********************************************************* THIS WAY OUT Rundown Program #574 (Distributed 03/29/99) ********************************************************* From Sacramento to Tallahassee and 100's of places in between, "Equality Begins At Home" Jury selection begins in the first Shepard murder trial, rights progress in Maryland but lose in Delaware and Illinois, more trials for same-gender-couple-marrying Methodist ministers, the Scottish Primate curses a bank deal with Pat Robertson, Britain's Law Lords bless gay asylum seekers, and other LGBT news from around the world ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity >........................................................ 1:00 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Jury selection begins in Laramie, Wyoming for the trial of Russell Henderson, the first of the two defendants in the notorious gay-bashing murder of openly-gay student Matthew Shepard last October; Connecticut state representative Patrick Flaherty publicly comes out as a gay man at a queer rights rally in Hartford; anti-discrimination protections progress in Maryland, but there are setbacks in Delaware and Illinois; the Los Angeles, California County Board of Supervisors votes preliminary approval for a domestic partners registry; a church court jury finds Illinois United Methodist minister Reverend Gregory Dell guilty of disobedience for blessing the relationship of two gay men and suspends him from his pastoral duties, while charges are filed against 69 of the more than 90 ministers who participated in the highly-publicized January union ceremony in Sacramento, California of a lesbian couple; the Primate of the Scottish Episcopal Church threatens withdrawal of his Church funds from the Bank of Scotland if it pursues a joint venture with right-wing U.S. televangelist Pat Robertson; a British Law Lords ruling will make it easier for lesbigay asylum-seekers there; a discriminatory review of foster parenting by gays or lesbians in the Canadian province of Alberta is nevertheless an improvement on the previous outright ban; and Sir Ian McKellen becomes Monica Lewinsky`s next "unavailable" man [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 CINDY FRIEDMAN and LEO GARCIA] .......... 10:40 SEGMENT #2 - "TWO" I.D. by writer Dorothy Allison ("Bastard Out Of Carolina") with unauthorized Jesse Helms endorsement [:15] (over instrumental beginning of segment intro music, "Get Used To It" by MARK ISLAM) + From Alaska to Alabama, hundreds of events in every U.S. state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico throughout the week of March 21st brought the struggle for lesbigay civil rights to peoples` backyards in an unprecedented campaign called EQUALITY BEGINS AT HOME, coordinated by the Federation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Statewide Political Organizations and the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF). Activists focused on immediate local concerns, with discrimination protections, sodomy law repeal, hate crimes legislation, support for LGBT public school students, and parenting and domestic partner rights among the most popular issues. This Way Out`s LUCIA CHAPPELLE and GREG GORDON describe some of the actions across the U.S., and the NGLTF`s TRACEY CONATY briefly explains the importance of EBAH [3:40 including intro music] ... then on-the-scene coverage of 2 events demonstrate the increasing visibility that the campaign inspired: hundreds of queer youth and their supporters gather on the steps of the California state capitol building in Sacramento for a joyfully boisterous rally -- AARON GLANCE`s report includes comments by youth activists MARIO BALASITA and ROBERT RYAN, the state`s two openly-lesbian legislators SHEILA KUEHL & CAROLE MIGDEN, and Assembly Speaker ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA [4:55] ... and SUSAN GAGE takes us to the first-ever rally and lobby day in Tallahassee, Florida, featuring comments by NADINE SMITH, Executive Director of the statewide organizing group Equality Florida, URVASHI VAID, Director of the NGLTF Policy Institute, and openly gay Massachusetts Representative BARNEY FRANK, plus a lobby day visit to the offices of Key West state senator DARRELL JONES for a discussion of school safety, and the domestic partners legislation he`s introduced [6:10 + :50 for outro music reprise of "Get Used To It" by MARK ISLAM] >.............................................................................. >........ 15:50 CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY >.............................................................................. >.............. 1:30 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME >.............................................................................. >.............................. 29:00 -----------------------------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”, FROM SACRAMENTO TO TALLAHASSEE AND HUNDREDS OF PLACES IN BETWEEN, "EQUALITY BEGINS AT HOME" ... IN OTHER NEWS, JURY SELECTION BEGINS IN THE FIRST SHEPARD MURDER TRIAL, RIGHTS PROTECTIONS PROGRESS IN MARYLAND BUT LOSE IN DELAWARE AND ILLINOIS, THE SCOTTISH PRIMATE CURSES PAT ROBERTSON`S BANK DEAL, AND A BRITISH LAW LORDS RULING HELPS GAY ASYLUM-SEEKERS. 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. 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