************************************************* THIS WAY OUT Program #465 02-24-97 ************************************************* Opening Tease/Theme Music/Intro Continuity ......................... 1:00 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: The full European Parliament votes for lesbigay anti-discrimination protections and full spousal benefits for queer domestic partners, but the EuroCourt sides with the British government in the "Operation Spanner" consensual S&M case; with national elections in Britain only a few months away, the Labour Party makes promises to lesbigay voters; meanwhile, there's been an uproar in Britain over comments by the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, Nobel prizewinner James Watson, that seemed to support abortion of fetuses who might someday be identified as having a so-called "gay gene"; U.S. Vice President Al Gore requests a list of books by and about gays and lesbians during his meeting with San Francisco lesbigay officials; Washington's Gary Locke becomes only the second U.S. governor to veto his state legislature's anti-same-gender marriage bill; the Washington state Supreme Court rules against openly-lesbian journalist Sandy Nelson's lawsuit arguing that she should be allowed to be politically active and remain a reporter, while the Massachusetts state Supreme Court rules that sexually abusive behavior in the workplace constitutes sexual harassment even when the parties involved are all of the same gender and heterosexual; a bomb similar to the Olympic Park explosion and a double-bombing at an abortion clinic earlier this year injures five at a popular Atlanta lesbian nightclub; Argentinean trannys and friends demonstrate outside the Palace of Justice in Buenos Aires to protest continuing police abuse against them; and "Billy", an "out and proud" anatomically-correct (in some areas exaggerated) gay doll from Britain is selling like hotcakes -- but not in toy stores [compiled and written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, GRAHAM UNDERHILL, REX WOCKNER, RON BUCKMIRE, ALEJANDRA SARDA, BJORN SKOLANDER, LUCIA CHAPPELLE & GREG GORDON, and anchored by BRIAN NUNES and JOSY CATOGGIO] .............................................................................. ....... 9:55 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for NBGLLF Conference report and Don Belton interview [:05] + New Mexico activists added their voices to the wave of Valentine's protests in the U.S. for equal marriage and civil rights. On February 13th they combined the political and the personal for a "Gay Lobby Day" at the state capitol in Santa Fe that was also a "Same-Gender Wedding Day". This Way Out's VAL M. COX provides an on-scene report (includes comments by one of the organizers, Reverend Pat Langlois, Senior Pastor of Emmanuel Metropolitan Community Church of Albuquerque; Linda Siegle, New Mexico lobbyist for lesbigay issues; some of the other participants; and outro music from "There Comes A Time" performed live in concert by the New Mexico Gay Men's Chorus) [5:30] + TWO I.D./endorsement by P-FLAG/Albuquerque and former national board member Jean Genasi [:25] .................................................... 6:00 SEGMENT #3 - Belton interview billboard [:10] + Over 600 gay, lesbian, bi and transgendered people of African descent attended "Celebrating Our Legacy", the tenth -- and largest ever -- annual U.S. Conference sponsored by the National Black Gay & Lesbian Leadership Forum, held February 13th through 16th in Long Beach, California. This Way Out's JON BEAUPRE and RITA GONZALEZ provide highlights in this first of a two-part report (includes excerpts from speeches by former U.S. Surgeon General Jocelyn Elders and Harvard educator and writer Dr. Cornel West) [production assistance by CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM, PAM MARSHALL, CHRIS WILSON and ROY HURST] (intro/outro music from "Mandiacapella" by Sweet Honey In The Rock) [5:20] .................................................... 5:30 SEGMENT #4 - "Speak My Name: Black Men On Masculinity And The American Dream" [Beacon Press] is a collection of autobiographical essays from a variety of perspectives. Its editor, Don Belton, is an out gay man. In the conclusion of her 3-part conversation with Belton, This Way Out's JOSY CATOGGIO asks him to offer some words of wisdom for young people; Belton also discusses the importance he places on his role as a teacher .............................................................................. ..... 5:20 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." Coordinating Producer GREG GORDON at: TWOradio@aol.com ------------------------thanks! ------------------------- Some "THIS WAY OUT" operating expenses are funded by grants from THE C.P. 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