THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #1,088, distributed 2/2/09 via Pacifica Radio's satellite and Audioport, and free online downloads at www.indymedia.org and www.radio4all.net (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) A Kenyan activist fights for visibility; Trans-women get their own space in Thailand; A lesbian takes the helm of Iceland's melting government, Colombia's top court commands couples equality, a US court denies masks for Prop 8 donors, Lebanese Army soldiers beat a gay male couple, Maryland's LGBT rights group threatens state security? and more global LGBT news => Program #1,088 RUNDOWN <= Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity. . . . . . . . . . . 1:14 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": Iceland's Social Affair Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir is poised to become the world's first openly lesbian prime minister; Colombia's Constitutional Court extends more marriage-like rights to same-gender couples, while a U.S. federal court rejects the request by California's Prop 8 backers that names of their donors be kept secret; Bahrain authorities cut LGBT online ties, Helem's queer human rights award is soured by Lebanese Army soldiers, Egypt's morality police crow about their latest crackdown on gays, and Maryland cops call the state LGBT rights group a "security threat" (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reporte d this week by CHRIS WILSON and PAM MARSHALL) [10:08] + Billboard for Kenyan lesbian activist feature [:13] . . . . . . 10:21 SEGMENT #2 – The principal of a school in northern THAILAND laate last year determined that between 10 and 20 percent of his students identified as transgender… so, in addition to bathrooms for boys and girlls, he established a third – its doors are half blue and half pink.&nnbsp; For some insights into trans-life in that southeast Asian country, Radio Netherlands human rights reporter JONATHAN GROUBERT talked with activist SUTTIRAT SIMSIRIWONG (with transmittal thanks to RN's ERIC BEAUCHEMIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:44 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by actor MICHAEL EMERSON ("Ben" on TV's "Lost") [:22] + New Web Update Promo (voiced by SHERI LUNN) [:14] . . . :36 SEGMENT #4 - Discrimination, exclusion, hate crimes, drug abuse, suicide. It's a depressing outlook for most of KENYA's closeted LGBT community. They're intimidated by the law in that east African country that makes homosexuality a crime, punishable by up to 14 years in prison. But some people believe all that can change. PAULINE KIMANI is a 23-year-old equal rights activist, and one of Kenya's few "out" lesbians. This Way Out's ARUSHA TOPAZZINI met Kimani and some of her family and friends in Nairobi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:34 [find the=2 0Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya online at www.galck.org; check out the music of French freelance reporter-singer/songwriter Arusha Topazzini at www.reverbnation.com/arusha] Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:21 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:50 =================================== * ============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," A KENYAN ACTIVIST FIGHTS FOR VISIBILITY, AND TRANS-WOMEN GET THEIR OWN SPACE IN THAILAND... IN THE NEWS, A LESBIAN TAKES THE HELM OF ICELAND'S MELTING GOVERNMENT, COLOMBIA'S TOP COURT COMMANDS COUPLES EQUALITY, A U.S. COURT DENIES MASKS FOR PROP 8 DONORS, LEBANESE ARMY SOLDIERS BEAT A GAY MALE COUPLE, AND MARYLAND'S L-G-B-T RIGHTS GROUP THREATENS STATE SECURITY? 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