THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #747, distributed 07/22/02 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Canuck/Euro/Aussie Author Andy Quan spins common threads in "Calendar Boy"; German High Court finds "life partners" law legal, Ontario marriage ruling leaves same-gender couples in limbo, as Alberta lawmakers vow opposition - Canadian law "notwithstanding", while online clergy support forces the resignation of a gay South African bishop, a Washington state appeals court finds queer job protections in the U.S. Constitution, 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:15 SEGMENT #1 – NewsWrap: Germany's highest court upholds the country's year-old "registered life partnerships" law providing many benefits of heterosexual marriage to gay & lesbian couples; in Canada, Ontario's premier says his government won't appeal last week's landmark provincial Superior Court ruling that full legal recognition should be given to same-gender marriages (which was put on hold for 2 years to allow parliamentary action to establish them), but Alberta's premier vows to use the Canadian Constitution's "notwithstanding" clause to fight his province being forced by potential federal legislation to accept them, while the country's first queer couple "civil union" is contracted in Quebec, and Manitoba's provincial government introduces a bill to establish registered partnerships for same-gender couples there; openly-gay celibate Cape Town, South Africa Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop Reginald Cawcutt resigns under pressure from an anti-gay U.S. group that objected to his involvement in an Internet discussion group for gay clergy; Scott Evertz, director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy and the first open gay ever appointed to an executive branch position by a Republican administration, is transferred to the post of senior advisor to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on international efforts against AIDS, while his successor is openly-gay physician Dr. Joseph O'Neill; a Washington state appeals court becomes the first-ever appellate court in the country to declare that the federal constitution prohibits civil servant sexual orientation job discrimination, while a joint session of the Massachusetts legislature kills a proposed amendment to the state constitution to restrict legal marriage to "one man and one woman"; and the owner of the U.K. auto license plate "GAY 1" is disappointed that it only fetched 15,000 pounds at auction [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, CHRIS AMBIDGE, REX WOCKNER, LUCIA CHAPPELLE & GREG GORDON, and anchored by SHERI LUNN & BRIAN NUNES] . . . . . . . . . 9:55 SEGMENT #2 - "TWO" I.D. by openly-gay producer/director/writer CLIVE BARKER [:30] + ANDY QUAN is a Canadian-born Chinese gay activist and author who's also lived and worked in Europe and Australia. In his new collection of short stories called "CALENDAR BOY", recently published by Penguin Books, Quan uses a number of characters to explore themes that are at once race-, gender- and sexual orientation-specific, but also universal in their humanity -- and This Way Out's Sydney, Australia correspondent MICHAEL SCHEMBRI says they're presented with warmth, occasional anger, and frequent wit. Michael admits to being a big fan of the book, so he couldn't wait to meet the author in person. They discuss Quan's travels and extensive literary output, community activism, and the perks and perils of writing in the first person [also includes Quan reading from "Hair", one of the short stories in his collection] (with instrumental intro/transition music from MARGIE ADAM's latest album "Avalon") [15:40] . . . . . . 16:10 Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30 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", CANADIAN/EURO/AUSSIE ACTIVIST AND AUTHOR ANDY QUAN WEAVES COMMON THREADS INTO HIS SHORT STORY COLLECTION, "CALENDAR BOY".,. AND IN THE NEWS, GERMANY'S HIGHEST COURT FINDS "LIFE PARTNERS" LAW LEGAL, ONTARIO MARRIAGE RULING LEAVES SAME-GENDER COUPLES IN LIMBO, WHILE ALBERTA LAWMAKERS VOW OPPOSITION -- CANADIAN LAW "NOTWITHSTANDING", WHILE ONLINE CLERGY SUPPORT FORCES THE RESIGNATION OF A GAY SOUTH AFRICAN BISHOP, AND A WASHINGTON STATE APPEALS COURT FINDS QUEER JOB PROTECTIONS IN THE U.S. CONSTITUTION. 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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