**************************************************************** THIS WAY OUT RUNDOWN for Program #624, distributed 03/13/00 (produced and hosted by Lucia Chappelle and Greg Gordon) Vermont legislators work to "civil"-ize lesbian and gay unions; Servicemembers group does recon on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"; California landslide buries same-gender marriage recognition, but prominent politicos see an upside, while several lesbians leaven the state's electoral contests, British Tories choose their first openly-gay nominee, high-profile sodomy convictions appealed in Zimbabwe and Malaysia, and other LGBT news from around the world "TWO" FEEDS EACH MONDAY @ 14:30 ET on PRSS DIGITAL FREQUENCY A73.5 and TUESDAYS @ 16:00 ET on Pacifica`s KU band and is mailed on cassette to non-satellite-equipped stations and individual subscribers >>>> RUNDOWN <<<<< Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:10 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: California voters refuse to recognize out-of-state gay or lesbian marriages by overwhelmingly passing Proposition 22 (aka the Knight Initiative), but several openly-queer candidates are successful in electoral bids throughout the state (Gerrie Schipske as the Democratic nominee for a Long Beach-area seat in the U.S. Congress; Los Angeles-area Democrat Sheila Kuehl, who will likely be elected in November as the first openly-lesbian or ­gay member of the state Senate after winning the primary in a heavily-Democratic district; Jackie Goldberg as the Democratic candidate for a Los Angeles-area state Assembly seat, defeating openly-gay AIDS activist Cesar Portillo for the nomination; San Francisco-area incumbent state Assemblymember Carole Migden's overwhelming primary victory all but guaranteeing her November return to Sacramento; Democratic San Diego-area Assembly nominee Christine Kehoe; Toni Atkins heading for a November run-off after topping a field of 5 candidates for a seat on the San Diego City Council ; the Green Party's Rebecca Kaplan surprisingly forcing a 6-year incumbent into a November run-off for a seat on the Oakland City Council; and Ken Yeager qualifying for a November run-off for a seat on the San Jose City Council; among the election day LGBT losers were GOP transwoman Liz Michael in her run for a Glendale-area Assembly seat, 22-year-old Shane Stahl's bid to become mayor of Bakersfield, and John Ladner's narrow defeat for a Los Angeles-area municipal court judgeship); non-binding votes at several traditional Town Meetings held throughout the state of Vermont on March 7th reject both same-gender marriage and the "civil unions" solution being drafted in the legislature to equalize marriage rights per the December mandate of the state Supreme Court; all-but-officially-nominated GOP presidential candidate George W. Bush may now meet with the lesbigay Log Cabin Republicans after previously saying he would "probably not"; British Conservatives nominate their first openly-gay candidate, David Gold, for a Brighton-area seat in Parliament; Zimbabwe's first post-colonial president Canaan Banana and Malaysia's former "prime minister in waiting" Anwar Ibrahim each appeal their sodomy convictions; and trailblazing Canadian gay rights activist Jim Egan, who with his partner of over 50 years Jack Nesbit spearheaded the drive for same-gender couples equality there, dies at the age of 78 [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, CHRIS AMBIDGE, MARTIN RICE, BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, REX WOCKNER, DOUG CASE, LUCIA CHAPPELLE & GREG GORDON, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN & LEO GARCIA]. . . . >. . . . 9:55 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for Vermont civil unions and California Prop 22 features [:15] + The Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, or SLDN, on March 9th released "Conduct Unbecoming", its sixth annual report about how the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy is really working (available for online review at http://www.sldn.org). SLDN was formed to help military personnel deal with that policy, and to document abuses of it. The organization's latest statistics paint a grim picture of increasing harassment and discharges under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" -- and that's not going over well with the Pentagon, as reporter FRANK STOLTZE [KPFK News] discovers in this conversation with SLDN co-executive director C. DIXON OSBURN, who discusses the continuing upsurge in discharges and reported violations of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", and the apparent contradictions in the U.S. military's pronouncements about the effectiveness of the policy [3:50] . . . . 4:05 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by openly-gay British singer/songwriter Tom Robinson (intro'd by an excerpt from his "Glad To Be Gay") [:30] + billboard for California Prop 22 feature [:10] + When Vermont held its traditional Town Meetings on March 7th, only a small share of the state's municipalities took up the issue of "civil unions" for gays and lesbians. Where the legislature's proposal to establish such legal recognition was discussed, most of the non-binding votes strongly opposed the idea. But spurred on by a ruling from the state's highest court, the Vermont House is pressing ahead with the required legal reforms. HEATHER SZERLAG [Pacifica Network News] has the latest developments, with comments by original Vermont marriage plaintiff LOIS FARNHAM, Vermont Representative GEORGE SHIVONE of the legislature's Caucus for Traditional Marriage, and MICHAEL ADAMS, Associate Director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Gay & Lesbian Rights Project (and brief intro music from "Married" by LIZA MINNELLI) [4:35]. . . . . . . . . . . . . >. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:15 SEGMENT #4 - While there's no question that passage of the same-gender marriage-banning Proposition 22 in California was bad news for the LGBT community, several prominent queer politicos in the state expressed what may be a surprising degree of optimism in assessing the measure's landslide victory. This special production feature includes remarks by people on both sides of the issue, including Proposition 22 sponsor California state senator PETE KNIGHT, Yes On 22 spokesman ROBERT GLAZIER, and the Traditional Values Coalition's LOU SHELDON; National Center for Lesbian Rights Executive Director KATE KENDALL, JEAN HARRIS of the California Alliance for Pride & Equality (CAPE), openly gay San Francisco Board of Supervisors President TOM AMMIANO and Supervisor MARK LENO, openly-lesbian California Assemblymember CAROLE MIGDEN, and No On 22 campaign manager MIKE MARSHALL (mixed with music from "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" by B.J. THOMAS) [produced by This Way Out's GREG GORDON including sound gathered at the No On 22 election night party in San Francisco by GLENN REEDER/KPFA News] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:55 CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:40 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.co ----------------------------- thanks! --------------------------------- STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT", VERMONT LEGISLATORS WORK TO "CIVIL"-IZE LESBIAN AND GAY UNIONS WHILE GOLDEN STATE POLITICOS PONDER THE PASSAGE OF THE MARRIAGE-BANNING PROPOSITION 22, AND A SERVICEMEMBERS GROUP DOES RECON ON "DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL". IN OTHER NEWS, SEVERAL LESBIAN CANDIDATES MAKE THE CUT IN CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS, GEORGE W. MAY NOW MEET WITH LESBIGAY REPUBLICANS, BRITISH TORIES CHOOSE THEIR FIRST OPENLY-GAY NOMINEE, AND HIGH-PROFILE SODOMY CONVICTIONS ARE APPEALED IN ZIMBABWE AND MALAYSIA. 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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