Happy Holidays, and all best wishes for a healthy, productive, prosperous and pleasure-filled 2003! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #767, distributed 12/09/02 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Proud "Amazon" singer Maxine Feldman explains why she was "Angry Atthis"; Shopping tips from "A Gay Guy's Guide To Stuffing His Christmas Stocking"; An Aussie state and Canadian province each advance queer equality, Belgium moves closer to legal marriage for gays & lesbians, a Colombian lesbian wins prison visitation rights, Switzerland and Britain each propose legal partner registries, 2 U.S. cities protect transgenders, 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 <== ---------------------------------------------------------------- REMINDER: There will be no "NewsWrap" segment on the "This Way Out" program for the week of 12/30/02 (#770). Our traditional tuneful "AudioFile Year In Review" will fill that program. ---------------------------------------------------------------- -------- 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:05 SEGMENT #1 ­ NewsWrap: The legislature of the Australian state of Queensland passes sweeping law reforms adding sexual orientation to anti-discrimination and anti-vilification statutes, and advancing the legal status of same-gender pairs, while queer couples in the Canadian province of Alberta gain legal "cohabitant" status and health coverage equality; Belgium is a step closer to becoming the world's second nation to open legal marriage to gay & lesbian couples, while a committee of the Mexico City Legislative Assembly unanimously approves a bill to extend legal recognition to same gender couples; a lesbian prison inmate in Colombia wins visitation rights with her elsewhere-imprisoned partner; the Swiss and British governments each announce plans for legal same-gender partners registries; Rowan Williams, the new Archbishop of Canterbury and leader of the 70-million-member Anglican communion, tells a BBC interviewer that he believes "faithful" homosexual relationships are not in conflict with the Bible and should be church-recognized; Britain's Crown Prosecution Service issues a first-ever public policy statement warning that those who commit anti-queer hate crimes will be "dealt with firmly under criminal law", while in the U.S., Pennsylvania Governor Mark Schweiker signs into law the addition of new categories including "sexual orientation" to the state's hate crimes law; Orlando, Florida adds sexual orientation to its anti-discrimination ordinance, while Baltimore, Maryland and San Jose, California each pass measures to protect transgenders; the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear a constitutional challenge to state laws against homosexual acts, essentially revisiting the Court's infamous 1986 "Bowers vs. Hardwick" decision that upheld them; and, after over a decade of pressure from activist groups and stockholders, the corporate board of Southern U.S. restaurant chain Cracker Barrel, notorious for firing at least 11 gay & lesbian workers in 1991 for "fail[ing] to demonstrate normal heterosexual values", unanimously votes to add "sexual orientation" to its non-discrimination policy [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, CHRIS AMBIDGE, JASON LIN, REX WOCKNER, JON BEAUPRE, LUCIA CHAPPELLE & GREG GORDON, and anchored by CHRISTOPHER GAAL & CINDY FRIEDMAN]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 SEGMENT #2 ­ This Way Out's resident queer musicologist JD DOYLE, who co-hosts our monthly "AudioFile" segment, also produces "Queer Music Heritage" for KPFT in Houston, Texas. As part of his tireless work preserving and promoting that heritage, he recently had the chance to chat with MAXINE FELDMAN, the first openly-queer singer to ever record a 45 rpm (that's when music singles were called "stacks of wax", kids). She has some wonderful stories to tell -- including how lesbian comedian and activist Rob in Tyler surreptitiously helped get the song recorded (includes excerpts from "ANGRY ATTHIS" and "AMAZON") [8:20] + promo for the upcoming special "AudioFile Year In Review" program [:30] + "TWO" voice collage I.D. [:25]. . 9:15 SEGMENT #3 ­ Gay men around the world are preparing for the holidays ­ in their own inimitable ways, of course. Our correspondent BRUCE WHEELER in Madison, Wisconsin [with thanks to AMBER AULT/WORT-FM] offers some light-hearted suggestions for making the Yuletide especially gay with "A GAY GUY'S GUIDE (TO STUFFING HIS CHRISTMAS STOCKING)" (with intro/outro music from "I Feel Pretty" by LITTLE RICHARD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:30 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", PROUD "AMAZON" SINGER MAXINE FELDMAN EXPLAINS WHY SHE WAS "ANGRY ATTHIS", AND LIGHT-HEARTED SHOPPING TIPS FROM "A GAY GUY'S GUIDE TO STUFFING HIS CHRISTMAS STOCKING"... IN THE NEWS, AN AUSSIE STATE AND CANADIAN PROVINCE EACH ADVANCE QUEER EQUALITY, BELGIUM MOVES CLOSER TO LEGAL MARRIAGE FOR GAYS & LESBIANS, A COLOMBIAN LESBIAN WINS PRISON VISITATION RIGHTS, SWITZERLAND AND BRITAIN EACH PROPOSE LEGAL PARTNERS REGISTRIES, AND 2 U.S. CITIES PROTECT TRANSGENDERS. ALL THAT AND MORE THIS WEEK ON "THIS WAY OUT: THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY RADIO MAGAZINE", ______________________________________ [DAY and TIME] HERE ON __________________________. [STATION] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~> STATIONS: MISSED THE SATELLITE FEED? <~~~~~~~~~~~~~ YOU CAN 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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