********************************************************** THIS WAY OUT Rundown Program #541 (Distributed 08/10/98) ********************************************************** Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity ................................................ 1:10 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: In a stunning loss for right-wing conservatives, the U.S. House of Representatives rejects a measure that would have killed President Bill Clinton`s May executive order prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination in civilian federal employment; however, the GOP-controlled House later votes to ban co-adoptions by unmarried couples and funding for AIDS-prevention needle exchange programs in Washington, D.C.; the Anglican Church`s rancorous decennial Lambeth Conference in Britain concludes with an overwhelming vote to maintain the status quo in matters homosexual -- no ordination of non-celibate gay and lesbian priests, and no blessing of same- gender couples -- while in the U.S. the United Methodist Church`s Judicial Council attempts to clarify the denomination`s ban on ministerial blessing of queer couples, and Fiji`s Methodist Church and Council of Churches petition their government for a legislative ban on same-gender marriages; Florence, Italy opens its common-law marrige registry to gay & lesbian couples, while the Supreme Court in the Australian state of New South Wales, citing a 12-year "close personal and loving relationship", awards to a gay man a large share of his deceased partner`s estate; a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reporter wins a 4-year battle to designate his partner as the beneficiary of his pension plan; Boston Mayor Thomas Menino issues an executive order extending spousal benefits to city employees` unmarried hetero and gay & lesbian partners after Massachusetts Governor Paul Cellucci vetoes a state- legislature-passed bill approving Boston`s request to do so; ruling that she should be considered a legal stepparent, the Hamilton, New Zealand Family Court orders a lesbian to pay child support for the 3 children her former partner bore by artificial insemination during their 14-year relationship; and in Pescara, Italy, after discovering that a beauty pageant contestant is a transsexual, impressed judges nevertheless crown her "Miss Adriatic 1998" [compiled CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to BRIAN NUNES, GRAHAM UNDERHILL, JASON LIN, MARTIN RICE, REX WOCKNER, CHRIS AMBIDGE, LUCIA CHAPPELLE & GREG GORDON, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN and LEO GARCIA] .............................................................................. ............... 10:40 SEGMENT #2 - Among the targets of humorist MARK RUSSELL during his latest U.S. public television special were Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott and the Republicans` rabid homophobia of the past few weeks, as well as Christian Coalition founder Pat Robertson`s blaming Florida`s recent fires and bad weather on the increasing acceptance of gays and lesbians Herewith some brief but amusing excerpts (tagged with an even briefer snippet from last weekend`s Gay Games Opening Ceremonies performance by the Weather Girls of "It`s Rainin` Men") .............................................................................. ............................................................ 1:25 SEGMENT #3 - Billboard for "Billy`s Hollywood Screen Kiss" feature [:10] + TWO I.D. by "male actress" Charles Pierce (as Bette Davis) [:20] .............. :30 SEGMENT #4 - "BILLY`S HOLLYWOOD SCREEN KISS" has in the past few months gone from Sundance Film Festival standout to a glitzy Tri-Mark Pictures premiere in late July at the venerable Mann`s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood -- the first gay-themed film to debut at that hallowed venue -- simultaneously catapulting writer/director Tommy O'Haver from relative obscurity to Tinseltown`s A-list. This Way Out`s STEVE PRIDE uses some entertaining audio clips from the film to illustrate his review, Sean P. Hayes (who portrays the title character) discusses the casting process and his "butt-ugly" co-star Brad Rowe, and O`Haver talks about the many challenges he faced in the filmmaking process (also includes music from the movie soundtrack) ............................... 13:50 CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY .............................................................................. .......... 1:15 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME .............................................................................. .................... 28:50 =============================*================================= STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT", THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES VOTES AGAINST ANTI-GAY DISCRIMINATION FOR THE FIRST TIME, BUT THE WORLDWIDE ANGLICAN CHURCH VOTES TO MAINTAIN ITS BANS ON ORDAINING NON- CELIBATE LESBIGAY PRIESTS AND BLESSING SAME-GENDER PARTNERS ... LEGAL RECOGNITION OF QUEER COUPLES INCREASES THROUGH COURT DECISIONS IN AUSTRALIA, CANADA AND NEW ZEALAND ... AND U.S. MOVIE SCREENS PUCKER UP FOR "BILLY`S HOLLYWOOD SCREEN KISS". 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." Coordinating Producer Greg Gordon at: TWOradio@aol.com ------------------------------thanks! --------------------------------- Some "THIS WAY OUT" operating expenses are funded by grants from THE GILL FOUNDATION, THE C.P. 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