THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #702, distributed 09/10/01 (hosted this week by Lucia Chappelle and produced with Greg Gordon) Brit activist Tatchell's stormy history with Zimbabwe's 'phobic Mugabe; Tampa, Florida lesbian cop's widow fights for pension benefits; London lovers christen the city's new partner registry, Australia's Senate resolves to protect gays & lesbians, while a fertility fracas reaches that country's High Court, European Union applicants are pushed on anti-gay laws, Turkish transgenders attack a government official, & other 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! 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[no teases this week] . . . :35 SEGMENT #1 – NewsWrap: In a ceremony attended by Mayor Ken Livingstone, the first gay and lesbian couples sign up with the new London Partnership Registry, making them the first registered same-gender partners in the UK; Australia's Senate passes a resolution agreeing in principle on the need for national laws to prohibit sexual orientation discrimination, while the country's High Court hears arguments in a case brought by Catholic Bishops who want to ban access to fertility treatment for lesbians and other women not in relationships with men; the government of the Australian state of Tasmania has adopted a unique 20-year plan to combat homophobia as part of its "Tasmania Together" anti-bias campaign; the European Parliament again calls on EU applicants Bulgaria, Cyprus, Hungary and Romania to eliminate their anti-gay laws as a condition of membership; angered by official neglect, police abuse and other problems, transgenders attack the entourage of a Turkish Minister in Istanbul; Belarus' first-ever transgender festival is going ahead following this week's successful gay and lesbian Pride parade in Minsk; queer issues never get on the agenda in Durban, South Africa at the United Nations "World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Other Related Intolerances", despite a "small but noisy" protest outside the conference center spearheaded by the International Lesbian & Gay Association (ILGA), whose attempts to officially participate had been previously rebuffed; Toronto-based PrideVision, North America's first gay and lesbian TV channel, begins telecasting, but to a limited audience; and, while it's hard to imagine any queer-friendly organization honoring a military body, Auckland's Equal Employment Opportunities Trust gives its "Innovation Award" to the New Zealand Navy's Sexual Orientation Support and Training Program [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, JASON LIN, BRIAN NUNES, CHRIS AMBIDGE, REX WOCKNER and GREG GORDON, and anchored by KELLI BLANCHFIELD & CHRISTOPHER GAAL] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for Tatchell interview [:10] + The city of Tampa, Florida is reconsidering its government pension rules now that the widow of LOIS MARRERO, a lesbian police officer killed in the line of duty, is fighting for her benefits. But as This Way Out's RANDI ZIMMERMAN reports, surviving partner MICKIE MASHBURN, who is also a policewoman, may have to carry her argument all the way to the state legislature (includes comments by Mashburn and her attorney KAREN DEERING) [4:20] + "TWO" I.D. by iconic queer British singer/songwriter TOM ROBINSON (intro'd by a brief excerpt from the Tom Robinson Band's "Glad To Be Gay") [:30]. . . . . . . . 5:00 SEGMENT #3 - Whether or not human rights are on the official agenda in October at the British Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Brisbane, Queensland (Australia), at which outspokenly homophobic Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is expected, such issues will be on the minds of many observers around the world. British activist PETER TATCHELL of the non-violent queer direct action group OutRage! has been conducting a human rights crusade against Mugabe for quite some time. In the conclusion of this 2-part conversation with JOHN FRAME [4ZZZ-FM/Brisbane's "Queer Radio"], Tatchell discusses his youthful support of Mugabe during Zimbabwe's struggle for freedom from white minority rule, and Mugabe's transformation after he gained power into a human rights absuer that has extended well beyond his anti-gay actions; the impact of his previous attempts to make a citizen's arrest of the African country's head of state during some of Mugabe's official trips out of the country, most recently in Brussels, Belgium in March of this year; why he believes the Australian government can and should arrest Mugabe when he arrives in Brisbane; coping with the hostile repercussions of his high-profile gay rights activism; and the interconnections between the queer movement for equality and other human rights struggles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12:20 [Tatchell's Web site as noted during the interview: www.petertatchell.net] Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30 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", BRITISH GAY ACTIVIST PETER TATCHELL DISCUSSES HIS STORMY HISTORY WITH ZIMBABWE'S HOMOPHOBIC PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE, AND WHY HE WANTS HIM ARRESTED... A TAMPA, FLORIDA LESBIAN COP'S WIDOW FIGHTS FOR HER KILLED-IN-THE-LINE-OF-DUTY PARTNER'S PENSION BENEFITS... AND IN OTHER NEWS, LONDON LOVERS CHRISTEN THE CITY'S NEW PARTNER REGISTRY, AUSTRALIA'S SENATE RESOLVES TO PROTECT GAYS & LESBIANS WHILE A FERTILITY FRACAS REACHES THAT COUNTRY'S HIGH COURT, EUROPEAN UNION APPLICANTS ARE PUSHED ON ANTI-GAY LAWS, TURKISH TRANSGENDERS ATTACK A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IN ISTANBUL, AND BELARUSSIAN GAYS & LESBIANS PARADE WITH PRIDE IN MINSK. 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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