**************************************************************** THIS WAY OUT Rundown Program #500 (10/27/97) *************************************************************** Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity ........................................................... 1:15 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: The right-wing opposition prefers press conferences to testifying at this session's first U.S. Senate committee hearing considering ENDA, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act; Chicago's school district -- the country's third largest -- agrees out of court to stop screening job applicants for HIV; Cincinnati's anti-lesbigay Issue 3 surprisingly passes constitutional muster again in a federal appeals court; an initiative to repeal Maine`s newly-enacted anti-discrimination law officially qualifies for the state ballot; a provincial Human Rights Commission ruling ordering London, Ontario mayor Diane Haskett to issue a lesbigay pride proclamation drives her into seclusion during the last 3 weeks of her re-election campaign; Canada`s largest union leads a coalition of plaintiffs before the Ontario Court of Appeals demanding equal pension rights for employee`s gay & lesbian domestic partners; 20 Filipino foreign workers in Qatar are the first of a reported 36 to be deported due to "homosexual activity"; two senior police officers testify this week at an inquiry into the August prison "condom riots" in Jamaica that guards had, in fact, been having sex with gay inmates in exchange for preferential treatment; 57 million condoms are recalled in the U.S. because manufacturer Ansell Personal Products believes some may break before their expiration dates [brands affected include "Contempo", "Prime" and "Lifestyle"]; 5,000 angry protesters rally in the Australian state of New South Wales demanding legislation to equalize the age of consent for gay male sex; Elton John`s Princess Diana tribute/fundraiser "Candle In the Wind 1997" is officially named the best-selling single of all time by the Guinness Book of World Records; and a new film about the life of Oscar Wilde premieres in London with star Stephen Fry lowering his trousers to salute the 19th century gay literary giant [compiled & written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, BRIAN NUNES, CHRIS AMBIDGE, JASON LIN, REX WOCKNER, GREG GORDON & LUCIA CHAPPELLE, and anchored by TORY CHRISTOPHER & CINDY FRIEDMAN] .............................................................................. .......................................................10:55 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for Creating Change preview and AudioFile [:10] + About 200 lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender/questioning youth gathered October 25th at Occidental College in the Los Angeles suburb of Eagle Rock for the 5th annual "Models of Pride" Conference. TWO`s PETER DELL reports on the significance of this queer youth-supportive event, has excerpts from the welcoming speech by Kathy Gill, Director of the Los Angeles Unified School District's Gay & Lesbian Education Commission, and talks with organizer Bart Vary and some of the young conference attendees (intro music: "Teen Freak" by DAVID BROWN) [5:15] .............................................................................. ................................. 5:25 SEGMENT #3 - TWO I.D. by Irish lesbian singing duo Zrazy (with an excerpt from their "Come Out Everybody") [:25] + Billboard for AudioFile [:15] + Over 2,000 people are expected in San Diego, California November 12th through 16th for the National Gay & Lebian Task Forces' annual "Creating Change" Conference, and more than a hundred of the city's lesbigay organizations are helping prepare for it. One of the local organizers, Brenda Schumacher, talks with TWO`s ROSS PORTER about how excited her city is to be hosting what many consider to be the year's most important grassroots activist event, and previews some of the conference activities and discussion issues (including the so-called "sex panic" controversy currently being debated across the country in the lesbigay media) [3:00] .............................................................................. ................................................................. 3:40 [online conference info at http://www.ngltf.org] SEGMENT #4 - "AudioFile", our monthly feature highlighting some of the newest and best in queer music, introduces us this time to the uncomplicated world of Northern California lesbian singer/songerwriter Karrie Wallace (with excerpts from "Listen To The Rain" and "Bad Bear Blues" from her self-produced "Resolution 2 the Third" CD), and excerpts from "Ave Dulcissima Maria", "Rubber Duckie" and the title track from "Never Turning Back", the new live-in-concert CD by Sydney, Australia`s award-winning Gay & Lesbian Choir [produced and hosted by CHRIS WILSON & PAM MARSHALL, with technical assistance by CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM] ........................................................... 6:10 CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY .............................................................................. .............. 1:25 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME .............................................................................. ........................ 28:40 -----------------------------Please note---------------------------------- Anyone with questions, suggestions, or NEWS stories is encouraged to email "T.W.O." 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