THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #789, distributed 05/12/03 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Ex-ballplayer Billy Bean steps to the plate with "coming out" controversy; Lesbian comedian Vicki Wagner laughs last at U.S. "military intelligence"; Spain's Basques equalize marriage rights, queer Aussie adoption is considered in the A.C.T. and Tasmania while New South Wales ponders consent equality, the British government works out a jobs anti-bias bill, Namibia's National Council debates endangered domestic partners, and more global news "TWO" feeds via the PRSS EVERY MONDAY @ 14:30 ET on A72.3*, EVERY 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:15 SEGMENT #1 ­ NewsWrap: In Spain, the Basque parliament extends all marital rights to unmarried couples, including same gender couples; the government of the Australian Capital Territory offers legislation to allow gay & lesbian couples to adopt children, while a similar bill is being considered in the Aussie state of Tasmania, and the government of the state of New South Wales introduces a measure to equalize the age of consent there; Britain's Labour Government introduces a bill to ban sexual orientation employment discrimination and workplace harassment; there's a shouting match in the Namibian National Council over including same gender couples in a measure to combat domestic violence, and fisticuffs in the parliament of the former Soviet republic of Georgia over sexual orientation identity, while Ali Mohammed Maher, the chief minister of the Pakistani state of Sindh, is "outed"; openly-queer candidates are elected to local political office in the U.S. (Dallas, Texas City Councilmembers John Loza & Ed Oakley; Alexandria, Virginia City Councilmember Paul Smedberg; and Gainesville, Florida City Commissioner Craig Lowe) and in Italy (Mayor Rosario Crocetta in the Sicilian town of Gela), but gay Denver, Colorado City Council candidate Paul Rosenthal finishes second in a 3-way race there; Moscow prosecutors drop their criminal pornography investigation of one of Russia's most admired postmodern novelists Vladimir Sorokin, who imagined sex between clones of former Soviet leaders Joseph Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev in his 1999 novel "Golluboye Salo"; and among the over 15,000 celebrating Belgium's 8th annual Pride festival in Brussels was a lesbian police officer in uniform, who said she could never be "out" that way in the small village where she works [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, REX WOCKNER, FENCEBERRY, JOHN FRAME, and GREG GORDON; anchored this week by CHRISTOPHER GAAL & CINDY FRIEDMAN] [8:40] + Vicki Wagner billboard (over "NewsWrap" outro music) [:10]. . . . . 8:50 SEGMENT #2 - Baseball legend Ted Williams was fond of saying that hitting a ball with a bat is the hardest thing to do in any sport. Judging from the latest controversy involving anti-gay comments in baseball by Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Todd Jones, coming out of the closet as a pro ball player might be even harder. Even though the U.S. "national pastime" was once a leader in racial integration, over fifty years later there's still no openly gay player in the major leagues. One player who's come out of retirement in the "out"field is BILLY BEAN, who played major league baseball from 1987 through 1995. He broke in with the Detroit Tigers where he tied a major league record with 4 hits in his first game, and went on to play for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres. After years of living secretly, Bean came out publicly as a gay man in 1999 during an interview with the "Miami Herald". He's now the author, with Chris Bull, of "GOING THE OTHER WAY: LESSONS FROM A LIFE IN AND OUT OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL" [Avalon Publishing Group]. This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE talked with Bean about his torturous journey out of the closet for this "out of the park" profile [includes an excerpt from Bean's controversial guest appearance with star ROBERT WUHL on the HBO sports comedy series "ARLI$$"] (intro music from "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" performed by CARLY SIMON and outro music from "Heart" from the motion picture version of "DAMN YANKEES"). . 9:50 [www.billybean.com] SEGMENT #3 ­ Celebrity voice collage "TWO" I.D. [:25] + It sure wasn't funny at the time, but lesbian comedian VICKI WAGNER has turned her U.S. Air Force discharge -- from a top secret clearance post as Command Center Controller (in the room with the "red phone") -- into stand-up success. This Way Out's RITA GONZALES was able to stop laughing long enough to chat with Wagner about her aborted military career, and how she uses comedy to enlighten her mostly non-queer audiences about the stupidity of current U.S. policy toward its gay & lesbian servicemembers [with a live performance excerpt] [7:05]. . 7:30 [www.gayvideobiz.com] Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:25 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, EX-BALLPLAYER BILLY BEAN STEPS UP TO THE PLATE WITH "COMING OUT" CONTROVERSY, WHILE LESBIAN COMEDIAN VICKI WAGNER LAUGHS LAST AT U.S. "MILITARY INTELLIGENCE"... IN THE NEWS, SPAIN'S BASQUES EQUALIZE MARRIAGE RIGHTS, QUEER AUSSIE ADOPTION IS CONSIDERED IN THE A.C.T. AND TASMANIA WHILE NEW SOUTH WALES PONDERS CONSENT EQUALITY, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WORKS OUT A JOBS ANTI-BIAS BILL, AND NAMIBIA'S NATIONAL COUNCIL DEBATES ENDANGERED DOMESTIC PARTNERS. 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 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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