**************************************************************** THIS WAY OUT RUNDOWN for Program #662, distributed 12/04/00 (produced and hosted by Greg Gordon) Ian McKellen on gay subtexts in "X-Men", "Lord of the Rings" & as Prospero; MTV "Real World" housemates remember "Pedro and Me"; Britain finally equalizes its age of consent, Los Angeles and New York officials tell the Boy Scouts to take a hike, Tokyo reinserts sexual orientation in its draft human rights guidelines, same-gender couples advance in South Africa, Germany & New Zealand, 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 Theme Music/Intro Continuity. . [no teases this week] . . . :40 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: The rarely-used Parliament Act finally brings equality to age of consent in Britain; the Los Angeles City Council and the New York City schools chancellor each cut official ties with the Boy Scouts of America; following lobbying by queer activists and supporters after its removal, Tokyo reinserts sexual orientation as an anti-discrimination category in its draft human rights guidelines; same-gender couples get spousal exemption from inheritance taxes in South Africa, legal recognition and some benefits in Germany, equal property division rights in New Zealand, and move closer to legal equity with unmarried hetero couples in the Australian state of Victoria; transgender hijra Asha Devi wins election as mayor of Gorakhpur in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh by a large margin, showing that the marginalized caste is gaining more widespread acceptance, but after the final vote count shows her behind by less than 1 per cent of the total, openly-lesbian Southern California Democrat Gerrie Schipske concedes to incumbent Republican Congressmember Steve Horn; openly-gay Canadian MPs Svend Robinson and Real Menard win reelection in the country's federal elections, which offer few surprises but maintain a majority for Prime Minister Jean Chretien's Liberal Party, and Stockwell Day, anti-gay leader of the Canadian Alliance Party, reacts to a petition demanding that he change his name to Doris by quoting one of the singer's greatest hits [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, MATT ALSDORF, CHRIS AMBIDGE, JASON LIN, REX WOCKNER, BRIAN NUNES, MARTIN NEL, GREG GORDON & LUCIA CHAPPELLE, and anchored by CHASE SCHULTE and CINDY FRIEDMAN] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:50 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for Sir Ian McKellen interview (with brief soundbite) [:10] + Many fans of MTV's "The Real World" believe the "best" year featured the San Francisco cast. Long before "Survivor", the 1994 season gave the "Big Brother" treatment to Cory, Rachael, Mohammed, Pedro, Pam, Judd and Puck. But it was the handsome, charismatic PEDRO ZAMORA who emerged as a fan favorite, and it was Pedro who gave America an early look at a gay man battling AIDS. JUDD WINICK, once the starving comic artist of the cast, has spent the last 2 1/2 years crafting "Pedro and Me", a black-and-white comic book that looks at not only his time with the young Cuban immigrant, but also at what brought them and what kept them together through Zamora's illness. This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE has audio clips from the original 1994 telecasts, and talks with Winick and his fiancee, former MTV housemate PAM LING, about friendship, loss and Zamora's legacy (with outro music from "Out in this World" by SHAWN THOMAS) [8:05]. . . . 8:15 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by gay writer DAVID SEDARIS [:10] + SIR IAN McKELLEN is no doubt the only openly-gay man to have an action figure, for his role as Magneto in the exceedingly successful "X-Men" movie. The award-winning actor and gay rights campaigner has been in New Zealand most of this year to portray Gandalf in the movie version of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic "Lord of the Rings". He stopped by the studios of Wellington's Access Radio for a chat with "Gay BC" program hosts HUGH YOUNG and JIM WATERS about the gay subtext in "X-Men", his popular Web site (www.mckellen.com), and being an openly-gay man playing the iconic wizard in the "Rings" saga. He also favors his hosts with the famous "Prospero's farewell" speech from Shakespeare's " The Tempest" [8:00]. . . . . . 8:10 Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:05 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 CHATS UP THE GAY SUBTEXT IN "X-MEN", HIS ROLE AS GANDALF IN "LORD OF THE RINGS", AND HIS WEB SITE... MTV "REAL WORLD" HOUSEMATES JUDD WINICK AND PAM LING REMEMBER "PEDRO AND ME"... 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