************************************************* THIS WAY OUT Program #418 04-01-96 ************************************************* Celebrating the anniversary of the very first THIS WAY OUT program, distributed April 1, 1988 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * SPECIAL OPENING: An excerpt from "Birthday" by THE BEATLES segues directly into OPENING TEASES/THEME MUSIC/ INTRO CONTINUITY .............................................................................. .. 1:25 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Costa Rican activists win legal recognition, while Australia's High Court schedules a challenge to Tasmania's sodomy law for August or September; Colorado's Roy Romer is the first governor to veto a legislatively-passed measure to ban recognition of same-gender marriage, while Kentucky joins 12 other states where such bills have been defeated or withdrawn; meanwhile, Alaska and Illinois state senates pass similar bills, and Iceland's government proposes a legal domestic partner registry; The Vatican urges Italian voters not to support candidates who favor "translating homosexual demands into law", while the liberal Central Conference of American Rabbis votes to support legal marriage for same-gender couples; U.S. District Judge Sondra Brown Armstrong declares the Clinton "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" military policy unconstitutional and orders the reinstatement of openly-gay California Army National Guard Lieutenant Andrew Holmes, while the first openly-gay U.S. servicemember to be reinstated, Petty Officer Keith Meinhold, retires from the Navy, and U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan restrains the Navy from discharging suspected lesbian sailor Amy Barnes; we detail the victories of several lesbian and gay candidates in U.S. primary elections during March; and Rombi, a bull who sexually favors "bull next door" Rodler, is a hero in the rebuilding of war-torn Bosnia because his female offspring produce an average of 25 percent more milk than their mothers' other daughters [compiled & written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to BRIAN NUNES, BILL STOSINE, JASON LIN, GREG GORDON, REX WOCKNER, BJORN SKOLANDER, DAVID WILLIAMS, "BROTHER-SISTER" and RON BUCKMIRE, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN & GREG GORDON] ............................................ 9:55 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for 2-Steppin' Lesbigay Brits feature and John Berendt interview [:10] + Mayor Willie Brown and several San Francisco Supervisors officiated at a mass wedding for almost 200 gay and lesbian couples on March 25th, organized by openly-lesbian Supervisor (and now California Assemblymember Carole Migden). While many U.S. state legislators seem to be falling all over themselves in a rush to deny recognition to same-gender couples, official San Francisco -- and the couples who participated -- delighted in taking their own stand. Correspondent KATHRYN SIMMINS [KPFA-FM/Berkeley, with thanks to MARY SALOME and PAUL VAN DE CARR] provides an on-scene report (intro music from "Chapel Of Love" by THE DIXIE CUPS; outro music from "Love And Marriage" by FRANK SINATRA) .............................................. 4:40 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by openly-lesbian actress Amanda Bearse ("Marcy D'Arcy" on the hit Fox TV sitcom "Married...With Children") [:10] + Billboard for Berendt interview (:05) + The popularity of country/western music has increased dramatically in the U.S. lesbigay community in recent years ... but you may be surprised to hear that queer cowboys and cowgirls are not just line-dancing in the States. From London, REBECCA SANDLES and JOHN KEEN [BBC Radio 5 Live's "Out This Week"] profile drag country singer TINA C, Scotland's WELL-OILED SISTERS, and explore the growing queer country/western scene in the U.K. ................................................ 4:20 SEGMENT #4 - "TWO" 9th Anniversary I.D. [:15] + 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 conclusion of JOSY CATOGGIO's 3-part This Way Out feature interview, Berendt discusses the Southern-style "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" attitude towards homosexuality, being the "good Yankee" from New York City, his continuing affection for Savannah, and his next project (outro music from "Georgia On My Mind" by RAY CHARLES) .............. 7:00 CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY ...................................................... 1:35 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME ........................................................................ 28:55 -------------------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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