THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #1,098, distributed 4/13/09 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 lawyer-turned-tunesmith traverses "Avenue Q"; A Switzerland-based lesbian songwriter sings the "Honeymoon" blues; Death squads and "honor killings" terrorize Iraqi gay men, Moscow activists are convicted of educating students, Vermont lawmakers override their governor's marriage veto, an anti-equality TV ad bears false witnesses, and more global LGBT news => Program #1,098 RUNDOWN <= Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity. . . . . . . . . . . 1:08 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": At least 6 gay men have been murdered in Iraq in the past 2 weeks in escalating violence against sexual minorities there; Morocco's government launches a crackdown on the "promotion" of homosexuality, while 2 Russian activists are convicted of promoting "pro-homosexual propaganda" in the city of Ryazan; Vermont becomes the 4th U.S. state to open civil marriage to gay and lesbian couples, and the first to do so legislatively; Iowa government leaders have no interest in overturning that state's Supreme Court marriage equality ruling, the Washington, D.C. City Council votes unanimously to recognize same-gender marriages legally performed elsewhere, Colorado's governor signs the Designa ted Beneficiary Agreement Act that provides lesbian and gay couples with some of the rights of marriage, while the Columbia, Missouri City Council unanimously approves a mostly-symbolic domestic partner registry; and the U.S. National Organization for (hetero only) Marriage spends millions on a TV ad with actors pretending to be heterosexuals frightened by marriage equality [with a brief excerpt from a report about it by openly lesbian commentator RACHEL MADDOW on her MSNBC cable show] (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by RICK WATTS and CHRIS WILSON) [10:35] + "Avenue Q" billboard [:06]. . . . . . 10:41 SEGMENT #2 ­ Singer-songwriter-activist... boxer? That's rightt -- John Lennon International Songwriting Grand Prize Winner BETTINA SCHELKER also holds the Swiss National Women's middleweight boxing title. She doesn't pull any punches when it comes to her politics, either. Her partner under Switzerland's same-gender unions law is former pro basketball player INA NICOSIA-SCHELKER, another force to be reckoned with. "This Way Out" correspondents DIXIE TREICHEL and JOHN TOWNSEND (from "Fresh Fruit" on KFAI-FM/Minneapolis-St. Paul) chat with the pair about their relationship, and what inspired the title cut of Schelker's current CD, "THE HONEYMOON IS OVER" (with intro/outro music from that song). 7:53 [www.bettinaschelker.ch] SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by JEF F MARX [:12] + An odd thing happened when a young entertainment lawyer named JEFF MARX trolled for clients by enrolling in a New York City songwriting workshop. His homework changed the trajectory of his life and resulted in a Broadway phenomenon called "AVENUE Q". The little puppet musical that began as a class assignment has since spawned 2005 Las Vegas and 2006 West End productions, along with other touring companies around the world. On July 31st "Avenue Q" enters its seventh year on the Great White Way. Marx won a Tony award and a Grammy nomination for his efforts, and a new profession on his business card. He talks about his unexpected journey with "This Way Out" correspondent STEVE PRIDE (with music from the show) [7:34]. . 7:46 Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:17 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:45 =================================== * ============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," LAWYER-TURNED-TUNESMITH JEFF MARX TRAVERSES "AVENUE Q", WHILE A SWITZERLAND-BASED LESBIAN SONGWRITER SINGS THE "HONEYMOON" BLUES... IN THE NEWS, DEATH SQUADS AND "HONOR KILLINGS" TERRORIZE IRAQI GAY MEN, MOSCOW ACTIVISTS A RE CONVICTED OF EDUCATING STUDENTS, VERMONT LAWMAKERS OVERRIDE THEIR GOVERNOR'S MARRIAGE VETO, AND AN ANTI-EQUALITY TV AD BEARS FALSE WITNESSES. ALL THAT ­ AND MORE THIS WEEK ­ WHEN YOU DISCOVER "THIS WA WAY OUT: THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY RADIO MAGAZINE", ______________________________________ [DAY and TIME] HERE ON __________________________. [STATION] =================================================================== "TWO" ISO LOCAL NEWS COVERAGE OR FEATURE PROGRAMMING ABOUT OR AFFECTING THE GLBT COMMUNITY: If someone at your station has produced or will be producing a news, interview or feature story which may be of interest to the GLBT community, please let us know! We can only reimburse minor expenses, but we do offer considerably wider distribution (150+ other stations) of locally produced material. 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