Reminder to U.S. satellite stations: Our program is being transmitted this week only on Wednesday 27 May (but at our usual feed time of 14:30-14:59 E.T. on usual digital frequency A73.5.] A possible alternative: "This Way Out" is also distributed via Pacifica's KU feed on Tuesday at 1pm (stations receiving TWO on tape are unaffected by all this) ********************************************************** THIS WAY OUT Rundown Program #530 (05/25/98) ********************************************************** Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity ................................................. 1:15 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Cyprus sodomy law falls to Euro-pressure despite Orthodox uproar; queer-related tensions mount over upcoming World Council of Churches conference in Zimbabwe; 45 cross-dressers arrested when police raided a drag beauty pageant are tried and sentenced by an Islamic court in Malaysia; OutRage(ous) Brit Peter Tatchell pleads innocent to his "indecent" Easter disruption at Canterbury Cathedral; the Northwest regional body of the American Baptist Church rejects moves to oust 2 queer-affirming Seattle churches; the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission formally reverses its policy against shareholder-initiated proposals dealing with social issues after years of lobbying sparked by the Cracker Barrel restaurant chain`s specifially discriminatory 1991 firings of lesbigay workers in 1991; in end- of-session politicking, the Arizona legislature dumps a Senate-passed bill to protect gays and lesbians from employment discrimination; Oregon`s Chuck Carpenter, the country`s only openly-gay Republican state legislator, loses his party primary bid for re-election to a late-entering candidate with strong ties to the anti-queer Oregon Citizens Alliance; the U.S. Senate finally confirms openly-gay Fred Hochberg for S.B.A. post, but consideration of Luxembourg ambassador nominee James Hormel is still on "hold"; in what may be the first action of its kind, a federal judge orders reinstatement, payment of lost wages and damages to Cincinnati, Ohio-area openly-gay teacher Bruce Glover, who had been fired becaused he is gay; intense pressure from outraged religious leaders plays at least a role in shutting down production of the controversial Jesus-as-gay "Corpus Christi", the latest work by multi-award- winning openly-gay playwright Terrence McNally; and even though "Ellen" won`t be back on ABC, one of the new sitcoms announced by NBC for its upcoming fall season is "Will and Grace", about an openly gay man and his hetero female best friend/roommate -- and she`s the interior designer; he`s a lawyer [compiled & written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to BRIAN NUNES, GRAHAM UNDERHILL, JASON LIN, MARTIN RICE, REX WOCKNER, BJORN SKOLANDER, LUCIA CHAPPELLE & GREG GORDON, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN and GREG GORDON] ................................................. 10:25 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for this month`s "AudioFile" (over instrumental beginning of intro music for this segment) [:10] + "Thanks for your personal commitment, but I want legislation!", said one speaker, directing her comments to New South Wales Premier Bob Carr at a rally for legal recognition of same- gender relationships, held in front of Parliament House in Sydney in late April. Carr promised reform over 3 years ago, but has yet to deliver. ALI BENTON [Australia`s national lesbigay radio show "Out & Out"] reports on the demonstration, attended by more than 3,000 frustrated Aussies, and traces the push for - and resistance to - queer couple equality in the state [includes comments by Stevie Clayton and Sam Levi of Sydney`s Gay & Lesbian Rights Lobby, the Uniting Church`s Rev. Dorothy McRae-McMahon, and "Mother Abyss" of the Sisters & Brothers of Perpetual Indulgence] (intro music from "Love & Marriage" by FRANK SINATRA) [6:10] .......... 6:20 (segues directly to:) SEGMENT #3 - "Defenders Of Marriage", a paean to pious preservers of the hetero-quo, written and performed live in concert by ROY ZIMMERMAN (lead singer/songwriter of the politically-satirical Foremen), from his Metaphor Records solo CD "Comic Sutra"* ......... 2:15 *The CD is available for $15.00, including postage & handling; send orders, and make checks payable to: Roy Zimmerman P.O. Box 334 Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 SEGMENT #4 - TWO I.D. by award-winning novelist Dorothy Allison ["Bastard Out Of Carolina"] (with involuntary Helms endorsement) [:10] + This month`s award-winning "AudioFile", spotlighting the latest and best in out lesbigay music [this year`s NFCB winner for Best National Entertainment Series], serves up some CDs with unmistakable down home flavor: Austin, Texas-based ANA EGGE`s "River Under the Road"; "Dashboard Buddha" from North Carolina`s own KID SISTER; and TERESA TRULL & BARBARA HIGBIE`s tunefully eclectic "Playtime" [produced and co-hosted by CHRIS WILSON & PAM MARSHALL, with silent partner CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM`s usual mix-mastery] [6:55] .. 7:05 CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY .................................................................. 1:15 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME .................................................................... 28:35 -----------------------------Please note-------------------------------- Anyone with questions, suggestions, or NEWS stories is encouraged to email "T.W.O." 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