********************************************************** THIS WAY OUT Rundown Program #527 (05/04/98) ********************************************************** Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity .................................................. 1:10 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Protests are brewing after 2 high schools in the U.S. south cancel scheduled campus concerts by Grammy-winning openly-lesbian music duo the Indigo Girls [begins with brief excerpt from "It`s Alright" from their "Shaming of the Sun" CD]; three Queensland groups are offering lesbigay resource materials to schools throughout the Australian state; the Boy Scouts` anti-gay policy gets them dropped as a city employee charity drive recipient in San Francisco; the Johannesburg High Court restores custody of her daughter to a lesbian mom; South Africa`s National Coalition for Gay & Lesbian Equality challenges the country`s foreign residency laws that recognize hetero couples only; U.S. United Methodist bishops reaffirm the denomination`s ban on same-gender commitment ceremonies, but it`s still not written in stone; religiously-based anti-queer rallies are held in Michigan (re the upcoming vote to repeal Ypsilanti`s rights ordinance) and South Carolina (re the upcoming Pride weekend in Myrtle Beach); the World Council of Churches, scheduled to hold its once-every-seven-years global meeting in Zimbawbe later this year, is strongly condemned by church leaders in that country for its support of the group Gays & Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ); one of Melbourne, Australia`s major queer nightspots, the Virgin Mary (later changed to VM`s following Catholic protests) is destroyed by an arson fire, but the owners vow to rebuild; the Tasmanian Gay & Lesbian Rights Group celebrates the first anniversary of its successful multi-year campaign to repeal the last Ausralian state sodomy law by offering to assist embattled queers in other countries; and the Human Rights Campaign`s Candace Gingrich speaks in Washington, D.C. at Methodist-affiliated American University ("the Englightenment") after an original invitation to speak in D.C. is withdrawn by Catholic University ("the Dark Ages") [compiled & written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to BRIAN NUNES, GRAHAM UNDERHILL, JASON LIN, REX WOCKNER, MARTIN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 & GREG GORDON] ............................................................................. 10:45 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for GLAAD Awards feature [:05] + Not a few eyebrows were raised when Israel chose its entrant for this year`s Eurovision Song Contest, which takes place May 9th in Birmingham, England. She`s Dana International, a 25-year-old male-to-female transsexual who`s already a huge Israeli star. With her song "Diva" (which could also describe her personality), Dana plans to become truly international, as JUDE HABIB [BBC Radio 5 Live`s "Out This Week"] discovered when she visited the singer recently in Tel Aviv (includes several musical excerpts and "person on the street" comments about the entertainer) [3:50] .............................................................................. ................................ 3:55 SEGMENT #3 - TWO I.D. by comic actor Terry Sweeney (as "Nancy Reagan") [:15] + GLAAD, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, handed out the last of its 9th annual Media Awards during a celebrity-packed Los Angeles soiree in mid-April, capping a 3-city series of ceremonies that included Washington, D.C. and New York City. The awards honor those who have made notable strides in positively representing gays and lesbians in all forms of media. This Way Out`s ADAM MICHAEL JAMES [with production assistance from THOMAS CALLAHAN and CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM] brings us some of the celebratory sounds, which include GLAAD Media Director Chastity Bono, and presenters & honorees Fran Drescher, Howie Mandel, Monte Bramer ("Paul Monette" Best Documentary winner), Dana Delaney, Gregory Hines, The Lady Chablis, Nick Scotti, Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Darr, Michael Jeter, Larry King, Garry Marshall, Jeffrey Tambor, Patrick Bristow, Jamie Lee Curtis, k.d. lang and Cher; excerpts from live musical performances by The Captain & Tennille and Dionne Warwick; and clips from winners "NYPD Blue", "Ellen", "Entertainment Tonight", "The Simpsons" & "In & Out" (intro/outro music from "Hooray For Hollywood" from the movie "Hollywood Hotel") [11:00] .............................. 11:15 CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY .............................................................................. .. 1:15 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME .............................................................................. ............ 28:20 -----------------------------Please note-------------------------------- Anyone with questions, suggestions, or NEWS stories is encouraged to email "T.W.O." 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