THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #777, distributed 02/17/03 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) A U.S. military milestone remains a millstone for lesbigay servicemembers; Queer musicians throw techno-rock at the war machine; Cupid's arrows hit home at the Brazil Supreme Court, while a Euro plan for partner parity presses forward, North American Valentine's Day actions highlight marriage inequities, suspects in high profile gay murder cases are arrested in Vancouver & Cape town, 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . :55 SEGMENT #1 ­ NewsWrap: Brazil's Supreme Court issues a Valentine's Day ruling affirming the rights of gays & lesbians to inherit their deceased partners' social security and pension benefits, while the European Parliament endorses mutual legal recognition of same gender couples among member states of the EU; from Mexico City to Omaha to Saskatoon, numerous demonstrations for equal marriage rights are held across North America in coordinated Valentine's Day actions and the U.S. 5th annual National Freedom to Marry Day, while those rights are currently be considered in the British Columbia Court of Appeal and by the Canadian Parliament, where openly gay New Democratic Party MP from British Columbia Svend Robinson also reintroduces his bill to establish equal marriage rights for same gender couples; U.S. Congressmember from New York Jerrold Nadler reintroduces his Permanent Partners Immigration Act for the third time, but passage remains elusive; support for a civil unions bill in Hawai'i falls one Senator short, but the Los Angeles City Council passes an Equal Benefits Ordinance, and a symbolic domestic partners registry begins on Valentine's Day in Eugene, Oregon; the Collier County, Florida Commission passes a relatively-toothless queer-inclusive civil rights resolution; a Colorado state Senate committee kills bills to both prohibit sexual orientation employment discrimination and to add gays & lesbians to the specified groups in the state's hate crimes law; suspects in notorious attacks against gay men are arrested in Vancouver, British Columbia (the 2001 bashing murder of Aaron Webster) and Cape Town, South Africa (last month's Sizzlers massacre); Finland's government withdraws its bill to clarify fertility treatment policy after a parliamentary committee adds criminal penalties for those who provide those services to women not in a relationship with a man; and after a week of negative publicity, recently-merged oil giant ConocoPhillips reverses itself and adds sexual orientation to its corporate non-discrimination policy [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, CHRIS AMBIDGE, JASON LIN, REX WOCKNER, LUCIA CHAPPELLE & GREG GORDON, and anchored by CHRISTOPHER GAAL & CINDY FRIEDMAN] [9:25] + "Waiting For Rome To Fall" billboard (over "NewsWrap" outro music) [:05]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30 SEGMENT #2 ­ This week the GLBT Servicemembers Legal Defense Network marked the 10th anniversary of the U.S. military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. The SLDN counts more than 7,500 discharges and a quarter billion dollars spent on implementing the policy it calls "the last great wall of anti-gay discrimination in our country." With the number of discharge proceedings against gay & lesbian servicemembers increasing annually since the policy went into effect, it's hard to remember that it was ostensibly instituted to better protect them. Ironically, as thousands of U.S. military personnel are again headed for a possible war with IRAQ, it was during the (first?) Gulf War in 1991 -- more than 2 years before "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" -- that problems faced by gays & lesbians in the U.S. armed services initially received prominent media attention, while many GLBT activists participated in anti-war actions. We recall some of This Way Out's extensive coverage of those times (includes original reporting by MARK SACCOMANO, CINDY FRIEDMAN, BERT WYLEN, AMY GOODMAN, MARK BEVIS, LUCIA CHAPPELLE and DAVE BUELL, with outro music from "Living In Wartime" by MICHAEL CALLEN) . . . . 10:00 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by legendary openly lesbian singer/songwriter JANIS IAN [:10] + With star cameo performances and a techno bed created by Reason Music Software's Mark Vollendeider & Tom O'Neill, gay rocker ROBERT URBAN [www.roberturban.com] has come out with a new single, right in tune with the dramatically reborn peace movement. Urban describes "WAITING FOR ROME TO FALL" as "a 'Dr. Strangelove' among anti-war songs" (ROBERT URBAN - vocals, lyrics, guitars, & sounds; TOM O'NEILL - synths, programming, fx; MARK VOLLENWEIDER - drums & percussion; YOLANDA - gospel choir vocals; gay film director WOLFGANG BUSCH - "sprechstimme rap"; thermonuclear detonation courtesy of SOUNDOGS.COM; recorded & produced by Robert Urban at Urban Productions, NYC) [7:10]. . . 7:20 Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:15 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29:00 ----------------------------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 U.S. MILITARY MILESTONE REMAINS A MILLSTONE FOR GAY & LESBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS, WHILE QUEER MUSICIANS THROW TECHNO-ROCK AT THE WAR MACHINE. IN THE NEWS, CUPID'S ARROWS HIT THEIR MARK AT THE BRAZIL SUPREME COURT, WHILE A EURO PARLIAMENT PLAN FOR PARTNER PARITY PRESSES FORWARD, NORTH AMERICAN VALENTINE'S DAY ACTIONS HIGHLIGHT MARRIAGE INEQUITIES, AND SUSPECTS IN HIGH PROFILE GAY MURDER CASES ARE ARRESTED IN VANCOUVER AND CAPE TOWN. 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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