************************************************* THIS WAY OUT Rundown Program #478 (5/26/97) ************************************************* Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity ...................... 1:05 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Homophobic self-doubt turns deadly in Brazil; some gay & lesbian candidates are predicted winners in Mexico's upcoming elections, while a tranny candidate gets her party's endorsement in Buenos Aires; gays versus the GOP in Oregon and California; the Democratic National Committee extends spousal benefits to the same-gender partners of its gay and lesbian employees; Britain's High Court approves a child's adoption by a lesbian who lives with her partner, believed to be the U.K.'s first such ruling; a 38-year-old man and 14-year-old boy are publicly whipped in Pakistan for homosexuality; police force their way into the offices of Gays & Lesbians of Zimbabwe and threaten arrests if "gay people are operating here"; Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-Wai wins Best Director honors at this year's Cannes Film Festival for his gay-themed "Happy Together"; and "Ellen" is renewed for the Fall season by ABC, while openly-lesbian star Ellen DeGeneres is now one of the most recognized people in the U.S. [compiled & written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to BRIAN NUNES, BJORN SKOLANDER, GRAHAM UNDERHILL, REX WOCKNER, LUCIA CHAPPELLE & GREG GORDON, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN and BRIAN NUNES] .............................................................................. .... 9:50 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for Sir Ian McKellen interview [:05] + Tasmania's almost decade-long debate over Australia's last sodomy law was finally resolved on May 1st when the island state's Upper House gave final approval to a repeal measure. The Tasmanian Gay & Lesbian Rights Group's RODNEY CROOME discusses the significance of that legislative victory, his personal involvement in the long struggle, and the work that remains ahead with TWO's Greg Reading [from "GayWaves" on 2SER-FM/Sydney] (outro music from "Never Turning Back" by JUDY SMALL) (9:25) .............................................................................. 9:30 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by "The Front Runner" author Patricia Nell Warren [:10] + SIR IAN McKELLEN brought his one-man show "A Knight Out" to Los Angeles recently as another in his long string of community fundraising performances. TWO's Jon Beaupre talks with Sir Ian about his work as an actor and activist, and how an odious law in Great Britain and late-night conversations with writer Armistead Maupin in San Francisco lead to his high-profile visibility in the campaign for lesbigay rights (intro music from "An Actor's Life For Me" from Disney's "Pinocchio") [6:25] .............................................................................. .. 6:35 SEGMENT #4 - Promo for next week's 20th Anniversary special segment about "Orange Tuesday" (recalling the first lesbigay rights struggle in the U.S. to gain major nationwide media attention: Anita Bryant's "Save Our Children" campaign in Dade County, Florida to overturn the local lesbigay rights anti- discrimination ordinance, and the public vote on June 7, 1977 that "shocked gays and lesbians out of their closets") ......... :30 CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY ........................................................ 1:15 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME ........................................................................ 28:45 ----------------------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, THE KICKING ASSETS FUND OF THE TIDES FOUNDATION, COMMUNITY CLOUT credit card users who've chosen "This Way Out", and through individual donations from listeners worldwide. ************************************************* Transcripts and *audio* of "This Way Out" programs are now available in cyberspace! Visit the Planet Out site on the World Wide Web at www.planetout.com and click on the "news & entertainment" area (you'll also find a direct link in the "This Way Out" area to downloading free RealAudio software). Transcripts and selected soundbites are also available on AOL (keyword: planetout). ======================================== Hungry for more frequent queer news? Run for coverage to the "NewsPlanet" area of Planet Out, or on AOL via keyword: "newsplanet" for weekday text news updates, prepared by many of the same folks who bring you "This Way Out". *************************************************