************************************************* THIS WAY OUT Program #437 08-12-96 ************************************************* Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity ...................... 1:00 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: New scientific research seems to confirm that some homophobes are, in fact, closet cases; another study suggests that the more older brothers a man has, the more likely he is to be gay; Britain confronts the horrors of aversion therapy used in the past to "straighten out" gays; the European Union takes steps to equalize access for gays and lesbians and their spouses to the same facilities and benefits available to heterosexual E.U. workers; a judge orders the state of Oregon to extend full spousal benefits to its employees' gay and lesbian partners; authorities conduct raids on lesbigay venues in Santiago, Chile and Saint Petersburg, Russia; New Zealand's Christian Coaliton, using the U.S.-produced propoganda video "Gay Rights, Special Rights", is campaigning to end AIDS funding and to re-criminalize gay sex; the U.S. lesbigay rights lobby group The Human Rights Campaign buys TV ads in San Diego (just in time for this week's GOP Convention there) criticizing the Republican Party's legislative drive to ban legal same-gender marriages; and, writing in The Times of London about gays and lesbians in pop music, critic Caitlin Moran suggests, "If you can't tell whether a pop star is gay or not, then you're a heterosexual who hasn't got any gay friends, and it's probably for the best that you don't know anyway." [compiled and written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, GREG GORDON, RON BUCKMIRE and REX WOCKNER, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN and BRIAN NUNES] ............................................... 8:50 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for GLAMA feature [:05] + 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 committed to the process. In the conclusion of a two-part feature interview with This Way Out's CATHY STILL in Los Angeles, he grades Bill Clinton on lesbigay issues, takes issue with gay strategist and disaffected Clinton confidant David Mixner, critiques "moderate Republican" California Governor Pete Wilson, and discusses the important role his longtime spouse Herb Moses plays in his personal and professional life [4:30] + outro music: "To Know Him Is To Love Him" (entire cut), performed by THE FLIRTATIONS [3:10] ..................................................................... 7:45 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by Doug Stevens & The OutBand (with a musical excerpt from their "Out In The Country") ............... :35 SEGMENT #4 - Nominations for the first-ever GAY & LESBIAN AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS were announced during GLAMA-rous ceremonies in Hollywood on August 9th. This Way Out's CHRIS WILSON and PAM MARSHALL were on hand to prepare this report [with production wiz CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM], talking with and sampling music by some of the nominees (JEFF KRASSNER, MEN OUT LOUD, SALLY & MICHELLE, JALLEN RIX), and with GLAMA co-founder MICHAEL MITCHELL about why these awards are so important to many openly-queer musical performers .............................................................................. ................. 8:45 Closing Credits/Continuity ............................................................. 1:30 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME ........................................................................ 28:35 ----------------------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 *************************************************