THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #683, distributed 04/30/01 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) The "Further Tales" of famed gay writer Armistead Maupin; International Greens sprout a global queer network, a new pink day dawns for Belgium's leading socialist, Philly pridesters are furious over funding cuts while Chicago helps to fund a new gay center, there are hate crimes and partner recognition ups & downs in several U.S. states, a British pastor puts foot in mouth over the hoof-and-mouth crisis, & 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 are scheduled by PRSS on A72.3 through June 2002 <== -------- AIR THE ENTIRE HALF-HOUR AND/OR USE SELECTED SEGMENTS ------ STILL FREE OF CHARGE! USAGE LIMITED ONLY BY TIMELINESS OF NEWS CONTENT! => RUNDOWN <= Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:10 SEGMENT #1 – "NewsWrap": Green Party queers from Australia, Germany, Mexico, New Zealand, Sweden, and Taiwan hold their first world conference in Canberra and establish the Green Carnations network; after years of rumors, Belgium's Socialist Party President Elio di Rupo officially comes out; pride events are held in Lawrence, Kansas & Phoenix, Arizona, and Washington, DC holds its fifth annual Youth Pride Day, while queer Philadelphians are furious that the city has cut their Pridefest funding, but the city of Chicago will kick in $2.25-million for a new gay and lesbian community center; DeKalb becomes Georgia's first county to offer domestic partner health insurance to its unmarried employees; a New Jersey appeals court rules that a closeted relationship prevents a lesbian co-parent from seeking visitation rights with her former partner's adopted child; the British Fertility Society overwhelmingly adopts a resolution supporting equal access to fertility treatment for gay and lesbian couples, but a British pastor blames the recent law equalizing the gay age of consent there for the current hoof-and-mouth disease crisis, while Britain's Advertising Standards Authority reprimands equalization's most vocal opponent, Baroness Janet Young, for placing a "misleading and inaccurate" anti-equalization ad in the national press; Wales' Liberal Democrats issue a campaign promise to enact civil rights protections for gays and lesbians, while a sexual orientation-inclusive anti-discrimination measure is unanimously adopted by the City Council of Huntington Woods, Michigan; a bill to add sexual orientation to the state hate crimes law narrowly passes in the Alabama House of Representatives, and a lesbian & gay-inclusive hate crimes measure wins approval in the Texas House, but a Colorado House committee kills a bill to add sexual orientation to that state's hate crimes law; a voice vote in the Missouri Senate passes a bill to recognize only those marriages between a man and a woman, but a measure to deny recognition to any other state's form of legal same gender relationships fails to win the required votes in the Louisiana Senate, even as Vermonters mark the first anniversary of their enactment of civil unions; North America's most gay-inclusive Spanish-language TV series, "Los Beltran", is honored by the National Council of La Raza with an American Latino Media Arts Award (ALMA); and mascara is introduced by INCI at a fashion expo in Bologna, Italy as their first in a growing line of male cosmetics, and Estee Lauder foundation cream and eye shadow will soon be available – but an INCI spokesperson insists they're not targeting gay men, only aiming to "improve the looks" of "macho men" [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, JASON LIN, BRIAN NUNES, CHRIS AMBIDGE, REX WOCKNER and GREG GORDON, and anchored by CHASE SCHULTE and CINDY FRIEDMAN] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:40 SEGMENT #2 - It's impossible to think of gay San Francisco without thinking about ARMISTEAD MAUPIN. Nothing is more evocative of the city's freewheeling lifestyle than the six-volume "TALES OF THE CITY" serial that began as a column in the San Francisco Chronicle in the late 1970's. Even his most recent book, the semi-autobiographical "THE NIGHT LISTENER", is set just a rock's throw from the Castro. May 2001 marks both the 25th anniversary of the "Tales" debut and the premiere of a new Showtime miniseries based on the third volume, "FURTHER TALES OF THE CITY". This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE has a preview, along with an entertaining chat with Maupin about his latest book, the old books, the mini-series, and the celebrated writer's very gay life [:15 re-intro/"TWO" I.D. at 19:30 into program/7:40 into this segment] (intro/transition music from "Theme from 'Tales of the City'" by JOHN ERIC KEANE; outro music from "San Francisco" by THE VILLAGE PEOPLE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15:35 Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:55 ----------------------------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 "FURTHER TALES" OF ARMISTEAD MAUPIN – STEVE PRIDE HAS A PREVIEW OF THE UPCOMING SHOWTIME MINISERIES AND CHATS WITH THE ALWAYS-ENTERTAINING GAY WRITER... AND IN THE NEWS, INTERNATIONAL GREENS SPROUT A GLOBAL GAY NETWORK, A NEW PINK DAY DAWNS FOR BELGIUM'S LEADING SOCIALIST, PHILLY PRIDESTERS ARE FURIOUS OVER THE CITY'S FUNDING CUT WHILE THE CITY OF CHICAGO HELPS FUND A NEW GAY CENTER, THERE ARE HATE CRIMES AND PARTNER RECOGNITION UPS & DOWNS IN SEVERAL U.S. STATES, AND A HOMOPHOBIC BRITISH PASTOR PUTS HIS FOOT IN MOUTH OVER THE HOOF-AND- MOUTH CRISIS. 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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