The International LGBT Radio Magazine for the wk of 11-26-18
Weekly Program
Anita Bryant, Frank Zerrelli, Rev. Troy Perry, Dave Johnson, Robin Tyler, John Briggs, Harvey Milk, Keith Smith, Mary Anne Johnson, Bernadette Cormier, David Mixner, Ivy Bottini, Dianne Feinstein.
This week we observe the 40th anniversary of the 1978 âQueer November to Rememberâ â the first victory by US equality forces over an anti-LGBTQ ballot measure after a wave of defeats ⦠followed less than three weeks later by the shocking assassination of one of the countryâs first openly gay elected officials. Those events did not happen in a vacuum: during the first few years after the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion in New York City, hundreds of âGay Liberationâ groups formed across the US ... And by 1976, some had successfully promoted local anti-discrimination ordinances with little resistance. But then along came a former beauty queen and pop singer whose main gig at the time was pushing Florida Orange Juice ... as This Way Outâs Greg Gordon recalls...
Hosted this week by Lucia Chappelle and produced with Greg Gordon. 1977-1978 flashback reporters: Greg Gordon, Gary Taylor, Jim Kepner, Lucia Chappelle, Mike Manning, Erica Schwartz, Jane Clewe, Lilly Franklin, Rita Schmidt, with thanks also to Helene Rosenbluth. Theme Music: Kim Wilson. Addl music: Anita Bryant, Rod McKuen, Mary Watkins, Margie Adam, Blackberri, Peter Yarrow, Holly Near, Meg Christian, Harry Chapin, Joan Baez, and Billy Joel. ==> NOTE: There is no âNewsWrapâ on this weekâs program. The segment returns next week.
===> Please post this and/or otherwise spread the word at your station: If you or someone at your station has produced or will be producing a news, interview or feature story which may be of interest to the international LGBTQ community, please let us know! We're a woefully underfunded nonprofit and can only reimburse minor expenses, but we do offer a considerably larger number of ears for locally produced material (TWO airs on 200+ stations around the world). Please email Coordinating Producer Greg Gordon at TWOradio@aol.com. Thanks!