************************************************* THIS WAY OUT Program #436 08-05-96 ************************************************* Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity ...................... 1:05 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: The gay and lesbian booth at the Zimbabwe International Book Fair wins in court but loses in the court of public opinon; U.S. Republican Congressmember JIM KOLBE of Arizona is forced out of the closet [with brief comments by RICH TAEFEL of the lesbigay Log Cabin Republicans and Kolbe himself]; a House-Senate conference committee deletes homophobic U.S. Congressmember Robert Dornan's amendments to a defense spending bill that would have required discharge of HIV-positive armed forces personnel and reinstated the pre-Clinton outright ban on military service by gays and lesbians; Coretta Scott King speaks to over 180,000 Prideful gays and lesbians in Atlanta; a lesbigay employment anti-discrimination measure is introduced -- and immediately killed -- in the British Parliament; the Russian Duma's Family Committee requests information on same-gender domestic partnerships in other countries; South African Airways extends spousal discounts to unmarried heterosexual and same-gender couples; and popular U.S. rapper Warren G. tries to explain his concealed weapon arrest outside a popular Los Angeles lesbian bar with "I wasn't at 'Gay Night' -- I was at 'Lesbian Night'." [compiled and written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, BILL STOSINE, GREG GORDON, RON BUCKMIRE, BJORN SKOLANDER, MARY SALOME & REX WOCKNER, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN & BRIAN NUNES] ................................................. 10:50 SEGMENT #2 - Late-breaking update from Harare: On August 3rd, the closing day of the Zimbabwe International Book Fair, an angry mob trashes and burns the Gays & Lesbians of Zimbabwe booth [reported by LUCIA CHAPPELLE] ................... :25 SEGMENT #3 - Billboard for Barney Frank interview [:05] + Alarm bells started ringing in Sydney, Australia's gay and lesbian communities in June when The Royal Commission Into Police Corruption turned its investigation to pedophelia in the 1970's and 80's. Those concerns proved valid when the Commission focused its entire attention on homosexual activity, which was illegal in New South Wales until 1984, and began subpoenaing confidential academic studies and other private information. In Sydney, MICHAEL SCHEMBRI [from 2SER-FM's "Gaywaves", with production assistance by BOB DAVIS] speaks with JENNIFER WILSON of The Gay & Lesbian Rights Lobby and gay academic GARY DOWSETT about the threat to academic freedom there, and the problems raised by the discriminatory age of consent for gay men (brief intro music from "Dark Ages" by WORLD ENTERTAINMENT WAR) ............... 7:00 SEGMENT #4 - "TWO" I.D. by gay author/political commentator Andrew Sullivan .............................................................................. .......... :35 SEGMENT #5 - For many gays and lesbians across the political spectrum, at least some disappointment with each of the alternatives is casting a pall over the current U.S. presidential campaign season. But openly-gay Democratic Congressmember BARNEY FRANK of Massachusetts remains staunchly commited to the process. In the first of a two-part feature interview, he shares his analysis of the 1996 national elections with This Way Out's CATHY STILL (outro music from "Fight The Fight" by LIVING COLOUR, with a tease from next week's Part 2) .............................................................................. .................................... 7:00 Closing Credits/Continuity ............................................................. 1:35 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME ........................................................................ 28:30 ----------------------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, and through 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 *************************************************