THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #706, distributed 10/08/01 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Novelist Paul Lussier reveals skeletons in the American Colonial closet; Two indie film hits explore the touchy subject of intergenerational love; Right wing U.S. groups continue their post-September 11th anti-gay attacks; A British Columbia court condones marriage discrimination, the Council of Europe denounces homophobia, Romania's right is riled by their gay U.S. ambassador, a Korean transwoman is true to her school, and 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, is available online in mono and stereo MP3 files at www.radio4all.net, and is mailed on cassette to non-satellite/non-wired 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: A British Columbia court, acknowledging that it's discriminatory, nevertheless denies equal marriage rights in a constitutional challenge brought by 8 same-gender couples, but it's only the first step up the Canadian legal ladder; a U.S. federal appeals court upholds San Francisco's pioneering Equal Benefits Ordinance; the U.S. Human Rights Campaign reports a 20% increase in the number of employers extending spousal benefits to the partners of their gay and lesbian workers in the past year, but the Sedgwick County Commission, poised to become the first in the state of Kansas to do the same, this week unanimously rescinds the benefits announced last week by the County Manager after numerous complaints from residents; the city councils of Bangor, Maine and Normal, Illinois each pass measures to prohibit sexual orientation discrimination; the September 11th terrorist attacks lead the Human Rights Campaign to cancel its planned October 11th events celebrating National Coming Out Day, and force the postponement of consideration of pro-queer legislation in Congress; the U.S. Navy follows the Air Force by instituting a so-called "stop loss" policy to minimize administrative discharges during the current conflict, but not those relating to violations of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"; President Bush's appointment of openly-gay Michael Guest as ambassador to Romania riles right-wing groups there, but the Romanian government itself remains strongly supportive; the Council of Europe's executive body issues a powerful statement in support of gay & lesbian civil rights for the first time in its 50-year history, while the annual conference of Europe's liberal parties, ELDR, unanimously passes a resolution in support of equal marriage and parental rights for queer couples; the world's first transsexual Member of Parliament, New Zealand's Georgina Beyer, who suggested in April that she'd be retiring from politics, now says she'll stand for reelection after all, while Korean transsexual pop star Ha Ri-su gets a rousing reception at her old all male high school [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, JASON LIN, BRIAN NUNES, CHRIS AMBIDGE, REX WOCKNER & GREG GORDON, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN & CHRISOPTHER GAAL] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:05 SEGMENT #2 – "Last Refuge of Scoundrels"/"L.I.E" & "Our Lady of the Assassins" billboard #1 [:20] + Religious-right campaigner Rev. Lou Sheldon of the TRADITIONAL VALUES COALITION got his moment in the post-September 11th media spotlight this week when he called on terrorist attack relief agencies to deny assistance to the surviving members of lesbian and gay relationships. This latest anti-queer offensive comes on the heels of press releases from two other rightwing U.S. groups, Concerned Women for America and the Family Research Council, each charging that gays and lesbians were taking advantage of the national tragedy by pushing their "anti-family agenda" "while the nation's back is turned". This brief report by This Way Out's LUCIA CHAPPELLE [with thanks to Nell Abram and Aaron Glance of Free Speech Radio News] includes excerpts from the prepared statement by the Traditional Values Coalition read by their spokesperson STEVE AKIN, and reaction from REV. TROY PERRY of the predominantly-gay & lesbian Metropolitan Community Church [2:55]. . . . . . . . . . . . 3:15 SEGMENT #3 - "Last Refuge of Scoundrels"/"L.I.E" & "Our Lady of the Assassins" billboard #2 [:20] + "TWO" I.D. by openly-lesbian actress AMANDA BEARSE ("Marcy D'Arcy" on the long-running sitcom "Married... With Children") [:10]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :30 SEGMENT #4 - As we discovered last week, PAUL LUSSIER has put the "revolution" back into the American Revolution with his critically-praised historical novel, "LAST REFUGE OF SCOUNDRELS" (Warner Books). He told This Way Out's RITA GONZALEZ about how his nearly 10 years of research into the period revealed that most of the iconic U.S. "Founding Fathers" were a self-interested gentry in contempt of "the common people" -- with the one exception being General (and soon-to-be-first U.S. President) George Washington. In the conclusion of this 2-part feature interview, Lussier discusses his novel's two leading characters: John Lawrence, an actual historical participant in the War and a self-described "fey" man who was one of Washington's aides and a productive envoy to France, and "Deborah Simpson", a cross-dressing woman soldier and spy who is a composite of 3 actual female Revolutionary War figures. Lussier also suggests how the American Revolution continues to this day, and explains why his book would have particular appeal to the queer community (intro/outro music from "Revolution" by THE BEATLES). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:15 SEGMENT #5 - Two movies about intergenerational love that have stirred controversy at gay and lesbian film festivals across North America are finally making their way into general release. This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE previews a scene from "L.I.E." (featuring PAUL FRANKLIN DANO as "Howie" and BRIAN COX as "Big John") and chats with director MICHAEL CUESTA, and talks with Oscar-nominated "OUR LADY OF THE ASSASSINS" director BARBET SCHROEDER about shooting on location in Medellin, Colombia. . . . . . . . . . 5:45 Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:25 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:50 ----------------------------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", HISTORICAL NOVELIST PAUL LUSSIER REVEALS SKELETONS IN THE AMERICAN COLONIAL CLOSET IN HIS "LAST REFUGE OF SCOUNDRELS"... TWO INDIE FILM HITS -- "L.I.E." AND "OUR LADY OF THE ASSASSINS" -- EXPLORE THE TOUCHY SUBJECT OF INTERGENERATIONAL LOVE... 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