the Senator-elect in song. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:05 (New York-based singer/songwriter Macomson can be reached through her Web page, http://members.aol.com/Dmacomson) SEGMENT #4 - "TWO" I.D. by openly-gay Olympics diving champ GREG LOUGANIS [:10] + What do the women behind the acclaimed but controversial film "It's Elementary" -- Academy Award-winning director DEBRA CHASNOFF and producer Helen S. Cohen –– do for an encore? It's called "THAT'S A FAMILY!", which has a diverse group of kids talking about their families to demonstrate the various permutations the concept of "family" takes, including the nuclear, adoptive, single-parent, interracial and gay- or lesbian-parented. This Way Out's CHRIS ALLEN has queer-specific excerpts from the new film and talks with writer/director Chasnoff about how and why it builds on her previous work to teach an inclusive concept of diversity at an early age [8:50]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:00 (more info: http://www.womedia.org) Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:50 ----------------------------Please note-------------------------------- Anyone with questions, suggestions, or *news stories* is encouraged to email Coordinating Producer Greg Gordon at TWOradio@aol.co ----------------------------- thanks! --------------------------------- STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT", THE GAY WINS, LOSSES AND STILL-DON'T- KNOWS IN THE U.S. ELECTIONS... THE FIRST LADY MAKES HISTORY WHILE A NEW YORKER PLAYFULLY STALKS HER IN SONG... AND KIDS TEACH KIDS ABOUT DIVERSITY IN "THAT'S A FAMILY!" 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