Year
1999
Show#
13
Description
Music Special Part II
Show Information
Hosts: Joe Liberatore and Z. Zang Episode 13 focuses the lens on a candid talk with lesbian folk singer Janice Ian. Also, MTV fans show their support
for lesbian alternative rockers Sleater Kinney. Then GNN reporter Todd Ayer talks with the fab four of out-homo hardcore -- Panzy Division. In news briefs, GNN #13's international stories cover Amnesty International and Israeli music
sensation Dana International. National news takes a look at MTV's "Stop the Hate" campaign, the Anti Violence Project's web as well as controversy surrounding many AIDS Rides events. The Gay Agenda segment presents an AIDS
awareness video by the band The The which was once banned from MTV's airwaves for being to graphic. Viewers can see part of the video and are asked to sign onto the GNN website to take a survey about censorship. Next viewers will get the
chance to hear from Folk Music icon Janice Ian. She tells how she came out of the closet and tells how she feels about the controversial practice of outing. Then MTV fans tell what they love about their favorite feminist rockers Sleater Kinney
and why they'll be around longer then Backstreet Boys or Brittany Spears. For our final segment , former GNN intern turned reporter Todd Ayer goes back stage at DC's punk club, the Black Cat, to meet Pansy Division. Ayer talks with all four
members of Pansy Division in their dressing room and asks the group whose motto is "Rock out with your cock out!' how they met and what it was like to open for Green Day. Pansy fans will also be able to see clips from several of their
videos that seldom hit public airwaves. Closing out this episode is footage from GNN's archives of Lily Tomlin playing her famous character Ernestine with drag diva Lipsynk. The two perform the song "Mutual Admiration Society"
before a packed house. You'll need to watch this show through the closing credits to find out who looks better in a dress and heels
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