THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #738, distributed 05/20/02 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Shepard-ing homeless queer kids who are "Out in the Cold"; Assassinated Pim's party "places" in Dutch national elections, Brazil's President salutes civil unions with a rainbow flag, Britain's imprisoned partners and prospective parents make progress, "importuning" and "annoying" laws lose in U.S. Midwest suits, a bill in Russia's Duma offers lesbians "equal opportunity criminality", 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 2003 <== -------- 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: Dutch voters catapult the fledgling political party founded by assassinated openly-gay maverick Pim Fortuyn into a second place finish in national Parliamentary elections; waving a rainbow flag, Brazil's President Fernando Henrique Cardoso strongly endorses legal recognition of same-gender couples, while the U.K.'s Prison Service Director General makes public new guidelines granting partners of gay prisoners family member status for visitation purposes, while the House of Commons approves by a more than 2-to-1 margin a measure opening adoptions to unmarried couples, including gay & lesbian couples, and the ruling Conservative Party in the Canadian province of Alberta introduces its own plan for legal recognition of same-gender couples; in the U.S., an overwhelming vote by its City Council adds gender identity to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's anti-discrimination ordinance, the Ohio Supreme Court strikes down the state's same-gender-only "importuning" law, and an ACLU-launched lawsuit is settled by the city of Detroit, Michigan to include revisions of its "solicitation" and "annoying persons" laws that have been used in police stings against gay men; Sweden's parliament adds sexual orientation to categories specified in the national constitution that provide enhanced penalties for hate speech; in the name of gender parity, a bill is introduced in Russia's Duma criminalizing sex between women to match a similar measure introduced last month against gay men; the lower house of the German Parliament issues long-awaited pardons to men convicted under the anti-gay laws of the Nazi regime, while gay & lesbian groups in Austria hold a 12-day series of educational events honoring gay victims of the Holocaust; Berlin's openly-gay Mayor Klaus Wowereit ceremonially makes the late bisexual film icon Marlene Dietrich an honorary citizen of her native city; and POWER, the Professional Organization of Women in Entertainment, names U.S. talk show diva Rosie O'Donnell the Most Powerful Gay Woman in Show Business, but last year's list-topper Ellen DeGeneres, who came in second this year, offers to reclaim the crown "should photos surface of Rosie in compromising positions with a man" [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, CHRIS AMBIDGE, REX WOCKNER, LUCIA CHAPPELLE & GREG GORDON, and anchored by JON BEAUPRE & CINDY FRIEDMAN] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 SEGMENT #2 - Few milestones are as profound for a queer teen as coming out to his or her parents, family, and friends. This experience and its aftermath can be positive and affirming -- but all too often, kids find themselves rejected by the very institutions they were raised to believe in. An estimated 1.3 million American young people are homeless, dying at a rate of 13 per day, and up to 40% of them are homosexual, bisexual or transgender. Experts assert that within 48 hours of leaving home, 42% of these kids, straight or gay, turn to prostitution to survive. "OUT IN THE COLD" is a riveting documentary slowly making its way across North America in theaters, schools and community centers that takes viewers on a journey into the lives of some of these young people. Co-produced and co-directed by MARTIN BEGODNE, director of the award winning documentaries "Journey to a Hate Free Millennium" and "Making Babies: Gay and Lesbian Baby Boom", and ERIC CRISWELL, Executive Director of the CIRE Foundation, "Out in the Cold" was made possible by funding from the Matthew Shepard Foundation. In this very special feature, This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE leads Criswell, Begodne and the Shepard Foundation's JUDY SHEPARD in a roundtable discussion about the over 500,000 queer kids who have fallen through the cracks of American society. Topics include the staggering magnitude of youth homelessness in the U.S.; the limited options open to under-age kids on the street who can't legally work and the factors that make it almost impossible for otherwise-eligible homeless teens to find a job; the impact of increased media coverage of GLBT people on teens coming out earlier; what motivates parents to throw their queer kids out of the house; and the GLBT community's historic reluctance to deal with youth problems based on fears of homophobia-based "sexual predator" stereotypes (with music from the acoustic version of "Smalltown Boy" by BRONSKI BEAT) [:35 re-intro+Judy Shepard "TWO" I.D.+brief music break at 7:45 into this segment/18:55 into the program]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16:30 (www.matthewshepardfoundation.org) Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:15 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", SHEPARD-ING HOMELESS QUEER KIDS WHO'VE BEEN CHASED "OUT IN THE COLD"... IN THE NEWS, ASSASSINATED PIM'S PARTY "PLACES" IN DUTCH NATIONAL ELECTIONS, BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT SALUTES CIVIL UNIONS WITH A RAINBOW FLAG, BRITAIN'S IMPRISONED PARTNERS AND PROSPECTIVE PARENTS MAKE PROGRESS, "IMPORTUNING" AND "ANNOYING" LAWS LOSE IN U.S. MIDWEST SUITS, AND A BILL IN RUSSIA'S DUMA OFFERS LESBIANS "EQUAL OPPORTUNITY CRIMINALITY". 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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