************************************************************* THIS WAY OUT Rundown Program #515 (02/09/98) ************************************************************* Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity ........................................................ 1:05 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Same-gender couples gain child custody/adoptions- related equity in The Netherlands and British Columbia, and an openly-lesbian South African police captain wins court-ordered equal employee benefits covering her domestic partner, but Washington becomes the latest U.S. state to ban queer marriage; the city of Chicago settles out of court a lawsuit brought by the ACLU and will no longer fund Boy Scout programs as long as the Scouts continue to discriminate based on sexual orientation and religion; the British Army, which bans service by open gays and lesbians, is under investigation by the Advertising Standards Authority after the agency receives several complaints that the Army`s "Equal Opportunities Employer" claim on recruitment posters is false advertising; controversial marching cops in the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras and a HERO poster boy brouhaha in Auckland heat up Australian and New Zealand lesbigay festivals; `twas a week to remember as those gay Caribbean cruisers denied port privileges in the Cayman Islands dock in Belize and try to dock in the Bahamas; and openly gay Sir Elton John describes his performance this week at a gala White House dinner given by U.S. President Bill Clinton for visiting British Prime Minister Tony Blair and a gaggle of Hollywood glitterati and political dignitaries as "like playing at a wedding reception" [compiled & written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, REX WOCKNER, LUCIA CHAPPELLE & GREG GORDON, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN and DAVID HUNT] .............................................................................. .... 10:00 SEGMENT #2 - Brief update of Britain`s "Bolton 7" feature story from last week (sentencing postponed from February 2nd to February 20th) [:20] + Billboard for "AudioFile" [:05] .............................................................................. ............... :25 SEGMENT #3 - The 20th annual SYDNEY GAY & LESBIAN MARDI GRAS was launched January 30th with a rally at the steps of the city's landmark Opera House that featured veteran activists and the lesbian minister whose recent coming out rocked Australia`s Uniting Church. That country`s racial issues figured large on the agenda, as This Way Out`s MICHAEL SCHEMBRI reports -- from the land of the Eora and the Galagil [featuring excerpts from remarks by Mardi Gras President BEV LANGE, REVEREND DOROTHY MCRAE-MCMAHON, and activist and playwright RICHARD WHERRET, with popular Sydney lesbian barrister & comic JULIE McCROSSIN serving as M.C.] .............................................................................. ..... 8:55 SEGMENT #4 - "TWO" I.D. by gay singing/songwriting duo Romanovsky & Phillips (with an excerpt from their "Brave Boys") [:20] + This month`s "AudioFile" -- a look at some of the latest and best in queer music -- covers a lot of territory, from subways to dance halls. Featured this month: the words and music of DANIEL CARTIER (includes excerpts from his "Avenue A" CD); JOI CARDWELL ("Joi Cardwell"); and STEVE COHEN ("Silent Too Long") [produced and co-hosted by CHRIS WILSON & PAM MARSHALL, and engineered by CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM] [5:30] .............................................................................. ...................................... 5:50 CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY .............................................................................. ........... 1:25 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME .............................................................................. .................... 27:40 -----------------------------Please note-------------------------------- Anyone with questions, suggestions, or NEWS stories is encouraged to email "T.W.O." 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