THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #729, distributed 03/18/02 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Rosie's broadcast outing boosts the Florida adoption rights battle; The gay gallows humor of Oscar-winner Alan Ball is found "6 Feet Under"; A Senator's parliamentary slander against a gay High Court judge rocks Australia, Egypt pursues anti-gay prosecutions with a vengeance, Zimbabwe queers are resigned to Mugabe's reelection, U.S. federal funds exclude most gay and lesbian 9/11 victims, 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:10 SEGMENT #1 – NewsWrap: Liberal Party Senator from New South Wales Bill Heffernan's use of "parliamentary privilege" on the legislative floor to level accusations of criminal activity against Australia's openly-gay High Court Judge Michael Kirby rocks the political world "Down Under"; the "Damanhour 5" are the latest group of gay men in Egypt to receive hard-labor prison sentences for "debauchery"; gays & lesbians have resigned themselves to a fifth presidential term for Robert Mugabe, one of the world's most virulently-outspoken homophobes, following flawed elections in Zimbabwe; final U.S. guidelines for compensation for family victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks will likely exclude most gay & lesbian domestic partners because of the federal government's reliance on individual state probate laws to determine eligibility; the Kansas state Supreme Court voids transwoman J'Noel Gardiner's marriage to a wealthy man who died without a will in a high-profile inheritance case; and a particularly queer week in the world of entertainment includes rising British pop singing star Will Young identifying himself as a gay man, the U.S. Directors Guild of America honoring open gays Alan Ball and Todd Holland for their respective work on TV's "Six Feet Under" and "Malcolm in the Middle", and Screen Actors Guild Best TV Comedy Series Actor and Actress awards going to Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally of the gay-led "Will & Grace" (which NBC renews to the tune of 300 million dollars for another 3 seasons), and S.A.G. Best Supporting Actor film honors awarded to Sir Ian McKellen for his role as "Gandalf" in "Lord of the Rings" [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, CHRIS AMBIDGE, REX WOCKNER, GREG GORDON & LUCIA CHAPPELLE, and anchored by CHRISTOPHER GAAL & CINDY FRIEDMAN]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:20 SEGMENT #2 - Alan Ball interview billboard [:10] + An especially queer TV week, bracketed by HBO's "The Laramie Project" on March 9th and NBC's "The Matthew Shepard Story" on March 16th, included newly-out U.K. "Pop Idol" contest winner WILL YOUNG's "Evergreen/Anything Is Possible" holding the #1 position on the BBC's "Top of the Pops" [a brief excerpt from his performance on that program] and SIR IAN McKELLEN hosting NBC's venerable "Saturday Night Live" [a short excerpt from his opening monologue], capped by daytime TV talk show diva and comedic actress ROSIE O'DONNELL's broadcasting the fact that she's a lesbian on ABC-TV's DIANE SAWYER-hosted "PrimeTime Thursday" news magazine. O'Donnell discusses being a lesbian parent and what motivated her to "officially" come out in these brief excerpts from the 2-hour telecast, subtitled "Rosie's Story: For The Sake of The Children". Also included are short excerpts from comments by STEVEN LOFTON & ROGER CROTEAU, whose adoption lawsuit against the state of Florida spurred O'Donnell to action, and Florida Representative RANDY BALL, who defends the state's anti-queer adoption law [4:30]. . . . . . . . . 4:40 [www.lethimstay.com] SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by ELLEN DeGENERES [:05] + Undertakers are not the only people who are hooked on the HBO cable series "SIX FEET UNDER". The show's first season ratings surpassed those of both the cable network's highly-acclaimed "The Sopranos" and "Sex in the City", and the outlook for the second season, which began this month, is promising -- if you can say that about a series set in a funeral home. "Six Feet Under" was created and is executive-produced (and often written) by Oscar-winning "American Beauty" screenwriter ALAN BALL, and some of the show's quirky characters are as gay as he is. When Ball sat down for a chat with psychologist, actor and activist CHARLEY LANG, the conversation included analysis of the unique appeal of the hit series, and Ball's own coming out adventures (with a re-intr o/"TWO" I.D. at about 6:45 into the segment/23:00 into the program, and intro/transition/outro music from the "Six Feet Under" opening and closing theme music) [11:10]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:15 [www.HBO.com] 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", THE GAY GALLOWS HUMOR OF OSCAR-WINNER ALAN BALL IS UNEARTHED "6 FEET UNDER", AND ROSIE'S BROADCAST OUTING BOOSTS THE FLORIDA ADOPTION RIGHTS BATTLE... IN OTHER NEWS, A SENATOR'S PARLIAMENTARY SLANDER AGAINST A GAY HIGH COURT JUDGE ROCKS AUSTRALIA, EGYPT PURSUES ANTI-GAY PROSECUTIONS WITH A VENGEANCE, ZIMBABWE QUEERS ARE RESIGNED TO MUGABE'S REELECTION, AND U.S. FEDERAL FUNDS EXCLUDE MOST GAY & LESBIAN 9/11 VICTIMS. 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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