THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #798, distributed 07/14/03 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Gays promptly say "I do" when British Columbia's high court says "You can"; Mexico Possible Party's trans candidate augurs more progressive politics; A TV shock jock is "Savaged" by his anti-queer rant; Transgenders are gaining on rebirthing rights in Britain and Japan, and Britain's "no promo homo" law finally faces extinction, but Anglican arm- twisting annuls the Church of England's first gay bishop, & other GLBT 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:05 SEGMENT #1 ­ NewsWrap: The British Columbia Court of Appeal liffts the "hold" on its May equal marriage rights ruling, making B.C. the second Canadian province to begin legally marrying gay & lesbian couples, while the Chretien government's draft bill to change the federal definition of marriage from "one man and one woman" to "two persons" heads for the review it requested by the Supreme Court of Canada, as several of the country's religious right groups, angered by the federal government's refusal to do so, say they're filing their own appeal with the Canadian high court of the Ontario provincial court ruling that opened the door to queer marriage last month; Zurich becomes the second Swiss canton to legally register same gender couples, and the British government publishes its plan to create "registered civil partnerships" for queer couples; transgenders appear to have won the right to revise their birth registrations to reflect their self-identification in both Britain and Japan; British queers celebrate the long-awaited repeal of the noxious Thatcher era "no promo homo" Section 28, but there'll be no openly gay bishop in the Church of England as Canon Jeffrey John is pressured by the conservative wing of the Anglican communion to decline the appointment, prompting high profile queer activist Peter Tatchell to lead a disruptive demonstration at the Church of England's General Synod; and openly lesbian tennis legend Martina Navratilova wins a record-tying 20th Wimbledon title and in the process becomes the oldest-ever champion there [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, REX WOCKNER, FENCEBERRY and GREG GORDON, and anchored this week by CINDY FRIEDMAN & CHRISTOPHER GAAL] [10:20] + brief billboard for BC marriage & Mexican queer politics features [:05] . . . 10:25 SEGMENT #2 - The fledgling MSNBC cable TV program of rabidly anti-queer U.S. right wing radio talk show host MICHAEL SAVAGE gets the axe: listening to this much-reported upon rant from his July 5th program explains why [with intro/outro music from "So Long... Farewell" from "The Sound Of Music" movie soundtrack] [2:15] + billboard for Mexican queer politics feature [:20] . . . 2:35 SEGMENT #3 - On July 8th British Columbia became the second province in Canada to green light gay & lesbian marriages when the B.C. Court of Appeals agreed to lift a suspension of its earlier judgement in favor of them. Within an hour of the ruling, TOM GRAFF & ANTHONY PORCHINO, who've been together 11 years and were joined in a United Church covenanting ceremony 7 years ago, became the first B.C. queer couple to legally tie the knot, officiated by trailblazing openly gay Minister and now Vancouver City Councilor REV. TIM STEVENSON. This Way Out correspondent HEATHER KITCHING ["Queer FM"/CITR-Vancouver] was among the media crush recording the historic ceremony [with brief intro music from "Get Me To The Church On Time" from the "My Fair Lady" movie soundtrack] [6:45] + "TWO" I.D. by openly gay actor ("Oz", "Law & Order: SVU") and author ("Following Foo") B.D. WONG [:20] . . . 7:05 SEGMENT #4 - While national mid-term elections held in MEXICO on July 6th didn't lead to any dramatic or historic gains for sexual minorities there, a number of personalities and issues surfaced to give queer activists in that country cause for cautious optimism. Journalist FRANC CONTERAS has spent several years covering Mexico for the BBC, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and other national and international outlets. He's also a founder of and regular contributor to the syndicated radio program "Latino USA". In the first of a 2-part conversation [recorded at the studios of public radio station KPCC-FM in Pasadena, California and Contreras' office in Mexico City], This Way Out's JON BEAUPRE chats with Contreras about sexual minorities in Mexico, and the origins of the unique Mexico Possible Party candidacy of one-armed transvestite Amaranta Gomez [with an end-of-segment promo+tease for next week's scheduled concluding Part 2] . . . 6:05 Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:40 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, GAYS PROMPTLY SAY "I DO" WHEN BRITISH COLUMBIA'S HIGH COURT SAYS "YOU CAN", THE MEXICO POSSIBLE PARTY AND ITS TRANS CANDIDATE AUGUR MORE PROGRESSIVE POLITICS IN THAT COUNTRY, AND A T.V. SHOCK JOCK IS "SAVAGED" BY HIS ANTI-QUEER RANT... IN OTHER NEWS, TRANSGENDERS ARE GAINING ON REBIRTHING IN BRITAIN AND JAPAN, AND BRITAIN'S "NO PROMO HOMO" LAW FINALLY FACES EXTINCTION, BUT ANGLICAN ARM-TWISTING ANNULS THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY BISHOP. THOSE STORIES AND MORE THIS WEEK WHEN YOU DISCOVER "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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