THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #764, distributed 11/18/02 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Gay director Todd Haynes guides hetero star Dennis Quaid "Far From Heaven"; Sydney passes the Gay Games torch to Montreal; Britain plans to axe its "grossly indecent" criminal laws, but religion conflicts with rights in Queensland & Tasmania, China's Jilin province opens insemination to single women, Jerusalem's 1st gay City Councilmember runs into an Interior Ministry roadblock, and other global 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 <== ----------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE NOTE: There will be no "NewsWrap" segment on "This Way Out" program #s 766 (week of 12/2/02) and 770 (week of 12/30/02). 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USAGE LIMITED ONLY BY TIMELINESS OF NEWS CONTENT! => RUNDOWN <= Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:15 SEGMENT #1 ­ NewsWrap: Britain's government outlines its agenda for the new legislative session in the traditional Queen's Speech to Parliament, which includes repealing anti-gay criminal code laws dating back to the prosecution of Oscar Wilde, while a Tory MP defects to the Liberal Democrats over Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith's heavy-handed opposition to last week's approval of a queer couples adoptions measure; in developments "Down Under", South Australia announces plans to review its state civil rights and anti-vilification laws that discriminate against gays & lesbians, while proposed pro-queer law reforms in the states of Queensland and Tasmania are under fire from Christian activists; political opposition to a separate adoptions rights measure threatens a registered partnership bill in Belgium; Jilin becomes China's first province to open access to artificial insemination to unmarried women; a prominent Senator in Thailand proposes that transsexuals be legally recognized in their post-surgical gender; South Korea removes "perverse" definitions of homosexuality from its dictionaries, while a Korean man is believed to be the first to win U.S. asylum from anti-gay persecution in his homeland; Hawai'i gets its first high school Gay Straight Alliance; a threatened mayoral veto forces the Eugene, Oregon City Council to delete "gender identity" in order to pass a civil rights package that includes a same gender partnership registry and anti-discrimination protections based on "domestic partner status", but Chicago, Illinois Mayor Richard Daley signs a bill into law adding protections from discrimination based on "gender identity" to his city's human rights ordinances, and may also soon be appointing Chicago's first openly gay city councilor; Israel's Interior Minister blocks the appointment of Jerusalem activist Jerry Levinson from becoming that city's first openly-gay City Councilmember; openly gay Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe makes his first public appearance since narrowly surviving an October assassination attempt; and a temple built by second century Roman Emperor Hadrian to his male Greek lover Antinous discovered near Rome is being called the region's most important recent archaeological discovery [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, JASON LIN, CHRIS AMBIDGE, REX WOCKNER, LUCIA CHAPPELLE & GREG GORDON, and anchored by DEAN ELZINGA & CINDY FRIEDMAN]. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:20 SEGMENT #2 ­ "Far From Heaven" billboard [:15] + MARK TEWKSBURY is a Canadian Olympic swimming champion, and JEAN FRANCOIS PERRIER works for Tourism Montreal. Both are part of the organizing committee for GAY GAMES VII, to be held in Montreal from July 29 through August 5, 2006. On the last day of the Sydney 2002 Gay Games, GREG READING ["Gaywaves"/2SER-FM] had the chance to chat with them about their experiences there, and to find out what visitors can expect in Montreal [6:15] . . . . . . . . . . 6:30 SEGMENT #3 - "Call Me" (brief lesbian "personal ad from Hell" comedy riff by THE NELLIE OLSENS) [:45] + "TWO" I.D. by award-winning novelist DOROTHY ALLISON ("Bastard Out Of Carolina") [:10] . . . . . . . . . :55 SEGMENT #4 - Everything old is new again in "FAR FROM HEAVEN" [from Focus Features], the latest film from openly gay writer/director Todd Haynes that pays homage to the Douglas Sirk domestic dramas of the 1950s while exploring issues of race, sexuality and the hunger for acceptance. Cathy and Frank Whitaker (Julianne Moore and Dennis Quaid) live in a perfect split-level house on a perfect street awash in a Technicolor palette of golden autumn colors. But Frank Whitaker has a dark secret lurking in his closet and Cathy's world is about to fall apart, sparking a controversial friendship with their African-American gardener (Dennis Haysbert). This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE sips coffee with TODD HAYNES at Hollywood's legendary Chateau Marmont and catches up with DENNIS QUAID in Beverly Hills for a preview of this critically lauded film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:40 Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:15 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", GAY DIRECTOR TODD HAYNES GUIDES HIS HETERO STAR DENNIS QUAID "FAR FROM HEAVEN", AND SYDNEY PASSES THE GAY GAMES TORCH TO MONTREAL. IN THE NEWS, BRITAIN PLANS TO AXE ITS "GROSSLY INDECENT" LAWS, BUT RELIGION CONFLICTS WITH RIGHTS IN QUEENSLAND AND TASMANIA, CHINA'S JILIN PROVINCE OPENS INSEMINATION TO SINGLE WOMEN, SOUTH KOREA REMOVES "PERVERSE" QUEER DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS, AND JERUSALEM'S FIRST GAY CITY COUNCILMEMBER RUNS INTO AN INTERIOR MINISTRY ROADBLOCK. 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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