THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #814, distributed 11/03/03 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) The first openly gay Episcopal bishop is controversially consecrated; The Chinese world's first-ever Pride march treks through Taipei, money secures a HERO in Auckland and Pride in Vancouver, but fails Mardi Gras in London, Australia's Senate and Defence Force snub same gender couples, a notorious Midwest U.S. reverend plans monuments to hate, U.K. "reality TV" contestants dodge reality of another sort, 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . :55 SEGMENT #1 ­ NewsWrap: Up to a thousand queer activists and theiir allies make history in Taipei, Taiwan with what is believed to be the Chinese world's first-ever Pride parade; meanwhile, organizers guide their respective Pride groups out of the financial woods in Auckland, New Zealand and Vancouver, British Columbia, but in England, London's Mardi Gras goes into voluntary liquidation, and legal wrangling over the exclusion of transwomen scuttles plans for Australia's 2004 National Lesbian Festival and Conference; the Australian Senate passes the Government's massive pension reform bill without including same gender couples, who also remain unrecognized by the Australian Defence Force; the British Government introduces legislation to add sexual orientation and disability as categories covered by the nation's hate crimes law, while the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's annual hate crimes report pegs the percentage of anti-queer attacks at their highest rate yet among all such crimes; peripatetic professional homophobe Fred "God Hates Fags" Phelps and his Topeka, Kansas Westboro Baptist Church clan confound Casper, Wyoming city officials with plans to erect the first of several "Matthew Shepard In Hell" monuments there, and the town of Rupert, Idaho may be Phelps' next destination; a challenge by a half-dozen Republican legislators and the religious right legal group Alliance Defense Fund to Democratic Governor Janet Napolitano's executive order prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination and harassment in state employment is rejected by the Arizona Supreme Court; and U.K. TV viewers won't be seeing a new "reality show" called "There's Something About Miriam" after all six male contestants vying for her affections threaten pre-broadcast lawsuits, despite their having signed release forms before confronting the show's "surprise twist" that "Miriam" is a pre-op transsexual [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, REX WOCKNER, FENCEBERRY, STEVE PRIDE and GREG GORDON, and anchored this week by JON BEAUPRE & CINDY FRIEDMAN] [10:40] + "TWO" I.D. by ELLEN DeGENERES [:10] . . . . 10:50 SEGMENT # 2 - Shouts of both "Hallelujah!" and "Heresy!" accompanied the historic November 2nd consecration of the REVEREND GENE ROBINSON as the first openly gay bishop of the EPISCOPAL CHURCH USA. The leadership of the worldwide Anglican Communion, of which the Episcopalians are a part, has warily anticipated the moment with bated breath. Robinson's election last June by the Diocese of New Hampshire and his confirmation in August at the denomination's General Convention, and a Canadian Anglican diocese's decision to allow blessings for same-gender couples earlier this year, have sent traditionalists into a tailspin. They warned that the gay priest's elevation to bishop in particular would put the unity of the Communion in serious jeopardy. But Robinson firmly resisted calls for him to step aside and when the day arrived three to four thousand supporters, including some 50 bishops, gathered to witness his consecration at the University of New Hampshire's Whittemore Center in Durham. Inside, singing with her Exeter church's 100-voice choir, was Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays National Board Member PEGGY GAGE. A lifelong, active Episcopalian, Gage describes the groundbreaking event from her unique perspective and participant's view of the proceedings for This Way Out's GREG GORDON [includes excerpts from choral music at and statements by two of the people who spoke in opposition to Robinson's consecration during the ceremony, REVEREND EARL FOX of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (with a response by PRESIDING BISHOP FRANK GRISWOLD) and MEREDITH HARWOOD from St. Mark's Church in Ashland, New Hampshire, and remarks by Robinson himself, all thanks to RAQUEL MARIA DILLON and JON GREENBERG of New Hampshire Public Radio, plus a brief post-consecration comment by the Episcopal News Service's JAMES SOLHEIM]. . . . 15:30 Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:45 ----------------------------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, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY EPISCOPAL BISHOP IS CONTROVERSIALLY CONSECRATED IN NEW HAMPSHIRE... IN OTHER NEWS, THE CHINESE WORLD'S FIRST-EVER PRIDE MARCH TREKS THROUGH TAIPEI, MONEY SECURES A HERO IN AUCKLAND AND PRIDE IN VANCOUVER, BUT FAILS MARDI GRAS IN LONDON, AUSTRALIA'S SENATE AND DEFENCE FORCE SNUB SAME GENDER COUPLES, A NOTORIOUS MIDWEST U.S. REVEREND PLANS MONUMENTS TO HATE, AND U.K. "REALITY TV" CONTESTANTS DODGE REALITY OF ANOTHER SORT. 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. ******************************************************** 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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