************************************************* THIS WAY OUT Program #461 01-27-97 ************************************************* Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity ...................... 1:10 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: The International Lesbian & Gay Association calls for a boycott of Romanian wine to protest the country's still-oppressive sodomy law "reform"; gays and lesbians may soon be barred from teaching in Thailand ; Mary Ward -- the Florida lesbian who lost custody of her daughter to the convicted murderer father -- dies suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 47 [reporter SUSAN GAGE speaks briefly with Mary Ward's attorney Charlene Carress]; Rosie O'Donnell fills in for the grieving Bill Cosby to help raise millions to fight AIDS at a grand Carnegie Hall benefit for New York City's Gay Men's Health Crisis; British gay activist Paul Stone, who claimed to have had a sexual relationship when he was under the then-age of consent of 21 with "family values" proponent Tory MP Jerry Hayes, loses his job and is banned from his local gay pub, while Hayes is strongly supported by his district constituency to run for reelection as its Conservative Party candidate; some gays and lesbians dance, sing, play instruments, and lead cheers as part of the inaugural festivities for U.S. President Bill Clinton's second term, while others, led by MCC's Rev. Mel White, observe the event with solemnity, fasts and "justice" vigils; the usual family entourage of Kansas' most obsessed homophobe, Fred Phelps, also attend the inauguration with their trademark "God Hates Fags" signs, but the U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear their appeal of a court ruling ordering them to stay a reasonably-distant "buffer zone" away when they're picketing other churches which criticize their methods; meanwhile, National Black Gay & Lesbian Leadership Forum Executive Director Keith Boykin and sexuality expert Dr. Sylvia Rhue are the Grand Marshalls, marching side by side with Coretta Scott King, at Atlanta's annual Martin Luther King, Jr. national holiday parade; and Candace Gingrich loves the off-Broadway love song written to her half-brother, Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich, which includes the lyrics, "Newt/I think you're cute/You Speaker of that House of ill repute ..." [compiled and written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, BJORN SKOLANDER, SUZY BYRNE, GRAHAM UNDERHILL, REX WOCKNER, RON BUCKMIRE, LUCIA CHAPPELLE & GREG GORDON, and anchored by LUCIA CHAPPELLE and JERRY TROWBRIDGE] ................................................................... 10:10 SEGMENT #2 - Brief billboard for SF Pot Protest and Aberystwyth features [:10] + Municipalities in a growing number of countries are encouraging sexual minorities to join their police forces. The South Yorkshire police department recently became the third law enforcement agency in Britain to place a recruitment ad in the gay press. But will openly-queer police officers be accepted by the rank and file? In London, NIGEL WRENCH (with reporter ALLISON GREGORY) [BBC Radio 5 Live's "Out This Week"] is on the case, speaking with South Yorkshire Chief Constable RICHARD WELLES, recent Sussex police recruit and open lesbian JASMINE STEWART, and openly-gay police officer PAUL CARSWELL of the Lesbian & Gay Police Association (brief instrumental intro music from "Dragnet") [5:25] .............................................................................. ...... 5:35 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by gay singing duo Romanovsky & Phillips (with an excerpt from their "Brave Boys") ................ :20 SEGMENT #4 - Billboard for Aberystwyth feature [:10] + Lesbian and gay activists, particularly those involved in AIDS work, have taken a leading role in the medical marijuana movement in the United States. The battle lines in the fight to allow the use of marijuana for seriously ill patients were drawn even deeper when the Clinton administration announced its intention to work against voter-passed medical marijuana laws in Arizona and California. In San Francisco, ACT UP/Golden Gate passionately proclaimed pot's healing powers at a local visit by Clinton Drug Czar Barry McCaffrey. TWO's MARY SALOME provides an on-scene report (intro music from "Nadulu Shik Shak Show" by Turkey's MEZDEKE 3) [5:10] ..... 5:20 SEGMENT #5 - The Wales International Film Festival featured its second gay and lesbian weekend late last year, and the Festival's home, Aberystwyth, marked the occasion by declaring itself "The Gay Capital Of Wales". Is this quiet little seaside town likely to become the next queer mecca? Advance scout JOHN KEANE [BBC Radio 5 Live's "Out This Week"] investigates (brief instrumental intro music from "That's Entertainment" by JOHN WILLIAMS & THE BOSTON POPS).... 4:35 CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY ........................................................ 1:40 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME ........................................................................ 28:50 ----------------------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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