********************************************************** THIS WAY OUT Rundown Program #536 (07/06/98) ********************************************************** Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity ................................................ 1:15 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: The Spanish state of Catalonia makes history by legally recognizing same-gender partners; openly-gay Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank and his partner of over 10 years Herb Moses have split up; Miami Beach votes to recognize the same-gender partners of its gay & lesbian employees for certain bereavement and leave benefits; New Orleans adds transgendered people to protected categories in its hate crimes law; in Argentina, dozens of transvestite sex workers aren`t even allowed into the building to protest as the Buenos Aires City Council passes a law restricting them to working only in a prescribed red light district; in a case some human rights groups see as an escalation of anti-queer government harassment, Gays & Lesbians of Zimbabwe leader Keith Goddard is out on bail after being charged with raping a man at gunpoint after he had accused the man of attempted extortion; seemingly in defiance of a condition for membership specified by the Council of Europe, the Romanian parliament rejects further reforms of its national sodomy law; the Australian federal government`s Model Criminal Code Committee recommends an end to the so-called "homosexual panic" defense in cases involving assaults against gays; a Melbourne, Australia gay man wins a landmark sexual harassment lawsuit against a hospital run by the Salvation Army; Britain`s Scotland Yard establishes a hotline and opens a new liaison office in an effort to increase the reporting of anti-queer violence; the legal proceedings begin in a Vancouver, British Columbia-area school board`s $100,000 defense of its ban of 3 children`s books depicting queer families; LGBT Chinese "tongzhi" (the Mandarin word for "comrade") from around the world meet in San Francisco to cultivate pride; and RuPaul, America`s most famous cross-dresser, goes both ways -- in drag and as his manly self -- in upcoming ad campaigns [compiled & written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to BRIAN NUNES, GRAHAM UNDERHILL, JASON LIN, MARTIN RICE, REX WOCKNER, LUCIA CHAPPELLE & GREG GORDON, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN & GREG GORDON] ........................... 10:25 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for NSW Anti-Violence Campaign & Lesbian Healthcare features [:05] + A mid-June Alabama Supreme Court decision permanently separated a lesbian mother from her young daughter. The unanimous ruling found nothing wrong with the mother as a loving parent and provider, except that "... she has chosen to expose the child continuously to a lifestyle that is neither legal in this state, nor moral in the eyes of most of its citizens." KATE KENDALL of the National Center for Lesbian Rights [in excerpts from an interview on PlanetOut Radio] critiques the Alabama Supremes and their "devastating" decision (brief intro music from "In The Best Interest of The Children" by Cris Williamson & Tret Fure; outro music from "Homophobia" by Romanovsky & Phillips [4:05] ........ 4:10 {chorus from "Homophobia" continues under the following BB and I.D., up full briefly, then down and out under intro to next feature} SEGMENT #3 - Billboard for NSW Anti-Violence Campaign & Lesbian Healthcare features [:05] + "TWO" I.D. by openly-lesbian actress Amanda Bearse ("Married... With Children") [:10] + Whatever the locale, statistics inevitably show that most assaults against gays and lesbians are committed by young men -- and who better to reach young men with an anti-violence message than star athletes? An innovative ad campaign in the state of New South Wales denouncing anti-queer aggression featured spokespeople from one of the most overtly heterosexual and often homophobic cultures in Australia: from the locker room of the Sydney Swans professional football team, ALI BENTON [Australia`s national lesbigay radio show "Out & Out"] talks with Swan MATHEW NICKS, who appears in his footy gear on a poster headlined "Homophobia Doesn`t Score Points With Me", and ad campaign coordinator IAN ARCHER WRIGHT [4:25] ................................................ 4:40 {chorus from "Homophobia" by Romanovsky & Phillips up full briefly, then down and out under intro to next feature} SEGMENT #4 - Discrimination has always had an impact on the quality of health care that lesbians receive, but the multi-faceted problem has been drawing wider attention. In a conversation with reporter VERNA AVERY BROWN [Pacifica Network News] MARJ PLUMB, Director of Public Policy for the Gay & Lesbian Medical Association, explains why lesbian health concerns differ from those of heterosexual women, discusses the many ways lesbians may get inferior treatment, and tells how improving medical care for lesbians will improve the quality of health care for everyone (outro music from the last part of "When Heterosexism Strikes" by Romanovsky & Phillips) ................................................ 6:00 CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY .............................................................................. .......... 1:15 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME .............................................................................. ........................... 27:45 ================================*================================= STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT", KATE KENDALL OF THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR LESBIAN RIGHTS DISCUSSES A "DEVASTATING" ALABAMA SUPREME COURT RULING THAT REMOVED A YOUNG GIRL FROM THE CUSTODY OF HER LOVING AND RESPONSIBLE LESBIAN MOM ... MARJ PLUMB OF THE GAY & LESBIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION EXPLAINS HOW HOMOPHOBIA DEPRIVES MANY WOMEN OF ADEQUATE HEALTH CARE ... AND ALI BENTON REPORTS FROM THE LOCKER ROOM OF THE SYDNEY SWANS PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM ABOUT AN INNOVATIVE ANTI-HOMOPHOBIA CAMPAIGN IN AUSTRALIA. IN OTHER NEWS, THE SPANISH STATE OF CATALONIA MAKES HISTORY BY GRANTING LEGAL RECOGNITION TO SAME-GENDER COUPLES, A VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-AREA SCHOOL BOARD BEGINS A $100,000 DEFENSE OF ITS BAN ON 3 LESBIGAY-POSITIVE CHILDREN`S BOOKS, AND ROMANIA BACKSLIDES ON SODOMY REFORM. TUNE IN FOR THOSE STORIES AND OTHER NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD ON THE NEXT EDITION OF "THIS WAY OUT: THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY RADIO MAGAZINE", ______________________________________ [DAY and TIME] HERE ON __________________________. [STATION] -----------------------------Please note-------------------------------- Anyone with questions, suggestions, or NEWS stories is encouraged to email "T.W.O." 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