THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #744, distributed 07/01/02 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Structuring a secure retirement for the "Stonewall Generation"; Canada's High Court gets a read on banned gay-themed children's books; Austria and India act to axe anti-gay sex laws, cruising stings are upheld in Ontario but overturned in Cairo, Sydney's Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras may have been saved from the brink of bankruptcy, Bush signs a U.S. bill into law named for a gay NYC Fire Department chaplain, & 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:05 SEGMENT #1 – NewsWrap: Austria's highest court strikes down the country's infamous anti-gay Paragraph 209 calling its discriminatory age of consent provisions "unobjective", while the government of India takes a serious look at repealing its draconian colonial-era anti-gay sodomy statute; police entrapment of gay men is okayed in the case of a former Anglican minister heard by the Ontario, Canada Court of Appeal, but a 19-year-old gay Egyptian man's 3-year "debauchery" sentence resulting from an Internet police sting is overturned by a Cairo appeals court; the German Bundestag authorizes a grant of 3.75 million euros to advance the civil rights of gays & lesbians with the creation of the Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation, named for the pioneering 1930's-era researcher and equal rights advocate; Sydney, Australia's world famous Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras is apparently saved from the brink of bankruptcy; U.S. Republican President George W. Bush signs into law the Mychal Judge bill, named for the gay New York City Fire Department chaplain who died administering last rites at the World Trade Center disaster, extending federal death benefits to named insurance beneficiaries of public safety officers leaving no surviving spouse, children or parents; Minnesota Democrat Mark Dayton says he'll introduce a bill in the U.S. Senate to extend full spousal benefits, including health and life insurance, to civilian federal workers' domestic partners, regardless of gender, while California Democrat Dianne Feinstein introduces a resolution to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation in the Senate's own employment policies; a Swedish appeals court upholds a recent ruling ordering a sperm donor who acknowledged his paternity to pay child support for the 3 sons of a lesbian mother who broke up with her partner, while a new Web site, ManNotIncluded.com, which offers to arrange sperm donations for lesbians planning artificial insemination, gets over 40,000 visitors from 5 continents in its first 48 hours online [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] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:45 SEGMENT #2 - Queer retirement communities feature billboard [:10] + Three children's books depicting families with same-gender parents were banned by the school board of Surrey, British Columbia in 1997 after a local elementary school teacher asked that they be added to the district's approved reading list. The legal battle over whether "Asha's Mums," "Belinda's Bouquet," and "One Dad, Two Dads, Brown Dads, Blue Dads" are appropriate for elementary school classrooms has worked its way through the judicial system ever since, and the case finally reached the Supreme Court of Canada on June 12th. This Way Out's HEATHER KITCHING (of CITR's "Queer FM") reports from Vancouver, with comments by plaintiffs JAMES CHAMBERLAIN & MURRAY WARREN about the issues raised during the hearing and what some of the high court justices had to say (intro music from "In the Best Interests of the Children" by CRIS WILLIAMSON & TRET FURE) [7:10] . . . . . . 7:20 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by DOUG STEVENS & THE OUTBAND (with an excerpt from their "Out in the Country") [:35] + Appropriate housing is a major concern for lesbian and gay seniors that is frequently overlooked -- and one that grows more critical as the "Stonewall generation" reaches retirement age. Many of the residential facilities they turn to are insensitive to their needs at best -- and at worst actively discriminate against them. Several gay & lesbian senior housing projects are currently taking shape around the U.S. The San Francisco area's PETER LUNDBERG, who has a background in hotel management and real estate acquisition, came up with his idea for "Our Town" after reading about a planned lesbigay retirement community in Minnesota a few years ago in the "Wall Street Journal". He's been surveying gays & lesbians about where they'd like to spend their "golden years", and what they'd like to see in a queer retirement community. This Way Out's DAVID BELL caught up with the on-the-go developer to find out more about facilities on the drawing boards in California, New Mexico and Massachusetts, and a flourishing gay & lesbian retirement community in Florida (intro/outro music from "Nice Work If You Can Get It" by SARAH VAUGHAN) [8:40]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:15 (for more information: www.ourtownvillages.com) Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:20 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:45 ----------------------------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", DEVELOPERS STRUCTURE A SECURE RETIREMENT FOR THE "STONEWALL GENERATION", AND CANADA'S HIGH COURT GETS A READ ON BANNED GAY-THEMED CHILDREN'S BOOKS... IN OTHER NEWS, AUSTRIA AND INDIA ACT TO AXE ANTI-GAY SEX LAWS, CRUISING STINGS ARE UPHELD IN ONTARIO BUT OVERTURNED IN CAIRO, SYDNEY'S GAY & LESBIAN MARDI GRAS MAY HAVE BEEN SAVED FROM THE BRINK OF BANKRUPTCY, BUSH SIGNS A U.S. BILL INTO LAW NAMED FOR GAY NEW YORK CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT CHAPLAIN MYCHAL JUDGE, AND A NEW WEB SITE OFFERS SPERMAL SUPPORT TO LESBIANS PLANNING ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION. THOSE STORIES AND MORE THIS WEEK ON "THIS WAY OUT: THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY RADIO MAGAZINE", ______________________________________ [DAY and TIME] HERE ON __________________________. 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