THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #834, distributed 03/22/04 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Litigation follows gay & lesbian couples along the Oregon trail; Massachusetts' melodious marriage activists have their say in song; Quebec becomes Canada's third queer marriage haven, Norway considers a matrimonial "upgrade", victorious Spanish Socialists say "we will" to same gender unions, a Vatican-Islamic axis challenges the UN equal benefit plan, China approves a trans-bride but the U.S. arrests one, and more 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 December 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": A unanimous ruling by Quebec's Court of Apppeal makes the province the third in Canada to extend full legal marriage to same gender couples, while marriage may replace registered partnerships for gays & lesbians in Norway, and Spain's Socialist Party Prime Minister-elect Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero announces plans to propose equality for queer couples there, though it probably won't be called "marriage"; the Vatican joins several Islamic countries challenging Secretary-General Kofi Annan's extension of spousal benefits to the UN's lesbian & gay employees; China approves its second legal marriage of a transwoman to a biological male, but in the U.S. a Kansas transwoman who applied for a marriage license is arrested for falsifying an official document, and two Unitarian Universalist ministers who performed weddings in New Paltz, New York are also facing criminal charges, while a warning by the New York State Liquor Authority that "illegal activity" might "reflect on" the license of a New Paltz club owner planning to host more weddings forces a change of venue, and supportive clergy perform 3 same gender weddings on the steps of New York City Hall to protest the charges against the New Paltz ministers; in Oregon, Multnomah County officials decide to continue issuing marriage licenses to same gender couples and Benton County Commissioners vote to become the second jurisdiction to do so, while the state's Supreme Court takes a small step toward considering the contentious issue; several U.S. state legislatures continue debating bills against queer marriage, with the New Hampshire Senate voting to deny legal recognition to such marriages performed elsewhere, and the Mississippi Senate approving a state constitutional amendment to restrict legal recognition to marriages of "one man and one woman"; and commissioners in Rhea County, Tennessee -- home of the infamous Scopes "Monkey Trial" in the 1920s -- ask their attorney to look into how best to legally bar gays & lesbians from residing there, only to quickly backtrack after widespread national media attention [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, FENCEBERRY, REX WOCKNER, and GREG GORDON, and anchored this week by RICK WATTS & CINDY FRIEDMAN]. . . . 10:50 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for "Marry Us" (over instrumental beginning of intro music for this segment) [:10] + Two counties in OREGON are now the only places in the U.S. where lesbian & gay couples can get civilly-married, with MULTNOMAH COUNTY Commissioners deciding to continue them and BENTON COUNTY officials voting to begin issuing licenses in the coming week -- even as stepped-up litigation debates their validity. In these reports from the week of March 15th, ANDY SEATON and CHELSEA RICE of KBOO-FM in PORTLAND follow the developing courtroom conflict -- and its romantic sub-plots [with comments by several happy queer couples and one disgruntled hetero pair, Love Makes A Family Executive Director BONNIE TINKER and ACLU of Oregon Executive Director DAVID FIDANQUE, with thanks to KBOO-FM/Portland Evening News & Public Affairs Director Robert Jefferson, and with brief intro music from "With This Ring" by THE PLATTERS] [7:30] + instrumental beginning of outro music, "Marrying You" by GREEN & ROOT, starts under reporter's last several words, then up full to conclusion [www.greenandroot.com] [3:10] . . . . . 10:50 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by "Henry Rios" gay mysteries novelist MICHAEL NAVA [:15] + It's probably the most tender communication the state legislators of MASSACHUSETTS have ever -- or will ever -- receive from their constituents. The BOSTON GAY MEN'S CHORUS rendition of Robert Seeley's "MARRY US" is both a prayer for God's blessing on committed gay relationships and an entreaty for fairness from the powers on earth. Massachusetts lawmakers received hand-delivered CDs of the song earlier this month as they prepared for another round in the state Constitutional Convention considering the marriage equality issue. The Chorus' Executive Director Steven Smith said, "...it was time to raise our voices in a more creative and harmonious way so that our elected officials can hear what is in our hearts." [www.bgmc.org] [4:40] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:55 Closing continuity/credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:15 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," LITIGATION FOLLOWS GAY AND LESBIAN COUPLES ALONG THE OREGON TRAIL, AND THE MOST MELODIOUS MARRIAGE ACTIVISTS IN MASSACHUSETTS HAVE THEIR SAY IN SONG... IN OTHER NEWS, QUEBEC BECOMES CANADA'S THIRD QUEER MARRIAGE HAVEN, NORWAY CONSIDERS A MATRIMONIAL "UPGRADE", VICTORIOUS SPANISH SOCIALISTS SAY "WE WILL" TO SAME GENDER UNIONS, A VATICAN-ISLAMIC AXIS CHALLENGES THE U.N.'S EQUAL BENEFITS PLAN, AND CHINA APPROVES A TRANS-BRIDE WHILE THE U.S. ARRESTS ONE. 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