THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #830, distributed 02/23/04 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Marrying queer couples shake things up in the Bay Area and beyond; A Spanish co-mom gains first-ever court approval but Australian adoption opponents attack, same gender pairs commit at Melbourne and Auckland festivals, Washington's state House okays civil rights but a U.S. federal agency erases them, Canadian Supremes delay advice on marriage equality, the wedding window opens & shuts in New Mexico, 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 <= A brief excerpt from "Gay, Straight Or Bi" performed by THE KINSEY SICKS [:25] segues into the usual program opening teases/theme music/intro continuity [1:10] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:35 SEGMENT #1 ­ "NewsWrap": Spain has its first legally-recognized saame gender co-parent as a judge in Pamplona approves a lesbian's co-adoption of her partner's twin girls, but the Australian Capital Territory's newly-enacted first-in-that-nation law opening adoptions of unrelated children to lesbian & gay couples is under attack by opponents, including Australia Prime Minister John Howard; 300 queer couples participate in a mass commitment ceremony in the Australian state of Victoria as part of Melbourne's annual Midsumma pride festival, while about a thousand "witnesses" applaud the commitment ceremony of six same gender couples in New Zealand during Auckland's Big Gay Out festival; the additional questions submitted by the new government of Prime Minister Paul Martin to the Supreme Court of Canada will delay their scheduled hearing on legal marriage for same gender couples from April until October; courts thus far refuse to block them, same gender couples continue to get licenses and marry in San Francisco, and California's Governor and Attorney General step into the fray, while about 25 gay & lesbian couples are issued licenses and marry in Sandoval County, New Mexico before that state's Attorney General issues a "stop" order; even as several state legislatures continue to wrangle over if or how to block legal recognition of same gender unions, the passage of bill banning sexual orientation bias in the Washington state House is a reminder that gays & lesbians still lack basic civil rights protections in 37 U.S. states and at the federal level; a new appointee of U.S. President George W. Bush yanks all references to sexual orientation from material published by federal agencies tasked with protecting employees from workplace discrimination and harassment, while Bush bypasses the Senate to make a so-called "recess appointment" of outspokenly anti-queer Alabama Attorney General William Pryor to the critical 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals; and watching TV coverage of the unfolding events in San Francisco prompts Cambodia's revered King Norodom Sihanouk to issue a message in support of same gender marriage [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, FENCEBERRY, REX WOCKNER, ROSS STEVENSON and GREG GORDON, and anchored this week by RICK WATTS & CINDY FRIEDMAN] [10:40] + "TWO" I.D. by "Tales of the City" writer ARMISTEAD MAUPIN (begins over "NewsWrap" outro music [:25] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:05 SEGMENT #2 - "TWO" Support promo (voiced by LUCIA CHAPPELLE) . . . :35 SEGMENT #3 - In a city that has endured historic earthquakes, groundbreaking tremors of another kind have been shaking up SAN FRANCISCO this week and sending shockwaves across the U.S. and around the world. This Way Out's BRYAN GOEBEL reports from along the marriage rights faultline [featuring comments by SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR GAVIN NEWSOM; U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH; CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER; U.S. CONGRESSMAN BARNEY FRANK of MASSACHUSETTS; MABEL TENG, RECORD-ASSESSOR of the CITY & COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO; SUPERVISOR TOM AMMIANO; attorney CLYDE WADSWORTH (representing the Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund and the National Center for Lesbian Rights); SAN FRANCISCO CHIEF DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY THERESE STEWART; several unidentified but happy couples; BRIAN SHONKWILER of Not Just Flowers in the Castro; "Chapel of Love" serenading by the SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN'S CHORUS; and with thanks to KCBS Radio, KPIX-TV and PAUL JAFFE] (intro/outro music from "What The World Needs Now Is Love" performed by JACKIE DeSHANNON). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14:25 Closing continuity/credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:15 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:55 ==================================== * ================================ STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT", QUEER SAN FRANCISCO COUPLES SHAKE THINGS UP IN THE BAY AREA AND BEYOND -- YOU'LL HEAR A LOVING REPORT FROM ALONG THE MARRIAGE RIGHTS FAULTLINE... IN OTHER NEWS, A SPANISH CO-MOM GAINS FIRST-EVER COURT APPROVAL BUT AUSTRALIAN ADOPTION OPPONENTS ATTACK, SAME GENDER PAIRS COMMIT AT MELBOURNE AND AUCKLAND FESTIVALS, WASHINGTON'S STATE HOUSE OKAYS CIVIL RIGHTS BUT A U.S. FEDERAL AGENCY ERASES THEM, CANADIAN SUPREMES DELAY ADVICE ON MARRIAGE EQUALITY, THE WEDDING WINDOW OPENS AND SHUTS IN NEW MEXICO, AND CAMBODIA'S KING BLESSES QUEER UNIONS. 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]