**************************************************************** THIS WAY OUT Rundown Program #595 (Distributed 08/23/99) (hosted by Greg Gordon and Lucia Chappelle) The lesbian sex comedy that melts in your mouth is "Better Than Chocolate"; Wall Street wiz Walter Schubert takes queer economics online with gfn.com; A brutal gay-bashing shocks London, Falwell promises to talk nicer, but many GOP presidential candidates take "the homophobe's pledge"; South Africa's high court considers immigration-related queer coupledom, and other LGBT news from around the world **************************************************************** Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity ........................ 1:10 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: A brutal Clapham Common gay-bashing shocks London; U.S. televangelist Jerry Falwell promises his former ghostwriter and now queer religious activist Reverend Mel White that he'll tone down his ant-gay rhetoric, but several G.O.P. presidential candidates take "the homophobe's pledge"; the fight against an anti-queer-couples initiative in California gets a record-breaking $300,000 boost; Federal Express avoids further Equal Benefits Ordinance litigation by agreeing to extend certain domestic partner perks to its San Francisco employees; gay and lesbian UN workers demand spousal coverage; South Africa's Constitutional Court considers immigrant partners of lesbigay couples; a lesbian co-mom sues for visitation in what may be a first-ever such case in Scotland; civil rights setbacks in the U.S. this week include rejection of sexual orientation discrimination protections in Dubuque, Iowa and at Texas A&M University, the certification of a rights-preventing ballot measure in Falmouth, Maine, and the refusal of Nevada's governor to endorse Reno Pride; Sir Elton John gives his first post-pacemaker concert and is ready to hit the road again; and hate leads to love online after notorious homophobe Fred Phelps' web site is hijacked [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] >....................................... 10:50 SEGMENT #2 - "Better Than Chocolate" billboard [:10] + The financial services business is booming, but it's still rare to find open gays and lesbians in leadership positions. One Wall Street mover and shaker plans to change all that with a unique internet-based information source for savvy lesbian and gay investors. The web site is called gfn.com -- for GAY FINANCIAL NETWORK -- and its founder, WALTER SCHUBERT, the only openly-gay member of the New York Stock Exchange, tells "This Way Out"'s JON BEAUPRE why being out was vital to his own sense of personal and professional integrity, and how he aims to make social change with an innovative approach to pink dollars [5:55] .................................... 6:05 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by lesbian comedian Kate Clinton (with a brief excerpt about being interviewed on the radio from her audiobook, "Don't Get Me Started") [:25] + "BETTER THAN CHOCOLATE" has something for almost everyone: a love-at-first-sight lesbian couple, a bisexual woman and a young man, a transgender lesbian and her repressed heartthrob, and a divorcee who meets a vibrator. It won the award for most popular film at this year's London Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Best Feature Film Audience Award at Toronto's lesbian & gay film festival, and is now arriving in theatres around the United States. "This Way Out"'s STEVE PRIDE has some preview clips, and talks with screenwriter PEGGY THOMPSON, director ANNE WHEELER, and "Chocolate"'s young stars, CHRISTINA COX and KARYN DWYER about the pleasures and perils of making a lesbian romantic sex comedy (with music throughout from the movie soundtrack) [8:50] ................. 9:15 CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY ......................................... 1:25 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME ................................................. 28:45 ----------------------------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", WHICH LESBIAN ROMANTIC COMEDY MELTS IN YOUR MOUTH? IT'S "BETTER THAN CHOCOLATE" ... WALL STREET WIZ WALTER SCHUBERT TAKES QUEER ECONOMICS ONLINE WITH THE GAY FINANCIAL NETWORK ... AND IN THE NEWS, A BRUTAL GAY-BASHING SHOCKS LONDON, FALWELL PROMISES TO TONE DOWN HIS RHETORIC WHILE SOME G.O.P. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TAKE "THE HOMOPHOBE'S PLEDGE", AND SOUTH AFRICA'S HIGH COURT CONSIDERS THE IMMIGRANT PARTNERS OF LESBIGAY COUPLES ... ALL THAT AND MORE THIS WEEK ON "THIS WAY OUT: THE INTERNATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN RADIO MAGAZINE", ______________________________________ [DAY and TIME] HERE ON __________________________. 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