THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #708, distributed 10/22/01 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Bias on the ballot in Michigan and Texas – what's at stake; Germany seeks gay Nazi victims to compensate; The U.S. Navy apologizes for that "fag" bombshell, California same gender couples rights get a big boost, Manitoba co-moms nurture adoption reform legislation, Finnish Supremes choose non-bio co-mom for child custody over the bio-dad, an Aussie court validates a transman's marriage, & other 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] . . . :40 SEGMENT #1 – NewsWrap: The U.S. Navy issues a rare apology to the nation's gays and lesbians for "High Jack (sic) This Fags" scrawled on a bomb destined for Afghanistan, as shown aboard the USS Enterprise in a widely-distributed AP photo last week; California Governor Gray Davis' signature on a bill sponsored by openly-lesbian Assemblyperson Carol Migden adds a dozen significant legal rights to the state's domestic partnership registry; in a June ruling only made public this week, a Delaware court has authorized the state's first adoption of an unrelated child by both members of a gay male couple (in fact, 2 young "hard to place" brothers have now been adopted by the couple), while 4 Canadian lesbian co-parents prod the province of Manitoba to accelerate implementation of adoption reform legislation by suing to legally co-adopt their partners' biological children, and Finland's Supreme Court grants custody of the children of a deceased lesbian mother to her longtime partner (whom the children expressed a strong desire to stay with) rather than to their biological father; over 400 Czech gays and lesbians demonstrate in Prague for partnership rights; a landmark legal ruling in Australia affirms the validity of a marriage between a female-to-male transsexual and his wife, while in the U.S., the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination decides that transgenders are protected by the state's civil rights laws; an official Broward County, Florida review rejects over 12,000 petition signatures, apparently dooming a drive to qualify a ballot measure to repeal civil rights protections for gays & lesbians there for a second time; and, to raise funds for victims of the September 11th terrorist attacks, New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has agreed to don a dress for a drag cameo appearance on the Showtime cable TV series "Queer As Folk" [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, JASON LIN, BRIAN NUNES, CHRIS AMBIDGE, REX WOCKNER & GREG GORDON, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN & GREG GORDON] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:55 SEGMENT #2 – In breaking news, openly-gay interim Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit has won election to a full term by a landslide. GREG GORDON has a brief report about the October 21st vote [:40] + billboard for 4 cities ballot measures feature [:15] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :55 SEGMENT #3 - It was a milestone when the German government agreed to add gay victims of Nazi persecution to the list of minorities eligible for compensation -- but now there's a major obstacle standing in the way of the distribution of those funds: locating those who are eligible. As This Way Out's LUCIA CHAPPELLE reports, officials are appealing to the international gay and lesbian community for help (with comments at an October 16th Berlin press conference by DIRK DE WINTER of the International Organization for Migration, the group that administers the Swiss Bank and German compensation programs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:15 [www.iom.int] SEGMENT #4 - "TWO" I.D. by openly-gay Olympics diving champ GREG LOUGANIS [:10] + So-called "family values" groups are challenging lesbigay rights on the ballot this November 6th in four U.S. cities: HOUSTON, TEXAS, and HUNTINGTON WOODS, KALAMAZOO, and TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN. The stakes are high, according to activists who addressed the press this week in a teleconference arranged by the national gay and lesbian lobbying group the Human Rights Campaign. Discussing the situation in each of their cities are GRANT MARTIN, Campaign Manager for People for a Fair Houston; MARI COOPER, Campaign Manager for Fair and Informed Residents of Huntington Woods; ROBERT DEMPSEY, Campaign Manager for Kalamazoo Against Discrimination; and PAUL HEATON, Campaign Co-Chair for the Traverse City Campaign Against Discrimination. Also commenting are BETH BASHERT, President of the statewide group Michigan Equality, and SETH KILBOURN, National Field Director for the Human Rights Campaign [9:30]. . . . 9:40 Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:15 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:40 ----------------------------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", BIAS IS ON THE BALLOT IN MICHIGAN AND TEXAS – CAMPAIGN ACTIVISTS DISCUSS WHAT'S AT STAKE... GERMANY IS READY TO COMPENSATE GAY NAZI VICTIMS, BUT NEEDS HELP LOCATING THEM... AND IN OTHER NEWS, THE U.S. NAVY APOLOGIZES FOR THAT "FAG" BOMBSHELL, CALIFORNIA SAME GENDER COUPLES RIGHTS GET A BIG BOOST, MANITOBA CO-MOMS NURTURE ADOPTION REFORM LEGISLATION, FINNISH SUPREMES CHOOSE THE NON-BIOLOGICAL CO-MOM FOR CHILD CUSTODY OVER THE BIOLOGICAL DAD, AND AN AUSTRALIAN COURT UPHOLDS THE VALIDITY OF A TRANSMAN'S MARRIAGE. THOSE STORIES AND MORE THIS WEEK ON "THIS WAY OUT: THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY RADIO MAGAZINE", ______________________________________ [DAY and TIME] HERE ON __________________________. [STATION] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~> STATIONS: MISSED THE SATELLITE FEED? <~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PLEASE CONTACT THE PACIFICA RADIO ARCHIVES TO ORDER A COPY OF THE PROGRAM, WHICH THEY CAN SEND YOU VIA U.P.S.; PHONE 818/506-1077 AND ASK FOR MARK OR EDGAR. ******************************************************** On the air since April 1988, "This Way Out" is the multi-award-winning internationally-distributed weekly gay and lesbian radio newsmagazine. 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