********************************************************** THIS WAY OUT Rundown Program #529 (05/18/98) ********************************************************** Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity .................................................... 1:15 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: New York Republican Mayor Rudy Giuliani proposes wide-ranging benefits for the city`s registered same-gender domestic partners equal to those enjoyed by legally-married couples -- pundits predict easy passage by the City Council; two right-wing Nebraska GOP gubernatorial candidates who each apparently vied to be seen as "the most anti-gay" during primary campaigning finish well behind the more politically-moderate winner; telecommunications giant AT&T will extend spousal health and legal benefits to its employees` same-gender domestic partners, pending expected ratification of labor contracts negotiated by the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; the Alaska House matches previous approval by the state Senate to place on the November ballot a proposed amendment to the state constitution restricting legal marriage to one man and one woman; Rhode Island`s House votes to repeal the state`s anti-gay "crimes against nature" law -- a similar measure is expected to pass soon in the state Senate; the Council of Europe increases its pressure on the governments of Romania and Cyprus to repeal their respective anti-gay sodomy laws; following what`s believed to be the first successful assisted suicide conviction in North America, openly-gay Toronto AIDS specialist Dr. Maurice Genereux is sentenced to 2 years in prison for prescribing barbiturates to two men with HIV who used them to attempt suicide (one succeeded); a Japanese doctor receives final approval to perform the nation`s first legal sex reassignment surgery; the U.S. Navy promotes Timothy McVeigh to its highest enlisted rank even as it continues to seek discharge of the high-profile "shouldn`t have been pursued" cyber-sailor, while Kerry Fletcher, the first woman to enter Britain`s elite Royal Horse Artillery, faces discharge for lesbianism after being found in bed with a female Australian police trainee; openly-gay singer/songwriter George Michael, arrested by undercover police in a Beverly Hills park men`s room last month, escapes incarceration with a fine, community service hours and court-ordered counseling following his no contest plea to one misdeameanor charge of lewd conduct; the pioneering but canceled ABC-TV sitcom "Ellen" goes out with a thud as its star-studded one-hour finale tanks in the ratings -- but the network surprisingly announces it will begin airing reruns this month, including the last 2 regular season episodes it had previously declined to broadcast; and Brits are about to see their country`s first TV commercial to feature an obviously gay male couple, although it`s hard to understand how the spot (for Impulse Body Spray) will entice its specified target audience of "young female consumers" [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 TONY TORRES] ................................................... 10:50 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for "Wilde" feature [:05] + If you can imagine a whole library dedicated to lesbian issues, cared for by women, and funded by donations, you`re not dreaming, you`re thinking of the LESBIAN ARCHIVES, now located in GLASGOW. It began as two bookshelves in London 15 years ago and has grown to include over 10,000 items. 70-year-old lesbian legend Jackie Forster gives LOTTY FITZGERALD [BBC Radio 5 Live`s "Out This Week"] a grand tour of the priceless books, diaries & political memorabilia that can now be found in the collection`s larger Scottish home (also includes comments praising the archives by novelist/scholar Emma Donoghue) [4:55] .................................................... 5:00 SEGMENT #3 - TWO I.D. by Russian activist Roman Kalinin [:10] + Even if it`s an "Oscar"-worthy role, not every actor would leap at the chance to play the century`s most celebrated "sodomite," but, as This Way Out`s STEVE PRIDE discovered, Stephen Fry, the star of the latest screen incarnation of "Wilde", really relished playing the supremely-witty title character. The noted actor discusses his and the audience`s possible discomfort over the sex scenes in the movie (although for different reasons), and sadly reflects on how Victorian attitudes persist a hundred years after Wilde was imprisoned [with music and clips from the Sony Classics film, including a scene featuring Fry with heartthrob Jude Law as Bosie] [10:20] .................................................................. 10:30 CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY .............................................................................. ........ 1:20 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME .............................................................................. .................. 28:55 -----------------------------Please note-------------------------------- Anyone with questions, suggestions, or NEWS stories is encouraged to email "T.W.O." 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