THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #688, distributed 06/04/01 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Reading Joel Rothschild's life and death "Signals" from gay men with AIDS; Gay & lesbian civil rights are recognized for the first time in Japan, traditionally-married Hindu lesbians to fight for marriage rights in India, more Canadian provinces follow the Supreme edict on same-gender partner recognition, a suspect is arrested for a possible string of serial killings of U.S. gay men, 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 Tease/Theme Music/Intro Continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:00 SEGMENT #1 – "NewsWrap": For the first time, a Japanese government panel officially recognizes the need for civil rights protections for gays and lesbians; a Hindu priest in India unites two lesbians in a traditional marriage ceremony, but the local registrar refuses to make it legal; governments in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan comply with a 1999 Supreme Court ruling and introduce legislation to give same-gender couples the same legal status as their unmarried heterosexual counterparts; thousands march through a neighborhood in the Montreal, Quebec suburb of Pointe Claire in support of longtime residents, gay couple Theo Wouters & Roger Thibault, who've been verbally and physically attacked by their homophobic neighbor; with evidentiary help from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Richard Rogers, Jr., a possible serial killer of gay men who left his dismembered victims in trashbags along state highways, is arrested in New Jersey; the U.S. observance of Memorial Day features the dedication at Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California of the nation's first monument in a military cemetery to GLBT servicemembers killed in the line of duty, while the latest Pentagon report reveals discharges of gays and lesbians from the U.S. armed forces has reached a new high since the adoption of the so-called "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy; a federal judge orders gay psychiatrist and discharged captain Dr. John Hensala to repay $71,000 to the U.S. Air Force for the cost of his education because he voluntarily disclosed his gay sexual orientation and "should have known what the likely consequences [of coming out] would be"; a legal panel reviewing the 50-year-old U.S. Uniform Code of Military Justice recommends repealing its sodomy statute, saying suspects "are treated in an arbitrary, even vindictive manner"; shareholders of the world's largest oil company, ExxonMobil, issue a resounding defeat to a proposal to add sexual orientation to the company's equal employment policy, but the 13 percent voting in favor qualifies the issue to be reintroduced at next year's shareholders meeting; Australia's Olympics multi-gold medal swimming champion Dawn Fraser reveals two relationships with other women in her just-released autobiography, but refuses to identify herself as lesbian; U.S. film actress Anne Heche, for over 3 years the partner of lesbian comedian Ellen DeGeneres before their highly-publicized break-up last year, announces through her manager that she is engaged to be married to a man, Coley Laffoon, the camera operator for the documentary the then-lesbian couple had produced about DeGeneres; U.S. talkshow host Rosie O'Donnell says "I love you!" to "Kelli", the woman tabloids have identified as her lover, as she accepts her fourth Daytime Emmy Award; and diva Bette Midler, who often acknowledges her huge gay fan base, might have the last word in the tabloid-inspired controversy over whether or not superstar actor Tom Cruise is gay, as she tells Salon.com, "I don't believe it for one minute. He hasn't been to one of my shows!" [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, JASON LIN, BRIAN NUNES, CHRIS AMBIDGE, REX WOCKNER & GREG GORDON, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN & DONALD HERMAN] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:15 SEGMENT #2 - Twenty years ago this week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control first documented the syndrome then identified as "Gay-Related Immune Deficiency". Today the worldwide AIDS epidemic is clearly not a "gay disease" anymore, although the CDC's latest figures -- figures disputed by some activists -- indicate a rise in the infection rates among gay men, particularly in younger African Americans. Statistics notwithstanding, there's no debate about the impact of AIDS on gay culture. One of the most recent examples is JOEL ROTHSCHILD's "SIGNALS", the true story of two friends living with full-blown AIDS who made a pact that whoever died first would attempt to contact the other from beyond. Since its publication a year ago this "little book that could" has become a phenomenon, embraced by fans as diverse as Deepak Chopra and Elizabeth Taylor. This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE talks with Rothschild about the genesis of his book and its themes of life, death, and the impressive challenges of mortality (also featuring the music of Los Angeles songwriter and long-term AIDS survivor STEVE SCHALCHLIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16:15 Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30 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", A CHAT WITH AWARD-WINNING WRITER JOEL ROTHSCHILD ABOUT LIFE AND DEATH "SIGNALS" FROM GAY MEN WITH AIDS, ALSO FEATURING MUSIC BY LONG-TERM AIDS SURVIVOR STEVE SCHALCHLIN [SHACK-LIN]... AND IN THE NEWS, GAY & LESBIAN CIVIL RIGHTS ARE RECOGNIZED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN JAPAN, TRADITIONALLY-MARRIED HINDU LESBIANS VOW TO FIGHT FOR MARRIAGE RIGHTS IN INDIA, MORE CANADIAN PROVINCES FOLLOW THE SUPREME EDICT ON SAME-GENDER PARTNER RECOGNITION, A SUSPECT IS ARRESTED FOR A POSSIBLE STRING OF SERIAL MURDERS OF U.S. GAY MEN, AND GAY & LESBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS ARE FORMALLY HONORED FOR THE FIRST TIME AT A U.S. MILITARY CEMETERY, WHILE THE LATEST FIGURES FROM THE PENTAGON SHOW AN INCREASE IN THEIR DISCHARGES. 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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