THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #689, distributed 06/11/01 (produced and hosted this week by Greg Gordon) From "The Front Runner" to "The Wild Man" with Patricia Nell Warren; Slam poet/spoken word artist Alix Olson shows why she's "Built Like That"; British queers hope to benefit from Labour's latest electoral landslide, a retired Italian general urges gay military recruitment, a Nova Scotia lesbian pair becomes Canada's first registered domestic partners, same- gender couples gain ground in the Australian state of Victoria, & more news "TWO" FEEDS via the PRSS EACH MONDAY @ 14:30 ET on A72.3*, EACH TUESDAY @ 16:00 ET on Pacifica`s KU band, and is mailed on cassette to non-satellite-equipped stations and to individual subscribers *==> Weekly feeds are scheduled by PRSS on A72.3 through June 2002 <== -------- AIR THE ENTIRE HALF-HOUR AND/OR USE SELECTED SEGMENTS ------ STILL FREE OF CHARGE! USAGE LIMITED ONLY BY TIMELINESS OF NEWS CONTENT! => RUNDOWN <= Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:15 SEGMENT #1 – "NewsWrap": Labour's repeat of its 1997 landslide in Britain’s national elections this week, and gains by the even more-supportive Liberal Democrats, should bode well for advances in gay and lesbian equality there; retired Italian brigadier-general Luigi Caligaris calls for active military recruitment of gay men (but not women); under newly-passed legislation in the province of Nova Scotia, lesbians Kimberly Vance and Samantha Meehan become the first couple in Canada to register their domestic partnership, while both houses in the Australian state of Victoria approve an omnibus bill giving same-gender couples legal status equal to unmarried heterosexual couples, but the European Court of Justice rejects a long-running bid for spousal benefits by a gay Swedish employee of Europe's Council of Ministers, while in the U.S., the California Assembly passes a bill to substantially expand the legal standing of the state's registered domestic partners; a U.S. appeals court rules that the Chicago Board of Education's extension of spousal health insurance benefits only to gay and lesbian couples is not discrimination against unmarried heterosexual couples, since gays and lesbians don't have the option of marriage; in other U.S. legal news, Virginia's Supreme Court refuses to hear a challenge to the state's sodomy law, an Alabama state appeals court awards a partnered lesbian custody of her 3 children over their abusive father, the Tennessee Supreme Court reverses lower courts and rules that a lesbian's partner should not be forced to leave their home when her children visit, and a California gay male couple is officially named the guardians of the nephew of one of them over the young boy's homophobic grandfather, who'd kidnapped him last year; open gays Nathan Lane and Gary Beach win Broadway's Best Musical Lead and Featured Performer Tony Awards for their work in "The Producers"; and, with commemorative events ranging from demonstrations and memorial services to fundraisers, communities around the world observe the 20th anniversary of the first official public report – by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control - describing what is now known as AIDS [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, JASON LIN, BRIAN NUNES, CHRIS AMBIDGE, REX WOCKNER & GREG GORDON, and anchored by DONALD HERMAN & CINDY FRIEDMAN] . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:35 SEGMENT #2 - "TWO" I.D. by PATRICIA NELL WARREN [:10] + Alix Olson billboard [:10] + From her landmark novel "The Front Runner" to her current best-seller "The Wild Man", prolific author PATRICIA NELL WARREN celebrates her 30 years as a published novelist -- and her GLBT activism, and youth advocacy in particular -- in conversation with This Way Out's DAVID BELL (with thanks to CHRIS ALLEN for production assistance). The discussion also includes all her books in between ("Harlan's Race", "Billy's Boy", "The Fancy Dancer", and "The Beauty Queen"), why she also writes occasional newspaper opinion/editorial columns, and the importance of gay radio in today's multi-media culture [10:25] . . . . . . . . 10:45 (www.wildcatpress.com) SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by lesbian Irish singing duo ZRAZY (with an excerpt from their "Come Out Everybody") [:25] + Arguably leading the pack in an emerging genre in queer culture, New York City-based slam poet/spoken word performer ALIX OLSON shows why she's "Built Like That" (the title of her debut CD from Feed the Fire Productions) with a (regrettably censored-for-radio) cut called "America's On Sale" [4:35]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:00 (www.alixolson.com) Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:25 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", FROM THE GROUND-BREAKING "THE FRONT RUNNER" TO HER CURRENT BEST-SELLER "THE WILD MAN", PATRICIA NELL WARREN DISCUSSES HER 30 YEARS AS A PUBLISHED NOVELIST, HER ACTIVISM –- YOUTH ADVOCACY IN PARTICULAR –- AND THE IMPORTANCE OF GAY RADIO IN TODAY'S MULTI- MEDIA CULTURE... AND WITH A CUT FROM HER DEBUT CD, NEW YORK CITY-BASED SLAM POET/SPOKEN WORD PERFORMER ALIX OLSON SHOWS WHY SHE'S "BUILT LIKE THAT"... IN THE NEWS, BRITISH GAYS & LESBIANS HOPE TO BENEFIT FROM LABOUR'S LATEST ELECTORAL LANDSLIDE, A RETIRED ITALIAN GENERAL URGES GAY MILITARY RECRUITMENT, A NOVA SCOTIA LESBIAN PAIR BECOMES CANADA'S FIRST REGISTERED DOMESTIC PARTNERS, AND SAME-GENDER COUPLES GAIN GROUND IN THE AUSTRALIAN STATE OF VICTORIA. ALL THAT AND MORE THIS WEEK ON "THIS WAY OUT: THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY RADIO MAGAZINE", ______________________________________ [DAY and TIME] HERE ON __________________________. 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