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Thanks! ---------------------------------------- THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #724, distributed 02/11/02 (hosted this week by Lucia Chappelle and produced with Greg Gordon) Outsports.com champions queer fans and jocks; Filipino activists confront class conflicts and the closet; The Swedish government and American pediatricians each adopt progressive positions on parenting, a Montana lesbian couple's lawsuit leads to life- threatening arson, gays are again the scapegoat in Mugabe's Zimbabwe, protests grow over more gay Egyptian convictions, & other global 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! USAGE LIMITED ONLY BY TIMELINESS OF NEWS CONTENT! => RUNDOWN <= Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:10 SEGMENT #1 – NewsWrap: Sweden moves toward extending full adoption rights to gay & lesbian couples, while the American Academy of Pediatrics issues a strong policy statement endorsing co-parent adoptions by same-gender couples; the U.S. National Education Association issues wide-ranging recommendations to improve the safety of lesbian & gay students and school employees, and the Washington state House overwhelmingly passes a bill requiring school districts to establish specific policies against anti-gay harassment; the Boy Scouts of America national executive board reaffirms its discriminatory policy against "avowed homosexual" members; West Virginia's capital of Charleston becomes the first city in the state to enact a queer-inclusive hate crimes ordinance, while a lesbian couple in Missoula, Montana who are the lead plaintiffs in a lawsuit to win domestic partner benefits from the state's university system barely escape with their lives as their home is gutted by arson; Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe resumes his inflammatory anti-gay rhetoric as he stumps for reelection; the domestic partners of British gay Cabinet members and other unmarried MPs may soon get spousal pension benefits through amendments to the Parliamentary Pension Scheme; 4 more Egyptian men arrested for gay "debauchery and contempt of religion" each get 3-year prison terms, while 8 others may be tried soon, despite continuing protests by the International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission, and letters by openly-gay U.S. Congressmember Barney Frank, six thousand French citizens, and a grilling of Egypt's ambassador to Belgium at Antwerp's gay & lesbian community center Het Roze Huis; among the developments regarding Jose Mantero, the first Roman Catholic priest in Spain to publicly identify himself as a gay man last week: his bishop revokes his ministerial licenses, the country's Association of Gays & Lesbians calls on Spaniards to stop financially supporting the Church, and a gay leader within Spain's ruling People's Party threatens to "out" 3 bishops he claims to have had sex with; and the Church comes in for more criticism by the Catholic mother of a gay man whose keynote speech highlights the launch of this year's Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, JASON LIN, BRIAN NUNES, CHRIS AMBIDGE, REX WOCKNER, GREG GORDON & LUCIA CHAPPELLE, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN & DEAN ELZINGA] . 10:35 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for Outsports.com feature [:10] + Last time on "This Way Out", OSCAR ATADERO, secretary of PROGAY -- the Progressive Organization of Gays in the Philippines -- described the founding of PROGAY and its politics and activities in the context of his country's long history of foreign domination, government corruption, and class struggle. In the second half of his presentation, Atadero focuses on the issue of identity, which is a major factor in PROGAY's organizing strategy. He discusses how gay identity in the Philippines varies from Western concepts, and the economic distinctions that separate transgender or "bakla"-identified Filipinos and those who identify as gay [produced by MICHAEL SCHEMBRI/2SER-FM Sydney's "Gaywaves"] (with music from "Traditional Music from the Philippines: Fiesta Filipina") [8:05]. . . . . . . . . . . 8:15 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by openly-gay Olympics diving champ GREG LOUGANIS [:10] + The Winter Olympics are reminding the world of the role of sports i n promoting tolerance and good will. CYD ZEIGLER and Jim Buzinski tapped into the fascination with athletics that's alive and well in the lesbigay community when they created OUTSPORTS.COM. It's an online forum for fans and players alike, covering everything from local queer leagues to mainstream professional sports -- and it has lots of people cheering, including "This Way Out" correspondent RITA GONZALEZ, who chats with Zeigler about the Web site's unique content and appeal [7:25] . . . 7:35 [Note: Outsports.com recently entered into a content partnership agreement with PlanetOut, which also licenses the Internet rights to "This Way Out".] Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:20 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", OUTSPORTS.COM CHAMPIONS QUEER FANS AND JOCKS, WHILE FILIPINO ACTIVISTS CONFRONT CLASS CONFLICTS AND THE CLOSET... AND IN THE NEWS, THE SWEDISH GOVERNMENT AND AMERICAN PEDIATRICIANS EACH ADOPT PROGRESSIVE POSITIONS ON PARENTING, A MONTANA LESBIAN COUPLE'S LAWSUIT LEADS TO LIFE-THREATENING ARSON, GAYS ARE AGAIN THE SCAPEGOAT IN MUGABE'S ZIMBABWE, AND INTERNATIONAL PROTESTS GROW OVER CONTINUING GAY ARRESTS AND CONVICTIONS IN EGYPT. 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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