********************************************************* THIS WAY OUT Rundown Program #567 (Distributed 02/08/99) ********************************************************* Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity >........................................................ 1:10 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Costa Rican gay group Triangulo Rosa sues Roman Catholic Archbishop Roman Arrieta for rights violations because of his outspoken opposition to homosexuality -- but Arrieta is acquited; the Church of Norway`s only woman (and lesbian) priest is reinstated amidst continuity controversy; Canadian rabbi Michael Levenson is under fire from the Winnipeg Council of Rabbis for his plans to perform both interfaith and same-gender weddings; Canadian MP`s from 4 of the country`s 5 major political parties form a "Pink Caucus" in support of same-gender partners equality, but many thousands march against a pro-queer couples measure in France; Britain`s top MI-6 spy in Prague, Christopher Hurran, is outed in the Czech Republic media; British Conservative Member of the European Parliament Tom Spencer`s homosexuaulity is revealed when customs agents find gay porno, marijuana, and cocaine in his suitcase; Washington, D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams offers openly-gay David Howard his original administration position back after the latter resigned following misunderstanding over his use of "niggardly" in comments about his departmental budget; former U.S. Navy Ensign Vernon "Copy" Berg, who in 1976 was one of the first to challenge the ban on gay and lesbian servicemembers, dies from complications of AIDS at the age of 47; cancer claims the life of 72-year-old progressive openly-gay former Premier of South Australia Don Dunstan; LGBT summer celebrations are in full swing Down Under, with Australia`s 4th annual Pride March Victoria in Melbourne and Sydney`s Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras, and Auckland, New Zealand`s annual HERO festival; and Wisconsin`s Tammy Baldwin proves that blond dykes have more fun at the Annual Congressional Dinner [compiled and written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, MARTIN RICE, REX WOCKNER, CHRIS AMBIDGE, GREG GORDON & LUCIA CHAPPELLE, and anchored by LEO GARCIA and CINDY FRIEDMAN] >.............................................................................. >.................................................. 10:40 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for Chastity Bono interview [:05] + On February 5th, the UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME`s Board of Fellows voted unanimously not to add homosexuality to the school`s anti-discrimination policy. The rejection capped a week of various actions by more than 100 members of the campus` Progressive Students Alliance in support of inclusion. Pacifica Radio`s VERNA AVERY BROWN talks with the Progressive Students Alliance`s Aaron Kreider, a Notre Dame graduate student, and University spokesman Dennis Brown, about the clash between civil rights and religious doctrine [6:30] (intro/outro music from "Hymn" by ROMANOVSKY & PHILLIPS) >.............................................................................. >............... 6:35 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by U.S. activist/author Urvashi Vaid [:20] + CHASTITY BONO has written for the Advocate, sung in a rock band, and served as the Entertainment Media Director for GLAAD, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. Her new book, "Family Outing" (Little Brown Press) profiles her coming out story with several others. She talks with TWO`s STEVE PRIDE about coming out to her father Sonny at the age of 18, how her mother Cher learned the news a few months later (via Sonny), and how those events affected her subsequent relationship with each (intro music from "Chastity`s Song" by CHER; outro music from the "I Got You Babe" closing of a "Sonny & Cher" TV show) [8:50] ........... 9:10 CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY >.............................................................................. >.............. 1:20 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”, NOTRE DAME STUDENTS STRIKE AGAINST DISCRIMINATION, AND "FAMILY OUTING" OFFERS VOWS OF CHASTITY ... IN OTHER NEWS, COSTA RICANS SUE AN ARCHBISHOP FOR RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, CANADIAN MP`S FORM A PINK CAUCUS FOR COUPLES EQUALITY, AND A BLOND NAMED BALDWIN ENTERTAINS CONGRESSIONAL COLLEAUGES ... THOSE STORIES AND MORE THIS WEEK ON “THIS WAY OUT: THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY RADIO MAGAZINE”, _________________________________________________ [DAY and TIME] HERE ON _____________________________________ [STATION] ==========================*============================== Some "THIS WAY OUT" operating expenses are funded by grants from THE GILL FOUNDATION, THE C.P. ESTÉS GUADALUPE FOUNDATION, and through charitable donations from listeners worldwide. 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