THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #743, distributed 06/24/02 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Gay & lesbian grace under fire marks Jerusalem's first Pride; Vancouver-area diocese vote on queer couple vows creates Anglican angst; Gender equality overlooks gays & lesbians in Estonia, but a countrywide partners registry opens in Liverpool, and pride is celebrated at the U.S. Department of Justice and in Europe and the Americas, plus other GLBT news; And who's afraid of Virginia "Woolf – a portrait in song"? 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USAGE LIMITED ONLY BY TIMELINESS OF NEWS CONTENT! => RUNDOWN <= Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:10 SEGMENT #1 – NewsWrap: In Canada, a vote of the Vancouver, B.C.-area Anglican diocese of New Westminster overwhelmingly authorizes blessings of gay & lesbian couples, much to the chagrin of 13 of the country's 41 bishops and the soon-to-retire head of the global Anglican communion, Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey; pride proclamations are either issued or fought over in the Canadian cities of Nanaimo, Edmonton, Saskatoon and Regina, while crowds flock to annual pride celebrations in Winnipeg and Calgary, as well as in the Brazilian cities of Salvador, Bahia and the national capital of Brasilia, and pride flags fly for the first time over city halls in Berlin, Germany and Aberdeen, Scotland; pride events in the past few weeks draw throngs of celebrants to Hamburg, Tijuana, Brussels and Warsaw, but Peru GLBT activists fight for a permit to pridefully march in Lima, and a speech lauding the anti-terrorism efforts of gay & lesbian employees by Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson at a pride observance at the U.S. Department of Justice draws the ire of several religious right groups; legal recognition of queer couples suffers a setback in Estonia as the Justice Ministry omits any references to gays & lesbians in gender equality legislation, but domestic partners across the U.K. can now register in Liverpool; a bill to restrict fertility treatment exclusively to women in relationships with men gets overwhelming approval in Italy's Chamber of Deputies, but its fate in the Senate is uncertain; transpeople make employment rights progress in Japan but lose a round in efforts to revise birth certificates in Britain, while in India, Kali Hijra is elected to a seat on the Patna City Council; and on the grass at Eastbourne in England, openly-lesbian tennis legend Martina Navratilova becomes the oldest person to ever win a Women's Tennis Association singles match, and also says she'd like to adopt a child or two [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 & BRIAN NUNES] [10:45] + "Woolf" song billboard (over "NewsWrap" outro music) [:10]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:55 SEGMENT #2 - "TWO" I.D. by Irish lesbian singing duo ZRAZY (with an excerpt from their "Come Out, Everybody") [:25] + Despite increased tensions from the escalating rash of suicide bombings and military retaliations, and over the strident objections of Orthodox Jewish politicians and religious leaders, history was made in JERUSALEM on June 7th as that city under siege experienced its first-ever Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade. This Way Out correspondents ERAN CICUREL and ILAN VEITZEN provide exclusive on-scene coverage, which includes comments by participants, a protestor, and a police spokesperson; BBC reporter BARBARA PLATT; openly-gay Orthodox Rabbi STEVE GREENBERG; and Executive Director HAGAI EL-AD and Chairperson JERRY LEVINSON of the Jerusalem Open House, which was instrumental in organizing the event (intro/outro music from "Journey to Jerusalem" by the German-Turkish band & 1999 Eurovision Song Contest entrant SUPRIZ) [10:25] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:50 SEGMENT #3 - "Breathe A Different Air", a song about hopeful new beginnings, from the recently-released CD "Woolf – a portrait in song" by the inspired British trio of DAVID HARWOOD SMITH, ROGER G. TAYLOR, and vocalist HELEN CHAPPELLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:40 (for more information about Woolf and the CD: www.portraitsongs.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", GAY & LESBIAN GRACE UNDER FIRE MARKS JERUSALEM'S FIRST-EVER PRIDE PARADE -– YOU'LL HEAR ON-SCENE COVERAGE... IN OTHER NEWS, A VANCOUVER, CANADA-AREA DIOCESE VOTE ON QUEER COUPLE VOWS CREATES ANGLICAN ANGST, GENDER EQUALITY OVERLOOKS GAYS & LESBIANS IN ESTONIA, BUT A COUNTRYWIDE PARTNERS REGISTRY OPENS IN LIVERPOOL, AND PRIDE IS CELEBRATED AT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND IN EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS... PLUS, WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA "WOOLF – A PORTRAIT IN SONG"? NOT A TRIO OF INSPIRED BRITISH MUSICIANS! 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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