******************************************************* THIS WAY OUT Rundown Program #580 (Distributed 05/10/99) ********************************************************* Serious questions in the wake of the "Jenny Jones" civil trial verdict, U of Pittsburgh student protesters demand discrimination explanation, Los Angeles County conjugal partners sign up for recognition, Quebec moves toward unmarried equality, Hamburg couples tie the registry, New Hampshire`s adoption ban officially ends, Zimbabwe`s Banana defrocked, South Africa`s fledgling gay political party suffers a flaming setback, and other LGBT news from around the world ==================================================================== Opening Theme Music/Intro Continuity [=no teases this week=] >......................... :35 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Quebec is set to give gay & lesbian couples the most extensive recognition in the Americas; 7 Hamburg same-gender couples become the first in Germany to register their relationships; with Governor Jeanne Shaheen`s signature, New Hampshire`s lesbigay adoption & fostering ban is officially off the books; Canaan Banana, an ordained minister and Zimbabwe`s first post-colonial president, who was convicted in December of sexual assaults against nine men, is defrocked by the Methodist Church; a fire in the home of the president of South Africa`s fledgling gay political party prevents them from a timely filing of their slate of over 200 candidates, preventing their official participation in the country`s upcoming elections; a landslide electoral victory in the Town of Vincent makes John Hyde the first openly-gay mayor in the state of Western Australia; Seattle City Councilmember Tina Podlodowski and retired U.S. Army Colonel and former Congressional candidate Margarthe Cammermeyer each announce that they won’t be running for office again in the near future; Superior Court Judge Ray Warren, North Carolina`s first openly-gay Republican elected official, quits the party after 23 years to protest its successful opposition to a state hate crimes bill; a hate crimes bill in South Carolina is killed in committee without discussion; a Michigan jury awards the family of Scott Amedure 25 million dollars from defendants "The Jenny Jones Show" and its producers and distributors, ruling that their negligence contributed to the shooting death of Amedure by Jonathan Schmitz, the man for whom he`d confessed a "secret crush" during a tape of the show; vigils and memorials continue for the victims of last week`s deadly nail bombing of a London gay pub; the Belfast City Council agrees to let the civic center be used for the kickoff event of this June`s Northern Ireland LGBT Pride celebration; and the British Museum pays 1.8 million pounds for a homoerotic "Holy Grail" [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 & LEO GARCIA] >................................................................ 10:20 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for U of Pitt and L.A. DP features [:10] + Another round in the "Jenny Jones" murder case concluded May 7, when an Oakland County, Michigan circuit court jury found that the syndicated TV talkshow, Telepictures Productions and its distributor Warner Brothers had contributed to the killing of Scott Amedure by Jonathan Schmitz, the man for whom Amedure had divulged a secret crush at a taping of the show 3 days before. Amedure`s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit, arguing that producers were negligent, and the jury awarded them 25 million dollars in damages. KPFK/Los Angeles reporter FRANK STOLTZE talks with JEFF COHEN, co-founder of FAIR -- Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting -- about the trial and its implications, particularly dissecting the role that homophobia played in the entire story, and the media`s seeming reluctance to address that issue [4:40] .. 4:50 SEGMENT #3 - U of Pitt and L.A. DP features billboard [:15] + "TWO" I.D. by Russian activist Roman Kalinin [:10] + A campaign by campus activists to demand health coverage for the domestic partners of University of Pittsburgh gay and lesbian employees has included a hunger strike, sit-in, and a commencement day demonstration. The University Board of Trustees` refusal to extend the benefits has had implications for the wider Pittsburgh community, since the University is countering a lawsuit by a former lesbian employee by charging that the city`s non-discrimination ordinance -- which includes sexual orientation -- is not enforceable under Pennsylvania law. Correspondent ROSEMARY WELSCH (WYEP/Pittsburgh) talks with student activists HOLLY LOUIS and ANDREW STENGL about their efforts, the roadblocks they`ve encountered, and what they`ve learned (intro music from "Step By Step" by SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK) [6:00] >............................................................... 6:25 SEGMENT #4 - In April, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a domestic partners registry for unmarried couples -- both opposite and same-gender -- and with 10 million residents, including some 230,000 households of unmarried cohabitants, it`s one of the largest entities ever to take such a step. This Way Out`s PAM MARSHALL and CHRIS WILSON were on hand to throw rice at some of the very first registering couples on May 6th, and to talk with some of the movers & shakers who helped make it happen, including JENNIFER PIZER, Managing Attorney of the Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund`s Western Regional Office; ANDY BALL, Public Policy Director at L.A.`s Gay & Lesbian Center; Los Angeles County Assistant Registrar Recorder JANICE CULL; and YOLANDA RETTER of the International Gay And Lesbian Archives (engineered by CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM; intro music from "Every Kiss Is A Revolution" by DAVID BROWN, outro music from "The Best Is Yet To Come" by HOLLY NEAR) >.............................................................................. >................................ 5:40 CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY >.............................................................................. >............... 1:10 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”, QUEBEC MOVES TOWARD UNMARRIED EQUALITY, HAMBURG COUPLES TIE THE REGISTRY, AND NEW HAMPSHIRE`S ADOPTION BAN OFFICIALLY ENDS ... IN OTHER NEWS, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH STUDENT PROTESTERS DEMAND A DISCRIMINATION EXPLANATION, LOS ANGELES COUNTY CONJUGAL PARTNERS SIGN ON THE LINE, AND QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE "JENNY JONES" CIVIL TRIAL VERDICT. 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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