********************************************************** THIS WAY OUT Rundown Program #538 (Distributed 07/20/98) ********************************************************** Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity ................................................ 1:05 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Pisa becomes the first city in Italy to legally recognize same-gender domestic partners, while 2 South African lesbian couples -- one in each pair a foreign national -- fight the country`s immigration policy in court to stay together; the EuroCourt won`t hear a legal challenge to the British military`s anti-queer ban, but Tim McVeigh sails away from the U.S. Navy, and Northern California`s Boy Scouts-affiliated Sea Explorers youth group finds a new marina home in Richmond after being evicted from their Berkeley berth because of their anti-gay BSA connection; conservative Republican Congressman Joel Hefley of Colorado pulls his proposed amendment to rescind President Clinton`s executive order barring anti-lesbigay discrimination in federal employment from a bill being floor-managed by fellow GOP Arizona Congressman Jim Kolbe, who`s openly-gay, to avoid a party "public relations nightmare", but its anticipated attachment to another bill next week could have even wider impact; California Republican Congressman Frank Riggs introduces a measure to deny federal funds from any city requiring its contractors to provide employee domestic partner benefits equal to those given to legally-married spouses (his immediate target is San Francisco, the only city with such a law); five Wisconsin Christians United anti-gay billboards come down after creating a month-long furor across the state; those American "cure" ads have Aussie activists practicing preventative legal therapy; and typos apparently curse the religiously righteous: callers to the phone number in the first of those 3 U.S. "cure" ads reach an Alabama electrical contractor instead, and a PR Newswire release from the Family Research Council crowing about the ads describes them as one of the sponsoring "profanity organizations" [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 LEO GARCIA and CINDY FRIEDMAN] ............. 5 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for Gay Games preview [:10] + "Truth in Love" was the theme of high-profile religious right full-page ads in 3 major U.S. newspapers last week -- the Washington Post, USA Today, and the New York Times -- promoting a Christian "cure" for homosexuality through therapy and prayer. But the series was, in reality, destructive misinformation for political gain, according to critiques from other religious leaders, health care professionals, and progressive media analysts. Reporter MARK BEVIS [Pacifica Network News] talks with both pros and cons about the issue, including Melody Morris, Executive Director of the Christian Family Network; Steve Fishen, President of the National Legal Foundation; Diana Dube of the People For The American Way Foundation; Sister Maurine Fiedler of Catholics Speak Out; Lowell Tong, chair of the American Psychiatric Association`s Committee on Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Issues; and Rev Dr. C. Welton Gaddy, Executive Director of the Interfaith Alliance (intro/outro music from "Laws of Nature" by disappear fear) [7:05] .............................................................................. ..................... 7:15 SEGMENT #3 - TWO I.D. by openly-gay Olympics diving champ Greg Louganis [:05] + With the Opening Ceremonies of the 1998 GAY GAMES just days away (August 1st), HOWARD SHANNON of Radio Netherlands provides a preview of the week-long extravaganza -- which will be bigger than the Atlanta Olympics in both size and scope -- with Gay Games V Director of Operations Nik van der Spek and Development Director Pascal van der Noord, while Mayor Schelto Patijn explains why Amsterdam is such a natural locale for the first Gay Games to be held outside of North America [9:05] ............................................ 9:10 CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY .............................................................................. ..... 1:15 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME .............................................................................. ............... 29:00 ===============================*================================= STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON “THIS WAY OUT”, AMSTERDAM SHAPES UP FOR GAY GAMES `98, WHILE THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT`S "TRUTH IN LOVE" AD CAMPAIGN FAILS ON BOTH COUNTS ... PISA LEANS TOWARD DOMESTIC PARTNER RIGHTS, WHILE SOUTH AFRICAN COUPLES FIGHT TO STAY TOGETHER ... THE EUROCOURT WON`T HEAR A CHALLENGE TO BRITAIN`S MILITARY BAN, BUT TIM McVEIGH SAILS AWAY FROM THE U.S. NAVY ... AND TYPOS CURSE THE RELIGIOUSLY RIGHTEOUS ... THOSE STORIES AND MORE, 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." 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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