**************************************************************** THIS WAY OUT Rundown Program #592 (Distributed 08/02/99) (hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Opening "the second closet": lesbian & gay domestic violence; Pride marches through a tear gas attack, family issues advance in D.C., Canada and the U.K., United Airlines surprises with a partners benefits package, Britain's Court of Appeal orders transsexual surgery and other LGBT news from around the world **************************************************************** Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity ........................ 1:15 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Pride marches on through a tear gas attack in San Diego, while Kelowna, British Columbia Mayor Walter Gray must face a Human Rights Tribunal for censoring pride in his city; openly-gay Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank recovers from heart surgery as Clinton strategizes with other lesbigay elected officials at another historic White House meeting; passage in the U.S. House of Representatives of the annual appropriations measure for Washington, D.C. continues to deny funding for clean needles or medical marijuana use, but in a reverse of last year's vote, the House rejects a ban on adoptions by unmarried couples; Britain's Children's Society, closely allied with the Church of England, announces that it will now accept adoption or foster parenting applications from gays and lesbians; recent legislation in British Columbia covering surviving partner rights continues its process of equalizing legal recognition of same-gender couples; a surprise announcement by United Airlines offers a substantial domestic partner benefits package for its gay and lesbian employees (but not for partnered but unmarried hetero employees); two gay men hold what's believed to be the first ever wedding ceremony in the South African province of Queenstown, while in Olympia, Washington, South African-born Reverend Robert Taylor becomes the first open gay in the U.S. to be chosen as the dean of an Episcopal cathedral; Britain's Court of Appeal rules that sex reassignment surgery for transsexuals is not "cosmetic"; and CBS announces a deal's in the works with openly-lesbian Ellen DeGeneres to star in a new weekly comedy series next year -- and they say they haven't discussed and don't especially care what the sexual orientation of her character will be [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, MARTIN RICE, REX WOCKNER, CHRIS AMBIDGE, MARK KERR, GREG GORDON & LUCIA CHAPPELLE, and anchored by LEO GARCIA & CINDY FRIEDMAN] >........................... 10:5 SEGMENT #2 - "TWO" I.D. by actress Margot Kidder [:20] + Violence against gays and lesbians can come from within as well as from outside the community. Lesbians and gay men living in abusive relationships are locked in a "second closet" that's only recently been gaining recognition. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE is a multi-faceted issue, but for many reasons the problem has received little attention in either the gay community or the gay press. This Way Out's CHRIS ALLEN takes a look inside that "second closet", with an excerpt from "Ballistic Femme" performed by MARIE CARTIER, and comments by SUSAN HOLT, coordinator of the Stop Domestic Violence program at the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center; PATRICK PENROSE, a survivor of domestic violence who addresses gay issues in college forums; and L.A. County Sheriffs Department Family Violence Specialist Deputy BERNICE ABRAM [14:40] .................... 15:00 ===> Resource information in the outro tag <=== (Greg:) "More and more services for lesbian and gay victims of domestic violence are becoming available around the world. If there's a gay and lesbian center or hotline in your area, contact them for information. In the U.S., the National Domestic Violence hotline lists resources across the country at 1-800-799-7233. Lesbians in the Australian state of Victoria can find assistance from the Domestic Violence and Incest Resource Center at 03-9380-4343. There's also the Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project in Darlinghurst, New South Wales at 02-9360-6687. The St. Paul's Hospital Domestic Violence Programme in Vancouver, British Columbia hosts an Empowerment Group for Abused Gay Men - call 604-682-2344. You can find other local domestic violence resources online through your favorite search engine. " CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY ....................................... 1:30 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME ............................................... 28:40 ----------------------------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", PRIDE MARCHES ON THROUGH A TEAR GAS ATTACK, WHILE FAMILY RIGHTS GAIN IN THE U.S., CANADA AND THE U.K ... CLINTON STRATEGIZES WITH ELECTED LESBIGAY OFFICIALS ... UNITED AIRLINES SURPRISES WITH A PARTNERS BENEFITS PACKAGE ... AND A LOOK INSIDE "THE SECOND CLOSET": SAME-GENDER COUPLE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 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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