************************************************* THIS WAY OUT Rundown Program #480 (6/09/97) ************************************************* Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity ...................... 1:15 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: The European Commission on Human Rights calls on Britain to defend its lesbigay military ban; Canada's 2 openly-gay MP's (Svend Robinson and Real Menard) win easy re-election victories; Denmark restricts assisted insemination services to heterosexual couples only; an Israeli magistrate recognizes a separating lesbian couple as a "family" in order to issue a domestic violence restraining order filed by one against the other; South Africa's National Coalition for Gay & Lesbian Equality works for repeal of several existing anti-lesbigay laws which they believe violate the country's new constitution; recently-announced Georgia GOP gubernatorial candidate Michael Bowers (who as state Attorney General successfully defended the state's sodomy law in the infamous 1986 "Bowers vs. Hardwick" U.S. Supreme Court case) admits to a hypocritical 10-year adulterous hetero affair with a married woman who once worked in his office; Governor Jeanne Shaheen's signature makes New Hampshire the 11th U.S. state to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation; Hawai'i Governor Ben Cayetano announces he'll sign into law the state's landmark "reciprocal beneficiaries" domestic partners legislation; for the second time, Colorado Governor Roy Romer vetoes a bill to ban recognition of same-gender marriage, while Minnesota Governor Arne Carlson signs his state's anti-queer marriage bill into law; U.S. President Bill Clinton makes several inclusive references to gays and lesbians in a weekly radio address condemning bias-motivated hate crime; shouting "I'm not gay!" a Southern California factory worker kills 2 and wounds 4 before turning the gun on himself; U.S. TV talk show diva Oprah Winfrey feels compelled to issue a statement saying "I am not gay"; and New South Wales (Australia) Police Service recruitment ads in the queer press offer gay men a job "that doesn't put you in a straight jacket" and a guarantee to lesbians that "you'll get sensible shoes" [complied and written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to BRIAN NUNES, STEFFAN JENSEN, MARTIN RICE, BILL WOODS, GRAHAM UNDERHILL, SUSAN GAGE, REX WOCKNER, LUCIA CHAPPELLE and GREG GORDON, and anchored by BRIAN NUNES and CINDY FRIEDMAN] ........................................................... 10:00 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for "Perfect Enemies" interview [:05] + The recent British elections signaled a new political era, with the Labour Party at the helm again for the first time in almost two decades -- and part of that era will include new acceptance and power for gays and lesbians. BBC Radio 5-Live's "Out This Week" examined the queer aspects of the campaign with their first ever pre-election call-in on lesbian and gay issues, in which all three of the major parties participated. After brief excerpts from comments by the soon-to-be-victorious Labour Party's Home Affairs Spokesperson Alan Michael, you'll hear highlights of "Out This Week"'s post-election coverage, including chats with winning openly-gay candidates Ben Bradshaw and Stephen Twigg, and Chris Smith, the first openly-gay cabinet minister in British history [anchored by REBECCA SANDLES] (intro music from "Politician" by CREAM) [9:35] ........................................................... 9:40 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by openly-gay Olympic diving champ Greg Louganis (with Jesse Helms tag) [:10] + "Perfect Enemies: The Religious Right, The Gay Movement And The Politics Of The 1990's" examines the sometimes striking similarities that have characterized these two political opponents since the mid-1970's, and suggests that the rhetoric needs to be turned down on both sides before any reasonable dialog can occur. In this second of a 3-part feature interview, TWO's JOSY CATOGGIO continues her "compare and contrast" conversation with co-author Chris Bull (intro music from "Save Our Children/Recruiter's Fight Song" by TOM WILSON-WEINBERG) [6:35] ................................................................. 6:45 CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY ........................................................ 1:20 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME ........................................................................ 29:00 ----------------------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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