THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #755, distributed 09/16/02 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) South Africa's highest court upholds adoption equality, the Canadian government escalates the queer marriage fight, Miami-Dade County voters refuse to repeal their rights ordinance, U.S. primary election colors are streaked with lavender, plus other global GLBT news; A cornucopia of cultural festivities complement the Gay Games in Sydney; and are "Reality TV" queers a sign of progress, or merely entertainment? 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USAGE LIMITED ONLY BY TIMELINESS OF NEWS CONTENT! => RUNDOWN <= Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:10 SEGMENT #1 – NewsWrap: South Africa's highest court approves adoption rights for same-gender couples, ruling that any laws prohibiting them violate constitutionally-mandated gay & lesbian equality [with brief comments by SUZANNE DU TOIT, who with her partner Ann-Marie de Vos initiated the successful legal action]; Canada's federal government announces that it will appeal last week's Quebec Superior Court ruling, the same as it's doing July's Ontario Superior Court ruling, both of which determined that not granting same-gender couples equal marriage rights violates the nation's Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but a vote of the 15,000-member Montreal presbytery of the United Church of Canada approves religious ceremonies for same-gender couples contracting Quebec's new civil unions; a Christian Coalition-led ballot initiative to repeal Miami-Dade County, Florida's sexual orientation anti-discrimination ordinance fails by a margin of about 6%, but the battle may be far from over; New Hope, Pennsylvania becomes the state's first borough to prohibit sexual orientation discrimination, but the Topeka, Kansas City Council specifically excludes "sexual orientation" and "gender identity or expression" from its anti-discrimination and hate crimes ord inances; the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund reports that 10 of the 15 openly-queer candidates it endorsed in this week's U.S. primary elections are victorious: notable results include Rhode Island state Representative David Cicilline winning the Democratic nomination for mayor of heavily-Democratic Providence, which could make his city the largest in the country with an openly-gay mayor in November's general election; Danny O'Donnell (brother of Rosie) gaining his party's nomination to represent a heavily-Democratic New York state Assembly district; Jack Jackson Junior's win in a Democratic stronghold Arizona state House district that could lead to his becoming the first openly gay Native American ever elected to public office; state House Democratic Majority leader Maggie McIntosh's re-election in Maryland, where she could be joined in November by Rich Madaleno as that body's first openly gay man; and Tim Carpenter winning the nomination in his heavily-Democratic Wisconsin state Senate district that could make him the first openly gay man to serve there; however, former Vermont State Auditor Ed Flanagan, who resigned to make a failed U.S. Senate run, loses his primary election bid to become the Democrat's State Treasurer nominee; and the heavily-promoted "gay wedding" of tag team "Billy & Chuck" on World Wrestling Entertainment's "Smackdown" U.S. TV show turns out to be as "real" as everything else on that program [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 & DEAN ELZINGA] [10:35] + "Keeping It Real" billboard [:25] . . . . 11:00 SEGMENT #2 - Along with the wide array of sporting events it's probably best known for, the 2002 INTERNATIONAL GAY GAMES in Sydney, Australia will offer a veritable cultural feast as well. The artistic component of the athletic gathering will involve over 2,500 participants at 65 venues around the city in late October and early November. Kicked off by an Opening Ceremonies performance by Canadian superstar k.d. lang, the Gay Games CULTURAL FESTIVAL includes some 90 events, ranging from a Bangladeshi dance troupe production to shows headlined by TV's former "Golden Girl" Bea Arthur and a 22-year-old female stand-up comedian from Namibia, with lots of art, music, poetry, theater, and dance parties in between, and informal gathering places called "The Hub". This Way Out correspondent UMA KALI SHAKTI (with thanks to MICHAEL SCHEMBRI of 2SER-FM/Sydney's "Gaywaves") corners Games PRODUCTION MANAGER TERESA FAMULARO for a preview (with intro/outro music from "Till The Heart Caves In" by k.d. lang). . . 5:50 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by TV awards show writer extraordinaire and "Hollywood Square" humorist BRUCE VILANCH [:15] + Ever since Lance said it Loud on the ground-breaking PBS cinema verite series "An American Family" nearly 20 years ago, lesbians and gay men have become ubiquitous prime time participants in what is now a booming "reality television" craze. But does this heightened visibility signal progress, or is it merely entertainment? This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE consults sociologist & Georgetown University professor SUZANNA WALTERS ("All The Rage: The Story of Gay Visibility in America") and some of the gay men who've been "KEEPING IT REAL": JOE BALDASSARE & BILL BARTEK ("Team Guido" on "The Amazing Race"), DANNY JIMENEZ & OSWALD MENDEZ ("The Amazing Race 2"), JOHN CARROLL ("Survivor 4"), and cartoonist JUDD WINICK (PEDRO ZAMORA's friend & roommate on MTV's "The Real World 3: San Francisco") (with intro/outro music from "Real Life" by BON JOVI and incidental music from "Ancient Voices" ["Survivor" theme] by RUSS LANDAU) [9:10] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:25 Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:15 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:40 ----------------------------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", SOUTH AFRICA'S HIGHEST COURT UPHOLDS ADOPTION EQUALITY, THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT ESCALATES THE SAME-GENDER MARRIAGE FIGHT, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY VOTERS REFUSE TO REPEAL THEIR RIGHTS ORDINANCE, U.S. PRIMARY (ELECTION) COLORS ARE STREAKED WITH LAVENDER, AND OTHER GLOBAL G-L-B-T NEWS... 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