THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #707, distributed 10/15/01 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) A first round failure doesn't deter B.C. marriage lawsuit plaintiffs; A poetic performance artist preaches against what "The Bishop Says"; Terrorism fails to dampen many "Coming Out Day" events, California's governor okays expanded rights for queer couples, a German historian pries open Hitler's closet bunker, there are lesbigay rights advances in Colombia and Panama, plus other GLBT news from around the world "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! USAGE LIMITED ONLY BY TIMELINESS OF NEWS CONTENT! => RUNDOWN <= Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:05 SEGMENT #1 – NewsWrap: Annual "Coming Out Day" events are held on October 11th across the U.S. and in 7 other countries, but the observance is somewhat muted by the one month anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, while the 3rd anniversary of the October 12th gay-bashing murder of University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard is observed with several memorial events and a celebratory demonstration lead by professional homophobe Fred Phelps; despite some conservative groups' calling for a denial of victim's assistance for the domestic partners and dependents of gays and lesbians affected by the September 11th attacks, U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York calls for equal access to that relief in her keynote speech at the annual benefit dinner held by the Human Rights Campaign, while New York's Republican Governor George Pataki issues an executive order requiring equal access; queer activists on both sides of the Atlantic express outrage over an AP photo showing a Naval officer aboard the USS Enterprise with a bomb earmarked for Afghanistan on which is hand-scrawled, "High Jack [sic] This Fags"; in Scotland, Irish-born William Beggs is convicted of and gets a life sentence for the notorious "limbs in the Loch" murder and dismemberment of teenager Barry Wallace; a new book being launched at Germany's Frankfurt International Book Fair, "Hitler's Secret: The Double Life of a Dictator" by Bremen University history professor Lothar Machtan, claims the Nazi leader was a repressed homosexual; Britain's new Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith calls for a softening of the Conservatives' opposition to gay & lesbian equality, telling the Party's annual conference that tolerance was not about being "politically correct" but about being "politically effective"; thanks to pressure exerted in two cases brought before the Organization of American States' InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights, Colombia's Supreme Court orders conjugal visits for queer prisoners, and Panama allows the first official registration of a gay & lesbian organization, the New Men and Women Association of Panama; a left-wing party in Slovakia submits a draft bill to parliament to create legal registered partnerships for same gender couples, though passage seems unlikely; in Canada, openly-lesbian Winnipeg school trustee Kristine Barr wins a settlement and formal apology from the CHUM broadcasting group in her defamation lawsuit resulting from a 1999 program during which a pair of talk show hosts charged her with pushing a "gay agenda" and trying to "recruit" children; and if you're tired of your old workout videos, you might want to try "Dragercise" [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, JASON LIN, BRIAN NUNES, CHRIS AMBIDGE, REX WOCKNER & GREG GORDON, and anchored by CHRISOPTHER GAAL & CINDY FRIEDMAN]. . . . . 10:10 SEGMENT #2 – Canadian marriage lawsuit report billboard [:05] + In breaking news, California Governor Gray Davis on October 14th signed into law AB25, a bill greatly increasing rights and benefits for the state's same-gender couples, which its sponsors are calling "the largest expansion of domestic partner rights in the country." GREG GORDON has a brief report [1:00] + Hawkins/"The Bishop Says" billboard [:15]. . . . . . . . 1:20 SEGMENT #3 - As we first reported in "NewsWrap" last week, a group of eight British Columbia couples received a setback earlier this month when a provincial Supreme Court justice rejected their lawsuit seeking equal marriage rights for gays and lesbians. But as "Queer FM"'s HEATHER KITCHING reports from Vancouver, the plaintiffs are tempering their disappointment over the decision with a renewed determination to push the case forward [includes comments by TANYA CHAMBERS, one half of one of the 8 plaintiff couples, and BARBARA FINDLAY, one of their attorneys] (intro music from "Married" by LIZA MINNELLI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:35 SEGMENT #4 - "TWO" I.D. by longtime U.S. queer activist URVASHI VAID [:15] + It's not exactly "news" that gays and lesbians from religious backgrounds -- especially gays and lesbians of color -- often have a difficult time reconciling their sexuality and their traditional spirituality. African-American poet and performance artist LEVAN D. HAWKINS describes that old struggle with new words in "THE BISHOP SAYS" (intro music from "This Is A Mean World"/outro music from "Rest For The Weary", each performed by SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK) [9:10] . . . . . 9:25 Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:25 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", TERRORISM FAILS TO DAMPEN MANY "COMING OUT DAY" EVENTS, CALIFORNIA'S GOVERNOR OKAYS EXPANDED RIGHTS FOR SAME GENDER COUPLES, A GERMAN HISTORIAN PRIES OPEN HITLER'S CLOSET BUNKER, BRITAIN'S TORIES WILL TRY "POLITICALLY EFFECTIVE" TOLERANCE, THERE ARE LESBIGAY RIGHTS ADVANCES IN COLOMBIA AND PANAMA, A FIRST ROUND FAILURE DOESN'T DETER BRITISH COLUMBIA MARRIAGE LAWSUIT PLAINTIFFS, AND POETIC PERFORMANCE ARTIST LEVAN D. 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