THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #765, distributed 11/25/02 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) A Sydney Gay Games athlete takes new pride back to Pakistan; Couples equality takes shape in the Australian Capital Territory, while new legislation would recognize Alberta's alternative pairs, but the Philippines denies a family visa to a "civil unioned" lesbian's partner, "gay flight" fears fuel Lockheed's new pro-queer policies, plus more news; and Jacqui Naylor's new musical tribute to World AIDS Day, "I Remember You" "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" next week (#766, week of 12/2/02), nor for the week of 12/30/02 (#770). 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USAGE LIMITED ONLY BY TIMELINESS OF NEWS CONTENT! => RUNDOWN <= Opening Tease/Theme Music/Intro Continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:10 SEGMENT #1 ­ NewsWrap: The Australian Capital Territory moves toward sweeping law reforms to equalize the status of same gender partners, while the Canadian province of Alberta moves toward legal recognition of queer couples -- albeit specifically not "marriage"; the Philippines Justice Ministry rejects the issuance of family visas to the same gender domestic partners of foreign workers, but in a remarkable reversal of earlier resistance, Lockheed Martin Corporation, the United States' largest defense contractor, adds sexual orientation to its non-discrimination policy and extends health benefits to its gay & lesbian employees' same gender partners, and the Board of Commissioners of Cook County, Illinois follows last week's lead by its largest city, Chicago, by adding "gender identity" to its Human Rights Ordinance anti-discrimination categories, but a Louisiana appeals court upholds the state's 200-year-old "crime against nature" law against oral and anal sex; reportedly viewing openly gay anti-immigrant Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn as a "danger to society", suspect Volkert van der Graaf breaks his silence, telling a judge he acted alone when he shot dead the candidate for Prime Minister shortly before the May elections; Hobart, the capital of the Australian state of Tasmania, has its first openly gay City Council member with the election of Matt Hinz; three longtime leaders of national queer organizations ­- Stonewall's Angela Mason in Britain, EGALE's John Fisher in Canada, and the Log Cabin Republicans' Rich Tafel in the U.S. ­- each announce their imminent departures; Italy's last king, Umberto II, is "outed" by Mexican journalist and cinematographer Manuel Avila Camacho, who tells "Milenio" magazine that he had a 3 year affair with the monarch during Umberto's exile in Portugal, while a new exhibition at London's National Portrait Gallery documents the bisexuality of the great poet Lord Byron; and multi-medal winning 2000 Olympics Australian swimming champ Ian Thorpe sets the standard for graciousness while denying rumors that he's gay [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]. . . 10:15 SEGMENT #2 ­ Billboard for "I Remember You" and Imran Nafees Siddiqui interview [:10] + "TWO" I.D. by pioneering queer British rocker TOM ROBINSON (with an excerpt from the Tom Robinson Band's classic song "Glad To Be Gay") [:35] . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . :45 SEGMENT #3 - The 2002 Gay Games in Sydney, Australia was much more than a sporting event for many of the international participants, some of whom came with little experience of "out" queer culture. For IMRAN NAFEES SIDDIQUI of PAKISTAN, it was personally and politically energizing in ways he never expected. He talks about being part of one profound moment in the Opening Ceremonies that symbolized the true spirit of the Games, and discusses what it means to be a gay man in Pakistan with "This Way Out" correspondent UMA KALI-SHAKTI ["Gaywaves"/2SER-FM/Sydney] (includes relevant excerpts from the November 2nd Gay Games Opening Ceremonies, and intro music from "Hangama Hai Kyon Barpa [Why Is There Such A Commotion]" by GHULAM ALI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:45 SEGMENT #4 - "TWO" I.D. by the late gay African-American writer and AIDS casualty ESSEX HEMPHILL (with an excerpt from the late gay African-American AIDS casualty Marlon Riggs' classic film in which he appeared, "Tongues Untied") [:25] + Unfortunately, another WORLD AIDS DAY is upon us. Fortunately, the call to remember the dead and raise the consciousness of the living continues to inspire performers everywhere. HIV-positive songwriter JOE WILSON penned his personal experience into "I REMEMBER YOU", which has been recorded by rising jazz vocalist JACQUI NAYLOR to promote the efforts of ARTISTS AGAINST AIDS SAN FRANCISCO. Naylor performs "I Remember You" on World AIDS Day, December 1st, at several venues in the Bay Area, including the queer-affirming Metropolitan Community Church in the Castro -- and to cap this week's edition of "This Way Out" [5:05] . 5:30 [www.artistsagainstaids.com] Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:20 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:45 ----------------------------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", A SYDNEY GAY GAMES ATHLETE TAKES NEW PRIDE BACK TO PAKISTAN... IN THE NEWS, COUPLES EQUALITY TAKES SHAPE IN THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY, WHILE IN CANADA NEW LEGISLATION COULD RECOGNIZE ALBERTA'S "ALTERNATIVE" PROVINCIAL PAIRS... THE PHILIPPINES DENIES A FAMILY VISA TO A "CIVIL UNIONED" LESBIAN'S PARTNER, BUT "GAY FLIGHT" FEARS FUEL GIANT U.S. DEFENSE CONTRACTOR LOCKHEED'S NEW QUEER-POSITIVE POLICIES -- PLUS OTHER GLOBAL NEWS... AND, RISING JAZZ PERFORMER JACQUI NAYLOR SINGS "I REMEMBER YOU", A NEW MUSICAL COMMEMORATION OF (SADLY, YET ANOTHER) WORLD AIDS DAY. 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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