********************************************************** THIS WAY OUT Rundown Program #534 (06/22/98) ********************************************************** Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity ................................................... 1:05 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Opponents of sodomy law reform fail to muster much protest in Romania, suggesting changing attitudes there; the prosecution rests in the multi-count homosexual assault trial of former Zimbabwe President Canaan Banana, while one of that country`s leading gay activists may also be tried for sodomy; on the eve of Parliament`s anticipated lowering of the gay male age of consent to match that for heterosexuals and lesbians, Britain`s Minister of State calls for a major review of the nation`s antiquated sex crime laws, many of which specifically target gay men; Finland quietly equalizes its age of consent a week earlier; legislating same-gender partner parity is an inflating political football in France; a U.S. senator`s queer "diagnosis" prompts many "second opinions" [w/soundbites of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott and White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry]; Texas Republican Senator Dick Armey marches in moral "Lottstep"; some 350 U.S. TV, cable and radio programs increase HIV/AIDS awareness during June 19th`s 6th annual "Day of Compassion"; ignoring some activists` fears that abandoning anonymous tracking will reduce testing and treatment rates, the New York state legislature overwhelmingly passes a bill requiring physicians to report the names of people with HIV to state health officials (and Governor Pataki is expected to sign it into law); and opening weekend boffo box office numbers for "6 Days, 7 Nights" belie belief in some quarters that openly- lesbian actress Anne Heche can`t play it straight with Harrison Ford, while openly-gay actors B.D. Wong and Harvey Fierstein give voice to two of the butchest characters in Disney`s new animated Chinese cross-dressing fable "Mulan" [compiled and written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to BRIAN NUNES, GRAHAM UNDERHILL, JASON LIN, MARTIN RICE, REX WOCKNER, HANNELE LEHTIKUUSI, BJÖRN SKOLANDER, LUCIA CHAPPELLE and GREG GORDON, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN and LEO GARCIA] ......................................................... ......... .................................................. 10:50 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for Signorile Pride commentary [:05] + A proposal to add sexual orientation to categories protected by Miami/Dade County, Florida`s anti-discrimination ordinance in 1977 ignited a long and ugly fight between religious conservatives, led by singer & Florida Orange Juice spokesperson Anita Bryant, and a politically-naive and inexperienced gay and lesbian community, culminating in a landslide repeal of the ordinance on June 7, 1977 -- what came to be known as "Orange Tuesday". But Bryant`s victory was short- lived: in the conclusion of her 3-part series, This Way Out`s SUSAN GAGE details the aftermath of that campaign, which left Bryant`s career (and marriage) in ruins, and examines current signs of lesbigay civil rights progress on Florida`s horizon [includes the voices of Anita Bryant; her ex- husband Bob Green; former Dade County Commissioner Ruth Shack; Florida Atlantic University Associate Professor of Media Studies Fred Fejes; and Kathleen Mulinsky, a Sarasota-area college professor and advisor to LGBT student groups] (intro music from "My Little Corner Of The World" by ANITA BRYANT; outro music from "Big Shot" by BILLY JOEL) [7:20] .............................................................................. ......... 7:30 SEGMENT #3 - TWO I.D. by openly-gay Olympic diving champ Greg Louganis [:10] + What`s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Gay Pride Day? Is it the parade? The partying? The politics? In "Pride Is In The Eye Of The Beholder" [recorded on a portable cassette deck in his New York City home], MICHELANGELO SIGNORILE, "Out" magazine columnist and author (most recently of the now-in-paperback "Life Outside") discusses the enduring importance of Pride events to people who are emerging from the closet and/or who don`t live in major cities, challenges those who merely use the annual celebration as an excuse to overindulge, and counsels patience to those who`ve been out for a while, for whom Pride observances may hold minimal significance at best, or at worst have become cheesy over-commercialized embarrassments [5:25] + extended outro music: an edited version of "Come Out Everybody" by Zrazy (begins under Signorile commentary back I.D.) [2:45] .............................. 8:20 CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY .............................................................................. ........... 1:15 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME .............................................................................. ........................... 28:55 -----------------------------Please note-------------------------------- Anyone with questions, suggestions, or NEWS stories is encouraged to email "T.W.O." Coordinating Producer Greg Gordon at: TWOradio@aol.com ------------------------------thanks! --------------------------------- Some "THIS WAY OUT" operating expenses are funded by grants from THE C.P. 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