************************************************************** THIS WAY OUT Rundown Program #501 (11/03/97) ************************************************************** Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity ......................................................... 1:10 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Home Secretary Jack Straw`s introduction this week of the Human Rights Bill would incorporate civil rights guarantees of the European Convention into British law; an OutRage!-eous activist takes tea with homophobic Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe; South Africa`s first gay job discrimination case settles positively out of court; a record 80-90,000 celebrate pride and demand their rights in Western Australia; re-checking petition signatures and charges of fraudulent name-calling are the latest developments in Maine`s anti-rights ballot battle; openly-gay U.S. Congressman Barney Frank introduces the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 1997 to extend spousal benefits to the unmarried partners of both hetero and same-gender civilian federal employees; Oak Park, Illinois registers the state`s first gay and lesbian couples, while the parent company of the Utah Power & Light Company announces a benefits package for the domestic partners of its lesbian and gay non-union workers; recommendations of a parliamentary committee move The Netherlands closer to legal recognition of same-gender couples, but the bishops of Denmark`s state church unanimously vote to continue denying church marriage ceremonies to gay and lesbian couples there; an appeals court of the Presbyterian Church USA rules that a gay Ohio man can finish his term as a church elder, despite the denomination`s policy to deny ordination to any "self-affirming, practicing homosexual person"; openly-gay author Gustavo Alvarez Gardeazabal is elected governor of the Colombian province of Valle del Cauca; with homophobic chair Jesse Helms a no-show, openly-gay Democratic Party contributor and meat-packing heir James Hormel`s nomination to be ambassador to Luxembourg sails through initial Senate committee confirmation hearings; and a Queenslan d (Australia) Supreme Court ruling determines that a lesbian is not entitled to fertility treatment because she had not engaged in heterosexual activity during the previous 12 months [compiled & written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, BJOeRN SKOLANDER, REX WOCKNER, GREG GORDON & LUCIA CHAPPELLE, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN and TORY CHRISTOPHER] ................................. 10:20 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for Sydney Choir feature [:05] + 30 years of gay and lesbian history-in-the-making have been chronicled in the pages of "The Advocate". The Los Angeles-born-and-headquartered U.S. national newsmagazine has been celebrating its passage into the "thirty-somethings", and TWO`s JON BEAUPRE sat down with recently-installed new editor-in-chief Jud y Wieder -- the first woman to hold that post -- to talk about the venerable publication's success, how she plans to keep it relevant into the new millenium, and the general "aches and pains" associated with running the show [7:05]. 7:10 SEGMENT #3 - TWO I.D. by actor Terence Stamp (Bernadette in "The Adventures of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert") [:20] + Last week`s "AudioFile" briefly profiled The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Choir and its new CD of live recordings, "Never Turning Back". The Choir made history in 1992 by winning Australia`s national choral championships, despite being pressured (and refusing) to drop the "gay and lesbian" from their name. TWO correspondent CARLA OMICIUOLO [of Australia`s national lesbigay radio show "Out & Out"] talks with Musical Director Stephen Schaffer and Choir members Claire Hooker & Graeme Bartlett about the secrets of their popular and critical successes (with music from the new CD) [8:35] .............................................................................. ............................................... 9:05 Contact info outro tag: "You can order the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Choir`s CDs by writing to them at P.O. Box 649, Darlinghurst, New South Wales 2010, Australia, or via e-mail at sglc@eagles.bbs.net.au." CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY .............................................................................. ............ 1:20 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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