************************************************* THIS WAY OUT Program #440 09-02-96 ************************************************* Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity ...................... 1:10 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Buenos Aires may become the first city in Spanish-speaking Latin America to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation*; local activists claim that the murder last week of Buenos Aires transvestite activist Mocha Celis was at the hands of the police; despite lay and Evangelical Church opposition, a local minister performs Austria's first same-gender church wedding; unmarried same-gender domestic partners in Belgium are now eligible for the same unemployment benefits as legally married couples; Alabama's governor Fob James Executive Orders a ban on same-gender marriages there; Florida lesbian mom Mary Ward loses another judicial round in her custody battle for daughter Cassey; government officials express concern for the safety of Israeli Supreme Court Chief Justice Aharon Barak, whose rulings, including those favorable to gays and lesbians, have prompted scathing attacks by the country's ultraorthodox Jewish press and politicians; RFSL, Sweden's largest lesbigay organization, advocates for queer youth and in support of protections for children from sexual abuse during the first World Congress Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Stockholm; pre-empting a threatened "outing" by a disgruntled constituent, Tempe, Arizona Mayor Neil Giuliano announces that he is, indeed, a gay man; and "Nixon Off The Record", a new book by a woman who assisted the former U.S. president in his final years, reveals that he gave more thought to gays and lesbians than many might have presumed [compiled and written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, RON BUCKMIRE, ALEJANDRA SARDA, ANDY QUAN, ALAN REEKIE and GREG GORDON, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN and DYLAN LITTLEFIELD] .............................................................................. .............. 9:20 *SEGMENT #2 - A late-arriving update to this week's NewsWrap lead story: In a unanimous vote on August 30th honoring "the right to be different", the Statutory Convention establishing home rule in Buenos Aires makes it the first city in Spanish-speaking Latin America to enact a human rights law which includes anti-discrimination protections for gays & lesbians [GREG GORDON reports] ....................................................... :40 SEGMENT #3 - Billboard for Hong Kong feature [:10] + A sizable contingent of openly gay and lesbian delegates participated in the DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION last week in Chicago -- but while they may have been seen, they were rarely heard from or mentioned at the podium. This special report by LUCIA CHAPPELLE and GREG GORDON recapping the Convention from a queer perspective includes comments in support of Bill Clinton, despite his disappointing record on lesbigay issues, by activist MANDY CARTER, an African-American lesbian who's working on the Harvey Gantt campaign to defeat North Carolina's homophobic U.S. Senator Jesse Helms this November [interviewed from the Convention floor by FRANK STOLTZE/KPFK-Los Angeles/4:30], and excerpts from podium speeches using the "G" word by Senator TED KENNEDY of Massachusetts and the Convention-capping nomination acceptance speech by President BILL CLINTON (outro music from "You Can't Always Get What You Want" by THE ROLLING STONES) ........................................................................ 11:05 SEGMENT #4 - TWO I.D. by comic actor Terry Sweeney (as "Nancy Reagan") [:15] + In less than a year, Beijing takes control of HONG KONG, and while the Hong Kong government is moving on protective legislation for some vulnerable groups, it previously announced that it would not outlaw discrimination against gays and lesbians. Queer activists are lobbying for a Private Members Bill to force the government's hand, but as PETROC TRELAWNY [BBC Radio 5 Live's "Out This Week"] reports, they have a tough road ahead trying to rally a typically apolitical lesbigay community to demand their rights before next year's transfer of power [includes comments by RODDY SHAW of the Horizons lesbigay helpline, local campaigner ROBIN ADAMS and veteran gay activist JULIAN CHAN] .............................................................................. ............................ 5:15 Closing Credits/Continuity ............................................................. 1:30 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME ........................................................................ 29:00 ----------------------Please note------------------------ Anyone with questions, suggestions, or NEWS stories is encouraged to email "T.W.O." 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