********************************************************* THIS WAY OUT Rundown Program #566 (Distributed 02/01/99) ********************************************************* Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity >....................................................... 1:20 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Germany honors gays for the first time in a national Day of Remembrance for Holocaust Victims; with strong support from the Blair government, Britain`s House of Commons moves again on age of consent reform [with Parliamentary commentary by Home Secretary Jack Straw]; the parliament of the Channel Island British Crown dependency of Guernsey won`t approve equality, but does lower the gay age of consent from 21 to 18; a EuroCourt rejects a gay Swedish EU worker`s efforts to secure domestic partnership benefits; the Clinton administration taps openly-gay financial wiz and novelist Andrew Tobias to be Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee; openly-gay David Howard, recently named to head Washington, D.C.`s Office of Public Advocate by newly-elected Mayor Anthony Williams, resigns after his comments about his "niggardly" budget were misunderstood to be a racial slur; in other U.S. political news: the state of Utah bans all unmarried couples from adopting children, the Broward County, Florida Commission okays same- gender domestic partner benefits for county workers and will reward city contractors who do the same, an initiative to repeal Columbus, Ohio`s newly- enacted domestic partner benefits qualifies for the ballot, and following the mayor`s expected signature, and Louisville, Kentucky will become the state`s first municipality to prohibit discrimination against gays, lesbians and transgenders; a queer-inclusive hate crimes bill narrowly passes in the Wyoming state House; Nelson, New Zealand loses its popular "Gaytime FM" radio show due to lack of funding after more than 5 years on the air, but "Asterico.gay", the nation`s first continuing LBGT TV show, debuts in February in Argentina -- and in other parts of South America; Sydney`s drag nun activist Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are un-employed to guide Opera House tours in honor of Mardi Gras following Catholic complaints; French lesbian Amelie Mauresmo wins a stunning semi-final victory over world #1 womens tennis player Lindsay Davenport in the Australian Open and weathers some homophobic undercurrents, but loses to #2 seed Martina Hingis in the finals; and an all male cast will perform Shakespeare`s "Antony and Cleopatra" at the Bard`s historic Globe Theatre this season -- but only actors with good breath need apply [compiled and written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, MARTIN RICE, REX WOCKNER, CHRIS AMBIDGE, ALEJANDRA SARDA, ALAN REEKIE, GREG GORDON & LUCIA CHAPPELLE, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN and LEO GARCIA] >.............................................................................. >........................................................ 10:25 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for "AudioFile" [:10] + A Pentagon report released in late January reveals that 5 years after the Clinton Administration adopted its "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy to supposedly make it easier for lesbians and gay men to serve in the military, their rate of discharges has actually increased. In fact, the U.S. armed forces expelled more people because of their sexual orientation in 1998 than in any other year this decade. With comments by former U.S. Naval Petty Officer Brandon DuBrock, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network Co-Executive Director Michelle Benecke, and Human Rights Campaign Political Director Winnie Stachelberg, reporter JEREMY SCAHILL [Pacifica Network News] has the story behind the statistics (intro music from "Military Madness" by GRAHAM NASH; outro music from "(Untitled)" by MARTIN F. SWINGER [6:55] .................. 7:05 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by "male actress" Charles Pierce (as Eleanor Roosevelt) [:20] + Auditioning 3 newly-out CD`s, CHRIS WILSON and PAM MARSHALL [with production by CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM] find themselves between a rock and a folk place (Michelle Malone`s "Beneath The Devil Moon"), getting Turked over a sensually "Steam"y soundtrack, and visiting with a gaggle of performers rolled into one (Jim Bailey's "Voices") in this month`s "AudioFile" (includes Malone talking about the fun she had touring with Lilith Fair, and Bailey about his comic beginnings and the enduring popularity of the divas he does) [8:10] ....... 8:30 CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY >.............................................................................. >................. 1:35 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! -------------------------------- STATION PROMO COPY ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON “THIS WAY OUT”, THE PENTAGON ADMITS THAT MILITARY DISCHARGES HAVE SKYROCKETED UNDER "DON`T ASK, DON`T TELL", AND LESBIGAY ACTIVISTS THINK THEY KNOW WHY ... IN OTHER NEWS, GERMANY REMEMBERS THE DEAD, BRITAIN RECONSIDERS THE YOUNG, A EUROCOURT REJECTS A SWEDISH E.U. WORKER'S DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP PLEA, AND THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE WON`T INDULGE PERPETUAL "SISTERS" ... YOU`LL ALSO HEAR MULTIPLE "VOICES", MUSICAL "STEAM", AND GO "BENEATH THE DEVIL MOON" IN THIS MONTH`S "AUDIOFILE" ... 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