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                          THIS WAY OUT Rundown
                       Program #477   (5/19/97)
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Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity ......................  1:15

SEGMENT #1 -  NewsWrap:  Maine's King makes his state the 10th to protect
gays and lesbians from discrimination, and New Hampshire's governor should
soon make her state #11;  Indiana becomes the 24th state to ban recognition
of gay and lesbian marriages, with Colorado, Florida, Minnesota & Wisconsin
likely to follow;  Denmark's Lutherans may soon approve same-gender church
weddings;  a task force of Australia's Uniting Church issues some strong
pro-lesbigay recommendations;  the Air Transport Association sues San
Francisco challenging its ordinance requiring city contractors to extend
domestic partner benefits to lesbigay employees equal to those of
heterosexually-married employees;  lesbigay advocates go 1 for 3 as the U.S.
Supreme Court lets stand 3 lower court rulings involving a housing
discrimination case in Wisconsin, a former openly-gay Navy lieutenant, and
queer New York City St. Patrick's Day protestors;  the first police officer
to be killed by nationalists in Northern Ireland in almost 3 years is a gay
man;  Cyprus' Greek Orthodox Church continues to protest mandated sodomy law
reform there;  lawmakers and media are giving a new level of respectful
attention to transgendered people in both Argentina and the U.S.;  a lesbian
kiss on a Colombian soap opera boosts ratings but loses some soap;  and
Linnar Priimaegi, the second celebrity in Estonia to come out as a gay man,
does it in front of the camera with his boyfriend  [compiled and written by
CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to BRIAN NUNES, ALAN REEKIE, ALEJANDRA SARDA,
BJORN SKOLANDER, REX WOCKNER, LUCIA CHAPPELLE & GREG GORDON; anchored by
CINDY FRIEDMAN & BRIAN NUNES] ..... 10:10

SEGMENT #2 -  Billboard for Mexico activism and "Ellen" features [:05]  +
 The Pentagon has finally agreed to look into allegations that the "Don't
Ask" part of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" has been repeatedly violated, resulting
in far more discharges based on sexual orientation than before the so-called
compromise policy on gay and lesbian military personnel took effect.
 MICHELLE GARCIA [Pacifica Network News] reports from Washington, D.C.
[includes comments by former Air Force airman ANDRE TAYLOR and DIXON OSBORNE,
co-chair of the lesbigay Servicemembers Legal Defense Network] (brief outro
music from "Lift The Ban" by ROSS ALTMAN) [3:20] ..............  3:25

SEGMENT #3 -  Billboard for "Ellen" clips and commentary [:10]  +  The recent
5th Northwestern Mexico Conference and the upcoming 2nd annual Pride march in
Tijuana (set for June 14th) provide snapshots of current lesbigay activism in
Mexico.  This Way Out's ROSS PORTER reports [with comments by activist VICTOR
ONTIVEROS of Tecate and Grupo Y Que officer ALEJANDRO GARCIA [voice-over
translation by CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM] [2:55]
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SEGMENT #4 -  "TWO" I.D. by performance artist/writer Luis Alfaro and comic
Monica Palacios [:15]  +  "ELLEN"'s third and final "out" episode -- the
season finale -- finds Ellen (ELLEN DEGENERES) dealing with overly-supportive
bookstore friends (CLEA LEWIS and DAVID HIGGINS) and a less-than-supportive
boss (BRUCE CAMPBELL).  We've got clips from "Movin' On", and some thoughts
about the significance of the entire "Ellen" extravaganza [6:10]
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  6:25
                     
SEGMENT #5 -  "So Ellen's out -- so what?", asks political humorist and
syndicated columnist BOB HARRIS.  While Harris does not claim to speak for
all heterosexuals, we kinda wish he did
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CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY
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TOTAL PROGRAM TIME
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29:00
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