THIS WAY OUT
              the international gay & lesbian radio magazine
              RUNDOWN for Program #843, distributed 05/24/04
    (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle)
    Reverberations abound as Massachusetts marriages make U.S. history;
 Cherokee lesbians apply for a tribal wedding, Canada confirms immigration
    rights for same gender marrieds, Slovakia takes pride in its queer-
   inclusive anti-discrimination law, Yemeni journalists are convicted on
     homo-coverage charges, lesbian radio sex riles Taiwanese censors,
the I.O.C. jumps the gender reassignment hurdle, and other global GLBT news


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Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity . . . . . . . . . . . .   1:05


SEGMENT #1 ­  "NewsWrap":  Over a thousand same gender couples get mmarriage 
licenses in Massachusetts on May 17th, the first day they legally can, and the 
namesake couple in the lawsuit that led to that day, Hillary and Julie 
Goodridge, marry in Boston, while Governor Mitt Romney remains determined to keep 
queer out-of-staters from marrying there, and President George W. Bush reiterates 
his call for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to "protect" the "sacred 
institution of marriage" as a union of a man and a woman;  meanwhile, proposed 
amendments to state constitutions against legal standing for same gender 
marriages continue to advance, this week in Louisiana and Tennessee, while a 
Cherokee Nation lesbian couple's obtaining a marriage license sends tribal officials 
scrambling to determine if queer couples can continue to get them and if the 
state of Oklahoma, within which the sovereign nation is located, will have to 
legally recognize such marriages;  the Canadian government says it will 
expedite immigration applications of foreign spouses of Canadian gay & lesbian 
citizens who have married in British Columbia, Ontario or Quebec, the 3 provinces 
where such marriages have been legal for several months;  the Slovakian 
Parliament passes a queer-inclusive anti-discrimination bill;  three Yemeni magazine 
journalists get suspended jail sentences for violating the Islam-dominated 
nation's morals and customs by simply writing about homosexuality, while the 
program "Lez Talk" on Taiwan's only women's issues station, Sister Radio, runs 
afoul of the Government Information Office for airing a brief Valentine's Day 
segment playfully exploring the vocal sounds women in different countries make 
during sex;  Gloria Anzaldua, the United States' first openly lesbian Chicana 
writer, dies at the age of 61 from diabetes complications;  the International 
Olympics Committee gives final approval to regulations that will allow 
transsexuals to compete in this year's Athens Games;  and among a field of strong 
competitors, "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" wins the daytime television Emmy Award for 
Best Talk Show (written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, 
FENCEBERRY, REX WOCKNER, and GREG GORDON, and anchored this week by DEAN ELZINGA 
& CINDY FRIEDMAN) [10:30]  +  "TWO" I.D. by ELLEN DeGENERES (over "NewsWrap" 
outro music) [:10]. . . . . . .  10:40


SEGMENT #2 - It really happened on May 17, 2004 for more than a thousand 
queer couples who got their marriage licenses on the first day it became legal to 
do so in the Commonwealth of MASSACHUSETTS.  CAMBRIDGE jumped to be the first 
municipality to issue licenses to gay & lesbian couples at the stroke of 
midnight [back-I.D. of intro song+brief narrative about the controversial 1913 law 
that may bar out-of-state lesbian & gay couples from marrying+Cambridge 
couples vox pop = 2:40].  Later that day in BOSTON the Mayor welcomed three of the 
original seven plaintiff couples who successfully sued for marriage equality 
when they arrived at City Hall to get their licenses [Boston couples vox 
pop+press conference excerpts = 6:35], and the lawsuit's namesake couple, Julie & 
Hillary Goodridge, were legally wed that afternoon at a Unitarian Universalist 
church [3:35]  (with comments by same gender couples in CAMBRIDGE and BOSTON and 
a supportive opposite gender couple, and by BOSTON MAYOR THOMAS MENINO; three 
of the original 7 "Goodridge" plaintiff couples, ROB COMPTON & DAVID WILSON, 
JULIE & HILLARY GOODRIDGE, and MIKE HORGAN & ED BALMELLI; and attorney MARY 
BONAUTO of Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, the legal group behind the 
successful November 2003 Supreme Judicial Court ruling;  and excerpts from the 
Goodridge wedding -- all from multimedia coverage provided on their Web site by 
the HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN/www.hrc.org;  begins with "Goin' To Massachusetts 
For Love", written & performed by JANICE 
LEBER/www.sonomacountyfreepress.com/liver [2:55], and ends with brief outro music from "Chapel of Love" by THE DIXIE 
CUPS). . . . . . . .  15:45


Closing continuity/credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1:25


TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28:55


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ANNCR:  NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," REVERBERATIONS ABOUND AS MASSACHUSETTS


MARRIAGES MAKE U.S. HISTORY... IN OTHER NEWS, CHEROKEE LESBIANS APPLY FOR A


TRIBAL WEDDING, CANADA CONFIRMS IMMIGRATION RIGHTS FOR SAME GENDER


MARRIEDS, SLOVAKIA TAKES PRIDE IN ITS QUEER-INCLUSIVE ANTI-DISCRIMINATION


LAW, YEMENI JOURNALISTS ARE CONVICTED ON HOMO-COVERAGE CHARGES, LESBIAN


RADIO SEX RILES TAIWANESE CENSORS, AND THE I.O.C. JUMPS THE GENDER


REASSIGNMENT HURDLE.


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