THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #684, distributed 05/07/01 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Auckland, New Zealand "Circle of Friends" dedicate AIDS memorial garden; Hundreds march in defense of Namibian gays, pink triangles are finally recognized in French Holocaust remembrances, partner progress and pitfalls in Australia, Germany and the U.S., Hawai'ian hate crimes bill clears final hurdle, San Francisco employee benefits to include sex changes, Hong Kong's "Concubine" star comes out as bi, 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 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": Hundreds of human rights activists march through the streets of Windhoek to protest President Sam Nujoma's threatening verbal attacks against gays and lesbians in one of Namibia's largest civil rights demonstrations in more than a decade; Belarus' State Publishing Agency lifts its ban on the country's only gay and lesbian periodical, "Forum Lambda", in the face of a high court lawsuit; a 5th Egyptian man is arrested for using the Internet to seek gay sex partners, while Internet giant Yahoo! drops its efforts to censor so-called "adult content" in the UK in the wake of protests from gay, lesbian and transgender activists; several French cities hold their first-ever gay-inclusive annual Day of Remembrance for victims of the Holocaust, while German activists lobby for a specific monument in Berlin to honor gay Holocaust victims; same-gender partner issues make news in the Australian states of Victoria and New South Wales, the German states of Bavaria and Thuringia, and in the U.S. states of Louisiana, Minnesota and Arizona, while Hawai'i becomes the 26th U.S. state to enact a gay-inclusive hate crimes bill, and the Rhode Island House passes a bill to explicitly ban discrimination based on "gender identity or expression"; San Francisco becomes the first city and the only U.S. government entity to contribute to its employees' sex changes; Hong Kong singer-actor-heartthrob Leslie Cheung identifies himself as bisexual in the Asian edition of "Time" magazine; and New Zealand's Georgina Beyer, the world's first transsexual mayor and Member of Parliament, announces she'll be retiring from her self-described role as an "accidental politician" at the end of her current term to become a roving goodwill ambassador for the GLBT community and to revive her acting career [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, JASON LIN, BRIAN NUNES, CHRIS AMBIDGE, REX WOCKNER and GREG GORDON, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN & DONALD HERMAN] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:25 SEGMENT #2 - The HIV/AIDS "CIRCLE OF FRIENDS" Memorial Garden in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park inspired the transformation in AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND of Kanuka Grove, a quiet corner of the inner-city Western Springs Park, opposite a small lake, into a beautiful place of remembrance and meditation. ROSS STEVENSON and SANDI GOODWIN [Planet FM/Auckland's "G&T Breakfast Show"] provide highlights from the recent dedication ceremony, officiated by Auckland's supportive mayor CHRIS FLETCHER and deputy mayor DR. BRUCE HUCKER, and also featuring comments by activists who helped locate the space and create the Memorial. Goodwin also chats with JONATHAN SMITH, one of the "Circle of Friends" trustees instrumental in successfully guiding the project through the machinations of Auckland city politics (intro and outro music from Handel's "Where E're You Walk", performed especially for the occasion by HELEN MEDLIN). . . . . . . . . . . . 11:55 SEGMENT #3 - A slightly-edited version of "I Remember Your Name", performed by JEFFREY MOLINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:40 Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:35 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", AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND'S "CIRCLE OF FRIENDS" DEDICATE THEIR AIDS MEMORIAL PARK – HEAR HOW THEY DID IT, AND HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE CEREMONY... AND IN OTHER NEWS, HUNDREDS MARCH IN DEFENSE OF NAMIBIAN GAYS, PINK TRIANGLES ARE FINALLY RECOGNIZED IN FRENCH HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCES, THERE ARE MORE UPS AND DOWNS FOR SAME-GENDER PARTNERS IN AUSTRALIA, GERMANY AND THE U.S., HAWAI'I'S HATE CRIMES BILL CLEARS ITS FINAL HURDLE, SAN FRANCISCO EMPLOYEE BENEFITS TO INCLUDE SEX CHANGES, AND HONG KONG'S "CONCUBINE" STAR COMES OUT AS BI. 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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