THIS WAY OUT RUNDOWN for Program #678, distributed 03/26/01 (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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:15 SEGMENT #1 – "NewsWrap": Paris becomes the largest city in the world with an openly-gay mayor as Socialist/Green coalition candidate Bertrand Delanoë's election – along with that of the country's first transgender councilmember, Camille Cabral - literally leads to dancing in the street; Uganda reelects homophobic President Yoweri Museveni, while Namibian President Sam Nujoma similarly calls for the arrest, imprisonment and deportation of all homosexuals; popular former British Speaker of the House of Commons George Thomas, Lord Tonypandy, is posthumously outed in a new book, "The Man Behind the Smile", by his friend and confidante Leo Abse; the Mexican state of Aguascalientes enacts civil rights protections for gays and lesbians, becoming only the second government entity in the country (after Mexico City) to do so; Israel's Association of Gays and Lesbians celebrates its 25th anniversary, as the country's Supreme Court overturns a rabbinical court ruling by allowing a lesbian family to unite; the German states of Bavaria and Thuringen are going to court challenging newly-created federal registered partnerships for gay and lesbian couples; a religious right challenge to gay & lesbian civil rights laws in Jefferson County and the city of Louisville, Kentucky are rejected by a U.S. District Court, while the Pulaski County Circuit Court rules that Arkansas' gay-only sodomy law is unconstitutional; there is a more muted queer presence at this year's exclusionary St. Patrick's Day parade in New York City, and a boycott by several Catholic groups of inclusive parades in Queens and Staten Island; Tucson, Arizona activists are miffed at being made to march at the tail end of a St. Patrick's Day parade there, and gays & lesbians in Savannah, Georgia opt to not challenge another parade exclusion there but to focus their energies on passage of a city non-discrimination bill; members of Macon (Georgia) Pride march happily in that city's Cherry Blossom Festival parade, but a Pierce County Pride Foundation float that doesn't even have the words "gay" or "lesbian" on it is rejected by officials of the Tacoma, Washington Daffodil Festival parade; U.S. gay and lesbian newspaper group Window Media (owners of the "Southern Voice" and "Houston Voice") adds the long-established "Washington Blade" and affiliated "New York Blade" to its stable, while the two biggest U.S. gay and lesbian Internet portals, PlanetOut and Gay.com, are completing a corporate merger; and Jack Deamer, the real-life inspiration for the "Jack" character on the popular NBC-TV sitcom "Will & Grace", is suing the show's creators and the network for $500,000 [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, JASON LIN, BRIAN NUNES, CHRIS AMBIDGE, REX WOCKNER, GREG GORDON & LUCIA CHAPPELLE, and anchored by CHASE SCHULTE & CINDY FRIEDMAN]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 SEGMENT #2 - "AudioFile" billboard [:05] + Topeka, Kansas preacher FRED PHELPS and his mostly-family entourage is infamous for their "God Hates Fags" demonstrations at funerals of gay men with AIDS, and perhaps most notably for the "Matt's Burning in Hell" picket line outside the memorial for hate crime victim Matthew Shepard. That reputation preceded Phelps to Ann Arbor, Michigan in late February, but rather than raise their foes' profile with a counter-demonstration in the streets, clever activists decided to put the homophobes to work for them. Correspondent CINDY SALAZAR ("IMRU"/KPFK-Los Angeles) talks with KEITH ORR of the /aut/ bar to find out how the Phelps picket became an "Every Minute Counts" fundraiser for GLBT rights there, and how it's becoming a popular tactic in other parts of the country (intro/outro music from a live performance of "Pennies From Heaven" by LOUIS ARMSTRONG) [6:00] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:05 [contact info for Keith Orr: phone 734-994-0558; email autbar@aol.com Madison, Wisconsin action info: www.geocities.com/everyminutecountswi] SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by "Tales Of The City" author ARMISTEAD MAUPIN [:10] + The latest entry from the "AudioFile" features comments about and excerpts from "Boys on the Sand" and "Matthew" by acoustic folk stylist CLARK CARLTON from his "Saltwater" CD; "Wave of You" and "Write Me A Love Song" from soothing soulster ARI GOLD's self-titled CD; and "The Prince" and "Love Came In (And You Came Out)" from lyrical storyteller MATTHEW CLORAN's "Finally Free" (hosted by CHRIS WILSON & PAM MARSHALL and written and produced with JD DOYLE and CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM) [9:20] . 9:30 artist contact info: Clark Carlton Ari Gold Matthew Cloran 522 N. Alta Vista #1 500-B Grand Street 913 Pine St. #201 Los Angeles, CA 90036 New York, N.Y. 10002 Philadelphia, PA 19107 www.cdbaby.com spin160@aol.com song.guy@gateway.net www.arigold.com www.matthewcloranmusic.com Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:40 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", THE FRED PHELPS HATE ENTOURAGE BECOMES FUNDRAISER FOR GLBT CAUSES... PARIS SIZZLES FOR ITS NEW GAY MAYOR AND TRANSSEXUAL COUNCILMEMBER, BUT THERE'S BAD NEWS FOR LESBIANS AND GAYS IN UGANDA AND NAMIBIA, A MEXICAN STATE PASSES THE COUNTRY'S SECOND ANTI- DISCRIMINATION LAW, THERE ARE MIXED BLESSINGS FOR ISRAELI GAYS AND LESBIANS, BUT LEGAL U.S. VICTORIES IN KENTUCKY AND ARKANSAS... AND ACOUSTIC FOLK, SOOTHING SOUL AND LYRICAL STORYTELLING PROVIDE THE LATEST WORDS AND MUSIC FROM THE "AUDIOFILE". ALL THAT AND MORE THIS WEEK ON "THIS WAY OUT: THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY RADIO MAGAZINE", ______________________________________ [DAY and TIME] HERE ON __________________________. 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