************************************************* THIS WAY OUT Program #421 04-22-96 ************************************************* OPENING TEASES/THEME MUSIC/INTRO CONTINUITY .............. 1:00 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: The Dutch Parliament sets up a commission to study legalizing same-gender marriage, while Kansas becomes the fifth U.S. state to refuse to recognize such unions -- and Arizona and Alaska may be next; a vote at a Nantucket, Massachusetts Town Meeting will allow same-gender couples to register as domestic partners, while the Boulder, Colorado Human Relations Commission recommends establishing a domestic partners registry there; the 1996 Summer Olympics won't be carrying a torch for homophobia -- the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games decides that the traditional torch relay will bypass nearby Cobb County, which passed a resolution in 1994 condemning "the homosexual lifestyle"; queer activists hold national meetings in Argentina and Bolivia; a new lesbian group called Safo is established in St. Petersburg, Russia; activists in Uruguay lobby for equal rights in the sex industry; Serbian activists campaign against outdated definitions of homosexuality in the country's leading psychiatric texts; openly-gay M.P. Svend Robinson once again introduces a bill to add sexual orientation to Canada's Human Rights Act; San Francisco's Human Rights Commission condemns the California Department of The American Legion for sexual orientation discrimination against its largely-lesbigay Alexander Hamilton Post, while the faculty at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) votes overwhelmingly to open the campus Reserve Officers Training Corps (R.O.T.C.) to gays and lesbians, even though they can't serve openly in the U.S. military; and, homophobic Austin, Texas radio broadcaster Wyatt Roberts, who campaigned on his program for an advertiser boycott of the lesbigay newspaper "The Texas Triangle", is himself taken off the air [compiled and written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to BRIAN NUNES, BILL STOSINE, REX WOCKNER, JASON LIN, GREG GORDON, BJORN SKOLANDER, ANDY QUAN, ALEJANDRA SARDA and RON BUCKMIRE, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN and BRIAN NUNES] .............................................................................. . 10:45 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for Kurt Chandler feature [:10] + QUEER PARENTS - Reporting from London, REBECCA SANDLES [BBC Radio 5 Live's "Out This Week"] looks at the case of a gay father denied access to his children because of his sexual orientation, and talks with ANGELA MASON, Executive Director of the British lesbigay lobby group Stonewall, about her organization's activities in support of lesbian and gay parents (intro/outro music from "Love Is All It Takes" by ROMANOVSKY & PHILLIPS) .............................................................................. ................ 5:45 SEGMENT #3 - TWO I.D. by Olympic diving champ Greg Louganis [:10] + QUEER KIDS - Author KURT CHANDLER's 1992 special feature for the Minneapolis Star Tribune formed the basis for his 1995 book, "PASSAGES OF PRIDE: LESBIAN & GAY YOUTH COME OF AGE". In the second of a 3-part feature interview, Chandler talks with TWO's JOSY CATOGGIO about the serious dangers teens face in coming out, but also has lots to say about the success stories he encountered (outro music from "On Children" by THE FLIRTATIONS) .............................................. 9:55 CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY ...................................................... 1:30 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. ESTES GUADALUPE FOUNDATION, THE GILL FOUNDATION, THE KICKING ASSETS FUND OF THE TIDES FOUNDATION, and by individual donations from listeners worldwide. ************************************************* For a current list of participating stations and lots of other information about THIS WAY OUT (including audiocassette subscription information), please visit our continually- updated World Wide Web home page -- you can find it on the Queer Resources Directory ... Our page is at http://www.qrd.org/qrd/www/media/radio/thiswayout *************************************************