**************************************************************** THIS WAY OUT Rundown Program #583 (Distributed 05/31/99) Same-gender couples progress in Canada, New South Wales and California, but opponents move to ban queer marriage and reverse domestic partner advances in Oregon; The ACLU files suit in Florida challenging the last U.S. adoptions ban; A new book brings the birds and bees out of the closet; and other LGBT news from around the world **************************************************************** Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity ................... 1:00 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Same-gender couples rights advance with a controversial-but-approved Canadian federal workers pensions bill, while a Property Relations measure passed overwhelmingly in the Australian state of New South Wales' Upper House includes lesbigay couples equality, and three pro-queer-couples bills advance in California [with excerpts from openly-lesbian CA Assemblymember CAROLE MIGDEN during floor debate on her bill mandating insurance companies to offer domestic partners health coverage to businesses wanting to offer it to their employees]; a federal court upholds San Francisco's Equal Benefits Ordinance (which requires city contractors to offer the same benefits their married workers enjoy to unmarried workers' registered partners), and rejects a right-wing-inspired lawsuit against it; the Oregon state House moves to put an anti-marriage/domestic partner constitutional amendment on the ballot there; with GOP Governor Kenny Guinn's signature, Nevada becomes the 11th U.S. state to ban job discrimination based on sexual orientation; in stark contrast to their hostile reception in Texas last year, Log Cabin Republicans receive a warm welcome at Georgia's GOP state convention; the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that school districts can be sued if they deliberately ignore complaints of serious sexual harassment includes harassment based on sexual orientation; Australian LGBT groups are very concerned that an Internet censorship measure moving through the federal legislature will stifle online queer organizing there; and Spain's openly-gay Pedro Almodovar wins Best Director at Cannes for his 13th film, "Todo Sobre Mi Madre" ("All About My Mother") [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] ......................................... 10:55 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for "Biological Exuberance" feature [:10] + Representing both prospective moms and dads and their sons and daughters, the American Civil Liberties Union filed suit in a federal court in Key West this week challenging Florida's ban on gays and lesbians becoming adoptive parents. As This Way Out's SUSAN GAGE reported last week, Florida stands alone among the 50 U.S. states in barring people from adopting based on their sexual orientation; she now files this update on the legal effort to overturn that dubious distinction [with comments by prospective adoptive dad WAYNE SMITH and the ACLU's HOWARD SIMON, and 2:10 intro music and 1:20 outro music from "Love Is All It Takes (To Make A Family)" performed by ROMANOVSKY & PHILLIPS] [7:55] ................................... 8:05 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by Patricia Nell Warren ("The Front Runner" and its sequels) [:15] + For those who would argue that homosexuality is against nature, a new book by BRUCE BAGEMIHL is a "must" read. Even if you indeed believe there's something queer to be said about our furry, feathered and finned friends, Bagemihl's "BIOLOGICAL EXUBERANCE" [St. Martins Press] explains the diverse sexual and gender characteristics of the animal world -- which, he says, include not only homosexuality and bisexuality, but what he calls "behavioral transvestitism" and transsexual transformation among some species. This Way Out's CHRIS ALLEN has the story (with intro music from "The Birds & The Bees" by JEWEL AIKENS & outro music from the most unusual rendition of "In The Mood" you're ever likely to hear) [7:10] ................ 7:25 CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY ...................................... 1:30 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.co -------------------------------thanks! ---------------------------------- =========================================*================================= STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT", MORE PARTNERS PROGRESS IN CANADA, NEW SOUTH WALES AND CALIFORNIA, WHILE OPPONENTS MOVE TO OUTLAW SAME-GENDER MARRIAGE AND REVERSE DOMESTIC PARTNER ADVANCES IN OREGON ... THE A.C.L.U. FILES SUIT IN FLORIDA TO TAKE ON THE LAST U.S. ADOPTIONS BAN ... AND A NEW BOOK BRINGS NATURE OUT OF THE CLOSET. THOSE STORIES AND MORE THIS WEEK ON "THIS WAY OUT: THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY RADIO MAGAZINE", ______________________________________ [DAY and TIME] HERE ON __________________________. 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