THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #776, distributed 02/10/03 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) A born again Mardi Gras launches in Sydney; British workers speak in UNISON for queer rights; The "gender" issue deposes India's "hijra" mayor, but a gay MP aims to lead Canada's Tories, New York's "queen of mean" is ordered to pay top dollar for anti-gay discrimination, a Finnish parliamentary panel wants to criminalize fertility services for lesbians, 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 <== -------- 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:10 SEGMENT #1 ­ NewsWrap: A state appellate court cites "gender" issues in deposing Katni Mayor Kamla Jaan, India's first transgender "hijra" elected to public office, but openly gay Dutch MP Boris Dittrich is elected to head the small left-wing D66 Party, and recently "out" MP from Nova Scotia Scott Brison declares his candidacy for leadership of Canada's Progressive Conservative Party (with a soundbyte by Brison about "being a politician who's gay and not a gay politician"), while Statistics Canada begins documenting respondents' sexual orientation in its biennial Community Health Study; a jury orders New York multi-billionaire hotel magnate Leona Helmsley to pay over 11 million dollars to her fired former Park Lane Hotel manager Charles Bell, the highest-ever individual damages award in a U.S. anti-gay bias lawsuit; a policy against sexual orientation discrimination at major oil industry corporation Conoco is dumped when it merges with Phillips Petroleum to form the now unprotective ConocoPhillips, echoing a similar deletion when Exxon merged with formerly queer-supportive Mobil to create ExxonMobil; Deacon Maccubbin of Washington DC's Lambda Rising Bookstores makes a last-minute purchase of New York City's Oscar Wilde Bookshop, saving the world's oldest queer bookstore from going under; in U.S. state legislature news, a New Mexico Senate committee green lights bills to prohibit job discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity and a queer-inclusive hate crimes bill, but a bill is introduced in the Minnesota House to repeal the state's decade-old gay & lesbian anti-discrimination protections, a Colorado House committee kills a domestic partners bill that would have established certain finance-related and parental rights for same gender couples, and a Wyoming House committee nixes another attempt to increase penalties for hate-motivated crimes; city council sponsors withdraw two bills to prohibit sexual orientation discrimination in Nashville, Tennessee, but Cincinnati, Ohio's Council appro ves the addition of sexual orientation to the categories listed in the city's hate crimes ordinance; a Finnish parliamentary committee approves a bill to criminalize fertility treatment services given to women not married to or living with a man; and controversial "ambiguously lesbian" Russian singing duo TATU hits the top of the British pop charts with their debut single "All The Things She Said" (with a brief excerpt from the song) [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, CHRIS AMBIDGE, JASON LIN, REX WOCKNER, LUCIA CHAPPELLE & GREG GORDON, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN & DEAN ELZINGA] [10:35] + Billboard for Sydney Mardi Gras Launch coverage (over "NewsWrap" outro music) [:15] . . . . . . . . 10:50 SEGMENT #2 ­ UNISON, the U.K.'s largest public service union, is a leader among British trade unions in formulating and pursuing pro-gay and -lesbian policies. During the October 2002 WorkersOut! Conference in Sydney, Australia, This Way Out correspondent MICHAEL SCHEMBRI ["Gaywaves"/2SER-FM/Sydney] had a chat with UNISON's LUCILLE THIRLBY about queer-positive union organizing and pending European Union-mandated employment anti-discrimination legislation in the U.K. (with intro/outro music from "If It Weren't For The Union" by PETER HICKS from the album "Union Is Strength: Songs of the Weipa Heroes") . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:30 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by KEN MOALA of Samoa, a participant and netball medal winner at the 2002 Sydney Gay Games [:15] + It's "make it or break it time" for the SYDNEY GAY & LESBIAN MARDI GRAS after its financial collapse last year. This year's February 7th LAUNCH was awaited with some trepidation as the first Mardi Gras under the New Mardi Gras board. The venue was not the usual and glamorous Opera House but a central city park, and the stage was only a quarter the size of previous years. But the turnout was magnificent and signaled renewed hope for the survival of one of the world's largest gay and lesbian celebrations. The speakers included co-chairs STEVIE CLAYTON and MICHAEL WOODHOUSE; 30-year-old West Australian lesbian Labor Member of Parliament LOUISE PRATT, and veteran gay activist/barrister DAVID BUCHANAN. The crowd was entertained by ROBIN, SHAUNA & MICHAEL; TREVOR ASHLEY: POP PRINCESS; and up-and-coming pop star HAYLEY AIKEN [recorded & highlights selected by MICHAEL SCHEMBRI] (with intro/outro music from "Alive" by KEVIN AVIANCE from the Human Rights Campaign compilation CD "Being Out Rocks") [8:35] . . . . . . . . . 8:50 Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:20 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:40 ----------------------------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 BORN AGAIN MARDI GRAS LAUNCHES IN SYDNEY, WHILE BRITISH WORKERS SPEAK IN "UNISON" FOR QUEER RIGHTS... IN THE NEWS, THE "GENDER" ISSUE DEPOSES INDIA'S "HIJRA" MAYOR BUT A GAY M.P. AIMS TO LEAD CANADA'S TORIES, NEW YORK'S "QUEEN OF MEAN" IS ORDERED TO PAY TOP DOLLAR FOR ANTI-GAY BIAS BUT NON-DISCRIRMINATION SLIPS OUT OF ANOTHER OIL COMPANY MERGER, A FINNISH PARLIAMENTARY PANEL WANTS TO CRIMINALIZE FERTILITY SERVICES FOR LESBIANS, AND AN "AMBIGUOUSLY LESBIAN" RUSSIAN SINGING DUO TOPS THE BRITISH POP CHARTS. 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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