************************************************* THIS WAY OUT Program #414 03-04-96 ************************************************* OPENING TEASES/THEME MUSIC/INTRO CONTINUITY .............. 1:20 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: A British report to Parliament says it may never be possible to integrate open gays and lesbians into the military there, while a lesbigay servicemembers' group cites evidence that Clinton's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" has been tougher on U.S. lesbians and gays in uniform than its earlier outright ban; lesbian mom Sharon Bottoms loses again in a Virginia court; The Advocate posthumously "outs" pioneering African-American U.S. Congressmember Barbara Jordan; three New Zealand lesbians file a lawsuit demanding marriage licenses, while the same-gender marriage debate continues in more U.S. states - updates on actions in Hawaii, Nebraska, Colorado, Georgia and California; a survey of New Hampshire Republican voters suggests that attacking same gender marriage may not be a popular campaign issue after all; in Brazil, the newly-formed Forum of Gay Men, Lesbians and Transvestites in Politics is already at work promoting 15 openly-queer candidates for October's municipal elections, while Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, expected to win landslide re-election this month, renews his campaign of homophobic rhetoric; hundreds of thousands of gays and lesbians from around the world converge on Sydney, Australia for the annual Mardi Gras celebration there, while an estimated 200,000 spectators enjoy New Zealand's annual Hero Parade in Auckland; lesbians who flock to Palm Springs, California this month for the annual Dinah Shore Golf Tournament will for the first time be able to cheer an openly-lesbian competitor -- Muffin Spencer-Devlin; and comic Joan Rivers drops from among presidential candidate Steve Forbes' campaign boosters following her possibly impolitic remark about Republican rival Pat Buchanan [compiled and written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to BRIAN NUNES, BILL STOSINE, JASON LIN, GREG GORDON, REX WOCKNER and RON BUCKMIRE, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN & BRIAN NUNES] .............................................................................. ...... 10:20 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for Israeli Life and "Nancy Clue" features [:10] + "Sodomy Law - Does It Really Prevent AIDS?" - Late last month a judge ruled Montana's sodomy law to be unconstitutional, but as PATRICIA NELL WARREN, a former Montana resident and the author of the landmark novel "The Front Runner" notes in this personal commentary, two dozen other U.S. states still outlaw homosexual sex between consenting adults, and a few zealots are trying to bring it back in their states - Why? ....................................................................... 5:10 SEGMENT #3 - TWO I.D. by "Henry Rios Mysteries" author Michael Nava [:10] + Billboard for "Nancy Clue" feature [:10] + Some Israeli activists have had their homes ransacked and supporters have received threats of violence in recent weeks. The trouble began when an orthodox rabbi and member of the Knesset demanded the biblically-inspired death penalty for homosexuality during a recent debate on pension benefits for gays and lesbians. Yet, as RICHARD MIRON [BBC Radio 5 Live's Out This Week] reports from Jerusalem, many of its queer residents say Israel may be one of the safest places in the world to be openly-lesbian or -gay (outro music from "I Won't Back Down" by TOM PETTY) ............................................................... 4:30 SEGMENT #4 - Remember those teen mysteries you read as a kid - or watched on TV? Who hasn't thrilled to the adventures of Nancy Drew, intrepid girl detective, and the Hardy Boys, those plucky lads? A series of books from Cleis Press, featuring "Nancy Clue" and "The Hardly Boys" spoofs the genre by giving it the queerest of spins. With "The Case of The Not-So-Nice Nurse" and "The Case of The Good-For-Nothing Girlfriend" to her credit, author MABEL MANEY reads from her latest in the series, "The Ghost In the Closet", offers a lesbigay perspective on the popularity of mystery novels, and talks with TWO's SUE PIERCE about the politics of perkiness .............................................................................. .................... 6:10 CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY ...................................................... 1:30 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME ........................................................................ 29:00 -------------------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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