************************************************************** THIS WAY OUT Rundown Program #507 (12/15/97) ************************************************************** Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity ....................................................... 1:05 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Tasmanian sodomy reform activists become the first gay and lesbian group ever to receive an Australian national human rights award; Salt Lake City becomes the first municipality in Utah to pass a lesbigay anti- discrimination measure, but there won`t be rights protections anytime soon in Florida; The Lutheran Church of the Netherlands will boycott next year`s World Council of Churches conference because it`s scheduled to be held in virulently homophobic president Robert Mugabe`s Zimbabwe; MCC`s Rev. Troy Perry meets at length with Nobel Peace Prize winner Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu in Cape Town, South Africa, while MCC Justice Minister Rev. Mel White`s national ACLU award will take him to India to study with the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi; Norway`s state church, which requires celibacy of its ordained lesbigay clergy, delays a disciplinary decision for a lesbian minister who legally registered her domestic partnership; two alumni of Washington, D.C.`s Catholic University, including actress Susan Sarandon, have returned their "achievement" awards to protest the withdrawal of a similar award this year to a founding member of ACT UP; in a landslide victory, lesbian Annise Parker becomes Houston, Texas`s first openly-queer elected official, while Fredericton, New Brunswick mayor Brad Woodside becomes at least the third Canadian mayor to be called before a human rights tribunal for refusing to issue a lesbigay pride proclamation; after protracted local debate, the school board in Chesterton, Indiana votes to allow a gay and lesbian history poster to remain on the wall of a high school classroom; open lesbian Ellen DeGeneres is named by the Ms. Foundation as one of its top ten women role models of the year, while her partner, actress Anne Heche, wins Best Supporting Actress honors from the National Board of Review for her work in "Donnie Brasco" and the forthcoming "Wag The Dog"; the Australian census identifies almost 20,000 gay and lesbian domestic partners, which some activists describe as only "the tip of the iceberg"; openly-gay Elton John wins 4 Billboard music awards, and co-hosts the opening of a Museum of Modern Art retrospective honoring the late openly-gay fashion designer Gianni Versace; and the new year will bring motorcycle-riding lesbian brides to West Hollywood, California [compiled & written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, SUSAN GAGE, MICHAEL DEMMONS, REX WOCKNER, GREG GORDON & LUCIA CHAPPELLE, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN & TORY CHRISTOPHER] ............. 10:05 SEGMENT #2 - "Hark The Herald Faeries Shout" - a seasonal favorite by Australia`s Gay Liberation Quire [with back-I.D. and billboard for "AudioFile" Holiday Music feature] .............................................................................. .............................. 1:30 SEGMENT #3 - Students, parents and educators are organizing in many countries to provide support for lesbigay and questioning adolescents. Australia`s Gay and Lesbian Teachers and Students Association (GALTAS) is one such activist group. Although some teachers are actively promoting an understanding of sexual diversity in the schools, other supportive educators and parents are reluctant to be part of GALTAS. Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli, a GALTAS spokesperson, explains the "ridiculous" reasons for that with CARLA OMICIUOLO [from Australia`s national lesbigay radio show "Out & Out"] and discusses a recent national conference focusing on issues facing gay and lesbian teachers ........................ 7:40 SEGMENT #4 - "TWO" I.D. by author/commentator Andrew Sullivan ("Virtually Normal") [:30] + This month`s "AudioFile" (spotlighting the latest and best in out lesbigay music) is specially designed to put you into a year-end festive mood, wherever you`ll be celebrating the holiday of your choice. Co- producers/hosts CHRIS WILSON and PAM MARSHALL [with CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM at the board] unwrap seasonal offerings by Venus Envy (from their "I`ll Be A Homo For Christmas" CD), composer/arranger Lynda Roth and jazz vocalist Karen Gallinger ("Doin` Christmas"), and drag diva Ru Paul ("Ho Ho Ho") [5:25] ............................ 5:55 CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY .............................................................................. ............ 1:35 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME .............................................................................. ............................ 27:50 -----------------------------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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