************************************************* The week of 01/22/96 on T H I S W A Y O U T the international gay & lesbian radio magazine * In NewsWrap: A rabbinical death sentence for homosexuals expressed in the Israeli Knesset foments anti-lesbigay attacks on the country's queer activists ... Zimbabwe journalists defend the homophobic statements of their president Robert Mugabe at a Southern Africa media conference ... same-gender couple issues make news in Australia, Great Britain, Florida, Washington, and Pennsylvania ... and several other stories ... [anchored by Cindy Friedman and Brian Nunes] * U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich's openly-lesbian sister Candace had a small role on this week's much-ballyhooed "lesbian wedding" episode of the top-rated TV sitcom "Friends". We have excerpts from the show, which the Traditional Values Coalition called "shocking, appalling [and] disgusting"; a comment from Marta Kaufman, one of the Executive Producers of "Friends"; and sample the extensive media coverage surrounding this broadcast ... * A recently-published book called "A Guide To Sexual Orientation In The Workplace", co-authored by Bob Powers and Allan Ellis, responds to both the trend towards coming out on the job and the new wave of workforce diversity awareness training. In the second of a 2-part feature interview, Ellis talks with TWO's Josy Catoggio about what he hopes will be some future corporate hiring practices, and many of the ramifications of coming out on the job ... ... and more! ========================*=============================== --------- ===> NewsWrap <=== --------- For the week ending January 20th, 1996 (As broadcast on THIS WAY OUT Program #408, distributed 01-22-96) [Compiled & written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to Brian Nunes, Jason Lin, Bill Stosine, Rex Wockner, Greg Gordon, Graham Underhill and Ron Buckmire] AN ISRAELI MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT WHO IS ALSO A RABBI ARGUED FOR THE BIBLICAL DEATH SENTENCE FOR HOMOSEXUALS FROM THE FLOOR OF THE KNESSET, AND A SERIES OF THREATENING LETTERS TO GAY AND LESBIAN ACTIVISTS HAVE FOLLOWED. ACCORDING TO THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL RIGHTS, ISRAEL'S LEADING GAY AND LESBIAN ORGANIZATION, THE MID-DECEMBER REMARKS WERE FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY BREAK-IN'S AT THE HOMES OF TWO ACTIVISTS AND BY THREATENING LETTERS TO THE SOCIETY ITSELF, SEVERAL OF ITS MEMBERS, AND TO MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT WHO ARE SUPPORTIVE OF GAYS AND LESBIANS. THE LETTERS HAVE CONTINUED, THREATENING "CRUEL AND UNUSUAL DEATHS" FOR THE ACTIVISTS WHILE PRAISING THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF PRIME MINISTER YITZHAK RABIN'S ASSASSIN YIGAL AMIR. THE SOCIETY IS RAISING FUNDS TO PRINT A NEWSPAPER AD DENOUNCING THE ATTACKS AND CALLING FOR TOLERANCE. THE AD WILL APPEAR WITH THE SIGNATURES OF MORE THAN 170 ISRAELI LEADERS. [Sources: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS and an online press release issued through Lee Walzer of the Broward County, Florida LOG CABIN REPUBLICAN CLUB] BUT ISRAEL'S LIAISON WITH JEWS AROUND THE WORLD, THE QUASI-GOVERNMENTAL JEWISH AGENCY, SAYS THE COUNTRY WILL NOT DISCOURAGE GAY AND LESBIAN JEWS FROM IMMIGRATING THERE. URI GORDON, THE AGENCY'S LEADER ON IMMIGRATION ISSUES, WAS RESPONDING TO CHARGES THAT A GAY JEW IN BOSTON HAD BEEN ADVISED AGAINST MOVING TO ISRAEL BECAUSE GAYS AND LESBIANS HAD AN EASIER TIME IN THE U.S.. GORDON DENIED THAT INCIDENT HAD OCCURRED AND SAID, "THE JEWISH AGENCY WILL ENCOURAGE EVERY JEWISH IMMIGRANT WHO WANTS TO COME. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY ARE HOMOSEXUAL OR LESBIAN, RIGHT-WING OR LEFT." HOWEVER, GORDON ALSO SAID ISRAEL WOULD NOT SPECIFICALLY ENCOURAGE GAYS AND LESBIANS TO IMMIGRATE AND REFUSED TO DISTRIBUTE A FACT SHEET ABOUT THE LEGAL STATUS OF GAYS AND LESBIANS IN ISRAEL. [THE ASSOCIATED PRESS] THE MOST NOTABLE HOMOPHOBIC SPEECHES BY A POLITICIAN IN RECENT MONTHS HAVE BEEN THOSE BY ZIMBABWE'S PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE, AND IT SEEMS THAT COUNTRY'S JOURNALISTS ARE ON HIS SIDE. AT A RECENT CONFERENCE OF THE MULTI-NATIONAL MEDIA INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, JOURNALISTS FROM THE COUNTRY OF SOUTH AFRICA PROPOSED A RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF GAYS AND LESBIANS AS BEING ABSOLUTELY LINKED TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION FOR ALL PEOPLE. DURING A LONG AND HEATED DEBATE ON THAT RESOLUTION, THE HEAD OF THE INSTITUTE'S ZIMBABWE CHAPTER, TONIC SAKAIKI, SAID ZIMBABWE'S REPORTERS "TOTALLY STAND BEHIND" THEIR PRESIDENT. THE RESOLUTION ITSELF WAS DECISIVELY DEFEATED. A REPORT FROM THE INSTITUTE SUGGESTS THAT ZIMBABWE'S JOURNALISTS HAVE BEEN INFLUENCED BY THE RELATIVE ABSENCE OF VOCAL OPPOSITION TO THE MUGABE FACTION'S FREQUENT INTIMIDATING ATTACKS. THE REPORT SAID, "WHILE THE REMARKS OF MISTER MUGABE AND OTHER SOUTHERN AFRICAN LEADERS HAVE PROMPTED A PROLIFIC OUTPOURING OF ANTI-GAY SENTIMENTS, THOSE SUPPORTING GAY RIGHTS HAVE BEEN MORE CAUTIOUS. GAY PEOPLE AND THEIR SYMPATHIZERS HAVE BEEN DRIVEN UNDERGROUND." [per a bylined story by KEITH CLARK in THE GAY & LESBIAN TIMES/San Diego] AUSTRALIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT HAS RESIGNED BECAUSE OF ILL HEALTH. PAUL O'GRADY OF NEW SOUTH WALES AND THE AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY WAS FIRST PUBLICLY IDENTIFIED AS A GAY MAN IN 1990, AND WENT ON TO BECOME AN IMPORTANT LIAISON BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND THE GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY. IT OFTEN FELL TO O'GRADY TO DEBATE HOMOPHOBIC MORALS CAMPAIGNER FRED NILES, BUT EVEN NILES SAID HE'D MISS O'GRADY, PRAISING HIS SKILL AND SINCERITY. O'GRADY'S RESIGNATION LEAVES AUSTRALIA WITH NO OPENLY GAY OR LESBIAN MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT. [THE MELBOURNE STAR OBSERVER and BROTHER-SISTER] IN FLORIDA, 1500 RELIGIOUS PROTESTORS PICKETED A SPANISH-LANGUAGE TV STATION FOR BROADCASTING A MARRIAGE CEREMONY FOR TWO SAME-GENDER COUPLES. THE CEREMONIES WERE FEATURED ON THE POPULAR SYNDICATED TALK SHOW "CRISTINA". THE PROTESTORS WERE LEAD BY OSCAR AGUERO OF THE JESUCRISTO TODOPODEROSO CHURCH OF HIALEAH, WHO SAID, "WE DON'T WANT THEM TO PROMOTE IMMORALITY, PERVERSION, FILTH RATHER THAN ORIENTING PEOPLE TO JUDEO-CHRISTIAN VALUES." TALK SHOW HOST CRISTINA SARALEGUI WAS NOT IMPRESSED BY THE SIZE OF THE CROWD, IN LIGHT OF A WEEK OF HEAVY PUBLICITY FOR THE DEMONSTRATION. SHE ALSO HAD NO REGRETS ABOUT THE SHOW ITSELF, CALLING IT A PART OF REAL LIFE. [THE MIAMI HERALD] A WEDDING CAKE WITH THE FIGURES OF TWO GROOMS GRACED THE COVER OF THE LONDON-BASED BUSINESS MAGAZINE "THE ECONOMIST" THIS MONTH. THE GENERALLY CONSERVATIVE PUBLICATION TOOK A STRONG EDITORIAL POSITION IN SUPPORT OF GAY AND LESBIAN MARRIAGES, SAYING, "THERE IS NO COMPELLING REASON TO EXCLUDE HOMOSEXUAL COUPLES FROM MARRIAGE AND SEVERAL COMPELLING REASONS TO INCLUDE THEM." [per an online report issued by GLAAD - THE GAY & LESBIAN ALLIANCE AGAINST DEFAMATION] IN AUSTRALIA, TASMANIAN PREMIER RAY GROOM HAS DECLARED THAT HIS LIBERAL PARTY WILL NOT DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF SPOUSAL BENEFITS FOR THE PARTNERS OF GAY AND LESBIAN EMPLOYEES IN THE STATE PUBLIC SERVICE. MEMBER OF THE STATE PARLIAMENT JOHN BARKER HAD COMMITTED TO RAISE THE ISSUE WITHIN THE PARTY, AND THE TASMANIAN GAY AND LESBIAN RIGHTS GROUP BELIEVES THAT SEVERAL OTHER LIBERAL PARTY M.P.'S WOULD HAVE SPOKEN IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSAL. RIGHTS GROUP SPOKESPERSON LAVINIA SAVELL CALLED GROOM'S OPPOSITION TO DISCUSSING THE QUESTION "MEAN-SPIRITED". [BROTHER-SISTER] A BILL HAS BEEN INTRODUCED IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON TO PROHIBIT RECOGNITION OF LEGAL SAME-GENDER MARRIAGES. HOUSE BILL 2262 IS STRONGLY SUPPORTED BY A COALITION OF CONSERVATIVE GROUPS INCLUDING WASHINGTON FOR TRADITIONAL VALUES AND THE EAGLE FORUM OF WASHINGTON, WHO ALONG WITH SEVERAL STATE LEGISLATORS BELIEVE GAY AND LESBIAN MARRIAGES VIOLATE LAWS OF GOD AND NATURE. SIMILAR BILLS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED IN SOUTH DAKOTA AND CALIFORNIA, IN ANTICIPATION OF SAME-GENDER MARRIAGES POSSIBLY BECOMING LEGAL IN HAWAII LATER THIS YEAR. [TACOMA NEWS TRIBUNE] A QUESTION THAT'S ARISING MORE FREQUENTLY IS WHETHER OR NOT PROTECTIONS FROM DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION ENSURE RECOGNITION OF GAY AND LESBIAN RELATIONSHIPS. THE PITTSBURGH CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION BELIEVES THE ANSWER IS YES: THIS WEEK THEY FILED A LAWSUIT CLAIMING THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH IS VIOLATING THE CITY'S HUMAN RIGHTS ORDINANCE BY DENYING SPOUSAL HEALTH BENEFITS TO THE GAY AND LESBIAN PARTNERS OF UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEES. AND ALSO IN PITTSBURGH, THE CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY'S LAMBDA ALUMS HAVE SWORN TO STOP DONATIONS TO THE SCHOOL UNTIL FULL SPOUSAL BENEFITS ARE AWARDED TO THE GAY AND LESBIAN PARTNERS OF UNIVERSITY FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS. [per press releases from the A.C.L.U., LAMBDA ALUMS and CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION OF LESBIAN/GAY/BISEXUAL EMPLOYEES] BUT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON IN SEATTLE BELIEVES THE ANSWER IS NO: ALTHOUGH THE UNIVERSITY HAS A STRONG ANTI-DISCRIMINATION POLICY, THEY BELIEVE IT APPLIES ONLY TO INDIVIDUALS APPLYING FOR ADMISSION OR EMPLOYMENT, AND DOES NOT REQUIRE THEM TO RECOGNIZE UNMARRIED COUPLES, WHETHER HETEROSEXUAL OR SAME-GENDER. THE QUESTION WAS RAISED MOST RECENTLY BY STUDENT STEVE MANSON, WHO SOUGHT SPOUSAL PRIVILEGES FOR HIS PARTNER TED EYTAN TO USE THE CAMPUS ATHLETIC FACILITIES. ALTHOUGH THE UNIVERSITY HAS WASHINGTON STATE LAW TO BACK ITS POSITION, THE CITY OF SEATTLE HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE SAYS IT WOULD FIND THE POLICY DISCRIMINATORY IF THE UNIVERSITY WERE UNDER ITS JURISDICTION. SEATTLE HAS A DOMESTIC PARTNERS REGISTRY OPEN TO GAYS AND LESBIANS, BUT THE UNIVERSITY DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THE REGISTRATIONS. [UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON DAILY] IN CANADA, THE BRITISH COLUMBIA PROVINCIAL SUPREME COURT THIS WEEK AGREED THAT CANADA CUSTOMS HAD DISCRIMINATED AGAINST VANCOUVER'S LITTLE SISTERS BOOKSTORE, BUT NONETHELESS UPHELD CUSTOMS' AUTHORITY TO STOP FOREIGN PUBLICATIONS AT THE BORDER IN ENFORCING OBSCENITY LAWS. LITTLE SISTERS HAD LONG BEEN THE VICTIM OF SEIZURES OF HUNDREDS OF BOOKS AND MAGAZINES IT ORDERED, MOSTLY FROM THE U.S., AND MANY OF THEM WITH GAY AND LESBIAN CONTENT. CANADA CUSTOMS SOMETIMES DESTROYED THE SEIZED MATERIALS IF IT FOUND THEM OBSCENE. LITTLE SISTERS MANAGER JANINE FULLER SAID, "WE'LL BE APPEALING. WE'RE DISAPPOINTED THAT CANADA CUSTOMS WAS NOT RESTRICTED IN THEIR POWERS ... BUT THE COURT AGREES DISCIMINATION TOOK PLACE AND THE JUDGMENT IS AN INDICTMENT OF THEIR SYSTEM". CANADA CUSTOMS HAS DENIED UNFAIRLY TARGETING GAY AND LESBIAN BOOKS. [REUTER NEWS SERVICE] GAY- AND LESBIAN-THEMED FILMS ARE PROLIFERATING, AND THE OFFICIAL SUBMISSIONS FOR THE FOREIGN FILM ACADEMY AWARD FROM BOTH HOLLAND AND FRANCE ARE AMONG THEM. FROM FRANCE, IT'S "FRENCH TWIST", IN WHICH THE HEROINE LEAVES HER HUSBAND FOR ANOTHER WOMAN. FROM HOLLAND, IT'S "ANTONIA'S LINE", WHICH INCLUDES A FRANK LESBIAN SEX SCENE. [THE ASSOCIATED PRESS] AND FINALLY ... NEWT GINGRICH HAS HIS OWN TAKE ON THE PECULIAR PERSPECTIVES OFFERED BY MEDIA. IN RESPONSE TO HIS LESBIAN SISTER CANDACE'S APPEARANCE THIS WEEK ON THE U.S. TV SITCOM "FRIENDS", HE TOLD THE ATLANTA, GEORGIA "JOURNAL CONSTITUTION" NEWSPAPER, "IT'S GREAT THAT SHE HAS A JOB. I MEAN, MY SISTER IS PURSUING HER OWN CAREER. SHE'S DOING HER OWN THING. WE DISAGREE ON THE PUBLIC POLICY THAT'S INVOLVED, BUT SHE'S MY SISTER AND I'M DELIGHTED THAT SHE IS A SUCCESS. I HAVE ANOTHER SISTER, BY THE WAY, WHO BELONGS TO THE CHRISTIAN COALITION, WHO HAS NOT BEEN APPROACHED ABOUT DOING A SITUATION COMEDY, WHO HAS NOT BEEN GLORIFIED BY HOLLYWOOD, WHO HAS NOT HAD A CHANCE TO GO AND DO INTERESTING THINGS LIKE THAT. MY SISTER, SUSAN, WOULD PROBABLY BE EQUALLY WILLING FOR YOU TO CALL HER." [REUTER NEWS SERVICE citing THE ATLANTA JOURNAL- CONSTITUTION] =========================*============================== A special report on the "FRIENDS" lesbian wedding episode on NBC-TV, broadcast Thursday January 18th in North America: ------- [show excerpt - CANDACE GINGRICH as the marrying minister:] "You know, nothing makes God happier than when two people -- ANY two people -- come together in love. Friends, family, we're gathered here today to join Carol and Susan in holy matrimony ..." THAT WAS, OF COURSE, NEWTIE'S LITTLE SISTER CANDACE IN HER BRIEF ROLE AS THE MINISTER ON THIS WEEK'S MUCH-BALLYHOOED "LESBIAN WEDDING" EPISODE OF THE TOP RATED U.S. TV SITCOM "FRIENDS", WHICH THE PRODUCERS ACTUALLY TITLED "THE ONE WITH THE LESBIAN WEDDING". IT WAS SEEN BY AN ESTIMATED 32 MILLION PEOPLE, AND WILL NO DOUBT EVENTUALLY BE VIEWED IN MANY CORNERS OF THE WORLD IN SYNDICATION. BUT TWO NBC-TV NETWORK AFFILIATE STATIONS IN THE U.S. REFUSED TO CARRY THESE "FRIENDS" IN THE SHOW'S REGULAR 8 P.M. TIME SLOT ON THURSDAY NIGHT. WLIO IN LIMA, OHIO CARRIED THE PROGRAM AT MIDNIGHT ON SUNDAY, WHILE KJAC IN PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS WOULDN'T BROADCAST IT AT ANY TIME. THAT STATION'S GENERAL MANAGER RON KELLY SAID THE EPISODE DIDN'T MEET "PREVAILING STANDARDS OF GOOD TASTE IN OUR COMMUNITY". FUNDAMENTALIST CHRISTIAN GROUPS OPPOSING THE BROADCAST AIMED THEIR PROTESTS AT THE SHOW'S SPONSORS, ESPECIALLY HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS MANUFACTURER PROCTOR AND GAMBLE. BEING EVER THE DILIGENT PUBLIC SERVANT, 'THIS WAY OUT" COMES TO THE AID OF THOSE DEPRIVED VIEWERS IN LIMA, OHIO AND PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS ... ANYONE ELSE IN NORTH AMERICA WHO DIDN'T SEE IT ... AND FOR VIEWERS OUTSIDE NBC'S BROADCAST SIGNAL. WE'VE GOT EXCERPTS FROM THIS "FRIENDS" EPISODE THAT THE TRADITIONAL VALUES COALITION CALLED "SHOCKING, APPALLING [AND] DISGUSTING". IT FEATURED A RETURN TO SERIES TELEVISION BY MARLO THOMAS, WHO HAD HER OWN GROUNDBREAKING SHOW, "THAT GIRL" MORE THAN TWO DECADES AGO. SHE PLAYS THE MOTHER OF ONE OF THE SERIES REGULARS, AND WINDS UP AS A GUEST AT THE WEDDING ... [sound excerpt:] RACHEL: Hey Mom, y'having fun? RACHEL'S MOM: Oh, am I! I just danced with a wonderfully- large woman. And 3 other girls made eyes at me over at the buffet. Oh, I'm not saying it's something I want to pursue ... but it's nice to know I have options! AS FOR THE WEDDING ITSELF, IT'S A CEREMONY BETWEEN SERIES REGULAR ROSS'S LESBIAN EX-WIFE CAROL AND HER LOVER SUSAN. IN A KEY SCENE DURING THE EPISODE, CAROL ANNOUNCES THAT THE WEDDING IS OFF BECAUSE HER PARENTS REFUSE TO COME TO THE CEREMONY TO GIVE HER AWAY, AS SUSAN'S PARENTS WILL BE DOING. ROSS OFFERS HIS "EX" SOME ADVICE ... [sound excerpt:] ROSS: Look, do you love her? And you don't have to be too emphatic about this ... CAROL: Of course I do. ROSS: Well then that's it. And if George and Adelaide can't accept that, then the hell with them. Look, I mean, if my parents didn't want me to marry you, no way that would have stopped me. Look, this is your wedding. Do it! AS FOR PROGRAM CONTENT GUARANTEED TO WARP YOUNG MINDS, ONE WOULD BE HARD-PRESSED TO FIND ANY, SAVE THE VERY APPEARANCE OF APPEALING QUEER CHARACTERS. THE CLOSEST THE TWO WOMEN COME TO PHYSICAL AFFECTION IS AN EMBRACE. IN A BYLINED STORY IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, DAVID DUNLAP NOTED THAT CANDACE GINGRICH'S MINISTER CHARACTER "WAS NOT HEARD TO SAY, 'YOU MAY KISS THE BRIDE' ... TO EITHER ONE". HIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES HOW COMMON-PLACE SAME-GENDER COMMITMENT CEREMONIES ARE GETTING TO BE ON PRIME TIME U.S. TELEVISION, AND THAT "THE BIGGEST NEWS ABOUT THE WEDDING ON 'FRIENDS' WAS THAT IT WAS ALMOST NOT NEWS AT ALL." ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER LYNN ELBER, ALSO NOTING THE ABSENCE OF THE TRADITIONAL KISS -- ALWAYS INCLUDED IN HETEROSEXUAL TV MARRIAGES -- OBSERVED THAT "TELEVISION HAS DISCOVERED SAFE SEX: GAY AND LESBIAN CHARACTERS ARE JUST DANDY AS LONG AS YOU LEAVE OUT THE PASSION AND SUBSTITUTE PUNCHLINES INSTEAD". HOWEVER, MARTA KAUFMAN, WHO, WITH OPENLY-GAY DAVID CRANE EXECUTIVE PRODUCES "FRIENDS", TALKED ABOUT THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF PROGRAMS LIKE HERS. SHE REFERRED TO BEN, THE CHARACTER OF THE YOUNG CHILD IN THE SERIES, FATHERED BY ROSS AND HIS FORMER WIFE CAROL, WHO'S BEING RAISED BY THE TWO WOMEN. KAUFMAN TOLD OPENLY-GAY KNBC-TV ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER GARRET GLASER IN LOS ANGELES ... [sound:] "We have friends -- two women. They have a little girl, who never got to see the show last year because it was on too late. Now that it's on at 8 o'clock she got to see it. And she saw one with the two moms, and she turned to her mother with these big eyes and said, 'Mommy! A family like ours!' THAT'S what we should be doing." AS FOR A MARRIAGE CEREMONY IN REAL LIFE, "FRIENDS" PRODUCER DAVID CRANE SAYS HE AND HIS PARTNER OF 7 YEARS JEFFREY KLARIK, WHO'S ALSO A TV PRODUCER, HAVE NO INTEREST IN TYING THE KNOT UNTIL OR UNLESS THEIR UNION IS RECOGNIZED LEGALLY. CRANE TOLD KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWS SERVICE REPORTER GAIL SHISTER, "IT NEVER SEEMED LIKE SOMETHING WE NEEDED TO DO. NOT EVEN FOR THE GIFTS". ======= [Sources for this report: U.S.A. TODAY, THE ORLANDO SENTINEL, THE NEW YORK TIMES,. KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWS SERVICE, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, KNBC-TV/Los Angeles, and GLAAD - THE GAY & LESBIAN ALLIANCE AGAINST DEFAMATION.] ************************************************* Some "THIS WAY OUT" operating expenses are funded by grants from THE C.P. ESTES GUADALUPE FOUNDATION and THE ADVOCATE, the award-winning national gay and lesbian newsmagazine, and by individual donations from listeners worldwide. 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