************************************************* THIS WAY OUT Program #445 10-07-96 ************************************************* [Spoken:] "It's alright, you may all come out"/Theme Music/Intro Continuity ........................................................................ :45 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Italy's foreign minister and Austria's chancellor jointly propose a major human rights clause, specifically including sexual orientation, to be part of the basic treaty of the European Union; gays and lesbians in Durban, South Africa push for anti-discrimination protections; a Canadian Supreme Court review of a discrimination case involving an openly-gay man fired from an Edmonton university because of the school's religious objections to homosexuality could lead to the addition of sexual orientation to Alberta's provincial human rights law; a Human Rights Commission ruling in Ontario orders all the cities in that Canadian province to extend spousal benefits to the domestic partners of their gay and lesbian employees; Revenue Canada reverses a previous interpretation of the country's Income Tax Act which had taxed workplace spousal health benefits for the partners of lesbian and gay employees--the same benefits are tax free for both married and unmarried heterosexual couples; in the first such award under a 2-year-old anti-defamation law in the Australian state of New South Wales, a heterosexual couple who had harassed and threatened an openly-gay pensioner with AIDS is ordered by the Equal Opportunity Tribunal to pay him $50,000 in damages; Zimbabwe Attorney General Patrick Chinamasa says he won't prosecute the leaders of a group of men who threatened members and burned down the booth of the country's lesbigay group GALZ at July's International Book Fair, describing it as a protest demonstration protected by constitutional guarantees; in Argentina, even though "police edicts" (which allowed authorities to arrest, jail and torture anyone at any time without judicial review) have been banned in Buenos Aires' newly-established provisions for home rule, sexual minorities are reportedly being victimized there more than ever before the new rules take effect; the state of Western Australia's celebration of Lesbian & Gay Pride all this month reaches from Perth to New York City; about 250 activists meet in Anchorage, Alaska for a statewide lesbigay conference titled "Health, Growth, Spirit"; and several "AIDS Walks" in cities across North America net millions for HIV education and care programs [compiled and written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to Brian Nunes, Jason Lin, Rex Wockner, Alejandra Sarda, Alan Reekie, Andy Quan, Bjorn Skolander and Greg Gordon, and anchored by BRIAN NUNES and JEAN FREER] .... 10:00 SEGMENT #2 - The 8th annual NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY will be celebrated in cities around the globe on October 11th. On that day, gays and lesbians are urged to "take their next step" in the ongoing process of self-disclosure to friends, family and co-workers. This Way Out observes NCOD with a collage of music, humor and some words of wisdom: intro continuity [:20] and music from "No Hiding Place", written and performed by MARY WATKINS [:50]; "first awareness" vox pop [:40]; PHILIP COQUET, MICHAEL KATZ, DAVID GAINES and PRINCE PANNESI in excerpts from a decades-old theatrical presentation about coming out called "Without Reservations"[3:45]; author and therapist DR. DON CLARK ("Loving Someone Gay" and "Living Gay") talks with TWO's GREG GORDON about the exaggerated fears most people experience prior to coming out to people who are important in their lives, and the prerequisite of self-acceptance in the successful coming out process [2:30]; a musical excerpt from "I'm Okay", performed by STYX [2:10]; a special NCOD message from openly-lesbian actress AMANDA BEARSE ("Married...With Children") [:20]; "TWO" I.D., with an excerpt from their "Out In The Country", by DOUG STEVENS & THE OUTBAND [:35]; a message for her lesbigay children from "Mother Nature" (DUSTY STREET) [1:15]; "better blatant than latent" advice from "Lula" (LILY TOMLIN) [:25]; ROMANOVSKY & PHILLIPS' live-in-concert performance of "Let's Flaunt It!" [1:35]; and a concluding message by lesbian-feminist activist and poet PAT PARKER: "For the Straight Folks (Who Don't Mind Gays, But Wish They Weren't So Blatant)" [2:00] ................... 16:25 Closing Credits/Continuity ............................................................. 1:20 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. ************************************************* Transcripts and *audio* of This Way Out programs are now available in cyberspace! 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