THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #754, distributed 09/09/02 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Steve Pride's whirlwind tour of what's festively "out" on film; Hungary's High Court axes age of consent discrimination, but politics delays that issue's debate in New South Wales, Britain's leading Lady homophobe dies at 75, Brazilian judges recognize a binational lesbian couple's French registration, and Quebec's Superior Court rules denial of marriage equality is unconstitutional, plus 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, is available online in mono and stereo MP3 files at www.radio4all.net, and is mailed on cassette to non-satellite/non-wired stations and to individual subscribers *==> Weekly feeds are scheduled by PRSS on A72.3 through June 2003 <== -------- 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: Hungary's Constitutional Court strikes down the country's discriminatory consensual sexual age of consent law -- effective immediately -- while debate on equalizing the age of consent in the Australian state of New South Wales will have to wait until after next year's elections; Baroness Janet Young, for 3 decades the British House of Lords' leading Conservative Party opponent of queer equality, dies at the age of 75, even as London marks the first anniversary of its first-in-the-U.K. Partnership Registry; citing the principle of international reciprocity, a 17-member panel of judges in Brazil recognizes a binational lesbian couple's French registered partnership for purposes of immigration, while Quebec Superior Court Justice Louise Lemelin makes hers the second Canadian province to declare it unconstitutional to deny legal marriage to gay & lesbian couples; in the U.S., the city of Philadelphia will appeal a Commonwealth Court's ruling striking down the city's Life Partnership ordinance to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, while a federal court upholds Indianapolis, Indiana-area students' right to have a Gay/Straight Alliance group recognized as an official club on their public high school campus, and New Jersey Governor James McGreevey signs legislation requiring every school district in the state to create clear policies against bullying, harassment and intimidation, with gender and sexual orientation among the 7 specified protected categories; and financier Daniel Gross & public affairs consultant Steven Goldstein make history with the first-ever same-gender couple "getting hitched" announcement – over 500 words with a photo of the happy pair - in the revamped "Weddings/Celebrations" section of the "newspaper of record" "New York Times" [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, CHRIS AMBIDGE, REX WOCKNER, LUCIA CHAPPELLE & GREG GORDON, and anchored by DEAN ELZINGA & CINDY FRIEDMAN] [10:15] + "TWO" I.D. produced at FREQUENCE GAI, queer radio in Paris, France [:15]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 SEGMENT #2 - There will be over a hundred GAY AND LESBIAN FILM FESTIVALS around the world this year. From Baltimore to Buenos Aires, Tokyo to Tampa, the annual Film Festival has become a much-anticipated event on the queer calendar. The largest is in Los Angeles, and the thriving "OUTFEST" celebrated its 20th anniversary in July with attendance of nearly 40,000 people. This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE was on the scene and chats with some of the people behind the screen of several films that may be coming soon to a festival near you, including DUNCAN ROY ("AKA"), SHERMAN ALEXIE ("The Business of Fancydancing"), JOHNNY SYMONS & WILLIAM ROGERS ("Daddy and Papa"), Strand Releasing's MARCUS HU ("Lan Yu" and several others), EVERETT LEWIS ("Luster"), LAURA NIX ("The Politics of Fur" and "Whether You Like It Or Not: The Story of Hedwig"), RUTHIE BERMAN & CONNIE KURTZ and director DEBORAH DIXON ("Ruthie and Connie: Every Room In The House"), CHRISTIAN TAYLOR & LINDY HEYMANN ("Showboy"), and MILES SWAIN ("The Trip"). He also samples a festival sidebar called "PLATINUM OASIS", held at Hollywood's legendary Coral Sands Motel, that brings together gay & lesbian performance artists from around the world for an 18-hour orgy of edgy queer expression (with a re-intro+"TWO" I.D. at 7:05-7:30 into this segment/18:45-19:10 into the program, and intro/outro music from "Tiny Heroes" composed and conducted by ALAN WILLIAMS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15:55 Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:10 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", FROM "SHOWBOY" TO "THE BUSINESS OF FANCYDANCING" TO "THE POLITICS OF FUR" AND MANY OTHERS, STEVE PRIDE'S WHIRLWIND TOUR OF WHAT'S FESTIVELY "OUT" ON FILM... IN THE NEWS, HUNGARY'S HIGH COURT AXES AGE OF CONSENT DISCRIMINATION BUT POLITICS DELAYS THAT ISSUE'S DEBATE IN NEW SOUTH WALES, BRITAIN'S LEADING LADY HOMOPHOBE DIES AT 75, BRAZILIAN JUDGES RECOGNIZE A BINATIONAL LESBIAN COUPLE'S FRENCH REGISTRATION, AND QUEBEC'S SUPERIOR COURT RULES DENIAL OF MARRIAGE EQUALITY IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. 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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