BEGINNING OUR 2ND DECADE ON THE AIR THIS MONTH! *********************************************************** THIS WAY OUT Rundown Program #526 (04/27/98) *********************************************************** Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity ...................................................... 1:20 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: In a case involving union pension benefits, an Ontario appeals court rules that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms requires an expanded legal definition of "spouse" to include same-gender couples, while several rural French mayors sign a petition opposing a federal bill that would create a "contract of social union" for gay and lesbian domestic partners, and a New York judge upholds the unusual termination agreement of a separated lesbian couple; two Maine towns (Bar Harbor and South Portland) move to fill the state rights void; Amnesty International again criticizes Romania for failing to curb a variety of civil rights abuses, including those against gays and lesbians; after almost a year`s silence, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe renews his viciously-homophobic verbal attacks, while the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church apologizes for the Christian church`s persecution of gays and lesbians and criticizes the selective use of Biblical texts to justify theological homophobia; and as had been expected, Ellen DeGeneres` groundbreaking ABC-TV sitcom "Ellen" is officially axed by the network and won`t return for another season (tagged with one of Melissa Etheridge`s musical bridges from the TV series) [compiled & written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to BRIAN NUNES, GRAHAM UNDERHILL, JASON LIN, REX WOCKNER, MARTIN RICE, LUCIA CHAPPELLE & GREG GORDON, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN and DAVID HUNT] .............................................................................. .......................................................... 10:35 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for Patricia Nell Warren and "AudioFile" features [:05] + A federal lawsuit was filed April 21st against the school district of the northern California community of Morgan Hill by 5 high school and middle school students who charge that they were subjected to continuing homophobic verbal and physical abuse dating back to 1991, and that faculty and staff did nothing to stop it, despite the Morgan Hill Unified School District`s explicit policy prohibiting harassment based on sex and sexual orientation. This report by JASON HUGHES [KPFA/Berkeley, CA] includes comments by Shannon Minter of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, Morgan Hill Schools Superintendent Carolyn McKennan, and the students’ American Civil Liberties Union attorney Dianne Richie (brief outro music from “Ain’t Gonna Take It” by THE TOM ROBINSON BAND) [3:35] + TWO I.D. by pioneering queer British rocker Tom Robinson [:10] .............................................................................. ........................................... 3:50 SEGMENT #3 - Billboard for this month`s "AudioFile" [:05] + If there`s one book that left a powerful impression on the entire 70s generation of gays and lesbians, it`s Patricia Nell Warren`s "The Front Runner". For a new generation, Warren`s recently-published "Billy`s Boy" is the second sequel (following "Harlan`s Race") to that landmark 1974 novel. This Way Out`s STEVE PRIDE visited with the author and queer youth advocate to discover the roots of her literary and athletic pursuits, and why she had teen consultants insure the youthful authenticity of "Billy`s Boy". Warren`s Wildcat Press compatriots Barbara Brown and Jacqueline Londé also comment on the indelibe mark "The Front Runner" series has left on lesbigay literature (intro/outro music from Vangelis` "Chariots of Fire" theme, performed by JOHN WILLIAMS & THE BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA) [4:30] .............................................................................. ................. 4:35 SEGMENT #4 - The 3 CDs sampled in this month`s "Audiofile" once again demonstrate eclectic musical offerings by openly-lesbian and -gay performers: "Mollyboy" by Deian McBryde (featuring excerpts from "Make Your Own Kind of Music" and "If I Had Only Known", plus comments by McBryde); "Where`s Marion?" by Sans Cherubs ("I See You There" and "Not This Time", with comments by group members Dan Higgins and Wendy Cahill); and Ed Diamond`s "God Is Gay" ("Hey Car and Driver" and the title cut, along with comments by Diamond) [produced and hosted by CHRIS WILSON and CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM, with unspoken assistance by PAM MARSHALL] ............................. 7:30 CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY .............................................................................. ...... 1:15 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME .............................................................................. ................. 29:05 -----------------------------Please note-------------------------------- Anyone with questions, suggestions, or NEWS stories is encouraged to email "T.W.O." 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