************************************************* THIS WAY OUT Program #422 04-29-96 ************************************************* OPENING TEASES/THEME MUSIC/INTRO CONTINUITY .............. 1:10 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Dutch members of the European Parliament ask if legalizing same-gender marriage in The Netherlands would conflict with any European Union regulations, while same-gender partners win legal recognition in A.C.T., the Australian capital city; legal recognition of gay and lesbian couples and civil rights protections for gays, lesbians and transgenders will be considered in both the Australian federal Parliament and the New South Wales state Parliament during their respective upcoming legislative sessions; ILGA-Portugal becomes the first lesbigay group to win legal recognition in that country; there's a renewed promise from Canada's Justice Minister to add sexual orientation to the country's Human Rights Act; Tasmania's sodomy law continues to make news, both in that Australian island state, and through a demonstration against it by U.S. members of Amnesty International; homophobic U.S. Congressmember Robert Dornan moves to reinstate the just-repealed regulation banning HIV-positive military personnel, and, for good measure, to also rescind the Clinton "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, while U.S. Marine Reserve Corporal Kevin Blaesing becomes the latest victim of the U.S. ban on military service by open gays and lesbians; the U.S. Council of Bishops of the United Methodist Church votes to continue its ban on ordaining open gays and lesbians, and to maintain the position that homosexuality is incompatible with Church teaching; "The Birdcage" becomes the top-grossing gay-themed film of all time in the U.S., surpassing even "Philadelphia" by several million dollars; according to "The Stonewall Index", U.S. corporations with queer-friendly policies were remarkably profitable last year, while British businesses have provided record support to Manchester's fourth annual gay and lesbian arts festival, "It's Queer Up North"; and star Kelsey Grammar of NBC-TV's "Frasier" talks about U.S. sitcoms' gay sensibilities and "dull straight men" [compiled and written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to BRIAN NUNES, BILL STOSINE, REX WOCKNER, JASON LIN, GREG GORDON, BJORN SKOLANDER, RON BUCKMIRE, ILGA-Portugal's GONCALO DINIZ and Australia's "BROTHER-SISTER"; anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN and BRIAN NUNES] ......................................... 9:25 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for Kurt Chandler feature [:35] + Lesbigay and heterosexual educators are increasingly uniting to battle the Religious Right in local school board elections, and around policy decisions affecting educational resources and curricula. For example, the Second Annual West Coast Conference of GLSTN, The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Teachers Network, convened in Los Angeles in late April, even as the Utah State Legislature was voting to ban all extracurricular school clubs in reaction to attempts by teens at a Salt Lake City high school to form a gay/straight student alliance. This Way Out's MIKE WILBER was at the GLSTN Conference to prepare this report [with production assistance by CHRIS WILSON, PAM MARSHALL and CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM; includes excerpts from the opening keynote address by DONNA RED WING of The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, and comments by CLAYTON VETTER, who in late February became the first public school teacher in Utah to come out as a gay man; Oscar winner DEBRA CHASNOFF, who discusses her latest film, "It's Elementary", with reaction by two Conference participants following a screening there; actress/activist JAMIE LEE CURTIS; and multi-talented performer ROBERT GUILLAME] (with musical excerpts from "One Of The Enemy" by ROMANOVSKY & PHILLIPS; "In The Best Interests Of The Children" by CRIS WILLIAMSON; "My Old School" by STEELY DAN; and a live performance at the Conference by ROBERT GUILLAME of "Music Of The Night") [7:00] ........................................................ 7:35 SEGMENT #3 - TWO I.D. by lesbian singers/songwriters Cris Williamson and Tret Fure [:10] + Heterosexual journalist KURT CHANDLER's 1992 special feature for the Minneapolis Star Tribune formed the basis of his 1995 book "PASSAGES OF PRIDE: LESBIAN & GAY YOUTH COME OF AGE". In the conclusion of our 3-part feature interview, Chandler talks with This Way Out's JOSY CATOGGIO about the critical need by lesbigay teens for positive role models, and the Religious Right's war against school programs for queer youth (outro music from "Something Inside So Strong" by THE FLIRTATIONS) ............. 9:40 [Note ==> THE TOLL-FREE U.S. NATIONWIDE QUEER TEEN HOTLINE NUMBER MENTIONED IN LAST WEEK'S INSTALLMENT IS 1-800-347-TEEN] CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY ...................................................... 1:10 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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