THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #749, distributed 08/05/02 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Previewing a cinematic celebration of the legendary "Cockettes"; Discovering a new appreciation for the "Well" of lesbian literature; The Canadian government moves to quash Ontario's marriage equality ruling, backers back out of a Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras bail out, there are family and civil rights wins from Manitoba to Maine, a high-profile British Tory MP comes out to praise & pithy comments, 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: Harsh criticism greets the Canadian government's decision to appeal the Ontario Superior Court ruling that gays & lesbians are constitutionally entitled to equal marriage rights; overwhelming debt and the withdrawal of a major backer drives the world-famous Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras into voluntary administration; the Canadian province of Manitoba legalizes adoptions by same-gender couples, while in the U.S., the Ohio Supreme Court affirms the right of a lesbian couple to adopt a shared surname; the Westbrook, Maine City Council unanimously makes it the 12th locality in the state to prohibit sexual orientation discrimination, but the Christian Coalition of Maine vows to put a repeal measure on the November ballot, while in Allentown, Pennsylvania, a proposed ballot initiative by the religious right group Citizens for Traditional Values to repeal the new civil rights ordinance there is rejected by the City Council after over 600 people who'd signed the repeal petition claim they'd been tricked into doing so; a federal court tells the Boy Scouts of America that its U.S. Supreme Court-approved discrimination against gays does not make it immune to the state of Connecticut's anti-discrimination law; the queer-affirming Metropolitan Community Church gets federal government approval to provide chaplains to the U.S. Veterans Administration; and in a widely-reported "Times of London" front-page interview, high-profile Tory Alan Duncan becomes Britain's first sitting Conservative Party Member of Parliament to voluntarily identify himself as a gay man [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 & GREG GORDON] [10:40] + Billboard for "The Cockettes" feature (over "NewsWrap" outro music) [:10] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:50 SEGMENT #2 - RADCLYFFE HALL wrote "THE WELL OF LONELINESS", the first explicitly lesbian book in the English language, in 1928. Less well known than the title of this often unjustly derided book is that it sparked important censorship trials in Europe and the United States. This Way Out correspondent JANET MASON (from WXPN-FM/Philadelphia, with thanks to DEBRA D'ALLESANDRO for production assistance) reflects on the complex legacy of one of the cornerstones of queer literature, and challenges the notion that the book is "depressing" (includes a character & plot summary, and comments about two other iconic queer novels, Rita Mae Brown's "Rubyfruit Jungle" and James Baldwin's "Giovanni's Room"). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:40 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by award-winning openly-gay comedy writer and "Hollywood Square" BRUCE VILANCH [:15] + At the dawn of gay liberation a handsome New York actor named George Harris (already famous for being photographed inserting a flower into a National Guardsman's rifle at a 1967 Vietnam War protest rally) moved to San Francisco and was reborn in glitter as a missionary of self-expression named Hibiscus. A new documentary recounts and celebrates the true story of this lipstick impresario and his communal housemates who -– long before "performance art" became a familiar catch phrase -- took an unrehearsed show to the stage of a North Beach movie theater and went on to become legendary as "THE COCKETTES". This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE has some preview clips from this wonderful slice of queer history, and chats with DAVID WEISSMAN and BILL WEBER about their film, 1970's San Francisco hippies and communes, and those amazing Cockettes (with intro music from "San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)" by SCOTT McKENZIE, and outro music from a live performance of "Jaded Lady" by then-Cockette SYLVESTER from the film soundtrack) [8:40] . 8:55 [www.cockettes.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", PREVIEWING A CINEMATIC CELEBRATION OF THE LEGENDARY "COCKETTES", AND DISCOVERING A NEW APPRECIATION FOR THE "WELL" OF LESBIAN LITERATURE... AND IN THE NEWS, THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT MOVES TO QUASH ONTARIO'S MARRIAGE EQUALITY RULING, BACKERS BACK OUT OF A SYDNEY GAY & LESBIAN MARDI GRAS BAIL OUT, THERE ARE FAMILY AND CIVIL RIGHTS ADVANCES FROM MANITOBA TO MAINE, AND A HIGH-PROFILE BRITISH TORY M.P. COMES OUT TO PRAISE AND PITHY COMMENTS. ALL THAT 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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