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 #769, distributed 12/23/02 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Global queer culture inspires a South African lesbian at Sydney's Gaymes; The HRC's Elizabeth Birch reviews U.S. federal priorities and looks ahead; Canadian Supremes rule that lesbigay-positive books are elementary, an Argentinean province recognizes same gender couples, the state of New York finally gets its SONDA, Israel's openly gay officeholders may not be for long, 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 <== ---------------------------------------------------------------- REMINDER: There will be no "NewsWrap" segment on the next "This Way Out" program, the week of 12/30/02 (#770). 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USAGE LIMITED ONLY BY TIMELINESS OF NEWS CONTENT! => RUNDOWN <= Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:10 SEGMENT #1 ­ NewsWrap: The Supreme Court of Canada rules that some parents' religious objections cannot bar children's books about gay & lesbian families from British Columbia elementary school classrooms; the legislature of the Argentinean province of Rio Negro creates registered partnerships providing same gender couples with limited legal equity; in U.S. partners news, a Pennsylvania state Superior Court orders a lesbian to pay support for the five children her former partner bore by artificial insemination during their relationship, and an undisclosed cash settlement has been reached in a lawsuit sparked by the notorious dog-mauling death of San Francisco lesbian Diane Whipple against the owners of the dogs and the apartment building where the attack occurred by Whipple's surviving partner Sharon Smith and Whipple's mother Penny; more than 30 years after it was first introduced, the state Senate and Republican Governor George Pataki finally give New York gays & lesbian their Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act ­ and coming next: GENDA; however, the Collier County, Florida Commission unanimously rejects a proposed civil rights ordinance that would have included "sexual orientation" as a protected category; Chicago, Illinois gets its first openly gay city councilmember, restaurateur Tom Tunney, but recent appointments of Israel's first openly gay Knesset member Uzi Even and first openly gay Jerusalem City Councilmember Jerry Levinson may prove short lived; the suspect in the near-fatal October stabbing of openly gay Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe is found mentally unfit to stand trial, while a report about the assassination of Pim Fortuyn, who had hoped to become the Netherlands' first openly gay Prime Minister, concludes that government and law enforcement officials failed to properly protect him; and that Fortuyn is far from forgotten is underscored by a Europe-wide poll naming him "Politician of the Year" [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, CHRIS AMBIDGE, JASON LIN, REX WOCKNER, LUCIA CHAPPELLE & GREG GORDON, and anchored by JON BEAUPRE & CINDY FRIEDMAN]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:15 SEGMENT #2 ­ Billboard for Elizabeth Birch interview [:10] + LEE NGCOMO came to the 2002 Sydney Gay Games in November as part of South Africa's women's soccer team. She chats with correspondent MEGAN JAY ["Gaywaves"/2SER-FM/Sydney] about growing up lesbian & black in South Africa, GLBT activism in Johannesburg, and how participating in the Gaymes opened her eyes to the global queer community (with intro music from "Wanting Memories" by SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK) [6:00] . . . . . . . 6:10 SEGMENT #3 - Promo for the next week's "AudioFile 2002 Year In Review" special program [with CHRIS WILSON & JD DOYLE]. . . . :30 SEGMENT #4 ­ The HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN is the largest lesbian and gay political organization in the United States, with a half-million members throughout the country. It was formed 22 years ago, and since 1995 its Executive Director has been ELIZABETH BIRCH. She recently announced that she'd stay on through 2003, but would then pass the reins on to new leadership. While it seems as though progress toward queer equality in recent years has been most successfully achieved in municipal or state arenas, in this conversation with correspondents CHRIS ALLEN and MARK ARMSTRONG ["IMRU"/KPFK-FM/Los Angeles], Birch discusses the importance of advocacy (with a bipartisan strategy) at the federal level, and how the burgeoning visibility of queer youth and gay & lesbian families is propelling the GLBT movement into the 21st century (with intro music from "Step By Step" by SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK). . . . . . . . . . 9:30 [www.hrc.org] Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:20 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", GLOBAL QUEER CULTURE INSPRIRES A SOUTH AFRICAN LESBIAN AT THE SYDNEY GAY GAMES, AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN'S ELIZABETH BIRCH REVIEWS U.S. FEDERAL PRIORITIES AND LOOKS AHEAD... IN THE NEWS, CANADIAN SUPREMES RULE THAT LESBIGAY-POSITIVE BOOKS ARE ELEMENTARY, AN ARGENTINEAN PROVINCE RECOGNIZES SAME GENDER COUPLES, AND THE STATE OF NEW YORK FINALLY GETS ITS SONDA, BUT ISRAEL'S OPENLY GAY OFFICEHOLDERS MAY NOT BE FOR LONG. THOSE STORIES 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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