************************************************* THIS WAY OUT Program #417 03-25-96 ************************************************* OPENING TEASES/THEME MUSIC/INTRO CONTINUITY .............. 1:15 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Continuing a 15-year "tradition" of promises, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien announces that his government will introduce anti-discrimination legislation to protect gays and lesbians before the next elections; a gay man from Armenia wins asylum in Denmark, while an Iranian gay man is denied asylum in Sweden; gay British national David Harrad's fight to stay in Brazil with his partner Toni Reis has generated nationwide media attention and 18 marriage proposals from sympathetic Brazilian women; with Governor Phil Batt's signature, Idaho becomes the third U.S. state (with Utah and South Dakota) to deny legal recognition to same-gender couples, while Colorado Governor Roy Romer decides whether to sign, veto, or allow the marriage ban passed in his state's legislature to become law without his signature; there were also more anti-same-gender marriage maneuvers during the past week in the state legislatures of Kansas, Florida, Iowa, Wisconsin, Hawaii and Michigan; the Albany, New York Common Council votes to establish an official domestic partners registry for lesbian, gay and unmarried heterosexual couples, while Boston's City Council votes to extend healthcare benefits to the unmarried partners of its city employees, regardless of gender; the Lansing, Michigan City Council adds sexual orientation to its civil rights ordinance, but opponents are already planning a repeal effort; the U.S. Senate votes by unanimous consent to repeal a provision of an Armed Forces Appropriations bill requiring the discharge of military personnel with HIV, but it's uncertain if a similar repeal vote will pass in the House; AIDS claims the life of pioneering African-American queer military activist Perry Watkins at the age of 48; a Connecticut Supreme Court ruling upholds a ban on military recruiters on state college campuses because the Pentagon's anti-queer policy violates Connecticut's human rights law; and, bolstered by market research, Japanese automaker Subaru will target lesbians with a new series of ads in the lesbigay press next month [compiled & written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to BRIAN NUNES, BILL STOSINE, JASON LIN, GREG GORDON, REX WOCKNER, BJORN SKOLANDER, BO MORTENSON, LUIS MOTT and RON BUCKMIRE, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN and JON BEAUPRE] .............................................. 8:30 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for St. Patrick's Day in Syracuse & John Berendt features [:10] + About 200 members of P-FLAG (Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays) traveled to Washington, D.C. last week to lobby Congress in support of ENDA, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Reporter VERNA AVERY BROWN [Pacifica Network News] talks with GAIL & PAT RICKEY of the Houston, Texas P-FLAG chapter about their experiences not only in D.C., but as part of a busload of parent activists who promoted lesbigay rights along their route to the U.S. capital [3:35] ....................................................... 3:45 SEGMENT #3 - TWO I.D. by openly-queer country/western musical group Doug Stevens and the Outband (with an excerpt from their "Out In The Country") ..................................................... :40 SEGMENT #4 - Billboard for Berendt interview (:10) + While many Irish-American lesbigay activists have fought court battles trying to participate in St. Patrick's Day parades in some U.S. cities, The Gay & Lesbian Alliance of Syracuse has marched in that upstate New York city's festivities for the past 6 years, including this year's parade on March 17th. Correspondent EUGENE SONN [WRVO-FM/Oswego, N.Y.] explains why St. Patrick seems to favor lavendar with his green in Syracuse (intro/outro bagpipe music) [4:40] ............................ 4:50 SEGMENT #5 - JOHN BERENDT's "MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL" is the best-selling tale of a sensational murder trial in the genteel Southern town of Savannah, Georgia. The book has been on the New York Times best-seller list for more than 2 years, has sold more than a million copies worldwide, been translated into 11 languages, and is being made into the proverbial "major motion picture". In the second of a multi-part feature interview, TWO's JOSY CATOGGIO talks with Berendt about one of the real-life main characters in his book, Savannah's celebrated black drag queen The Lady Chablis [and his friends might call him "The"] (intro music from "Killer Queen" by QUEEN) .............................................................................. ..... 8:00 CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY ...................................................... 1:40 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME ....................................................................... 28:40 -------------------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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