************************************************* THIS WAY OUT Program #441 09-09-96 ************************************************* Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity ...................... 1:15 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Thanks to a procedural maneuver splitting consideration of DOMA (Defense Of Marriage Act) and the newly-revived ENDA (Employment Non-Discrimination Act) into two separate free standing bills, the issue of discrimination against lesbians and gay men is debated for the first time in history on the floor of the U.S. Senate; the Oregon Attorney General's appeal delays implementation of last month's groundbreaking court ruling requiring the state to extend spousal benefits to the gay and lesbian partners of its employees; pressure builds on The Cayman Islands to reform its sodomy laws; a British female-to-male transsexual goes to the European Court of Human Rights seeking legal recognition as co-parent of his female partner's child by artificial insemination; a Lutheran marriage ceremony uniting two gay men pre-dates by a few days the previously-announced August 31st "first" such same-gender Evangelical Church wedding of two lesbians in Austria; Tokyo queers march for Pride for the third consecutive year, but few -- especially the mainstream media -- seem to notice; the Phoenix, Arizona-based Gay Community Yellow Pages, distributed free in 13 U.S. cities, reports revenue of 2.6 million dollars in its most recent fiscal year, establishing Marci Alt's 6-year-old operation as probably the largest such queer directory in the country; several mainstream U.S. investment funds and brokerage houses have finally discovered the lesbigay market; PlanetOut, the worldwide online community of lesbian, gay, bi and transpeople, launches its innovative service (which includes transcripts and audio of "This Way Out") on America Online and the World Wide Web; the U.S. supermarket tabloid "The Globe" describes the happily-lesbian family life of popular comic, actress and talk show host Rosie O'Donnell; and what do MTV's bizarre cartoon couch potatoes Beavis & Butthead, crooner Engelbert Humperdinck and lesbian seagulls have in common? [compiled and written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, REX WOCKNER, RON BUCKMIRE, LYN GERRY and GREG GORDON, and anchored by BRIAN NUNES and CINDY FRIEDMAN] ........................................................... 10:25 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for Senate ENDA debate feature and Jallen Rix CD cut [:10] + Queer journalists from around the U.S. -- and a few from Canada and England -- were "Making Waves" in Miami, Florida September 5th through 8th at the annual convention of the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, discussing everything from the impact of the internet to coming out in the newsroom. In this report, This Way Out's JON BEAUPRE talks with NLGJA founder and president LEROY AARONS; TOM RIELLY, founder and president of cyberspace's newest queer area PlanetOut; ABC Radio Network reporter LINDA MOORE; and DR. KAREN BROWN, Dean of Faculty at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies (brief intro music from THE WHO's "Tommy") ................................................................. 4:15 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by gay playwright/performance artist Luis Alfaro and lesbian comic Monica Palacios [:20] + On September 6th, a procedural compromise led to discussion in the U.S. Senate -- the first-ever such Congressional floor debate -- on the issue of discrimination against lesbians and gay men. The proposed legislation was ENDA - the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. From a report that evening by VERNA AVERY BROWN on the Pacifica Network News, we have excerpts from the sometimes-impassioned debate, featuring Senators EDWARD KENNEDY (D-MA), NANCY KASSEBAUM (R-KS), PAUL SIMON (D-IL), DON NICKLES (R-OK) and DIANNE FEINSTEIN (D-CA) .............................................................................. .......................... 7:40 // segues directly to // SEGMENT #4 - "We Have Learned To Hate", a cut from Gay & Lesbian American Music Awards nominee JALLEN RIX's album "The Sacred & The Queer" .................................................................. 3:30 Closing Credits/Continuity ............................................................. 1:10 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME ........................................................................ 28:35 ----------------------Please note------------------------ Anyone with questions, suggestions, or NEWS stories is encouraged to email "T.W.O." 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