THIS WAY OUT RUNDOWN for Program #677, distributed 03/19/01 (hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Copious clips, comments propel an Oscar-worthy review of Queer Cinema 2000; Same-gender Portuguese partners win limited marriage rights, while U.S. Presbyterians reject a ban on blessing gay & lesbian couples, a Texas appeals court upholds the state sodomy law, an Aussie transwoman wins a landmark job discrimination case, Thailand accepts gays most, South Korea least, 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 are 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": Portugal's National Assembly grants gay and lesbian couples most of the same rights as unmarried hetero pairs; a majority of dioceses of the Presbyterian Church USA reject a ban on blessing s ame-gender unions – as long as it's not called "marriage"; Vermont's GOP-dominated House of Representatives votes to specifically deny legal marriage to gay and lesbian couples; Maine's House won't fight spousal healthcare benefits granted to unmarried state workers' domestic partners; spurred by testimony by Sharon Smith, partner of dog-mauling victim Diane Whipple, a California Assembly committee advances a bill to extend more legal rights to same-gender partners; a Texas appeals court upholds the state's gay-only sodomy law; with a new opponent elected in November, the Henderson, Kentucky City Council repeals protections from discrimination based on sexual orientation that were passed last year; Slovakian gays and lesbians have their first-ever meeting with a Parliamentary committee devoted to human rights concerns; transseuxal Sharon Menzies wins a first-ever transgender job discrimination case in the Australian state of Victoria, while the Tasmanian Upper House unanimously approves repeal of an archaic law prohibiting men from dressing as women between sunset and sunrise; the mayor of the Canadian city of Regina, Saskatchewan reluctantly issues a proclamation for "Heterosexual Family Pride Day"; the Vancouver Lesbian and Gay Choir continues to sing despite a gas attack during their Courtenay, British Columbia P-FLAG fundraising concert; a "TIME Asia" survey says Thailand is the most gay-welcoming, South Korea the least; and new analysis published in the "Journal of Sex Research" suggests a doubling of gay male sex from 1988 to 1998 in the U.S., and a fifteenfold increase of lesbian sex during the same period [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, JASON LIN, BRIAN NUNES, CHRIS AMBIDGE, REX WOCKNER, GREG GORDON and LUCIA CHAPPELLE, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN and GREG GORDON] . . . . . . . . . . 9:55 SEGMENT #2 - Andy Warhol once said that in the future everyone would have at least 15 minutes of fame. In these "Oscar"-frenzied times, it seems appropriate to spend at least that long reviewing the state of Queer Cinema. With comments by "Edge of 17" director DAVID MORETON, "The Next Best Thing" director JOHN SCHLESSINGER, "Before Night Falls" lead actor JAVIER BARDEM, "Urbania" writer/director JOHN SHEAR, "I'm The One That I Want" star MARGARET CHO, "The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me" writer/star DAVID DRAKE, "But I'm A Cheerleader" director JAMIE BABBIT, and "Chuck and Buck" director MIGUEL ARTETA, This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE unveils his picks for some of the top gay-themed films of Y2K (includes clips from "South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut", "Urbania", "Before Night Falls", "I'm The One That I Want", "But I'm A Cheerleader", and "The Broken Hearts Club"; TWO I.D.s by David Drake and prodigious openly-gay writer-director-producer CLIVE BARKER; and intro music from "That's Entertainment" by the BOSTON POPS, internal music from "The Queen Behind the Scenes" by MARC SHAIMAN, and outro music from "Who's Gay In Hollywood" from the original cast recording of "Forbidden Hollywood") . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15:55 Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:50 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", COPIOUS CLIPS AND COMMENTS PROPEL AN OSCAR-WORTHY REVIEW OF QUEER CINEMA 2000... AND IN THE NEWS, SAME-GENDER PORTUGUESE PARTNERS WIN LIMITED MARRIAGE RIGHTS, WHILE U.S. PRESBYTERIANS REJECT A BAN ON BLESSING GAY & LESBIAN COUPLES –- AS LONG AS IT’S NOT CALLED "MARRIAGE"... A TEXAS APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS THE STATE’S GAY-ONLY SODOMY LAW, AN AUSSIE TRANSWOMAN WINS A LANDMARK JOB DISCRIMINATION CASE, AND "SURVEY SAYS:" THAILAND ACCEPTS GAYS MOST, SOUTH KOREA LEAST. 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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