THIS WAY OUT : THE INTERNATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN RADIO MAGAZINE, PROGRAM NO. 731 (April 1, 2002)

THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine Program #732. (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Program I.D.# 02-F72-00013 ON THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM: A labor of love delivers "Jessica" to the big screen; How Third World activists are designing "Different Rainbows";Hong Kong couples try a "mixed marriage" strategy, Taiwan drafts a couples rights law, a proposed domestic partners contract moves in Connecticut, but the sodomy law stands before the Louisiana Supreme Court, a British Columbia bully is convicted of lethal harassment, and other GLBT news * In NewsWrap: Queer weddings make news in Hong Kong and in mainland China, while Taiwan quietly considers same gender couples rights... Colorado moves to outlaw "non-traditional" birth certificates, but Connecticut may consider domestic partnership contracts, while Louisiana's Supreme Court upholds the state's antiquated sodomy law... a teen's landmark criminal harassment conviction in British Columbia furthers anti-homophobic bullying efforts there... a successful but scaled-down HERO in New Zealand is good news for future celebrations... science confirms Irish patriot Sir Roger Casement's place in queer history... and other GLBT news from around the world [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN and anchored by DEAN ELZINGA & CINDY FRIEDMAN].(about 9:30) * The growing and dynamic queer liberation movements in the Third World have their own unique national and regional histories and developing identities. PETER DRUCKER, a U.S. activist recently based in the Netherlands, has edited an anthology of essays by several Third World activists called "DIFFERENT RAINBOWS" (Gay Men's Press). In the first of a 3-part conversation, This Way Out correspondent MICHAEL SCHEMBRI [2SER-FM/Sydney's "Gaywaves"] chats with Drucker about the influence of globalization and the West on Third World queer liberation movements, and what the West can learn from them.(about 7:45) * Our STEVE PRIDE raves that the wide-release romantic comedy "KISSING JESSICA STEIN" is a big screen lesbian lick lock. He has some clips of one of the best-reviewed queer movies of the year, and chats with the talented trio behind the film, openly-gay director CHARLES HERMAN-WURMFELD and his two heterosexual producers/stars, JENNIFER WESTFELDT (Jessica) and HEATHER JUERGENSEN (Helen) [with music from the film by JILL SOBULE].(about 8:45)