THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #690, distributed 06/18/01 (produced and hosted this week by Greg Gordon) The remarkable anti-Jesse Helms matrons of MAJIC "Keep Singing"; A mall in Superior, Wisconsin gives GLBT youth an inferiority complex; Berlin has a new openly-gay mayor, while a "gay in his past" Tory is favored to lead Britain's Conservatives, U.S. Southern Baptists continue their anti-gay ways while the Presbyterian Church (USA) may repeal its ban on ordination of non-celibate gays & lesbians, plus 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:20 SEGMENT #1 – "NewsWrap": Openly-gay Social Democrat Klaus Wowereit becomes the new mayor of Berlin, while "gay in his past" Michael Portillo formally announces his candidacy to lead Britain's Conservative Party, but Italy's new Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi names several vehemently anti-gay neo-fascists to his Cabinet; the U.S. Senate follows the House – though by a narrower margin – in approving an education bill amendment in defense of the anti-gay Boy Scouts of America sponsored by flagrantly homophobic North Carolina Republican Senator Jesse Helms that would insure access to public school facilities to any group that "prohibit[s] the acceptance of homosexuality"; meanwhile calls to end the BSA ban on gays have come from some of the largest of the organization's regional councils, and perhaps the most notable victim of the BSA policy, former head of California's Los Padres Council of the Boy Scouts Len Lanzi, who was fired after coming out in defense of the Scouts, settles his lawsuit against them; a U.S. federal appeals court upholds the legality of San Francisco's pioneering Equal Benefits Ordinance; Hawai'i's queer-inclusive hate crimes measure is officially signed into law, while 2 young men who attacked a score of gay men camping on Kaua'i have been charged with attempted murder; the annual meeting of the anti-gay U.S. Southern Baptist Convention ignores peaceful protests by the gay-supportive interfaith group Soulforce, while the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) approves the repeal of an earlier ban on ordaining sexually-active gays and lesbians; and fans in 100 countries – especially the loyal lesbian contingent - will have to bid a fond farewell to TV's popular syndicated "Xena, Warrior Princess", which is folding up its tents after 6 successful years [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] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:45 SEGMENT #2 - MAJIC billboard [:15] + An annual Youth Fair planned for September 15th in Superior, Wisconsin will have to move to the University of Wisconsin-Superior because the Mariner Mall, where it was originally scheduled and has been held for the past 2 years, would not allow the renewed participation of "Together For Youth", a social and support group for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender teens. MIKE SIMONSON originally filed this report for Wisconsin Public Radio [includes comments by University of Wisconsin Extension Youth Educator FARIBA PENDLETON; SHIRLEY DUKE, Gay/Lesbian Teenagers Coordinator at Lutheran Social Services in Duluth; and Mariner Mall General Manager JOHN SEVERSON] (intro music from "Watch Out, Here I Come" by DEAD OR ALIVE) [4:10] . . . . . . . . . 4:25 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by queer British singer/songwriter TOM ROBINSON (with an excerpt from his "Glad To Be Gay") + JESSE HELMS "showpiece tag" [:45] + What would you do if your son died from AIDS, and then you read in the local paper that your own U.S. senator said people with AIDS "deserved" their fate? Two North Carolina women faced with that question rose to the occasion with a ferocity and determination that surprised even them, and in the process changed hearts and minds across their state. This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE talks with PATSY CLARKE and ELOISE VAUGHN, the remarkable matrons of MAJIC (Mothers Against Jesse In Congress), about the genesis of their unique political action committee formed to defeat Senator Helms' reelection bid, and – despite failing to unseat the homophobic Republican Senator - what their group accomplished (with intro music from "Jesse Helms", written and performed by LAURA WETZLER, internal music from "Dixie" [guitar version] performed by DANNY B. HARVEY, "Dixie" [banjo version] performed by THE JAMISON BOYS, and "The Battle Hymn Of The Republic" performed by DON WIGTON; the outro music choral version is uncredited) [10:05] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:50 Note: As mentioned during the outro of this segment, a book by Clarke and Vaughn chronicling their story (written with Nicole Brodeur) called "Keep Singing (Two Mothers, Two Sons, and Their Fight Against Jesse Helms)" has been published by Alyson Books 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 REMARKABLE ANTI-JESSE HELMS MATRONS OF MAJIC "KEEP SINGING" AGAINST HIS HOMOPHOBIA, AND A MALL IN SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN GIVES GAY & LESBIAN YOUTH AN INFERIORITY COMPLEX... 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