H A P P Y N E W Y E A R ! ************************************************* THIS WAY OUT Program #405 01-01-96 ************************************************* OPENING TEASES/THEME MUSIC/INTRO CONTINUITY .............. 1:15 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Apparently under pressure from the German government, Ohio-based global online giant Compuserve deletes access to more than 200 newsgroups from its service, including several non-sexual lesbigay message boards; meanwhile, a legislative attempt to establish similar internet censorship in the U.S. remains stalled in a Congressional joint conference committee; in the wake of the divisive November anti-queer initiative battle, Maine's openly-lesbian state senator and U.S. Congressional hopeful Dale McCormick withdraws her bill to establish statewide civil rights protections for gays and lesbians; activists' efforts since May to have sexual orientation discrimination condemned in the final report of The White House Conference On Aging pay off in December; public funds in the Dutch city of Amsterdam will pay for the renovation of part of a senior citizens residence specifically designated for older gays and lesbians; a first-ever Russian gay and lesbian community center opens in Moscow; an illegal lesbigay youth group, "Grupo de Jovenes Construyendo Otras Sexualidades", forms in Argentina; the lesbigay "Rainbow Card Foundation" loses the first round in a "name game" court case with New Jersey-based children's charity "Rainbow Foundation"; the U.S. gets its first credit union for lesbians, while efforts are underway to establish the first lesbigay credit union in Australia; and some Australian activists protest the free distribution to veterans of a remedy for male erectile dysfunction, ironically manufactured by the giant drug company Upjohn [compiled & written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, BILL STOSINE, GREG GORDON, REX WOCKNER, GRAHAM UNDERHILL & RON BUCKMIRE; anchored by BRIAN NUNES & CINDY FRIEDMAN] ......................... 8:30 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for Warren commentary and '95 kickers cavalcade [:10] + In Colorado Springs, Colorado, a so-called "homosexual cure" counselor associated with "Colorado For Family Values", the group responsible for getting the notorious Amendment 2 on the state ballot, has come under fire. C.F.V. national spokeperson KEVIN TEBEDO resigned a week after an expose of "therapist" COLIN COOK was published in "The Denver Post". C.F.V. nevertheless continues to endorse Cook and his questionable methods. SEAN KEENAN GILSON [Pacifica Network News] lets us hear some of Cook's considerably unorthodox "counsel", talks with a former Cook "patient", C.F.V. President WILL PERKINS and others in this report filed from Denver (intro music from THE WHO's rock opera "Tommy") [6:10] ......................................................................... 6:20 SEGMENT #3 - "T.W.O." I.D. by gay singing/songwriting duo Romanovsky & Phillips [:20] + In a personal commentary, "Readers Digest Redux", author PATRICIA NELL WARREN ("The Front Runner") relates how her experiences as an editor at "The Readers Digest" taught her how easily "Truth" can be mani- pulated (and cites The Bible as a prime example) [4:50] .... 5:10 SEGMENT #4 - It seems that as the calendar changes, almost every news outlet feels compelled to look back at the year just passed -- and "This Way Out" is no exception. However, always defending your right to know, and in no particular order of importance, we stroll down a somewhat twisted memory lane with CINDY FRIEDMAN, BRIAN NUNES, JEAN FREER and DEAN ELZINGA to recall some of the more off-the-wall stories that crossed our desks -- and your ears -- during the past 12 months (with background music from "Naked Keys" by MARGIE ADAM) .............................................................................. ........................... 5:50 CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY ...................................................... 1:30 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME ........................................................................ 28:35 -------------------Please note------------------ Anyone with questions, suggestions, or NEWS stories is encouraged to email "T.W.O." Coordinating Producer GREG GORDON at: TWOradio@aol.com -----------------------thanks! --------------------- Some "THIS WAY OUT" operating expenses are funded by grants from THE C.P. 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