==========> Beginning Our 12th Year!! <========== ******************************************************* THIS WAY OUT Rundown Program #575 (Distributed 04/05/99) ******************************************************* San Francisco indulges Perpetual Sisters despite Catholic flak "Best Album" nominees Wainwright, Love and Ferrick strum their GLAMA stuff International queer activists meet under Amnesty`s banner, the Caymans tell Britain "no" to sodomy law reform, rights bills move in New York, Nevada and Colorado, the $50-million "Jenny Jones" civil trial begins, and other LGBT news from around the world ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity >.......................................................... 1:15 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: : Representatives from 25 countries on 5 continents convene in London for Amnesty International`s first-ever queer rights-focused confab; the Cayman Islands government tells Britain "no" to its offer of citizenship for sodomy law reform; the Canadian government is working on equalizing tax and pension benefits for same-gender couples, while its most queer-friendly province, British Columbia, plans to expand its spousal survival rights for gay and lesbian couples; separate bills banning employment discrimination based on sexual orientation easily pass in the New York and Nevada Assemblies, and a similar measure seems headed for first-time-ever consideration in the Colorado House; an openly-gay tenured professor quits the University of Notre Dame over its refusal to add sexual orientation to its anti-discrimination policy; a New York judge dismisses a lawsuit by two lesbian students seeking school-subsidized spousal residential housing for their partners; Regents of New Mexico State University unanimously reject spousal benefits for unmarried employees` domestic partners; the U.S. Supreme Court will consider the case of 5 Christian University of Wisconsin students who object to a part of their required student activity fees supporting campus groups with whom they politically or ideologically disagree (specifically including the university`s queer students group); the "Jenny Jones Show" civil trial begins with the family of murdered Scott Amedure seeking $50-million; a Quebec court affirms the ability of transgenders to get revised birth certificates without having to first undergo genital reconstruction surgery; Japan officially designates April 4th as Transgender Day; and public debate rages over who`s the loveliest of all: the newly-crowned traditional Miss Thailand or the Most Photogenic winner of the transgender Miss Tiffany Universe pageant? [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] >.............................................................................. >......................................... 10:50 SEGMENT #2 - "AudioFile" billboard [:10] + The SISTERS OF PERPETUAL INDULGENCE celebrated their 20th anniversary with a street fair in San Francisco`s heavily lesbigay Castro district on Easter Sunday -- with an official 9-2 blessing from the Board of Supervisors, despite a storm of protest from the Cathlic archdiocese that what one reporter called "those wacky drag nuns" would make a mockery of the faith on its holiest day. The whole uprorar sparked STEVE PRIDE`s curiosity, so he set out to learn more about the satiric philanthropic group -- and its 18 "houses" around the world -- from fan and aspiring saint ALISON ARNGRIM ("Little House On The Prairie"`s Nellie Olson), female SISTER VIBRATA ELEKTRA, and L.A. SISTER JUSTINA NICKOTIME (intro music from "Sisters" by ROSEMARY CLOONEY and VERA-ELLEN from the "White Christmas" movie soundtrack; outro music from "Sisters Are Doin` It For Themselves" by THE EURYTHMICS) [8:30] + "TWO" I.D. by "male actress" Charles Pierce (as Bette Davis) [:20] (over segment outro music) ....................................... 9:00 SEGMENT #3 - Some very out performers are sitting on pins and guitar picks this week waiting to hear who will be the winners at the 3rd Annual GAY/LESBIAN AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS, scheduled to be handed out at a New York City gala on April 12th. CHRIS WILSON and PAM MARSHALL profiled 2 of the 5 "Best Album" GLAMA nominees on earlier programs ["Playtime"/Teresa Trull & Barbara Higbee and "Fruit Cocktail"/Various Artists], so this AUDIOFILE (produced with CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM) introduces the other three: RUFUS WAINWRIGHT for "Rufus Wainwright", LAURA LOVE for "Shum Ticky", and MELISSA FERRICK for "Everything I Need" (includes comments by Wainwright and Ferrick) >............................................ 6:30 =(on-scene coverage of the 3rd Annual GLAMA ceremonies is scheduled for our April 19th program)= CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY >.............................................................................. >.............. 1:25 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”, PERPETUAL SISTERS INDULDGED DESPITE CATHOLIC FLAK, AND NOMINEES STRUM THEIR STUFF BEFORE A NIGHT OF GLAMA ... IN OTHER NEWS, INTERNATIONAL ACTIVISTS MEET UNDER AMNESTY`S BANNER, CAYMANS TELL BRITS "NO" TO SODOMY REFORM, RIGHTS BILLS MOVE IN NEW YORK, NEVADA AND COLORADO, AND THE 50-MILLION-DOLLAR "JENNY JONES" CIVIL TRIAL BEGINS. FOR THOSE STORIES AND MORE THIS WEEK TUNE IN TO “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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