THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #698, distributed 08/13/01 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) "Hedwig and The Angry Inch": the man, the lady, and the movie; A veteran writer and a new literary voice each speak their minds; Anti-gay prejudice scuttles major Australian pension law reform, gay Dublin dads spark surrogacy controversy, a U.S. appeals court finds anti-gay discrimination wrong but legal, trans-rights get a boost in South Korea, hopes for partner recognition fade in Brazil, and other global GLBT 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: The Australian government's refusal to include same-gender couples scuttles major pension law reform, and the Howard government further angers queer activists by joining Catholic bishops in a lawsuit to allow states to deny fertility services to women not in relationships with men, while a Dublin gay couple's surrogate fathering of triplets sparks debate on government regulation of reproductive technology in Ireland; in the U.S., Indiana Democratic Governor Frank O'Bannon signs into effect a new state employment policy banning sexual orientation discrimination, while Illinois Republican Governor George Ryan actively lobbies for the addition of sexual orientation to the anti-discrimination cate gories of his state's Human Rights act, as yet another U.S. appeals court determines – this time in upholding the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by gay man John Bibby against the Philadelphia Coca Cola Bottling Company - that existing federal law does not protect gays and lesbians from on-the-job harassment or discrimination; after the arrests of some 800 men (including a county judge) and persistent lobbying by Michigan's Triangle Foundation, the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office announces that it will no longer prosecute men arrested during questionable undercover police stings in Detroit's Rouge Park; California Democratic Governor Gray Davis vetoes a bill that would have made it easier for transsexuals to get revised birth certificates, but in South Korea, Kim Joong-kwon, Chair of the ruling Millennium Democratic Party, speaks out in favor of a similar idea there, while transwoman model/entertainer Ha Ri-soo remains in the country's media spotlight; hopes dim for legal recognition of same-gender couples in Brazil, but activists in Argentina continue to push for a similar "civil unions" bill there, while a lesbian couple from Mexico is granted asylum in Canada; the Society for the German Language invites suggestions for new words associated with the new same-gender couple "registered life partnerships" there, now known as "eingetragene lebenspartnerschaft", which even Germans find unwieldy; and what's a "Homoname"? a recent "New York Times" crossword puzzle perplexes several pundits [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to DAMIAN MEYER, GRAHAM UNDERHILL, JASON LIN, BRIAN NUNES, CHRIS AMBIDGE, REX WOCKNER & GREG GORDON, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN & DEAN ELZINGA]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:55 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for Maupin and Olson segments [:05] + With critics comparing it to "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and Pink Floyd's "The Wall", the movie version (from New Line Cinema) of John Cameron Mitchell's hit off-Broadway musical "HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH" is now playing in theaters across America. The queerly-compelling story of a struggling East German glam-rock-singing victim of a botched sex change operation, "Hedwig" was the darling of the Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award and Mitchell was named Best Director. The film went on to take honors at festivals in Berlin, San Francisco, and Seattle. This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE "inches up" on writer/director/star JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL to get a better feel for the man -- and the lady -- at the center of it all [includes a brief "review" by Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning actress CAMRYN MANHEIM ("Ellenor Frutt" on ABC-TVs "The Practice"), and excerpted cuts from the "Hedwig" original motion picture soundtrack, including "Angry Inch", "Wig In A Box", "Sugar Daddy", "Tear Me Down", "Origin of Love", and "Midnight Radio"] [9:40]. . . . . . . . . . . 9:45 SEGMENT #3 - "Tales of the City" author ARMISTEAD MAUPIN's latest best-seller, "THE NIGHT LISTENER" (Bantam Press), has been called his most autobiographical work to date. But how much of it is really for real? The answer to that question is open to some "literary license", as Maupin explains in this brief reading from the book [produced by STEVE PRIDE] [2:45] + tagged with Maupin's "TWO" I.D [:10] . . . . . . . . . . . 2:55 SEGMENT #4 – And finally this week, a few well-chosen words from award-winning lesbian slam poet/spoken word performer ALIX OLSON: the title cut from her debut CD "BUILT LIKE THAT" (www.alixolson.com) . . . . . . 2:35 Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:20 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:45 ----------------------------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", "HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH": THE MAN, THE LADY, AND THE MOVIE... A VETERAN WRITER AND A NEW LITERARY VOICE EACH SPEAK THEIR MINDS... AND IN THE NEWS, ANTI-GAY PREJUDICE SCUTTLES MAJOR AUSTRALIAN PENSION LAW REFORM, GAY DUBLIN DADS SPARK SURROGACY CONTROVERSY, A U.S. APPEALS COURT FINDS ANTI-GAY DISCRIMINATION WRONG BUT LEGAL, TRANS-RIGHTS GET A BOOST IN SOUTH KOREA, BUT HOPES FOR SAME-GENDER PARTNER RECOGNITION FADE IN BRAZIL. ALL THAT AND MORE THIS WEEK ON "THIS WAY OUT: THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY RADIO MAGAZINE", ______________________________________ [DAY and TIME] HERE ON __________________________. [STATION] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~> STATIONS: MISSED THE SATELLITE FEED? <~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PLEASE CONTACT THE PACIFICA RADIO ARCHIVES TO ORDER A COPY OF THE PROGRAM, WHICH THEY CAN SEND YOU VIA U.P.S.; PHONE 818/506-1077 AND ASK FOR MARK OR EDGAR. ******************************************************** On the air since April 1988, "This Way Out" is the multi-award-winning internationally-distributed weekly gay and lesbian radio newsmagazine. 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