THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #1,099, distributed 4/20/09 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) The U.S. pulp pioneer who launched modern lesbian literature; A proud Australian eunuch challenges gender assumptions; Jamaicans blast a U.S.-born boycott, rights groups demand Iraqi government action as anti-gay killings escalate, a Day of Silence tries to hush homo-hatred, partner benefits expand in Washington and Maryland, and more global LGBT news => Program #1,099 RUNDOWN <= Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity. . . . . . . . . . . 1:13 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": Jamaica's leading LGBT advocacy group expresses concern over boycotts against their homophobic country launched by some gay activists in New York City and San Francisco; posters in Sadr City listing alleged homosexuals by name and targeting them for death underscore escalating violence against gay people in Iraq, where dozens have already reportedly been murdered, but the government has thus far failed to respond to appeals by Amnesty International and the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission to take action to stop the brutality; the 13th annual National Day of Silence on the campuses of thousands of U.S. middle schools, high schools and colleges to protest harassment=2 0and cruelty against students perceived to be LGBT sadly coincides with what would have been the 12th birthday of bullied Massachusetts youngster Carl Walker-Hoover, who killed himself the week before after suffering months of homophobic abuse by his peers; Washington's legislature expands its 2007 domestic partnership law to give same-gender couples all the state rights of marriage, and Maryland's legislature approves a bill to exempt registered gay and lesbian domestic partners from state inheritance tax when property changes hands ­ each of which has thheir governor's support ­ but Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons vows to vetoo a just-introduced measure to grant some marriage-like rights to his state's same-gender couples, while New York Governor David Paterson introduces a marriage equality bill that appears to have a better chance of passage than a 2007 version introduced by his predecessor; and a group of defectors from the U.S. Log Cabin Republicans forms a rival group, GOProud, because they say the country's original GOP organization has drifted too far to the left with its emphasis on anti-bias and hate crime protections and marriage equality ( written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by DONNA-ANN WARD and CHRISTOPHER GAAL) [9:56] + billboard for Ann Bannon interview [:06]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:02 SEGMENT #2 ­ N ORRIE MAY WELLBY refuses to do something most people take for granted. She refuses to be categorized as either male or female. Born a boy, Norrie grew up feeing more feminine. As a youth she dressed in women's clothes, and identified as more female than male. The Sydney, Australia-based iconoclast now proudly calls herself a eunuch. Reporter DHEERA SUJAN of Radio Netherlands (with transmittal thanks to Eric Beauchemin) chats with Norrie about how she's stayed true to herself in an often hazardous world . . . . . . . . . . 8:07 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" Website Promo (voiced by SHERI LUNN) [:18] + ANN BANNON is the pen name of Ann Weldy, an American author who wrote six lesbian pulp fiction novels from 1957 to 1962 known as THE BEEBO BRINKER CHRONICLES. The books' enduring popularity and impact on lesbian identity has earned her the title "Queen of Lesbian Pulp Fiction". She chats with our STEVE PRIDE about being a "June Cleaver" housewife with a secret life as a lesbian icon ­ long before shee came out herself (the first of a special 2-part feature interview, with an outro tag and tease for next week's conclusion) [6:58]. . . . . 7:16 Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:23 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29:01 ===========================3 D======== * ============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," A CHAT WITH THE U.S. PULP PIONEER WHO LAUNCHED MODERN LESBIAN LITERATURE... A PROUD AUSTRALIAN EUNUCH CHALLENGES GENDER ASSUMPTIONS... AND IN THE NEWS, JAMAICANS BLAST A U.S.-BORN BOYCOTT, RIGHTS GROUPS DEMAND IRAQI GOVERNMENT ACTION AS ANTI-GAY KILLINGS ESCALATE, A DAY OF SILENCE TRIES TO HUSH HOMO-HATRED, AND PARTNER BENEFITS EXPAND IN WASHINGTON AND MARYLAND. 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