THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #1,091, distributed 2/23/09 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 dynamic duo, genre-bender, and grassroots soloist do the "Audiofile"; A gay South African Muslim imam's scholarship charms his critics; Burundi's Senate rejects an anti-gay sex law, an AIDS conference in Hong Kong decries sodomy laws in Asia, Bolivia's new constitution bans anti-LGBT bias, Hungary's government gives partners legislation another try, Indiana Republicans nix a marriage ban amendment, and more news => Program #1,091 RUNDOWN <= Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity. . . . . . . . . . . 1:16 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": Burundi's Senate strips a law banning gay sex from new penal code reforms, while a Hong Kong AIDS conference urges countries in the region to repeal laws criminalizing "crimes against nature," and Beijing activists push for marriage rights on Valentine's Day; Bolivia's new constitution bans bias based on sexual orientation and gender identity, while Hungary's government offers a new partners law for lesbigay couples only after the Constitutional Court nixes an earlier measure for all couples; in the U.S., Indiana's Senate Republican Caucus rejects a proposal to constitutionally ban same-gender marriage, but 5 bills20to advance lesbigay equality die in the Utah legislature; a gay airport security guard in Britain wins a sexual harassment case against a female co-worker, but a San Diego, California jury awards damages to 4 local firefighters who claimed sexual harassment after riding in the city's annual LGBT Pride parade (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by CHRIS WILSON and MICHAEL LEBEAU) [10:22] + "Milk" Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor Oscars mention [:19] and "Audiofile" billboard [:10] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:51 SEGMENT #2 – Just like the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testaament, the Holy Quran contains verses that lead traditional clerics to condemn homosexuality outright. But there are those rare Islamic spiritual leaders, or imams, who are gay. One of the first to come out publicly was IMAM MUHSIN HENDRICKS in SOUTH AFRICA. "This Way Out" correspondent and Radio Netherlands human rights reporter ERIC BEAUCHEMIN asks him how he manages to resolve the apparent contradictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:39 SEGMENT #3 – "TWO" I.D. by famed writer EDMUND WHITE (:22)&nbssp; + "TWO" Web site promo (voiced by SHERI LUNN) [:19] . . . . . . . . . . :41 SEGMENT #4 - A married musical match looks for its live sound (excerpts from "All I Long For" and "It's Okay" from=2 0JASON & DEMARCO's "SAFE"), a sultry Texas genre-bender tries something soulful ("Lover" and "Best of Me" from GINGER LEIGH's "DON'T BE SHY"), an independent kind of guy goes out on his own ("Can't Have It All" and "Bowlegged & Starving" from JAY BRANNAN's "GODDAMNED")... and they all wind up in this edition of the "AUDIOFILE" (with comments by the artists, hosted by CHRIS WILSON & JD DOYLE, and written and produced with CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:54 [www.audiofile.org] = artist-supplied contact info = JASON & DEMARCO www.jasonanddemarco.com GINGER LEIGH www.gleigh.com gingerleighmusic@gmail.com JAY BRANNAN www.jaybrannon.com jaybrannan@gmail.com Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:27 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:48 =================================== * ============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," A DYNAMIC DUO, GENRE-BENDER, AND GRASSROOTS SOLOIST COME TOGETHER IN THE "AUDIOFILE", AND A GAY SOUTH AFRICAN MUSLIM IMAM'S SCHOLARSHIP CHARMS HIS CRITICS... IN THE NEWS, BURUNDI'S S ENATE REJECTS AN ANTI-GAY SEX LAW, AN AIDS CONFERENCE IN HONG KONG DECRIES SODOMY LAWS IN ASIA, BOLIVIA'S NEW CONSTITUTION BANS ANTI-L-G-B-T BIAS, HUNGARY'S GOVERNMENT GIVES PARTNERS LEGISLATION ANOTHER TRY, AND INDIANA REPUBLICANS NIX A SAME-GENDER MARRIAGE BAN AMENDMENT. ALL THAT – AND MORE THIS WEEK – WHEN YOU TUNE IN TO "THIS WA WAY OUT: THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY RADIO MAGAZINE", ______________________________________ [DAY and TIME] HERE ON __________________________. [STATION] =================================================================== "This Way Out" operating expenses are funded by voluntary PROGRAM ACQUISITION PAYMENTS FROM YOU, OUR STATIONS, and through tax-deductible donations from our listeners. 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