THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #787, distributed 04/28/03 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Renee awakens, Testosterone Kills, and Saturn rises from the "AudioFile"; Joseph Olshan's "Nightswimmer" finds himself "In Clara's Hands"; The U.N. Human Rights Commission remains unresolved on lesbigay rights, another Brazilian state outlaws anti-queer aggression, Mexico passes a federal anti-bias bill, but Colorado's religious right capitol strangles newborn partner benefits, plus 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 2004 <== -------- 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: The United Nations Human Rights Commission debates but then postpones until next year voting on a resolution calling for all member nations to protect the rights of gays & lesbians; Santa Catarina becomes the latest Brazilian state to pass a strong measure to protect the rights of lesbigay & trans people, while Mexico becomes only the second country in Latin America to pass federal legislation prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination; in the U.S., Peoria, Illinois adds sexual orientation to categories protected under its human rights ordinance, the California state Assembly passes a bill to protect transgenders & transsexuals from employment & housing discrimination, and a bill to expand transgender protections under Hawai'i's hate crimes statute becomes law without the governor's signature, while on the corporate level shipping giant FedEx Corporation (Federal Express) adds sexual orientation to its non-discrimination policy and the board of directors of department store chain J.C. Penney endorses a shareholder resolution to do the same, but the newly-elected City Council of Colorado Springs, Colorado rescinds domestic partner health benefits the previous council had passed in December, and the Presbyterian Church USA finds non-gay minister Stephen Van Kuiken guilty of marrying same gender couples -- though he gets its mildest punishment (a public rebuke) and vows to continue performing them; Puerto Rico's Supreme Court decides that the domestic violence law there does not apply to gay & lesbian couples because the statute was intended to "strengthen the institution of the family"; and the 3rd highest-ranking U.S. Senate Republican, Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, creates a media firestorm by equating homosexuality with bigamy, polygamy, incest, and adultery -- and even polygamists take offense (written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, REX WOCKNER, FENCEBERRY and GREG GORDON, and anchored this week by CHRISTOPHER GAAL & CINDY FRIEDMAN) [10:25] + "AudioFile" billboard (over "NewsWrap" outro music) [:10] . . . . . 10:35 SEGMENT #2 - Novelist JOSEPH OLSHAN's new book "IN CLARA'S HANDS" [Bloomsbury Press] unexpectedly unites two of his best known characters: Clara Mayfield, the wise Jamaican housekeeper from "Clara's Heart", and Will Kaplan, the troubled gay aquatics fan from "Nightswimmer". This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE chats with the openly gay author about the familial choices people make (with a brief scene from WHOOPI GOLDBERG starring in the movie version of "Clara's Heart", Olshan reading from "In Clara's Hands", and intro/outro music from "Moonlight Swim" performed by ELVIS PRESLEY). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:55 SEGMENT #3 ­ "TWO" I.D. by Moscow gay activist ROMAN KALININ [:10] + This month's musical style-bending "AUDIOFILE" features excerpts from "My Bride" & "Cruel To Be Kind" from "ALL SIX SENSES", the second CD by ROBIN RENEE; and debut CDs by New York duo TESTOSTERONE KILLS -- "Alice" & "Where I Stand" from "WAR ALL THE TIME" -- and Baltimore-based SATURN's "Seventeen" & "Angels In Flight" from his "THE VIRGIN POET" (with comments by each of the artists, hosted by CHRIS WILSON & JD DOYLE, and written & produced with CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM) [6:40]. . . . . . . . . . 6:50 = artist contact info = ROBIN RENEE TESTOSTERONE KILLS SATURN Menage a Music Fortified Records 3435 Woodstock Ave PO Box 204 PO Box 20469 Baltimore, MD 21213 Atco, N.J. 08004 Tompkins Square Station virginpoet@hotmail.com Menage98@aol.com New York, N.Y. 10009 www.iamsaturn.com www.robinrenee.com tkillsnyc@yahoo.com www.testosteronekills.com Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:25 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", RENEE AWAKENS, TESTOSTERONE KILLS, AND SATURN RISES IN NEW MUSIC FROM THE "AUDIOFILE", WHILE GAY NOVELIST JOSEPH OLSHAN'S "NIGHTSWIMMER" FINDS HIMSELF "IN CLARA'S HANDS"... IN THE NEWS, THE U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION REMAINS UNRESOLVED ON LESBIGAY RIGHTS, WHILE ANOTHER BRAZILIAN STATE OUTLAWS ANTI-QUEER AGGRESSION AND MEXICO PASSES A FEDERAL ANTI-BIAS BILL, BUT COLORADO'S RELIGIOUS RIGHT CAPITOL STRANGLES NEWBORN PARTNER BENEFITS. 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 FEEDS? <~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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