THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #788, distributed 05/05/03 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Canadian couples get a marriage ruling in BC & another hearing in Ontario, South Australia's coupled queer civil servants get pension rights, but same gender partners get pummeled by Texas and Minnesota lawmakers, rights defeat the right wing in Covington, Kentucky, a Japanese transwoman and a Scots gay activist are elected to political office, Pride matters in Belfast, Jerusalem, Warsaw, and Zurich, 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:00 SEGMENT #1 ­ NewsWrap: The British Columbia Appeal Court gives the Canadian federal government until July 2004 to open legal marriage to same gender couples, while the Ontario Court of Appeal hears that province's queer marriage lawsuit; South Australia extends pension benefits to the surviving same gender partners of deceased gay & lesbian civil servants; in the U.S., the state of Texas is on the verge of refusing legal recognition another state has or may extend to same gender couples, but another bill to bar gays & lesbians from serving as foster parents is shelved for lack of support; the Minnesota House votes to ban spousal benefits for state workers' same gender partners in any future union contracts, but despite a right wing group's smear campaign, the City Council of Covington, Kentucky includes sexual orientation among the anti-bias categories protected in a unanimously-approved civil rights ordinance; Japan has its first ever transgender elected official in Aya Kamikawa, recognized as a new female member of the Setagaya Ward Assembly in Tokyo, while Green Party gay & AIDS activist Patrick Harvie wins and anti-Pride Conservative Party candidate John Smart loses in Scottish parliamentary elections; Edinburgh activists are trying to resurrect that city's Pride festival despite last year's financially-disastrous event, while in Northern Ireland the Belfast City Council okays the use of City Hall for this year's pride march despite conservative DUP opposition, Jerusalem activists continue to struggle with their city government over municipal financial support of its Pride Parade, Polish gays & lesbians hold their second annual Parade for Equality in Warsaw with 3,000 participants, up from 200 last year, and in Switzerland, Zurich's month-long "Warm May" pride festival kicks off with more than 70 events; and research reported this week in the distinguished journal "Science" suggests that gay male couples could become female-not-needed fathers some day, with one gay dad providing the sperm and the other contributing his genes via so-called "designer" eggs (written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, REX WOCKNER, FENCEBERRY and GREG GORDON, and anchored this week by CINDY FRIEDMAN & RALPH RADEBAUGH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:25 SEGMENT #2 - It's been an exciting year so far for CANADA's same gender couples. The Federal Government has held hearings across the country on the recognition of lesbian & gay marriages, and the issue is becoming a hot one in the race for the leadership of Canada's ruling Liberal Party. Eight queer couples went to the BRITISH COLUMBIA Court of Appeal in February to contest a lower court's disappointing marriage ruling against them in 2001. On May 1st, the Appeals Court gave gay & lesbian advocates a reason to smile again. "This Way Out" correspondent HEATHER KITCHING [of "Queer FM"/CITR-Vancouver] has the story (featuring comments by litigating couples LLOYD THORNHILL & BOB PEACOCK, TANYA CHAMBERS & MELINDAY ROY, and attorney JOE ARVAY). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:10 SEGMENT #3 ­ "TWO" I.D. by trailblazing lesbian singer/songwriter MARGIE ADAM (intro'd by a brief excerpt from her "The Unicorn Song") . . . :35 SEGMENT #4 - While same gender couples in British Columbia celebrated their court victory, couples in ONTARIO were also celebrating. At the end of April, that province's Court of Appeal heard a challenge launched by the Canadian Government to the Ontario Divisional Court ruling on July 12th of last year that marriage must be extended to same gender couples. But as HEATHER KITCHING reports, the government seems to be losing the queer matrimonial battles -- and the war (featuring comments by ROBBIE BARNETT-KEMPER, the son of one of the litigating couples, litigant KEVIN BOURASSA, and attorneys DOUGLAS ELLIOTT and CYNTHIA PETERSEN; with internal music from "Chapel Of Love" by the DIXIE CUPS and segment intro/outro music from "Love Is All It Takes" by ROMANOVSKY & PHILLIPS). . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:20 [for more on the fight for same gender marriage in Canada, visit plaintiffs Kevin Bourassa & Joe Varnell's Web site www.equalmarriage.ca] Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:20 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:50 ----------------------------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, CANADIAN GAY & LESBIAN COUPLES GET A MARRIAGE RULING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ANOTHER HEARING IN ONTARIO, SOUTH AUSTRALIA'S COUPLED QUEER CIVIL SERVANTS GET PENSION RIGHTS, BUT SAME GENDER PARTNERS GET PUMMELED BY TEXAS AND MINNESOTA LAWMAKERS, RIGHTS DEFEAT THE RIGHT WING IN COVINGTON, KENTUCKY, A JAPANESE TRANSWOMAN AND A SCOTS GAY ACTIVIST ARE ELECTED TO POLITICAL OFFICE, AND PRIDE MATTERS IN BELFAST, JERUSALEM, WARSAW AND ZURICH. 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