THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #687, distributed 05/28/01 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) The stranger-than-fiction tale of cannibal companion Tobias Schneebaum; The man who "wrote the book" on sex tips for straight women and gay men; The U.S. Senate power shift signals hope for a pro-gay agenda, Australian lesbian admits defeat in her fertility treatment suit, Czech Catholic bishops launch an anti-partnership petition but Sri Lanka's "Companions" progress on their "journey", 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": Vermont's gay-supportive Jim Jeffords' switch from Republican to independent shifts control of the U.S. Senate to the Democrats, raising hopes for progress on pro-gay legislation; the Hawai'i Republican Party becomes the first in the U.S. to feature a member of the gay & lesbian Log Cabin Republicans, its founder Jeffrey Mead, as a speaker at its state convention, prompting one GOP state lawmaker to cite God in his disapproval; a bill to deny legal recognition to same-gender marriages fails for the third time in the Texas legislature, while bills to prohibit employment discrimination and to repeal the sodomy law both fail in the Louisiana legislature, but a state judge strikes down Minnesota's archaic sodomy law; shareholders of telecommunications giant AT&T overwhelmingly reject a proposal to remove all references to "sexual orientation" in the corporation's equal opportunity policy, while in Canada, a Prince Edward Island bed-and-breakfast is closing down rather than host gay and lesbian couples; in Australia, a Brisbane, Queensland lesbian loses her 7-year battle for access to fertility treatment after the state's Anti-Discrimination Tribunal rejects her complaint, but a ban on fertility services by women not in relationships with men in her new home state of Victoria fuels national legislative debate and a pending Supreme Court appeal; Israeli activists lobby the Knesset for inclusion of same-gender couples in proposed civil marriage law reform, while Roman Catholic bishops lobby against the Czech Republic's pending same-gender partnership bill by actively supporting a petition against the move being circulated by the N ational Center for the Family; the London-based Institute for War and Peace Reporting blames the Russian Orthodox Church and Islam for a wave of conservatism threatening gays and lesbians in Kazakhstan, but Sri Lanka's national gay and lesbian group Companions On A Journey reports significant progress in acceptance there; a transwoman argues for legal recognition of her 20-year marriage before Britain's Court of Appeal, while a half-dozen Japanese transsexuals are suing to change the gender shown on their family registers (the equivalent of Western birth certificates); and a faculty advisor's decision to delete a photo of 2 bisexual women kissing from the Boulder, Colorado High School yearbook prompts an hour-long campus kiss-in by 150 protesting students [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, JASON LIN, BRIAN NUNES, CHRIS AMBIDGE, REX WOCKNER & GREG GORDON, and anchored by DONALD HERMAN & CINDY FRIEDMAN] . . . . . . 10:00 SEGMENT #2 - "Sex Tips" billboard [:10] + The "Stranger Than Fiction" prize at the Independent Film Project's annual Spirit Awards this year went to "KEEP THE RIVER ON YOUR RIGHT", a documentary which asks the question, "What would prompt a gentle gay New Yorker to abandon his comfortable home, burgeoning art career and circle of A-list friends?" If your answer is "to search an unexplored region of the Amazon for a tribe of Indians rumored to practice cannibalism", then you've either already heard of TOBIAS SCHNEEBAUM, or you lead a very interesting life yourself. This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE talks with the now-79-year old Schneebaum about his experiences trekking alone through the jungle, his reaction to the killing and cannibalism he witnessed (partaking in the latter), the homosexuality Schneebaum discovered among the Amarakaire Indians in the uncharted Madre de Dios rainforest of Peru, and the lover he found living among the Asmat tribe of Indonesian New Guinea; also includes comments by filmmakers DAVID and LAURIE GWEN SHAPIRO about working with Schneebaum to make the documentary (with intro music from "Tell If by Heart" performed by cellist JAMI SIEBER; incidental music from "Fulani Chant" performed by SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK; and outro music from "Everything In Its Own Time" performed by THE INDIGO GIRLS) [9:15]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:25 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by openly-gay writer/producer/director CLIVE BARKER [:30] + What's a heterosexual woman to do when she can't get straight answers from her lover about the best ways to sexually pleasure him? Ask a gay man, of course! Following up the success of "SEX TIPS FOR STRAIGHT WOMEN FROM A GAY MAN" (HarperCollins) which he co-authored with Maggie Berman, DAN ANDERSON has gone solo with "SEX TIPS FOR GAY GUYS" (St. Martins Press). This Way Out's DONALD HERMAN has an entertaining chat with Anderson about how he came to write those books, and the exhaustive research that was required (with intro/outro music from "I Want Your Sex" by GEORGE MICHAEL) [6:15]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:45 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 STRANGER-THAN-FICTION TALE OF "KEEP THE RIVER ON YOUR RIGHT"'S CANNIBAL COMPANION TOBIAS SCHNEEBAUM, AND THE MAN WHO "WROTE THE BOOK" ON "SEX TIPS" FOR STRAIGHT WOMEN AND GAY MEN... IN THE NEWS, THE U.S. SENATE POWER SHIFT SIGNALS HOPE FOR A PRO-GAY AGENDA, AN AUSTRALIAN LESBIAN ADMITS DEFEAT IN HER FERTILITY TREATMENT SUIT, CZECH CATHOLIC BISHOPS LAUNCH AN ANTI-PARTNERSHIP PETITION, BUT SRI LANKA'S "COMPANIONS" PROGRESS ON THEIR "JOURNEY", AND TRANS-RIGHTS ARE ARGUED IN BRITISH AND JAPANESE COURTS. 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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