**************************************************************** THIS WAY OUT RUNDOWN for Program #660, distributed 11/20/00 (hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Sir Ian McKellen explores Shakespearean sexuality; New music from Mark Weigle, Wishing Chair and Pretty Pony; Internet giants PlanetOut & Gay.com agree to become PlanetOut Partners, German gays and lesbians win limited couples benefits, Britain continues to wrestle with age of consent equality at home and sodomy repeal abroad, Cyprus' Orthodox Church is rocked by gay accusations, and other 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:05 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Queer Internet giants PlanetOut and Gay.com –- which jointly boast over 3-1/2 million monthly visitors -- agree to merge into PlanetOut Partners; German gay and lesbian couples win limited legal recognition; Britain's Labour government deals with a resistant House of Lords regarding age of consent equalization and resistant Overseas Territories over sodomy repeal; Cyprus reels from gay charges against an Orthodox Church Bishop, while Japan sees what may be its first known civil lawsuit charging same gender sexual harassment; a rampaging mob attacks participants at an AIDS awareness event for gays and transgenders in Yogyakarta, Indonesia; the Australian state of Tasmania repeals a 65-year-old law banning men in drag from sunset to dawn; and Kesaraporn Duangsawan, the winner of a traditional beauty contest in the Thai province of Ratchaburi, is forced to return his crown and prize money when other contestants complain and the police confirm that the winner is in fact a man [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, ALAN REEKIE, BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, REX WOCKNER, CHRIS AMBIDGE, GREG GORDON and LUCIA CHAPPELLE, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN and DEAN ELZINGA]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for Sir Ian McKellen interview [:10] + Words and music from two women whose band takes its name from Irish folklore and whose songs meld sixties folk with a modern sensibility (the title cut and "Hangin by a String" from "The Ghost of Will Harbut" CD by WISHING CHAIR/email terrakin@aol.com), hard-edged alternative rockers from Indiana with a social message ("Stop the Airport" and "Research + Destroy" from "Micro-paillettes" by PRETTY PONY/gderanan@indiana.edu), and a singer/songwriter whose gay perspective honors our common humanity ("Green" and the title cut from "All That Matters" by MARK WEIGLE/mweigle@att.net) comprise this latest offering from the AUDIOFILE (hosted by CHRIS WILSON & PAM MARSHALL and produced with CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM) [7:35] . 7:45 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by gay commentator MICHELANGELO SIGNORILE [:15] + Openly-gay British actor and activist SIR IAN McKELLEN, whose most recent high-profile movie role was as Magneto in the hugely-popular "X-Men", has been in New Zealand during the past several months to portray Gandalf in a film version of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic "Lord of the Rings". During a wide-ranging conversation at the studios of Wellington's Access Radio with the "Gay BC" program's HUGH YOUNG (with thanks to JIM WATERS), the discussion turned to implicit homosexuality in the literature of 17th century England, particularly the work of William Shakespeare. Sir Ian talks about Shakespeare's fascination with sexual variety, discusses the homoeroticism one can discover between the lines in such plays as "12th Night", "As You Like It" and –- perhaps surprisingly -- "Richard III", and reads a poignant letter from the era's King James I to his lover, the Duke of Buckingham [7:50]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:05 Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:35 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29:00 ----------------------------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", SIR IAN McKELLEN EXPLORES SHAKESPEAREAN SEXUALITY, AND THERE ARE NEW WORDS AND MUSIC BY MARK WEIGLE, WISHING CHAIR, AND PRETTY PONY FROM THE "AUDIOFILE"... IN THE NEWS, TWO GAY INTERNET GIANTS PLAN A WEDDING, WHILE GERMAN GAY AND LESBIAN COUPLES GAIN LIMITED LEGALITY, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WRESTLES WITH AGE OF CONSENT EQUALITY AT HOME AND SODOMY REPEAL ABROAD, AND GAY ACCUSATIONS ROCK THE CYPRUS ORTHODOX CHURCH. 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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