Year

1997

Show#

05

Description

Australian Mardi Gras; Disco; Gay Agenda

Show Information

Hosts: Holly Landau and Joe Liberatore.

News briefs cover Australian Mardi Gras, the tripling of AIDS funding in China and homophobic remarks made by Israel's President.

Features include a look at disco's comeback with the Trammps and gay pop icons the Village People and Laura Branagan. Footage highlights Branagan's video for her cover of Donna Summer's hit "Dim all the Lights." Reporters Francki DiFrancesco and Franklin Maphis find out why so many people have become concerned about cruelty to animals when they cover an animal rights rally from the Ellipse in front of the White House. Celebrity interviews include Dan Mathews of PETA, DC AIDS activist and events promoter James Brown, Kate Pierson of the B-52's, Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders and "Golden Girl" Rhue McClanahan.

The return of our political roundtable discussion group, Gay Agenda, examines how the gay vote splits along party lines. Host Anthony Rios heats things up with our guest panel Carl Schmid of the Capital Area Log Cabin Club, Rick Rosendall of the Gay and Lesbian Activist Alliance and Mindy Daniels of the Lesbian Political Action Committee.

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