************************************************* THIS WAY OUT Program #430 06-24-96 ************************************************* Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity ...................... 1:10 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Citing its ruling striking down Colorado's Amendment 2 last month, the U.S. Supreme Court this week orders a lower court to re-think its previous ruling upholding a similar measure, Issue 3, passed by voters in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1993; with royal assent, the additon of sexual orientation to non-discrimination protections in Canada's Human Rights Act becomes the law of the land; Australia's Senate establishes a committee to review federal sexual orientation anti-discrimination legislation; despite international condemnation, the Parliament of the Australian island state of Tasmania reaffirms its anti-gay sodomy law, but the upper house of the South Australian state Parliament approves a measure to recognize same-gender domestic partnerships; France's Socialist Party says it will introduce a measure in Parliament to establish limited legal same-gender domestic partnerships; North Carolina becomes the 13th U.S. state to enact a law denying legal recognition to gay and lesbian marriages performed in another state; the Massachusetts Senate extends the state's hate crimes law to include homophobic violence as a basis for increased sentencing; the Texas Supreme Court unanimously rules that the state GOP can exclude the lesbigay Log Cabin Republicans from exhibit space at the state's party convention; a bar raid reminiscent of "Stonewall" -- without the riots -- angers activists in Germany; gays and lesbians march for pride in France and The Philippines, and EuroPride begins 10 days of festivities in Copenhagen, where 20,000 are expected to participate; and despite last week's threatened boycott of Disney by the U.S. Southern Baptist Conference, the entertainment giant stands firm in its commitment to provide spousal health benefits to the domestic partners of its gay and lesbian employees, and a song from Disney's latest animated feature "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" boosts T-shirt sales at the 6th annual "Gay Day" at Disney World in Orlando, Florida (with an excerpt from Quasimodo's anthem "Out There", performed by TOM HULCE) [compiled and written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, BILL STOSINE, GREG GORDON, RON BUCKMIRE and BJORN SKOLANDER, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN and BRIAN NUNES] ............. 9:50 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for "Stonewall" and "Drag Queen" features [:10] + ILGA - The International Lesbian & Gay Association - issues a Worldwide Pride Proclamation this week from its headquarters in Brussels, Belgium [read by GREG GORDON] (outro music tag from "Gay & Proud" by THE BERKELEY WOMENS MUSIC COLLECTIVE) [2:15] ............................................... 2:25 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by "male actress" Charles Pierce (as Bette Davis) w/Judy Garland tag [:25] + Billboard for "Drag Queen" feature [:05] + First there was the bar, then the riots, and now it's the movie -- "STONEWALL" is the BBC docudrama recounting the events leading up to the historic riots at the Stonewall Inn in New York City in June 1969 that sparked the modern lesbigay rights movement. The film, told from the point of view of a fictional Hispanic drag queen, has been released in the U.K. just in time for Pride Month, and will reach U.S. screens in July. Screenwriter RIKKI BEADLE BLAIR tells NIGEL WRENCH [from BBC Radio 5 Live's "Out This Week"] that in part, the film is an affirmation and celebration of drag queens and their pioneering role in the struggle for acceptance and equality [4:55] .............................................................................. .. 5:25 SEGMENT #4 - "TWO" I.D. by comic actor Terry Sweeney (as Nancy Reagan) [:15] + "DRAG QUEEN" is ROBERT RODI's latest best-selling comic novel. He tells This Way Out's JON BEAUPRE why he's so fond of writing about such characters, and discusses the mainstream's prevailing preoccupation with cross-dressing men [production assistance by CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM] (intro/outro music from "Wild Women Do" by NATALIE COLE) [6:45] ........................................................................... 7:00 Closing Credits/Continuity ............................................................. 1:35 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME ........................................................................ 27:25 ----------------------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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