THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #795, distributed 06/23/03 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) "Following Foo" through the B.D. Wong family's tragedy and triumph; The Canadian Government vows marriage equality but Alberta pledges resistance, Mexican activists lament "toothless" anti-bias legislation, the European Union drafts constitutional discrimination protections, Britain's Queen's Speech promises a partners registry plan, controversy chills parenting bills in Tasmania & New Zealand, and more global GLBT news => RUNDOWN <= Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:10 SEGMENT #1 ­ NewsWrap: Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien annnounces that his Government will not appeal a series of court rulings supporting queer partners, and will send legislation to Parliament establishing full equal marriage rights for gay & lesbian couples, despite opposition primarily coming from conservative Alberta's provincial Government; and even though most other provincial governments have already signaled their support, Ontario remains the only province at the moment issuing marriage licenses to same gender couples [with brief comments by CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER JEAN CHRETIEN and gay TORONTO CITY COUNCILOR KYLE RAE]; Mexico's President Vicente Fox signs into law a queer-inclusive anti-discrimination measure that some activists are calling "toothless"; the expanding European Union constitutional convention produces a draft that includes explicit prohibitions against sexual orientation discrimination, while EU member candidate Slovakia grudgingly revises its labor code to include a workforce "don't ask" provision; some form of registered partnerships in Britain is expected to be announced in the upcoming Queen's Speech outlining the Blair Government's agenda for the next legislative session, while Britain's Union of Liberal and Progressive Synagogues adopts a ritual for rabbis to bless same gender couples; despite a terrorist bombing that delayed it for a week, and the subsequent destruction of several celebratory rainbow street banners by an outlawed right wing political group, Pride trumps prejudice in Jerusalem, while queers and their supporters march for the first time in Haifa; a bill to grant limited adoption rights to gay & lesbian couples is introduced in the Australian state of Tasmania, while the New Zealand Government's recently introduced Care of Children Bill, among other provisions, allows for the legal recognition of 3 parents, which could technically label a lesbian co-parent a "father" [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, REX WOCKNER, FENCEBERRY, JASON LIN and GREG GORDON, and anchored this week by GREG GORDON & CINDY FRIEDMAN] [10:45] + "TWO" I.D. by openly gay former Major League baseball player BILLY BEAN [:20]. . . . . . 11:05 SEGMENT #2 - He's played "M. Butterfly" on the New York stage and the idealistic prison chaplain Father Ray Mukada on the HBO cable drama "Oz", and he's currently featured as forensic psychiatrist George Huang on NBC-TV's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit". When his real life became the drama, actor, gay man, and father B.D. WONG became an author. In the first of his 2-part conversation with This Way Out's JOSY CATOGGIO [on "TWO" Program #793 the week of 6/9/03], Wong talked about the genesis of his new book, "FOLLOWING FOO (THE ELECTRONIC ADVENTURES OF THE CHESTNUT MAN): A MEMOIR" [Harper-Collins]. In this conclusion, Wong discusses how queer parents are changing societal perceptions, challenges the divisive stereotypes that are held by people of every sexual orientation, and reflects on how life-affirming "acorn" Jackson Foo Wong has apparently not fallen far from his family "tree" (with a brief excerpt from Part 1 in the intro continuity, and a brief re-intro by Josy about 7 minutes into this segment). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15:10 Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:25 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:50