************************************************* THIS WAY OUT Program #449 11-04-96 ************************************************* Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity ...................... 1:15 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Russian activists are warning that Chechnya may soon enact the death penalty for homosexual acts; TV talk-show host Jenny Jones testifies at the Michigan trial of Jonathan Schmitz, accused of the gay-bashing murder of Scott Amedure after the two appeared on a Jones "secret crush" show; pioneering Czech sexologist Kurt Freund, whose research led him to advocate for gay rights in the early 1970's, dies by his own hand at the age of 82; the final tally in New Zealand's October elections leaves the nation's first openly-gay MP Chris Carter 138 votes short of re-election, but sees the election of another gay man, Tim Barnett, to his first term; certain men in Honduras are being encouraged to marry each other - prisoners at the Central Penitentiary in Tegucigalpa; a new poll published by "Newsweek" magazine with its November 4th cover story on lesbigay families suggests increasing acceptance in the U.S. for gay and lesbian parents; a group in Santa Clara, California led by evangelical church members has gathered enough signatures to force a referendum on a domestic partners registry the County Board of Supervisors enacted in August; U.S.-based chemical giant DuPont announces that their 1997 Tour DuPont Bicycle Race (one of the world's top 5 such events) will bypass Greenville County, South Carolina because of the County Board's resolution condemning the "homosexual lifestyle" earlier this year; openly-gay 1996 U.S. Men's Figure Skating Champ Rudy Galindo finishes a disappointing 4th in his first professional skating competition; Britain's Rugby Union Federation grants full official membership to Europe's first gay-only rugby club, Surrey's King's Cross Steelers; and openly-gay star Australian rugger Ian Roberts advocates integration, saying he just wants to "play the game, not the field" [compiled and written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, RON BUCKMIRE, KEVIN JENSEN, GRAHAM UNDERHILL, ANDY QUAN, MARK PROFFITT, REX WOCKNER, LUCIA CHAPPELLE & GREG GORDON; anchored by BRIAN NUNES & CINDY FRIEDMAN] ..... 10:10 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for "Bound" and lesbian politics features [:10] + Updating a story "This Way Out" first reported in August, the scope of the New South Wales (Australia) ROYAL COMMISSION INTO POLICE CORRUPTION has been expanded to include alleged cases of gay pedophelia dating back to the 1970's, whether or not police corruption was involved. At least 10 gay men have been arrested after police raided their homes, and another man was recently charged with "indecent assault of buggery" with young men aged 15 to 17 -- acts which allegedly took place in 1979 -- and are primarly prosecutable only because of the unequal age of consent laws in the state (16 for hetero men, 18 for gay men). Reporter MICHAEL SCHEMBRI [2SER-FM/Sydney's "GayWaves"] talks with JENNIFER WILSON of the Gay & Lesbian Commission Watch about the latest developments (intro music from "Love & Justice" by JUDY FJELL) [5:25] ........................................................ 5:35 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by openly-gay British rocker Tom Robinson (with an excerpt from the Tom Robinson Band's "Glay To Be Gay") .............................................................................. .................. :30 SEGMENT #4 - Billboard for lesbian politics feature [:10] + A new lesbian-themed "heist" movie has raised some controvery because of its overt sexuality and graphic violence. Nevertheless, "BOUND" has garnered generally favorable reviews from U.S. film critics. This review by TWO's JON BEAUPRE [with thanks to PAUL WUNDER and CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM] includes a clip from the movie and comments by co-star JENNIFER TILLEY [4:15] .......................... 4:25 SEGMENT #5 - Two recent books on British lesbian politics from two very different perpsectives mirror the conflicts and concerns of activists worldwide. In London, REBECCA SANDLES [BBC Radio 5 Live's "Out This Week"] brought the authors together (EMMA HEALEY, author of "Lesbian Sex Wars" and LYNNE HARNE, co-editor of "All The Rage: Reasserting Radical Lesbian Feminism") to argue their analyses ............................. 5:45 Closing Credits/Continuity ............................................................. 1:05 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME ........................................................................ 28:45 ----------------------Please note------------------------ Anyone with questions, suggestions, or NEWS stories is encouraged to email "T.W.O." 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