THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #680, distributed 04/09/01 (hosted by Lucia Chappelle and produced with Greg Gordon) "Earwitness" the historic ceremony as the happy Dutch brides and grooms say "yes" at the modern world's first fully-legal gay and lesbian weddings; The Australian legislature jumps into the fertility fray, Alberta considers surviving partners' property rights, Belgium prepares to follow the Netherlands wedding march, Connecticut and Texas lawmakers slight same- gender spouses, 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": Australia's House of Representatives votes to allow states to restrict fertility treatment to heterosexual couples; an Edmonton court ruling supports inheritance rights of surviving members of gay and lesbian couples, prompting the Alberta provincial government to review its laws for discrimination; Belgium's coalition government announces it will propose Netherlands-like marriage equality legislation to the parliament later this month; a Vermont-style civil unions bill in Connecticut is withdrawn when activists realize they don't have enough votes to get in passed out of committee, and pushing for it might be counterproductive; the Texas House unanimously passes a politically-motivated measure to restrict the definition of "spouse" to legally married heterosexual couples; health care benefits for the domestic partners of employees of Broward County are upheld by the Florida Supreme Court when it refuses to hear a challenge filed by the conservative Northstar Legal Center; an employment anti-discrimination bill is passed by the Arizona Senate, and also wins committee approval in the House; meanwhile, Arizona's openly-gay Republican U.S. Congressmember Jim Kolbe announces that he will not run for governor this year, saying his Congressional duties would prevent his ability to sustain a statewide campaign; the sixth National Day of Silence, to bring attention to the oppression that silences GLBT people, is observed on several U.S. high school and college campuses; a popular nightclub in the Emirate of Dubai is shut down after it hosts a "gay night"; "Forum Lambda", the only gay magazine in Belarus, is banned by the State Committee for Mass Media because of its alleged "erotic content"; 3 more Egyptian men are being investigated for allegedly posting pornographic photos and invitations to contact them for sex on their Web sites; the right to cross-dress at government jobs becomes a campaign issue for Senate candidates in the Philippines; Namibia's outspokenly-homophobic President Sam Nujoma steps up his threatening anti-queer rhetoric, calling on regional government officials and tribal leaders to report gays and lesbians for arrest; and peripatetic homophobe Fred "God Hates Fags" Phelps and his clan invade Madison, Wisconsin to protest pro-queer policies there, but another "Every Minute Counts" campaign nets over $6,000 for a local gay group [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, JASON LIN, BRIAN NUNES, CHRIS AMBIDGE, REX WOCKNER & GREG GORDON, and anchored by CHASE SCHULTE & CINDY FRIEDMAN]. . . . 10:35 SEGMENT #2 – "TWO" I.D. by DOUG STEVENS & THE OUTBAND (with an excerpt from their "Out In The Country") . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :35 SEGMENT #3 - When the Dutch Senate voted last December to extend LEGAL MARRIAGE to same-gender couples, the NETHERLANDS became the first country in modern times to acknowledge gay & lesbian relationships under the same legislation as heterosexual marriage. Legal same-gender partnerships have been registered there since 1998, but the new law allows those partnerships to be converted into marriages if couples wish. That's exactly what one lesbian and three gay male couples did at the stroke of midnight on April 1st, when the new law took effect. Officiated by AMSTERDAM MAYOR JOB COHEN in City Hall Council Chambers, the event formalized gay and lesbian couples' marriage equality in the Netherlands. This comprehensive on-scene report by "This Way Out" correspondent JACKIE CARVER (MVS Media) includes Mayor Cohen's pre-ceremony remarks and the ceremony itself, and comments at the gala reception by newlyweds PETER WITTEBROOD-LEMKE & FRANK WITTEBROOD, TON JANSEN & LOUIS ROGMANS and GERT KASTEEL & DOLF PASKER (Carver was unable to talk with the 4th couple, Helene Faasen & Anne-Marie Thus); also commenting are Mayor Cohen, ANIKE HOWSE, Executive Director of the national GLBT organization COC, and HENK KROL, publisher of "De Gay Krant" magazine, whom many have called the driving force behind the 16-year process to secure Dutch marriage equality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14:20 Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:00 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:50 ----------------------------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", "EARWITNESS" THE HISTORIC CEREMONY AS HAPPY DUTCH BRIDES AND GROOMS SAY "YES" AT THE MODERN WORLD'S FIRST FULLY-LEGAL GAY AND LESBIAN MARRIAGES... IN OTHER NEWS, THE AUSTRALIAN LEGISLATURE JUMPS INTO THE FERTILITY FRAY, ALBERTA CONSIDERS SURVIVING PARTNERS' PROPERTY RIGHTS, BELGIUM PREPARES TO FOLLOW THE NETHERLANDS WEDDING MARCH, WHILE CONNECTICUT AND TEXAS LAWMAKERS SLIGHT SAME-GENDER SPOUSES. THOSE STORIES 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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