THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #699, distributed 08/20/01 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) "Outfest" and 100 others like it offer a rich tapestry of queer film; India's sodomy law protested as arrested AIDS workers make bail, worldwide demonstrations denounce Egyptian riverboat raid trial, Lutheran "study" sparks civil disobedience in Indianapolis, suspected Florida gay spree killer captured in Nevada, Czech skinheads arrested for gay club attack, 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: The four AIDS activists arrested in the Indian city of Lucknow early last month are finally freed on bail, as protests mount across the country and around the world, while -- as their trial resumes this week in Cairo -- international protests are viewed by human rights groups on 5 continents as the only hope for the 52 incarcerated men charged with "practicing debauchery" in a May raid on a gay-friendly riverboat club in Egypt; 48 people are arrested in Indianapolis at the General Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America during a civil disobedience protest of unequal treatment of gays and lesbians by the 5-million-member denomination; as religious conservatives mount an effort to place a ban on same gender marriages in the Massachusetts constitution, Governor Jane Swift, coincidentally (?) following critical comments by her gay stepson Brian Hunt, announces that her administration has extended a few domestic partner benefits to some of the state's civil servants; Texas gay convict Calvin Burdine's "sleeping lawyer" death sentence is overturned by the 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals; 19-year-old Florida fugitive Adam Ezerski, suspected in the murders of 2 gay men there in late July and an assault against a gay man in San Francisco this week, is captured in Reno, Nevada, while Czech police arrest 2 of the 8 skinheads suspected of attacking a gay club in the Bohemian town of Liberec; Scotland Yard's "Policing Diversity Handbook" issued this week encourages London's Metropolitan Police to behave more sensitively to GLBT people, including a rejection of the word homosexual as being "a medical term used to criminalize lesbians, gay men and bisexual in the 19th century"; and, while he may be the incredibly self-centered "Jack" on NBC's hit gay-led TV sitcom "Will & Grace", the real life Emmy-winning actor who plays him, Sean B. Hayes, eschews publicity after stopping to help a bleeding Los Angeles man who'd been shot in a robbery attempt [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, JASON LIN, BRIAN NUNES, CHRIS AMBIDGE, REX WOCKNER & GREG GORDON, and anchored by DEAN ELZINGA & CINDY FRIEDMAN]. . . . . . . 8:40 SEGMENT #2 - From Baltimore to Buenos Aires and Tokyo to Tampa, there will be over 100 GAY AND LESBIAN FILM FESTIVALS this year around the globe. The largest of these annual cinematic celebrations was July's "OUTFEST" in Los Angeles. This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE attended that movie marathon and prepared this special feature, which includes comments by the filmmakers behind "Scout's Honor" (director TOM SHEPARD), "The New Women" (director/co-writer TODD HUGHES), "Trembling Before G*d" (director SANDI SIMCHA DUBOWSKI), "Kissing Jessica Stein" (director CHARLES HERMAN-WUMFELD), "Friends And Family" (writer JOSEPH TRIEBWASSER), "Chill Out" (director ANDREAS STRUCK), "By Hook Or By Crook" (co-writer/director/star SILAS FLIPPER, who's also the lead singer of alternative punk dyke band TRIBE 8), "Circuit" (director DIRK SHAFER, former "Playgirl" magazine "Man Of the Year"), "My Life As A Troll" (writer/director/star DOMINICK BRASCIA), "Play Dead" (writer/director JEFF JENKINS), and "Gypsy 83" (writer/director TODD STEPHENS, who also wrote previous favorite "The Edge of Seventeen") –- with additional comments by writer/producer/director ROSE TROCHE ("Go Fish", "Bedrooms and Hallways", and the upcoming Glenn Close-starring "The Safety of Objects"), RANDAL KLEISER (director of "Grease", "It's My Party", "Big Top Pee-Wee" and others) and DAN CASTLE (Jour De Fete Films)... with a side trip to the "PLATINUM OASIS" performance space at the historic Coral Sands Motel in Hollywood, presented as part of "Outfest" for the first time this year, featuring brief comments by coordinating programmer SHARI FRILOT and participants VAGINAL DAVIS (in her "Video Room"), DIVINITY FUDGE (nail salon and "massages after midnight"), porn photographer BRUCE LA BRUCE (writer/director of "Skin Flick" and "Hustler White" among others) and visits to "Mommy's Diaper Room" and the "Barbie Torture Playhouse" [with music from "Scout's Honor" and "The New Women", and a "TWO" I.D. by "Circuit" star PAUL LEKAKIS -- who's probably best known for singing "Boom Boom Boom Let's Go Back To My Room" -- at about 17:00 into the program/7:10 into this segment]. . . . . . . . . . . 17:45 Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:20 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", "OUTFEST" AND OVER 100 OTHER EVENTS LIKE IT AROUND THE WORLD OFFER A RICH TAPESTRY OF GAY AND LESBIAN FILM –- STEVE PRIDE'S CINEMATIC CELEBRATION INCLUDES COMMENTS BY SEVERAL OF THE PRESENTING FILMMAKERS, AND BRIEF CHATS WITH SOME OF THE PARTICIPANTS AT THE RELATED "PLATINUM OASIS" PERFORMANCE SPACE... AND IN THE NEWS, INDIA'S SODOMY LAW IS PROTESTED AS JAILED AIDS WORKERS MAKE BAIL, WORLDWIDE DEMONSTRATIONS DENOUNCE THE TRIAL OF 52 MEN ARRESTED IN AN EGYPTIAN RIVERBOAT RAID, A LUTHERAN "STUDY" SPARKS CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE IN INDIANAPOLIS, A SUSPECTED FLORIDA GAY SPREE KILLER IS CAPTURED IN NEVADA, AND 2 OF 8 SKINHEADS ARE ARRESTED FOR AN ATTACK ON A GAY CLUB IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA. 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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