************************************************* THIS WAY OUT Program #451 11-18-96 ************************************************* Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity ...................... 1:15 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Sweden considers a smorgasbord of lesbigay rights legislation; Taiwan witnesses its first gay wedding, as opponents in more U.S. states (Texas, Florida, Maine, Oregon) move against same-gender marriage, while Pennsylvania's Episcopal Diocese votes to support church ceremonies for gay and lesbian couples; Illinois' Republican Governor Jim Edgar issues an Executive Order banning job discrimination based on sexual orientation in all state agencies; Orange County, California Republican Robert Dornan, the most offensive homophobe in the U.S. House of Representatives, may have lost the seat he's held for 18 years to Democrat and political novice Loretta Sanchez -- the final tally is scheduled for certification on November 26th; a Michigan jury convicts Jonathan Schmitz of 2nd degree murder in the notorious "TV talk show murder" of open gay Scott Amedure, with sentencing scheduled for December 4th; the just-released updated BBC Producer Guidelines encourage fair treatment of gays and lesbians, but caution against depiction of lesbigay sexuality; and Jimmy Stewart's "George Bailey" character won't claim he's gay in a now scuttled parody, "Escape From A Wonderful Life" [compiled and written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, GRAHAM UNDERHILL, BJORN SKOLANDER, REX WOCKNER, RON BUCKMIRE, LUCIA CHAPPELLE and GREG GORDON, and anchored by BRIAN NUNES and CINDY FRIEDMAN] ....................................... 10:10 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for "The 2 Capetowns" feature [:05] + "This Way Out" support message by New Mexico lesbigay activist Martha Trolin [:20] ................................................................. :25 SEGMENT #3 - He cut his activist teeth in the Cracker Barrel Restaurant protests a few years ago while still a fledgling auto worker. Now, with the support of the United Auto Workers, RON WOODS has taken on the CHRYSLER CORPORATION as principle organizer of a campaign to gain protected status for its lesbigay employees. The first nationwide demonstrations were held on November 14th, and are expected to continue. In an interview with BRENT KULBA [from CJAM-FM/ Windsor, Ontario, Canada], Woods graphically describes why queer workers at Chrysler need protection (intro music from "They Don't Want To See Us" by TOM WILSON-WEINBERG) .............................................................................. 9:05 contact info given out during this segment: fi Protest letters may be mailed to Chrysler CEO Robert Eaton, 800 Chrysler Drive, Auburn Hills, MI 48371 fi Ron Woods may be reached via email at MichRook@aol.com, or by postal mail c/o Pride At Work, P.O. Box 915, Royal Oak, MI 48068 SEGMENT #4 - "TWO" I.D. by gay Black South African anti-apartheid activist Simon Nkoli (with a musical excerpt from "Freedom Is Azania" by LILLIAN ALLEN) [:20] + What is life like for gays and lesbians in post-apartheid South Africa? This on-scene report by NIGEL WRENCH [BBC Radio 5 Live's "Out This Week"] from "THE 2 CAPETOWNS", with comments by NEVILLE JUSTY, producer of South Africa's only lesbigay radio program "In The Pink", Black lesbian township activist TERESA RASENBERG, and "Gay Escapes" tour guide owner DANIEL CROKAMP, suggests that equal rights specified in the country's new constitution haven't yet helped to bridge the gap between the mostly-white and affluent Capetown gay tourist mecca and the outlying mostly-Black isolated and economically- depressed townships [5:25] .............................................................. 5:45 Closing Credits/Continuity ............................................................. 1:45 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME ........................................................................ 28:25 ----------------------Please note------------------------ Anyone with questions, suggestions, or NEWS stories is encouraged to email "T.W.O." 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