THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #839, distributed 04/26/04 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) A clip-filled tour through some queer TV history; Iconic, veteran, and virgin CDs blossom in the "Audiofile"; Multnomah marriages are ruled legal pending further Oregon developments, a California Assembly panel okays marriage equality, Massachusetts machinations fail to delay May marriages, New Zealand's Family Court declares a queer parental triumvirate, and other global GLBT news "TWO" feeds via the PRSS EVERY MONDAY @ 14:30 ET on A72.3, EVERY TUESDAY @ 15:00 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 . . . . . . . . . . . 1:15 SEGMENT #1 ­ "NewsWrap": A Multnomah County judge orders the statee of Oregon to recognize the marriages of 3,022 same gender couples issued licenses there -- the first court in the U.S. to affirm such marriages -- but also orders the county to temporarily stop issuing licenses to queer couples and gives state legislators 90 days to remedy Oregon's matrimonial discrimination; in an 8-3 vote, the California Assembly Judiciary Committee issues what's believed to be the first ever state legislative approval of a bill opening legal marriage to gay & lesbian couples, but it may not advance much farther; Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and anti-queer groups in the state thus far unsuccessfully seek ways to stop the Supreme Judicial Court-ordered marriages of lesbian & gay couples scheduled to begin there in mid-May, while lawmakers in Oklahoma, Kentucky, Mississippi, Georgia and Utah approve bills to place on their respective state ballots constitutional amendments to ban legal recognition of same gender marriages, and the Virginia legislature overwhelmingly passes a measure to deny legal recognition not only to marriages but to any kind of civil unions or partnership agreements lesbian & gay couples might contract in other states; in France, Bordeaux Mayor Noel Mamere announces that he'll perform a civil marriage for a gay male couple in June, while another bill to create registered partnerships is introduced in the Czech Parliament; New Zealand's Family Court rules that a young boy has 3 legal parents: the lesbian couple who bore and are raising him and his partnered gay Australian sperm donor; and Japan's Tokyo University of Agriculture needs no sperm to produce two healthy adult mice using only a mixture of genetic material from two female "moms" (written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, FENCEBERRY, REX WOCKNER, and GREG GORDON, and anchored this week by CINDY FRIEDMAN & RICK WATTS) [10:20] + "Audiofile" billboard (over "NewsWrap" outro music) [:05]. . . . . . . . . . . . 10:25 SEGMENT #2 - Buried in your favorite classic TV re-runs, there's a unique history of contemporary gay and lesbian images. That history is currently the subject of a series of screenings presented by the MUSEUM OF TELEVISION & RADIO. Running through the end of June in LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK CITY, it features programs dating back to the 1960's. MT&R Television Curator RONALD SIMON guides This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE through some groundbreaking queer scenes on the small screen -- "Not That There's Anything Wrong With That!" (with clips from "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", "All In The Family", "Soap", "Brothers", "Roseanne", and "Spin City", intro music by 'Archie' & 'Edith' from "All In The Family" and outro music from "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" theme ["Love is All Around"] from the album "Mozart TV"). . . 8:45 [info online: www.mtr.org, prideonscreen.com] SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by legendary openly lesbian singer/songwriter JANIS IAN [:05] + A paean to Billie Holiday (excerpts from the title cut and "Save Somebody" from JANIS IAN's "Billie's Bones"), an edgy CD debut ("She's Movin' On" and "The Naked Song" from JULIE CLARK's "Feel Free"), and a favorite performer in a new phase ("Mercy" and the title cut from MELISSA ETHERIDGE's "Lucky") are this month's musical melange from the "AUDIOFILE" [www.audiofile.org] (with comments by each of the artists, and hosted by CHRIS WILSON & JD DOYLE and written & produced with CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM) [7:05]. . . . . . . 7:10 = artist contact info = JANIS IAN JULIE CLARK MELISSA ETHERIDGE Rude Girl Express 5006 Newport Avenue www.melissaetheridge.com Post Office Box 121797 Norfolk, VA 23508 Nashville, TN 37212 julie@julieclark.net janis@janisian.com www.julieclark.net www.janisian.com Closing continuity/credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:20 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," A FUN-FILLED TOUR THROUGH SOME QUEER TV HISTORY, AND ICONIC, VETERAN, AND VIRGIN CD's BLOSSOM IN THE "AUDIOFILE"... IN THE NEWS, MULTNOMAH MARRIAGES ARE RULED LEGAL PENDING FURTHER OREGON DEVELOPMENTS, A CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY PANEL OKAYS MARRIAGE EQUALITY, MASSACHUSETTS MACHINATIONS FAIL TO DELAY MAY MARRIAGES, AND NEW ZEALAND'S FAMILY COURT DECLARES A QUEER PARENTAL TRIUMVIRATE. 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, grants from Clarissa Pinkola Estes' La Sociedad de Guadalupe Foundation and The Kicking Assets Fund of the Tides Foundation, and through direct charitable donations from our listeners. 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