THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #741, distributed 06/10/02 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Cameras crash the "Circuit" scene: previews and a chat with the filmmakers; Queer college athletes and coaches counter campus homophobia; A unanimous Quebec vote makes Canadian couples history, Sweden's registered partners win adoption rights, the first U.S. "pink stock" comes out on the NASDAQ, Jerusalem debuts its pride in Hebrew, Arabic & English, but construction threatens Stonewall's birthplace, 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: In Canada, Quebec's provincial legislature unanimously approves legislation offering the most extensive legal recognition of same-gender couples in the country, while Sweden okays adoption rights for same-gender registered partners; the Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics counts nearly 50,000 queer couples, but a gay male couple becomes Germany's first annulled same-gender registered partners; in the U.S., Connecticut Governor John Rowland signs into law the state's first legislation to legally recognize unmarried couples in certain limited ways, while non-biological queer co-parents get an indirect boost from a California Supreme Court paternity ruling favoring a heterosexual man's strong assumption of the father role despite having no biological connection to the child; media and entertainment company GSociety becomes the first gay-identified U.S. corporation to have its stock publicly traded (under the symbol GSOC on the NASDAQ); landmark Pride marches are held in Jerusalem and Sao Paolo, but rail construction threatens the revered site of Greenwich Village's historic Stonewall Inn; Spain's King Carlos offends his country's "queers", but New Zealand P.M. Helen Clark offers a heartfelt apology; and the "American Pie 2" smooch between Seann William Scott and Jason Biggs wins the MTV Movie Awards trophy for "Best Kiss" [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 & JON BEAUPRE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 SEGMENT #2 - "Circuit" billboard [:15] + How much homophobia do gay and lesbian athletes and coaches encounter on college campuses and in their locker rooms... and what are they, and the governing body of U.S. collegiate athletics, the NCAA, doing about it? In this report produced by MICHELLE PATTERSON, CHRIS ALLEN goes looking for some answers, with comments by NORA BECK, Faculty Athletic Representative at Oregon's Lewis & Clark College; LAURIE PRIEST, Chair of Physical Education & Director of Athletics at Massachusetts' Mount Holyoke College; DWIGHT SLATER, Stanford University senior and former football player; and MICHAEL MUSKA, openly-gay Oberlin (Ohio) College Athletic Director (outro music from "We Are The Champions" by QUEEN) [8:40] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:55 [Sexual Minorities In Athletics: www.smiaonline.org] SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by legendary openly-lesbian singer/songwriter JANIS IAN [:10] + They're "Red", "White", and sometimes "Black & Blue". They welc ome the good and bad, but not the unattractive. Circuit parties are either gay male primal celebrations of the tribe, or narcotic narcissistic embarrassments -- it depends on whom you ask. A new film called "CIRCUIT" (a Jour De Fete release) takes the entire audience to the dance. But as one reviewer put it, "the bottom line on 'Circuit' is that a strong plot and well-developed characters were not invited to the party, but strong thighs and well-developed pecs are all over the screen." This Way Out’s STEVE PRIDE leaps into the fray (with preview clips & music from the movie soundtrack, and comments by director/co-writer DIRK SHAFER and actor/singer PAUL LEKAKIS, making his film debut) [6:50]. . . . . . 7:00 [www.circuitmovie.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", CAMERAS CRASH THE "CIRCUIT" SCENE – STEVE PRIDE HAS PREVIEW CLIPS AND CHATS WITH AND ABOUT THE FILM'S "PRINCIPLES"... QUEER COLLEGE ATHLETES AND COACHES COUNTER CAMPUS HOMOPHOBIA – CHRIS ALLEN REPORTS ON WHAT'S BEING DONE... AND IN OTHER NEWS, A UNANIMOUS QUEBEC VOTE MAKES CANADIAN COUPLES HISTORY, SWEDEN'S REGISTERED PARTNERS WIN ADOPTION RIGHTS, THE FIRST U.S. "PINK STOCK" COMES OUT ON THE NASDAQ, AND JERUSALEM DEBUTS ITS PRIDE IN HEBREW, ARABIC & ENGLISH, BUT CONSTRUCTION THREATENS STONEWALL'S BIRTHPLACE. 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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