THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #760, distributed 10/21/02 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Salma illuminates the life of bisexual Mexican artist/activist "Frida"; "The Trocks" parody prima ballerinas & challenge notions of "masculinity"; America's family doctors prescribe healthy laws for queer families, but British Lords reject adoption access, Italy's Equal Opportunities Minister says there won't be any for same-gender couples, the Pretoria High Court rejects a lesbian couple's marriage lawsuit, and other GLBT news "TWO" feeds via the PRSS EVERY MONDAY @ 14:30 ET on A72.3*, on 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 audiocassette 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:15 SEGMENT #1 ­ NewsWrap: The 93,000-member American Academy of Family Physicians resolves to support gay & lesbian parental rights and spousal health benefits for same-gender couples; Britain's House of Lords rejects a measure to open adoptions to unmarried hetero and queer couples, gay activist Mike Wolfe becomes the first directly elected mayor of Stoke-on-Trent, and the British government grants asylum to two gay men fleeing homophobic persecution in Jamaica; openly gay Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe leaves the hospital as he continues to recover from a homophobe's assassination attempt two weeks ago, while the LPF party founded by assassinated openly gay Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn loses power and may fade into history altogether as the national coalition government it was part of falls after just 3 months; gay activist Dr. Uzi Even's imminent accession to the Israeli Knesset prompts a call to provide full spousal benefits to his partner, while Taiwan President Chen Shui-ban declares that his government will "eradicate discrimination based on sex or sexual preference"; activist gay couple Alessio De Giorgi & Christian Panicucci plan to contract a Pact of Civil Solidarity at the French embassy in Rome this week, but Italian government officials reject both legal recognition of same-gender unions and adoption rights for gays & lesbians, while the Pretoria High Court dismisses a lawsuit filed by South African lesbian couple Marie Fourie & Cecilia Bonthuys who are seeking to legally marry; while it's generally believed that Alexander the Great was gay, historians at an international conference in Macedonia suggest that his father King Phillip II may have been bisexual, prompting an angry protest by dozens of insulted locals; and almost two dozen drag queens climb to the top of Sydney's famous Harbour Bridge to promote the 2002 Gay Games, but two of them are grounded for already being high when they fail Breathalyzer tests [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, JASON LIN, CHRIS AMBIDGE, REX WOCKNER, LUCIA CHAPPELLE & GREG GORDON, and anchored by JON BEAUPRE & CINDY FRIEDMAN] [9:40] + "Frida" billboard (with a brief film clip) [:15]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:55 SEGMENT #2 - If you think they must be just kidding, you'd only be half-right about LES BALLET TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO. When the globe-hopping all-male (and currently all-gay) dance troupe pirouetted into Brisbane, Australia recently, This Way Out correspondent JOHN FRAME (4ZZZ-FM/Brisbane's "Queer Radio") was "on point" chatting with artistic director TORY DOBRIN about the serious and the silly elements of "The Trocks" that afford them both worldwide audience raves and respect in the dance world (intro'd by a brief clip from the film "Billy Elliot" and intro music from "Cosmic Dancer" by T-REX from that movie soundtrack). . . . . . . . 8:05 [www.trockadero.org] SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by "Tales of the City" author ARMISTEAD MAUPIN [:10] + Can the life of a woman who was one of the most controversial sexual revolutionaries of her day be successfully captured on film? Over the last 10 years everyone from Jennifer Lopez to Madonna has announced plans to bring Mexican artist FRIDA KAHLO's story to the big screen. Thanks to the persistence of Mexico born producer/actress SALMA HAYEK, "FRIDA" (from Miramax Films) is finally arriving at multiplexes across North America this week. This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE has preview clips, and talks with Hayek and the film's director JULIE TAYMOR about the life and times of that remarkable political activist-artist (with music from the motion picture soundtrack composed by ELLIOT GOLDENTHAL) [8:10] . . 8:20 Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:15 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", SALMA ILLUMINATES THE LIFE OF BISEXUAL MEXICAN ARTIST/ACTIVIST "FRIDA", AND "THE TROCKS" PARODY PRIMA BALLERINAS AND CHALLENGE NOTIONS OF "MASCULINITY"... IN THE NEWS, AMERICA'S FAMILY DOCTORS PRESCRIBE HEALTHY LAWS FOR QUEER FAMILIES, BUT BRITISH LORDS REJECT ADOPTION ACCESS, ITALY'S EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES MINISTER SAYS THERE WON'T BE ANY FOR SAME-GENDER COUPLES, AND THE PRETORIA HIGH COURT REJECTS A LESBIAN COUPLE'S MARRIAGE LAWSUIT. ALL THAT AND MORE THIS WEEK WHEN YOU DISCOVER "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 =OR= GET A STEREO OR MONO MP3 FILE OF THE PROGRAM ONLINE AT www.radio4all.net. ******************************************************** 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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