THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #704, distributed 09/24/01 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Southern Hemisphere activists – from Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Venezuela, China, and elsewhere - dialog at ILGA's Global Gay Summit; Gays OK'd for crisis-time US military service - but after that, Don't Ask! 2nd openly-gay US ambassador is Guest in Romania, a UN committee hears a gay Australian's quest for his late partner's military pension, an Egyptian youth gets 3 years in prison for gay "debauchery", plus other global 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:15 SEGMENT #1 – NewsWrap: As the U.S. mobilizes for a possible military response to the September 11th terrorist attacks, a "stop loss" suspension of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" discharges for homosexuality may take effect – but it would only be temporary, and some experts call the possible move "hypocritical"; career diplomat Michael Guest, appointed by President George W. Bush and easily approved by a voice vote in the Senate to serve in Romania, is sworn in as the second openly-gay U.S. ambassador; thanks to the leadership of openly-gay Arizona Republican Jim Kolbe, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee votes to lift the Congressional ban against Washington, DC implementing its domestic partners legislation, which the city originally enacted in 1992; the United Nations Human Rights Committee takes up an Australian gay man's quest to collect the military pension of his late partner of 38 years; the cabinet of the Czech Republic approves and sends to Parliament a bill to give legal recognition and some marriage-like benefits to same-gender couples; the conservative group Christian Truth Activists hand-delivers 5,000 letters to residents of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan calling recently-approved gay-positive school curricula "filth and propaganda"; an Egyptian teen is sentenced to the maximum 3 years in prison for "debauchery" in the notorious May police raid on a gay-inclusive Cairo riverboat club, while the trial of the 52 adults arrested, who've been imprisoned ever since, continues; Christian Democratic Party Berlin mayoral candidate Frank Steffel, his wife ever-present during campaign appearances, accuses his opponent, openly-gay Social Democrat interim Mayor Klaus Wowereit, of having a "deformed character"; Britain's opposition Conservative Party elects as its new leader Iain Duncan Smith, who quickly names a rightwing-leaning leadership team, prompting openly-lesbian Plymouth City Councillor Karen Gillard, calling Smith a "bigot", to bolt the Tories for the gay-supportive Liberal Democrats; open lesbian Ali Smith's novel "Hotel World" is one of six finalists for the UK's Booker Prize, one of the richest and most distinguished awards in world literature; and what one sociologist calls a "craze" of new openness among women for sexual experimentation, Norwegian women are kissing other women in public in record numbers [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, JASON LIN, BRIAN NUNES, CHRIS AMBIDGE, REX WOCKNER and GREG GORDON, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN & CHRISTOPHER GAAL] . . 10:25 SEGMENT #2 – Some forty countries were represented by about 100 gay, lesbian, bi, and transgender activists who came to Oakland, California in late August for the 21st WORLD CONFERENCE of the INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY ASSOCIATION, or ILGA. At a small pre-conference before the main weeklong gathering, about two dozen participants met to discuss issues relevant to lesbigay and trans people in the Southern Hemisphere. Reporters MARY SALOME and EMILY CHARLES talked with some of them about ILGA, the South/South Dialog, and the current situations in their home countries. Among those offering their perspective are SHERMAN DeROSE, a leading gay and AIDS activist from Sri Lanka; KEITH GODDARD of GALZ (Gays & Lesbians of Zimbabwe); SILVIA EVANS of LLEGO (Latina/Latino Lesbian and Gay Organization, with members throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico); "KIM" of Beijing Sisters in China (who didn't give her last name); OSCAR ATADERO, of Philippines queer progressive group PROGAY; YUSA MURANTES, an Amnesty Inter national worker in Venezuela; ANNA LEAH ZARABIA of the Philippines group CLIC (Can't Live In the Closet); and WAYNE ROBERTS of the Australian Bisexual Network (intro/outro music from "Music for Pieces of Wood" by STEVE REICH, off the compilation album Group 180; internal transition music from "Ya Rayah" by RACHID TAHA, from the CD "Cairo to Casablanca" on the Putumayo World Music label) [re-intro+"TWO" I.D. at 7:50 into this segment/19:30 into the program] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16:00 (online info for the International Lesbian & Gay Association: www.ilga.org) Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:15 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", SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE ACTIVISTS – FROM ZIMBABWE, THE PHILIPPINES, VENEZUELA, CHINA AND ELSEWHERE – COMPARE NOTES AT THE GLOBAL GAY SUMMIT... AND IN OTHER NEWS, GAYS ARE OKAYED FOR CRISIS- TIME U.S. MILITARY SERVICE - BUT AFTER THAT, "DON'T ASK"... GUEST IN ROMANIA IS THE SECOND OPENLY-GAY U.S. AMBASSADOR, A U.N. COMMITTEE HEARS A GAY AUSTRALIAN'S QUEST FOR HIS LATE PARTNER'S MILITARY PENSION, THE CZECH PARLIAMENT WILL CONSIDER SAME-GENDER PARTNER RIGHTS, AND AN EGYPTIAN YOUTH IS SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON FOR GAY "DEBAUCHERY". 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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