About the Show
This Way Out (LGBT)
This Way Out leads off each week with NewsWrap, a summary of some of the major news events in or affecting the lesbian/gay community, compiled from a variety of publications and broadcasts around the world.
This week on This Way Out:
This week, we observe the 40th anniversary of the 1978 Queer November to Remember–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 country’s 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 Gay Liberation 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 Out’s Greg Gordon recalls!
Featuring:
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.
Credits:
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. Add’l music: Anita Bryant, Rod McKuen, Mary Watkins, Margie Adam, Blackberri, Peter Yarrow, Holly Near, Meg Christian, Harry Chapin, Joan Baez, and Billy Joel.
