THIS WAY OUT RUNDOWN for Program #672, distributed 02/12/01 (produced and hosted by Greg Gordon) Literary icon Edmund White chats up gay life, work and politics; Mardi Gras gets launched in Sydney while Auckland previews its HERO, conservative clergy in Uganda & the Cayman Islands fight lesbigay equality, Beijing TV viewers get a queer education when they "Talk It Easy", a brick builds activism in Taipei, courtroom phobia is exposed in Illinois and California, the AIDS Quilt gets a new home in Atlanta, 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:20 SEGMENT #1 – "NewsWrap": The queer festival season kicks off with the launch of the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras in Australia and a preview of the annual HERO Festival in Auckland, New Zealand; Uganda's House of Bishops fights official recognition of a group of lesbigay Anglicans, the Cayman (Islands) Ministers Association petitions for reinstatement of the sodomy law there, and protests pull the "pink" part of a Highlands of Scotland promotion; Beijing TV viewers get a once-only comprehensive perspective on homosexual life and issues in China, while a brick thrown through the window of a local gay bookstore builds activism in Taipei, Taiwan; open gay Stanley Lingar is executed in Missouri despite appeals that his sexual orientation was used to inflame a rural jury against him; Cook County judge Susan McDunn gets flack from the Illinois Courts Commission for phobic rulings, while a 6-year study in California exposes anti-gay courtroom bias at all levels; the U.S. Bush administration reverses an initial report that it was closing down the Clinton-created White House Office of National AIDS Policy, while skyrocketing property values propel a move by the AIDS Memorial Quilt from its San Francisco birthplace to an extended life in Atlanta, Georgia; and Britain's Advertising Standards Authority is reviewing an Interflora Valentine's Day ad campaign promoting "floral sex" [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, JASON LIN, BRIAN NUNES, CHRIS AMBIDGE, REX WOCKNER, MATT ALSDORF, GREG GORDON and LUCIA CHAPPELLE, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN and GREG GORDON] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:45 SEGMENT #2 - Every time someone releases a list of the "best gay novels" or "the most influential queer authors of the last century", there is invariably one name at or near the top: EDMUND WHITE. His nonfiction includes "The Joy Of Gay Sex", "States Of Desire: Travels In Gay America", and biographies of Jean Genet and Marcel Proust. Among White's novels and short-story collections are "Forgetting Elena", "Nocturnes For The King Of Naples", "Caracole" and "Skinned Alive". His latest novel, "The Married Man", returns White to the autobiographical themes first raised in the trilogy that included 1982's "A Boy's Own Story", 1988's "The Beautiful Room Is Empty", and 1997's "The Farewell Symphony". This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE sat down with White recently to get his perspective on the struggle for equality, and to chat about the literary icon's successfully queer life and work [outro music from "White Wedding" by BILLY IDOL] . . . . . 16:10 Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:45 ----------------------------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", LITERARY ICON EDMUND WHITE DISCUSSES HIS GAY LIFE, WORK, AND POLITICS... AND IN THE NEWS, MARDI GRAS GETS LAUNCHED IN SYDNEY WHILE AUCKLAND PREVIEWS ITS "HERO", CONSERVATIVE CLERGY IN UGANDA AND THE CAYMAN ISLANDS FIGHT LESBIGAY EQUALITY, BEIJING TV VIEWERS GET A QUEER EDUCATION WHEN THEY "TALK IT EASY", WHILE A BRICK BUILDS ACTIVISM IN TAIPEI, COURTROOM PHOBIA IS EXPOSED IN ILLINOIS AND CALIFORNIA, AND THE AIDS MEMORIAL QUILT GETS A NEW HOME IN ATLANTA. THOSE STORIES AND MORE THIS WEEK ON "THIS WAY OUT: THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY RADIO MAGAZINE", ______________________________________ [DAY and TIME] HERE ON __________________________. 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