THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #740, distributed 06/03/02 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) An East Indian man's "Ode" to growing up in Kenya and coming out in "WeHo"; A 1960's San Francisco gay teen's hilarious exploration of "Sex & Mayhem"; Same gender partners progress in Alberta and New South Wales, a second mistrial stalls the criminally-charged Aussie "Satellite" crashers, the British government offers funding support to a queer bobbies group, oil giant ExxonMobil continues to fuel discrimination, and other 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: The conservative Canadian province of Alberta extends pension benefits to the domestic partners of its unmarried civil servants, including same-gender couples, while the Australian state of New South Wales moves toward legal equality on a number of fronts for gay & lesbian couples; a mistrial in Sydney, Australia has for the second time interrupted the criminal mismanagement trial against failed Satellite Group founder Greg Fisher and board member Jonathan Broster; Britain's Home Secretary announces his government's funding support for LAGPA, the Lesbian And Gay Police Association; the California state Senate overwhelmingly approves a constitutional amendment to protect survivors of unmarried couples from post-mortem property tax reassessments; shareholders of oil giant ExxonMobil reject another proposal to add "sexual orientation" to the corporate equal employment opportunity statement, but support for that initiative has doubled since last year's attempt; the third incarnation of a U.S. Internet "child protection" law – this one making federal funding for public libraries contingent on their use of Internet filtering software - is rejected as censorship by a panel of federal judges; queer U.S. veterans are officially-invited participants for the first time at a Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery; bisexual Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani is named a goodwill ambassador by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, openly-gay entertainment mogul David Geffen donates a record-breaking $200-million to UCLA's School of Medicine, and open lesbian Dr. Kerryn Phelps is elected to a third term as president of the Australian Medical Association; seven U.S. gays & lesbian climbers become the first such group to reach the 20,305-foot summit of Nepal's Imje Tse (Island Peak), while openly-gay 58-year-old Canadian tightrope walker Jay Cochrane raises funds for children's charities by walking across a 100-meter span of Niagara Falls, and at the age of 45, open lesbian Martina Navratilova breaks yet another record by becoming the oldest woman ever to win a Women's Tennis Association tournament title (with Belarussian Natasha Zvereva, the doubles crown at the Spanish Open); and according to the none-too-gay-friendly newspaper "The Scotsman", British marines searching for members of al-Qaeda during the recent "Operation Condor" find gay male villagers they come across in Afghanistan "more terrifying" than terrorists [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] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:55 SEGMENT #2 - "Sex & Mayhem" billboard [:10] + GHALIB SHIRAZ DHALLA is an emerging author whose semi-autobiographical debut novel spans three continents. Called "ODE TO LATA", and published by Really Great Books, it's the story of an East Indian man whose repressed sexuality growing up in Kenya eventually finds expression in gay West Hollywood. Along the way, he takes comfort in fantasies inspired by legendary "Bollywood" movies, which are a staple of Hindi Indian culture. Dhalla's work has appeared in several magazines, and an excerpt from "Ode to Lata" was featured in an American Book Award-winning anthology. He reads from "Ode to Lata" during a revealing conversation with This Way Out's BRYAN GOEBEL [8:15]. . 8:25 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by famed openly-lesbian writer DOROTHY ALLISON ("Bastard Out of Carolina") with Jesse Helms "showpiece" tag [:10] + A young gay man grows up in San Francisco in the 1950's and early 60's before "the love that dare not speak its name" found a voice. Fasten your seatbelts for hilarious excerpts from a new "audio book" CD, what its creator DONALD CURRIE calls "a movie made of sound", and get swept away on a funky tsunami of "SEX AND MAYHEM" [7:55]. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:05 [www.cdbaby.com/donaldcurrie] Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:15 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:50 ----------------------------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", AN EAST INDIAN MAN'S "ODE" TO GROWING UP IN KENYA AND COMING OUT IN WEST HOLLYWOOD, AND A 1960'S SAN FRANCISCO GAY TEEN'S HILARIOUS EXPLORATION OF "SEX & MAYHEM"... AND IN THE NEWS, SAME GENDER PARTNERS PROGRESS IN ALBERTA AND NEW SOUTH WALES, A SECOND MISTRIAL STALLS THE CRIMINALLY-CHARGED AUSSIE "SATELLITE" CRASHERS, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT OFFERS FUNDING SUPPORT TO A QUEER BOBBIES GROUP, OIL GIANT EXXONMOBIL CONTINUES TO FUEL DISCRIMINATION, AND A THIRD TRY AT A U.S. INTERNET LAW TO "PROTECT CHILDREN" IS REJECTED AS CENSORSHIP BY A PANEL OF FEDERAL JUDGES. ALL THAT AND MORE THIS WEEK ON "THIS WAY OUT: THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY RADIO MAGAZINE", ______________________________________ [DAY and TIME] HERE ON __________________________. 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