THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #757, distributed 09/30/02 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Acoustic rock, Ghostly tunes & "white girl blues" from the "AudioFile"; U.S. conservative religious school alumni evangelize for change; An Israeli gay professor graduates to parliament, a landslide vote grants legal status to Zurich's same-gender couples while Tasmania could top Australian states in progressive partners legislation, Egypt's "Boulak 4" beat their gay sex convictions on appeal, 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 ------ ALWAYS FREE OF CHARGE! USAGE LIMITED ONLY BY TIMELINESS OF NEWS CONTENT! => RUNDOWN <= Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:10 SEGMENT #1 – NewsWrap: Educator/scientist Uzi Even will become Israel's first openly gay member of the Knesset (parliament), but the Israeli State Prosecutors Office opposes in the High Court of Justice granting citizenship to or legal recognition of the adopted child of an American-Israeli gay male couple; voters in the Swiss canton of Zurich overwhelmingly approve legal recognition of same-gender couples, while the government of Tasmania announces plans to introduce legislation to give the island state Australia's most comprehensive and progressive laws affecting gay & lesbian couples, and California Governor Gray Davis signs into law a bill establishing the nation's first queer-inclusive comprehensive family leave program; 5 openly-gay men are elected to Sweden's national parliament while 27 other lesbians & gay men win local posts in mid-September elections there; Kamla Jaan, India's first transgender "hijra" to win elective office is temporarily reinstated to her post as mayor of Katni while the Madhya Pradesh state court sorts out whether she can legally fill a post reserved for women; an Egyptian appeals court overturns the convictions of the so-called "Boulak 4", who had been given prison terms for consensual homosexual acts, but 50 men are still being retried in the infamous "Queen Boat" raid and there are reports of escalating arbitrary arrests of gay men there, while a U.S. appeals court is the first to grant standing to sue for sex discrimination in the case of Medina Rene, a gay man harassed by his male casino co-workers in Las Vegas, Nevada; and the generally queer-supportive Social Democrats/Greens coalition wins another four years in power in German national elections, and no one can accuse the country's political parties of not having a bit of fun during the campaign [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, JASON LIN, CHRIS AMBIDGE, REX WOCKNER, LUCIA CHAPPELLE & GREG GORDON, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN & JON BEAUPRE] [10:20] + ORU-OUT+"AudioFile" billboard [:20]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:40 SEGMENT #2 - The 2002 SYDNEY GAY GAMES & CULTURAL FESTIVAL is just weeks away now. While participation is international, organizers are looking right around the corner in hopes of drawing a significant number of Pacific Islander participants. That's the job of the MOANA PACIFIKA Outreach Group, and This Way Out correspondent UMA KALI SHAKTI [with thanks to MICHAEL SCHEMBRI of 2SER-FM's "Gaywaves"] chats with group member JEANETTE IERIKO to find out how they're doing (with brief intro music from "Kotahikanga" by KAHA) [2:25] + "TWO" I.D. by openly gay Olympics diving champ GREG LOUGANIS [:10] + "AudioFile" billboard [:05] . . . . . 2:40 SEGMENT #3 - Even as the U.S. religious right continues its relentless homophobic rhetoric, groups of gay, lesbian, bi, and trans people who have a vested interest in conservative denominations and religious institutions are engaged in a counterattack. The GLBT alumni of Tulsa, Oklahoma's ORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY are at the forefront of organizing graduates of conse rvative religious colleges, and ORU-OUT, as their group is called, brought a small but determined band of activists to Los Angeles at the end of September for its annual conference. This Way Out's LUCIA CHAPPELLE attended the gathering, and talked with ORU-OUT President JEFF McKISSACK about their mission (with intro music from "Come Out and Go Forth" by MARSHA STEVENS) . . . . 5:00 SEGMENT #4 - "TWO" I.D. by comedian MARGARET CHO [:10] + Every month CHRIS WILSON & JD DOYLE [with the production wizardry of CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM] pick their favorites among recently-released queer music CDs and find out what inspires each of the artists. This installment of "AUDIOFILE" highlights the music of YVONNE PEREA (excerpts from "Help I've Fallen" and "One Good Reason" from "MY PEACE"), DANIEL LINK ("Christine" and "Storm In My Heart" from "GHOST STORIES") and GARRIN BENFIELD ("Lonely Journey" and "Crazy Love" from "NOWHERE IS BRIGHTER"), with comments by each of the performers about their music [7:55] . . . . 8:05 = artist contact info = YVONNE PEREA DANIEL LINK GARRIN BENFIELD PO Box 41112 12303 Cabana Lane 753 D Webster Long Beach, CA 90853 Austin, TX 78727 San Francisco, CA 94117 info@yvonneperea.com Link2song@aol.com Garrinb@hotmail.com www.whitegirlblues.com www.daniellink.com www.garrin.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", ACOUSTIC POP/ROCK, GHOSTLY TUNES AND "WHITE GIRL BLUES" ARE SERVED UP IN THIS MONTH'S "AUDIOFILE", AND U.S. CONSERVATIVE RELIGIOUS SCHOOL ALUMNI EVANGELIZE FOR CHANGE... IN THE NEWS, AN ISRAELI GAY PROFESSOR GRADUATES TO PARLIAMENT, A LANDSLIDE VOTE GRANTS LEGAL STATUS TO ZURICH'S SAME-GENDER COUPLES WHILE TASMANIA COULD TOP AUSTRALIAN STATES IN PROGRESSIVE PARTNERS LEGISLATION, EGYPT'S "BOULAK 4" BEAT THEIR GAY SEX CONVICTIONS ON APPEAL, AND A HARASSED U.S. GAY WORKER WINS FIRST-TIME SUPPORT TO SUE. 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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