THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #799, distributed 07/21/03 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Mexico's GLBT equality movement moves forward slowly but surely; A commentary addresses US sodomy reform's remaining "fundamental" problem; Canada's Government formally announces its marriage parity proposal; A mainstream Australian church welcomes sexually active queer clergy, Buenos Aires is the site of Latin America's first gay civil union, Croatia concedes cohabitant status to same gender couples, & other global 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:10 SEGMENT #1 ­ NewsWrap: Australia's Uniting Church, the country''s third largest Christian denomination, becomes the first in that nation to officially approve the ordination of sexually active openly gay & lesbian clergy; an effort to win status equal to unmarried heterosexual partners for same gender couples centering on pension benefits fails in the Australian Senate, but a bill to create the country's first partnership registry is overwhelmingly approved in the state of Tasmania's Lower House; in nearby New Zealand, the Government reveals plans to introduce legislation to create civil unions for queer couples that would give them all the rights and responsibilities of marriage, on the heels of passage last month of a bill spearheaded by openly gay M.P. Tim Barnett and transsexual M.P. Georgina Beyer to decriminalize prostitution there; in the Argentinean city of Buenos Aires, Marcelo Suntheim & Cesar Cigliutti become the first same gender partners in Latin America to contract a legal civil union, while the Parliament in similarly socially conservative and predominantly Catholic Croatia extends legal status equal to unmarried heterosexual cohabitants to gay & lesbian domestic partners; the Canadian Government sends its draft bill creating equal marriage rights for same gender couples to the Supreme Court for review before submitting it to Parliament; U.S. marriage equality -- and how to define it -- dominates the discussion during a first-ever GLBT forum for Democratic presidential candidates; and the latest giant condom used for AIDS education, the Guilin Latex Company's yellow PVC love glove erected in the Chinese province of Guangxi for World Population Day, is large enough to sheath a 20-story hotel [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, REX WOCKNER, FENCEBERRY and GREG GORDON, and anchored this week by JON BEAUPRE & CINDY FRIEDMAN] [10:25] + billboard for Franc Contreras/Mexican queer politics feature [:15] . . . . . . 10:40 SEGMENT #2 - In formally announcing his Government's draft bill extending marriage equality to same gender couples, CANADIAN JUSTICE MINISTER MARTIN CAUCHON emphasizes that the legislation will not infringe on religious freedoms, nor somehow devalue the institution of marriage (excerpts from Cauchon's press conference preceded by :10 intro music from "O Canada") [2:20] + "TWO" I.D. by openly gay New Zealand Cabinet Minister CHRIS CARTER [:10] . . . . . . 2:30 SEGMENT #3 - Mexican President Vicente Fox on June 9th signed into law a queer-inclusive non-discrimination measure which was both lauded as historic and criticized for its absence of enforcement provisions. Mexico City-based journalist FRANC CONTRERAS has spent several years reporting 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 this conclusion of a 2-part conversation with This Way Out's JON BEAUPRE, Contreras discusses the impact of that non-discrimination legislation on public consciousness, and describes the relatively-recent emergence of sexual minority issues in Mexican politics and culture (with brief instrumental intro & outro music from "Aguacero" by RUBEN BLADES) . . . . . . 9:20 SEGMENT #4 - Lesbians and gay men and their allies rejoiced on June 26th when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that it is perfectly legal for same gender couples to have consensual adult sex in the privacy of their own homes. In this personal commentary, MILES CHRISTIAN DANIELS, a writer, documentary filmmaker and former Christian youth minister in Wilmington, North Carolina, reminds us that the "fundamental" struggle for equality and acceptance, however, is far from over . . . . . . 3:35 [contact info he provides in his outro: danielsm@uncw.edu] Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:45 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29:00 ----------------------------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, MEXICO'S G-L-B-T EQUALITY MOVEMENT MOVES FORWARD SLOWLY BUT SURELY, WHILE CANADA'S GOVERNMENT FORMALLY ANNOUNCES ITS MARRIAGE PARITY PROPOSAL... IN OTHER NEWS, A MAINSTREAM AUSTRALIAN CHURCH WELCOMES SEXUALLY ACTIVE OPENLY QUEER CLERGY, BUENOS AIRES IS THE SITE OF LATIN AMERICA'S FIRST GAY CIVIL UNION, AND CROATIA CONCEDES COHABITANT STATUS TO SAME GENDER COUPLES... PLUS A PERSONAL COMMENTARY ADDRESSES U.S. SODOMY REFORM'S REMAINING "FUNDAMENTAL" PROBLEM. ALL THAT 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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