THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #726, distributed 02/25/02 (hosted this week by Lucia Chappelle and produced with Greg Gordon) "Running With Light" over a "Bridge to Atlantis" in a "Huge" "AudioFile"; Queer youth demand Dignity for All Students from Florida legislators; Massachusetts high court ruling renders sodomy laws impotent, a transgender M.P. welcomes the British Queen to Kiwiland, Jesse Helms is "ashamed" of his AIDS inaction while Gerry Adams urges a shift in Sinn Fein's gay rights positions, and 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:15 SEGMENT #1 – NewsWrap: Massachusetts' highest court upholds the state's ancient sodomy laws but rules that they should not be applied to private consensual acts; UK authorities are turning to new technology to stop sex in public restrooms; Georgina Beyer, the world's only transsexual MP, greets Britain's Queen Elizabeth as she arrives for a visit to New Zealand, but pioneering U.S. transgender activist Sylvia Rivera dies at the age of 50 from liver cancer; a majority vote of its 173 regional bodies determines that the Presbyterian Church USA will retain its 1997 ban on ordaining non-celibate gays & lesbians; U.S. Senator Jesse Helms says he's "ashamed" of his years of inaction on AIDS, and Northern Ireland's Gerry Adams reverses years of opposition to gay & lesbian civil rights and now urges his Sinn Fein party to actively campaign for them; Justice Minister Paul Begin of the Canadian province of Quebec calls for full parental rights to be included in his government's bill to create registered partnerships for same-gender couples, while Canada's national group EGALE delivers a 15,000-signature petition to 5 Members of Parliament demanding full marriage rights for gays & lesbians; according to a recent SOFRES poll, nearly 3 in 4 French citizens would be comfortable with an openly-gay President, a remarkable increase over previously-surveyed attitudes; while no organized queer group in Panama has been allowed to legally register, the government did approve gay Carnival floats in Panama City and 2 other provincial cities this month, while queer life is on the upswing in Warsaw, Poland with 5 new gay & lesbian clubs opening during the past 6 months; Sestre (The Sisters), a stewardess-outfitted transvestite trio, will represent Slovenia in the EuroVision Song Contest (with an excerpt from their winning entry, "Samojubezen", or "Only Love"); and blood tests confirm that Wendell and Cass, one of the most dedicated couples in the penguin enclosure at the New York Aquarium, are both male [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to BRIAN NUNES, GRAHAM UNDERHILL, JASON LIN, CHRIS AMBIDGE, REX WOCKNER, GREG GORDON & LUCIA CHAPPELLE, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN & BRIAN NUNES] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:15 SEGMENT #2 - "AudioFile" billboard [:15] + The state of FLORIDA has seen many battles over rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people during the past three decades. As a new generation grows up, they're becoming more demanding that their political leaders guarantee them equal treatment and protection from harassment on public school campuses. Spurred in part by an ugly episode involving state legislator Allen Trovillion during a similar event last April, a contingent of those emerging activists again descended on the state capital in Tallahassee in mid-February to lobby for passage of the "Dignity for All Students Act" [this on-scene report by SUSAN GAGE includes comments by the bill's sponsors STATE REPRESENTATIVE KEN GOTTLIEB & STATE SENATOR "SKIP" CAMPBELL and students ALENA MORELAND & NATASHA KAROLA] (intro music from "Watch Out, Here I Come" by DEAD OR ALIVE) [7:50] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:05 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by famed gay writer EDMUND WHITE [:35] + As CHRIS WILSON & JD DOYLE open this month's "AudioFile", you'll find yourself "RUNNING WITH LIGHT" (excerpts from "Everything" and "Called Out of Hiding" from this new CD by TOM McCORMACK) across KEVIN HANNAN's "BRIDGE TO ATLANTIS" ("Cringe" and "Madman"), where THE BOOTLICKERS offer "HUGE" rewards ("Road" and "Love Comes Back") [includes comments by McCormack, Hannan, and Bootlickers lead vocalists ED LEBLANC & JOHN MCNEILL, and written & produced with CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM] [6:55]. . . . . 7:30 = artist contact info = Tom McCormack Kevin Hannan The Bootlickers PO Box 281 Mr. M Records Colinga Records Highlands, N.J. 07732 138 Court St. #253 c/o John Mc Neill www.tommccormack.com Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201 333 South Camac St. info@spotteddogrec.com www.kevinhannan.com Philadelphia, PA 19107 kevin@kevinhannan.com www.thebootlickers.com info@thebootlickers.com Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:35 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", YOU'LL BE "RUNNING WITH LIGHT" SUPPLIED BY TOM McCORMACK, ACROSS KEVIN HANNAN'S "BRIDGE TO ATLANTIS", WITH SOMETHING "HUGE" FROM THE BOOTLICKERS IN THIS MONTH'S ECLECTIC WORDS AND MUSIC FROM THE "AUDIOFILE", WHILE QUEER YOUTH DEMAND "DIGNITY FOR ALL STUDENTS" AS THEY LOBBY THEIR FLORIDA LEGISLATORS... IN OTHER NEWS, A MASSACHUSETTS HIGH COURT RULING RENDERS THE STATE'S SODOMY LAWS IMPOTENT, A TRANSGENDER M.P. WELCOMES THE BRITISH QUEEN TO NEW ZEALAND, AND U.S. SENATOR JESSE HELMS IS "ASHAMED" OF HIS AIDS INACTION WHILE NORTHERN IRELAND'S GERRY ADAMS REVERSES YEARS OF OPPOSITION TO URGE SINN FEIN'S SUPPORT FOR GAY & LESBIAN CIVIL RIGHTS. ALL THAT 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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