THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #739, distributed 05/27/02 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Melodic rock, power pop & traditional jazz burst "out" of the "AudioFile"; Trade unionists will work it "out" at Sydney international conference; The good and bad news: Egyptian riverboat raid cases are reopened; U.S. Congressional Republicans block 9/11 benefits for domestic partners, Ireland's Equality Authority affirms gay & lesbian parents, same-gender couples demand recognition in Croatia, 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:15 SEGMENT #1 – NewsWrap: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak voids the State Security Court "debauchery with men" convictions of 21 of the men arrested in the infamous Cairo riverboat raid a year ago, but also orders almost all of the 53 who were originally accused, including the 29 who were acquitted, to face another trial in civil court, at prosecutors' discretion; the U.S. Congress' Republican leadership (with Bush administration backing) blocks a floor vote on a bill unanimously passed in the Senate named for openly-gay New York Fire Department Chaplain Mychal Judge, which would have given federal benefits to September 11th World Trade Center attack survivors who are not a surviving spouse, parent or child, but are specified in a will or insurance policy; New York Republican Governor George Pataki signs into law the state's queer partners-inclusive September 11 Victims and Families Relief Act, while the California state Assembly approves a bill to ensure that registered gay & lesbian domestic partners will inherit part of their partners' estates if no will exists; the American Psychoanalytic Association issues a comprehensive policy statement in support of gay & lesbian parents, while the Indiana state Court of Appeals unanimously rules that custody or visitation decisions cannot be made based solely on a gay or lesbian parent's living with a same-gender partner; another effort by Britain's Conservatives against same-gender couples to explicitly exclude them from the Adoption and Child Bill is overwhelmingly defeated in the House of Commons; Ireland's Equality Authority issues strong recommendations for adoption and fostering parity for same-gender couples; Danish gays & lesbians demand legal access to artificial insemination, while Croatian queers bid for legal recognition of same-gender couples; a 1700-year-old Roman transsexual is unearthed in Britain; former Ford Motor Company vice chair Allan Gilmour, who came out shortly after his retirement in 1995, returns as the auto giant's new Chief Financial Officer at the behest of CEO Bill Ford; and Rosie O'Donnell's Tom Cruise fantasy becomes reality in the finale of her 6-year TV talk show run [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, CHRIS AMBIDGE, REX WOCKNER, LUCIA CHAPPELLE & GREG GORDON, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN & CHRISTOPHER GAAL]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:15 SEGMENT #2 - "AudioFile" billboard (over instrumental beginning of intro music for this segment) [:15] + A series of social justice conferences are planned for the week leading up to the quadrennial Gay Games, being held this November in Sydney, Australia. One of them is WORKERS OUT! THE 2ND WORLD CONFERENCE OF LESBIAN & GAY TRADE UNIONISTS, and organizers want to get the word out that online information is available and registration is now open (www.workersout.com). In Sydney, This Way Out correspondent MICHAEL SCHEMBRI talks with a member of the organizing committee, KEN DAVIS, about support for queer equality within the global union movement, and what this second-ever conference hopes to accomplish (with intro/outro music from "If It Weren't for the Union" by PETER HICKS) [7:55] . . 8:10 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by famed openly-gay author and motion picture producer/screenwriter/director CLIVE BARKER [:25] + In this month's "AudioFile", CHRIS WILSON & CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM spotlight the "power pop" of JOHN ASHFIELD's "HARMONY BUNNY" (excerpts from "Crush" & "Why Not Smile"); the "blissfully ragged" rock of SARAH PINSKER's "CHARMED" ("Sweet and Strange" & "Pass By"); and the traditional jazz instrumentals of DREW PARALIC, which are never "TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE" (the title track & "This Tune"); produced with JD DOYLE, and with brief comments by Pinsker and Paralic about their music [7:30]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:55 = artist contact info = SARAH PINSKER DREW PARALIC JOHN ASHFIELD PO Box 27558 208 W. 85th St. #2E 825 Burnett Ave. #12 Towson, MD 21285 New York, N.Y. 10024 San Francisco, CA 94131 spinsker@sarahpinsker.com jazzdrew212@aol.com keanubear@aol.com www.sarahpinsker.com www.cdbaby.com/paralic www.johnashfieldmusic.com 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", MELODIC ROCK, POWER POP AND TRADITIONAL JAZZ BURST "OUT" OF THIS MONTH'S "AUDIOFILE", WHILE TRADE UNIONISTS PLAN TO WORK IT "OUT" AT A PRE-"GAMES" INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN SYDNEY... THE GOOD AND BAD NEWS: EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT HOSNI MUBARAK REOPENS THE INFAMOUS CAIRO RIVERBOAT RAID CASES... AND IN OTHER NEWS, U.S. CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS BLOCK 9/11 BENEFITS FOR DOMESTIC PARTNERS, IRELAND'S EQUALITY AUTHORITY AFFIRMS GAY & LESBIAN PARENTS, SAME-GENDER COUPLES DEMAND RECOGNITION IN CROATIA, AND A 4TH CENTURY ROMAN TRANSSEXUAL IS UNEARTHED IN BRITAIN. 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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