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 #768, distributed 12/16/02 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Gay British trade union president Gerard Kelly details U.K. rights wrongs; Buenos Aires queer couples legal recognition is a Latin America landmark, Canada's PEI moves in the same direction, and the Australian Capital Territory cleans up its acts, while transsexual rights progress in Britain and South Korea, 2 U.S. cities advance couples benefits, & other GLBT news; plus Happy Charles' "Sittin' On Santa's Lap" to make your spirits bright. "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 traditionally 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: Buenos Aires, Argentina becomes the first city in Latin America to extend legal recognition to same-gender couples, while the government of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island introduces legislation to equalize the legal standing of gay & lesbian couples with that of legally-married spouses; the Australian Capital Territory government m oves to remove queer-discriminatory language in 37 territorial laws; the government proposes transsexual marriage rights in Britain, and famous South Korean trans-entertainer Ha Ri-su gains legal recognition in her chosen gender; the Board of Trustees of the American Psychiatric Association issues a strong statement in support of "initiatives which allow same-sex couples to adopt and co-parent children", while the influential American Law Institute caps 10 years of study to recommend that sexual orientation not be a factor in determining child custody, and that queer couples have legal rights and responsibilities similar to those of heterosexually-married couples; the City Council of Colorado Springs, Colorado passes by one vote a measure to extend spousal health care benefits to its civil servants, while in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the City Council passes by a 2-to-1 margin a bill requiring all companies contracting with the city for more the $100,000 to extend the same benefits to their employees' domestic partners as they do to legally married spouses; U.S. President George W. Bush bypasses Congress to issue an executive order allowing queer-discriminating religious groups to compete for federal contracts and grants, but a federal appeals court dismisses a religious challenge to ordinances in the city of Louisville and in Jefferson County, Kentucky that ban sexual orientation and gender identity job discrimination; and the new organizing group of the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras votes to drop the "G" and "L" words from its name in 2003 [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, CHRIS AMBIDGE, JASON LIN, REX WOCKNER, LUCIA CHAPPELLE & GREG GORDON, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN & JON BEAUPRE]. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:55 SEGMENT #2 ­ Billboard for "Sittin' On Santa's Lap" [:15] + GERARD KELLY is the president of England's National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education. He is the first gay man elected to lead that group and, at age 34, is its youngest president ever. He's also a founder and elected member of the Trade Union Congress Lesbian and Gay Committee. "This Way Out" correspondent MICHAEL SCHEMBRI ["Gaywaves"/2SER-FM/Sydney] produced these excerpts from Kelly's keynote address to the joint plenary session of the WorkersOut! and Health in Difference conferences, held in early November as part of the Sydney Gay Games. Kelly briefly discusses his historic election, describes several challenges to lesbigay legal equality in the U.K., and suggests targets of war preferable to a Bush/Blair-led attack on Iraq [10:30] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:45 SEGMENT #3 ­ "TWO" I.D. by award-winning openly gay writer/director TODD HAYNES ("Far From Heaven") [:10] + Gay singer/songwriter HAPPY CHARLES is sued a beautifully crafted collection of holiday music last year called "The Christmas Dream" [www.thechristmasdream.com]. "This Way Out" has what we believe to be the world radio debut of his new (and slightly lascivious) holiday tune "SITTIN' ON SANTA'S LAP", guaranteed to make your spirits bright [4:15] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:25 [www.happycharles.com] SEGMENT #4 - Promo for the upcoming "AudioFile Year In Review: 2002" special program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :30 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", A GAY BRITISH TRADE UNION PRESIDENT DETAILS U.K. WRONGS TO RIGHT, AND A WORLD RADIO-DEBUTING HOLIDAY SONG TO MAKE YOUR SPIRITS BRIGHT... IN THE NEWS, BUENOS AIRES QUEER COUPLES LEGAL RECOGNITION IS A LATIN AMERICA LANDMARK, THE CANADIAN PROVINCE OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND MOVES IN THE SAME DIRECTION, AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY CLEANS UP ITS ACTS, WHILE TRANSSEXUAL RIGHTS PROGRESS IN BRITAIN AND SOUTH KOREA, AND 2 U.S. CITIES ADVANCE GAY & LESBIAN COUPLES BENEFITS. 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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