April-Sept 1988: Our 1st 6 Months + Global LGBTQ News!

This week on This Way Out:

The queer world as it was in 1988! Conservative Croatians counter gender treaty compliance, a gay Connecticut Justice is denied the top court spot, Louisiana’s high court dumps the governors anti-bias order, the Beijing International Film Festival won’t call an Oscar winner by its name, there’s no gold at the end of the rainbow for an anti-queer activist, Pride finally comes to Pence’s hometown, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

Featuring:

Robin Tyler; Sgt. Perry Watkins; Kate Clinton; Maxine Waters; Roman Kalinin; Jesse Helms; Svend Robinson; Michael Hardwick; Pat Parker. 

Credits:

Produced and hosted this week by Lucia Chappelle and Greg Gordon.
“NewsWrap” reporters: John Dyer V and Michele Yeater, produced with Steve Pride. Correspondents: Tim Richardson, Robin McCall, Anthony Price, Christopher McPherson, Barry Wick, Andrew Ross Exler, Robb Atkinson, Alan Ross, John Zeh. Theme music: Kim Wilson. Add’l music: Teresa Trull, Bob Marley, Re-Flex, Holly Near, Diana Ross, The Bobby Fuller 4, Janice Leber & Chopped Liver Productions, Mary Watkins, Tim McGraw; and poetry by Pat Parker. 

 


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