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                                        THIS WAY OUT Rundown
                                     Program #503  (11/17/97)
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Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity
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SEGMENT #1 -  NewsWrap:  The International Lesbian & Gay Association (ILGA)
provisionally gains consultative status with The Council Of Europe;  Australia
`s High Court upholds "homosexual panic" as a valid defense for murder;  Sydne
y wins its bid to host the Olympics-style Gay Games in 2002;  after a similar
problem in the U.S. last month, there`s a major recall of 3 brands of Ansell
condoms in Australia;  unmarried women, including lesbians, will now have
access to artificial insemination in South Africa;  gays & lesbians are a
significant part of the first-ever White House conference on hate crimes;
 confirmation of open gay James Hormel`s Luxembourg ambassadorial appointment
is put on "hold" in the U.S. Senate and won`t be considered until next year;
 Socialist Democrat Ortwin Runde`s strong support for legal equality for
same-gender couples helps him win election as mayor of Hamburg, Germany,
while in Canada, "principled bigot" Dianne Haskett wins a landslide
reelection victory as mayor of London, Ontario;  and for the first time in
its 10 year history, pre-release suggestions by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance
Against Defamation (GLAAD) help revise a potentially anti-queer scene in the
new Richard Gere/Bruce Willis movie "The Jackal" [compiled & written by CINDY
FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, STEFFAN JENSEN, REX WOCKNER, GREG
GORDON & LUCIA CHAPPELLE, and anchored by TORY CHRISTOPHER and CINDY
FRIEDMAN]
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SEGMENT #2 -  Last week "This Way Out" provided extended excerpts from U.S.
President Bill Clinton`s historic address at the November 8th annual
fundraising dinner of the Human Rights Campaign, the country`s largest
lesbigay/trans/AIDS political advocacy group, and from introductory remarks
by HRC Executive Director Elizabeth Birch.   This week, we`ve got the rest of
the story: segment intro and highlights from remarks by longtime
lesbigay-supportive actress Judith Light and a few more by HRC Executive
Director Elizabeth Birch [2:20];  HRC Awards honorees Dr. Dorothy Height and W
ade Henderson of the Leaderhip Conference on Civil Rights (introduced by HRC
Legislative Director Winnie Stachelburg and Board of Directors member Stampp
Corbin) [5:25];  "TWO" I.D. [:10];  and HRC Coming Out Project spokesperson Be
tty DeGeneres (introduced by HRC Communications Director David Smith) and her
TV star daughter turned reluctant activist (and HRC Awards honoree) Ellen
(introduced by HRC Youth College member Nikki Plaid) [5:35] (outro music from
"Crazy World" by Michael Callen/1:40] ............... 15:10

CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY
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TOTAL PROGRAM TIME
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