* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * PROGRAMMING ADVISORY: There will be no "NewsWrap" segment on the "This Way Out" show for the week of 12/29/03, which will be filled by "Audiofile 2003 Year In Review" * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * =========================================================================== DUE TO UNFORSEEN TECHNICAL PROBLEMS, "THIS WAY OUT" PROGRAM #820 (PRSS ID# 03-F72-00050), ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO FEED TODAY, MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2003 AT 14:30 ET WAS CANCELLED. A RETRANSMISSION HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW, TUESDAY DECEMBER 16, 2003 FROM 15:30-15:59 ET ON CHANNEL A72.3. WE ARE ALSO MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO HAVE THE SHOW UPLOADED TO www.radio4all.net BY 21:00 ET MONDAY (TONIGHT). =========================================================================== THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #820, distributed 12/15/03 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) "That Furious Lesbian"'s love life tops her literary legacy; "Women Like That" tell compelling coming out tales; Australia's High Court recommends refuge from the closet for a Bangladeshi couple, a Senate bill says no fertility in Italy for queers, Peru's P.M. is forced out by lesbian-baiting, a Chilean judge's tubs trip triggers investigations, retired officers pull rank on "Don't Ask," & more GLBT news "TWO" normally 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/intro continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:10 SEGMENT #1 ­ "NewsWrap": In what may be a global first, Australiaa's High Court finds unacceptable and orders reconsideration of a ruling by the country's Refugee Review Tribunal that had denied the asylum request of a persecuted Bangladeshi gay male couple because, the Tribunal reasoned, they could survive in their native country if they stayed in the closet; Italy's Senate passes a bill denying lesbians and gay men access to fertility treatments; the Canadian province of Manitoba is now offering alternative birth certificates with two lines labeled simply "name of parent" instead of "father" and "mother," while the Canadian federal government gets its first openly-gay Cabinet member, M.P. from Nova Scotia Scott Brison, who defected to the ruling Liberals from the Progressive Conservatives as they merge with the right-wing Canadian Alliance to form a new Conservative Party, even as the administration of new Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin, who replaced the now-retired Jean Chretien, seems to be looking for a same gender couple "civil unions" alternative to the marriage equality ordered by the Supreme Court of Canada earlier this year; lesbian-baiting contributes to the forced resignation of Peru's first female Prime Minister, Doctor Beatriz Merino, while the government of the German state of Hamburg collapses following internal in-fighting among the right wing coalition party whose leader, Ronald Schill, had earlier threatened to "out" gay mayor Ole von Beust, and a prominent Chilean judge, Daniel Calvo, is suspended in the wake of revelations that he had visited a gay bathhouse; and retired Army Brigadier Generals Keith Kerr and Virgil Richard and retired Coast Guard Rear Admiral Alan Steinman become the highest-ranking U.S. servicemembers to come out as gay men on the 10th anniversary of, and in opposition to, the military's notorious "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, REX WOCKNER, FENCEBERRY, and GREG GORDON, and anchored this week by CINDY FRIEDMAN & CHRISTOPHER GAAL] [10:25] + "A Woman Like That" billboard (over "NewsWrap" outro music) [:10] . . . . . 10:35 SEGMENT #2 - Her "little black book" included some of the 20th Century's most notable women, including Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich -- but a new biography by ROBERT A. SCHANKE has finally given little-known poet, novelist, and playwright MERCEDES DE ACOSTA her own spotlight. This Way Out's JOSY CATOGGIO talks with Schanke about his book, titled after an infamous appellation coined by one of de Acosta's detractors: "That Furious Lesbian" [Southern Illinois University Press] (with intro/outro music from "Falling In Love Again" by MARLENE DIETRICH). . . . . 10:15 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by openly lesbian singer/songwriter JANIS IAN (over instrumental beginning to this segment's intro music) [:05] + Some of America's most interesting writers, including Blanche McCrary Boyd, Bertha Harris, Judy Grahn, Minnie Bruce Pratt and Joan Nestle are among the contributors to "A WOMAN LIKE THAT: LESBIAN AND BISEXUAL WRITERS TELL THEIR COMING OUT STORIES," edited by Joan Larkin [Avon Books]. The collection reminded This Way Out's JANET MASON [with production assistance by Debra D'Allesandro/WXPN-Philadelphia] that coming out is never an "ordinary" story (with intro/outro music from "Dykes" by LYNN THOMAS) [5:40] . . . . . 5:45 Closing continuity/credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:10 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, "THAT FURIOUS LESBIAN"'S LOVE LIFE TOPS HER LITERARY LEGACY, AND "WOMEN LIKE THAT" TELL COMPELLING COMING OUT TALES... IN THE NEWS, AUSTRALIA'S HIGH COURT RECOMMENDS REFUGE FROM THE CLOSET FOR A BANGLADESHI COUPLE, A SENATE BILL SAYS NO FERTILITY IN ITALY FOR QUEERS, PERU'S P.M. IS FORCED OUT BY LESBIAN-BAITING, A CHILEAN JUDGE'S TUBS TRIP TRIGGERS INVESTIGATIONS, AND RETIRED OFFICERS PULL RANK ON "DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL." 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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