************************************************* THIS WAY OUT Program #453 12-02-96 ************************************************* Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity ...................... 1:15 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Austria moves toward repealing its bans on gay and lesbian organizations and dissemination of positive information about homosexuality; one provision of the Alachua County, Florida 1994 voter-approved ballot measure repealing the local lesbigay rights ordinance is overturned by a federal court; Denmark's Enhedslisten (Red-Green Alliance) Party endorses complete equality for gay and lesbian couples; in Australia, the Queensland state government sacks the entire staff of its Anti-Discrimination Commisson, the News South Wales state Supreme Court denies a lesbian inheritance rights to the estate of her deceased partner of 16 years, and, saying he wants to "turn back the clock", Queensland's Minister for Family Services Kevin Lingard announces that single men and gay and lesbian couples will no longer be considered "suitable" as foster parents; pressured by conservative religious political factions, Israel's Education Minister Zevulun Hamer cancels a scheduled episode about lesbigay teens on a youth-oriented TV series there; Britain's direct action group OutRage! targets 15 MP's for "outing" during the upcoming general elections campaign; progressive members of Sweden's Parliament continue to propose sweeping legislation favorable to lesbigay citizens there, and to foreign nationals fleeing persecution in their home countries; one of the Taliban mullahs who now rule most of Afghanistan describes to a "New York Times" reporter the debate among religious scholars there about the appropriate method of execution for homosexuality; the Greek Orthodox Church suspends three monks and a priest of the Osios Theodoros monastery after allegations of homosexual orgies are detailed during a top-rated national TV program; Canadian Lawrence Aronovitch will replace the departing Andy Quan as Coordinator of ILGA, the International Lesbian & Gay Association; and in observance of World AIDS Day, cartoonist Keith Knight in his syndicated U.S. cartoon strip "The K-Chronicles" fondly remembers the "gay Gene" in his family [compiled and written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, RON BUCKMIRE, SUSAN GAGE, MORTEN KABELL, GRAHAM UNDERHILL, ANDY QUAN, BJOERN SKOLANDER, REX WOCKNER, LUCIA CHAPPELLE & GREG GORDON, and anchored by BRIAN NUNES and CINDY FRIEDMAN] ....................................... 10:05 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for L.A. Center's 25th Anniversary feature [:10] + "TWO" I.D. by Doug Stevens & The Outband (with a brief musical excerpt from their "Out In The Country") [:35] + In the second of our 3-part series exploring the lives of lesbians on the land in Northern Minnesota, we meet homesteaders Betty and Lee, two women who moved to a country farm from Duluth, a city of 80,000 people at the western tip of Lake Superior. As KAREN BAUMAN [KUMD-FM/Duluth] reports, they've exchanged the pulse of city life for the rhythm of the seasons [5:40] ................................... 6:25 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by gay writer/performance artist Luis Alfaro and lesbian comic Monica Palacios [:15] + A star-studded gala in late November celebrated the 25th birthday of the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center. Among those attending (and speaking at) the Center's opulent 25th anniversary ball were MTV President JUDITH McGRATH, actress ELIZABETH TAYLOR and openly-gay musical superstar ELTON JOHN. This Way Out's CHRIS WILSON describes the glitz and glamour, has an excerpt from a video documentary about the Center that was screened during the proceedings, and provides highlights from remarks by the special guests of honor (with thanks for production assistance to PAM MARSHALL & CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM) (intro music from "Friends"; outro music from "Can You Feel The Love Tonight", both performed by ELTON JOHN) [9:15] + brief news item about the Center's history-making entry in this year's internationally-televised Hollywood Christmas Parade (reported by GREG GORDON) [:30] ................................................... 10:00 Closing Credits/Continuity ............................................................. 1:10 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME ........................................................................ 28:55 ----------------------Please note------------------------ Anyone with questions, suggestions, or NEWS stories is encouraged to email "T.W.O." 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