THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #808, distributed 09/22/03 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Irish pop star Brian Kennedy sings "out"; The rise and demise of Britain's "no promo homo" Section 28; Hate protections and marriage rights fuel fiery Canadian debates, Toronto weddings test international borders, California closes the couples rights gap with Vermont, Australia's Senate breaks new ground with a pensions equality vote, and 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 *==> Monday 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: Canada's House of Commons approves a billl to add "sexual orientation" to the national hate propaganda law, and narrowly defeats a right wing resolution to exclusively define marriage as "the union of one man and one woman" [with brief excerpts from the Parliamentary debate by the sponsoring Alliance Party's leader STEPHEN HARPER and Canadian Justice Minister MARTIN CAUCHON]; Hong Kong gay activist couple Roddy Shaw Kwok-wah & Nelson Ng Chin-pang wed in Toronto in a bid to enjoy tax advantages back home, but U.S. Customs denies entry to Toronto's first gay married couple, Kevin Bourassa & Joe Varnell, because they refuse to identify themselves as single on separate declaration forms; California's embattled Governor Gray Davis signs into law a bill expanding the rights and responsibilities of the state's registered domestic partners to a level second only to Vermont's civil unions, following his signature on a bill last week protecting children in foster care from discrimination and harassment based on sexual orientation and gender identity; Australia's Senate passes what openly gay Green Party Senator Bob Brown calls a "monumental" bill advancing equal treatment of gay & lesbian couples in pension benefits, but it's expected to fail in the Lower House; Britain's Ministry of Defence announces that it will extend marital pension benefits to partners of unmarried servicemembers who register their relationships, and the last nail is driven into the coffin of the country's infamous "no promo homo" law Section 28 as its repeal in this year's edition of the Local Government Act receives royal assent; and while legislatures in Canada and elsewhere struggle with the nomenclature, the new edition of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary coming out next year will inclusively define marriage as "the legal or religious union of two people" [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, REX WOCKNER, FENCEBERRY and GREG GORDON, and anchored this week by CINDY FRIEDMAN & DEAN ELZINGA] [10:35] + Brian Kennedy billboard (over "NewsWrap" outro music) [:15] . . . . 10:50 SEGMENT #2 - Nothing galvanized the BRITISH lesbian and gay rights movement like the 1988 passage of SECTION 28. Protests against the law prohibiting local governments from using any resources to "promote" homosexuality quickly spread across Europe, and its repeal has been at the top of the activist agenda ever since. That 15-year "Battle of Britain" came to an end this week when this year's version of the Local Government Act that included repeal of Section 28 received royal assent. As the community looks forward to Section 28's official demise on November 18th, "This Way Out" recalls TIM RICHARDSON's report about a LONDON rally opposing the law that aired on our debut program in April 1988 (featuring "out" MP CHRIS SMITH and U.S. activist ROBIN TYLER), and JAY McLERAN's coverage of a noisy protest march in AMSTERDAM shortly thereafter (with outro music from "Fight Back" by HOLLY NEAR) [5:10] + "TWO" I.D. by award-winning lesbian writer DOROTHY ALLISON ("'Bastard Out of Carolina' and other trashy pieces") [:10] . . . . . 5:20 SEGMENT #3 - He's hotter in IRELAND than Coldplay, Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake -- and being "out" hasn't cooled him off one bit! His latest chart-busting CD, "BRIAN KENNEDY ON SONG," was inspired by his popular BBC-TV Irish music history series of the same name, and he's enthusiastically committed to setting a positive example for young gays and lesbians as well as closeted adults around the world. "This Way Out" correspondent JOHN FRAME [4ZZZ-FM/Brisbane's "Queer Radio"], who can hardly wait for Kennedy's October tour of AUSTRALIA, gave the multi-talented counter-tenor a call to ask him about growing up gay in Belfast and the weighty responsibility of being a role model for queer youth (with excerpts from Kennedy's interpretations of the traditional Irish songs "Whiskey In The Jar" and "Carrickfergus" from his "On Song" CD) . . >. 10:00 [www.curb.com] Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30 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, IRISH POP STAR BRIAN KENNEDY SINGS "OUT", AND THE RISE AND DEMISE OF BRITAIN'S "NO PROMO HOMO" SECTION 28... IN OTHER NEWS, HATE PROTECTIONS AND MARRIAGE RIGHTS FUEL FIERY CANADIAN DEBATES, TORONTO WEDDINGS TEST INTERNATIONAL BORDERS, CALIFORNIA CLOSES THE COUPLES RIGHTS GAP WITH VERMONT, AUSTRALIA'S SENATE BREAKS NEW GROUND WITH A PENSIONS EQUALITY VOTE, AND BRITISH SERVICEMEMBERS CAPTURE COMPENSATION FOR UNMARRIED PARTNERS. 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. ******************************************************** Some "This Way Out" operating expenses are funded by VOLUNTARY "PROGRAM ACQUISITION" PAYMENTS FROM AFFILIATE STATIONS, and through direct charitable donations from our listeners. 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