Happy New Year from the "This Way Out" family to yours! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #771, distributed 01/06/03 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) New Zealand's 1st openly gay Cabinet Minister Chris Carter talks politics; Gay's no longer a "mental disorder" but it's still a crime in Thailand, ill winds and in-fighting eviscerate Pride Scotland, Spanish and Canadian politicians come out while activists threaten to "out" theirs in Armenia, a gay couple celebrates their French PACS in India, plus other global news; and the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, D.C. serenades Britain's Dame Liz. 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USAGE LIMITED ONLY BY TIMELINESS OF NEWS CONTENT! => RUNDOWN <= Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:05 SEGMENT #1 ­ NewsWrap: Thailand's Department of Mental Health declares that homosexuality is not a "mental disease", only "simply a different sexual orientation", but that doesn't stop authorities from raiding two gay venues in Bangkok; Pride Scotland, that nation's largest pride event, goes into voluntary liquidation, joining similar pride event financial busts in London and Sydney, while the Sydney Gay Games is also forced into voluntary administration due to overwhelming debt, and a 1500 per cent increase in the cost of liability insurance forces organizers of Melbourne's Midsumma gay & lesbian festival to cancel the 2003 event's traditional street party; Spanish Green Party Member of the European Parliament and Madrid mayoral candidate Jose Maria Mendiluce publicly identifies himself as a gay man, and Nova Scotia's Scott Brison becomes the first Canadian Conservative Party MP to do so; Britain's Conservative Party extends formal recognition to its gay & lesbian affiliate group Torch, while Armenian activists threaten to "out" closeted state officials there unless homosexual acts are decriminalized "in the near future"; in India, where homosexual acts are also illegal, a gay couple very publicly registers their French PACS (pact of civil solidarity) at their villa in Goa; a Dutch lesbian couple reportedly gives birth to what's purportedly the world's second cloned baby; and the first baby born in 2003 in the Washington, D.C. area has two mommies, Helen Rubin & Joanna Bare [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, CHRIS AMBIDGE, JASON LIN, REX WOCKNER, LUCIA CHAPPELLE & GREG GORDON, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN & CHRISTOPHER GAAL] . 10:35 SEGMENT #2 ­ Billboard for "D.C. Gay Men's Chorus Salutes Dame Liz" feature [:05] + Those "in the know" are certain that he's not the first gay Cabinet Minister to serve in a NEW ZEALAND government, but following the return to office of Prime Minister Helen Clarke's queer-friendly Labour government in the 2002 elections, CHRIS CARTER became the country's first openly gay one. He's campaigned for the advancement of gay, lesbian and transgender rights since the early 1970s, and was instrumental in the formation of the Party's Rainbow Labour caucus. A hard-working and popular MP from his childhood home of WEST AUCKLAND, observers have no doubt that he was promoted on merit. Shortly after taking up his responsibilities as Minister of Conservation, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs, Carter talked with "This Way Out" correspondent ROSS STEVENSON about how his experiences growing up prepared him for "the bloody world of politics", the "strange bedfellows" federal coalition government Labour has formed with the United Future Party, and his optimism regarding the passage of queer-positive legislation during his tenure (begins with :15 voice-over Chris Carter "TWO" I.D. at about :10 into segment intro music; intro/outro music from "Kotahitanga" by OCEANIA featuring HINEWEHI MOHI) [11:55]. . . 12:00 [Chris Carter Web site: www.beehive.govt.nz/Minister.cfm?MinisterID=64] SEGMENT #3 - Lesbian "fumerist" KATE CLINTON discusses "family" and the queer baby boom (from her audio book "Don't Get Me Started"), ending with her "TWO" I.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:20 SEGMENT #4 ­ The 25th annual KENNEDY CENTER HONORS included a "first ever" for the queer community. The event, held in early December and telecast later in the month on the CBS network, is billed as "A Celebration of the Performing Arts". President & Mrs. Bush and several other Beltway notables were in the audience honoring Broadway star Chita Rivera, actor James Earl Jones, singer-songwriter Paul Simon, conductor James Levine, and film icon and Dame of the British Empire Elizabeth Taylor. The GAY MEN'S CHORUS OF WASHINGTON, D.C. joined Burt Bacharach and Dionne Warwick in a salute to Taylor’s tireless work against AIDS with "That's What Friends Are For", and then warbled new words to the Broadway chestnut "THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A DAME" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:35 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", NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CABINET MINISTER CHRIS CARTER TALKS PRIDE & POLITICS... IN THE NEWS, GAY IS NO LONGER A "MENTAL DISORDER" BUT IT CAN STILL BE A CRIME IN THAILAND, ILL WINDS AND IN-FIGHTING EVISCERATE PRIDE SCOTLAND, SPANISH AND CANADIAN POLITICIANS COME OUT WHILE ACTIVISTS THREATEN TO "OUT" THEIRS IN ARMENIA, AND A GAY COUPLE CELEBRATES THEIR FRENCH CIVIL UNION IN INDIA... PLUS THE GAY MEN'S CHORUS OF WASHINGTON, D.C. SERENADES BRITAIN'S DAME ELIZABETH. 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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