THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #1,102, distributed 5/11/09 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 rehabilitated drag diva offers "Candy Everybody Wants"; Clergy help Maine join marriage equality states; A Greek court tears Tilos weddings asunder, Lambda Istanbul wins an uneasy reprieve, activists challenge Botswana's same-gender sex ban, Moscow can't see Pride through Eurovision eyes, Giuliani jilts gay pals for the love of politics, and more global LGBT news => Program #1,102 RUNDOWN <= Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity. . . . . . . . . . . 1:11 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": A Greek court annuls the country's first known same-gender civil marriages, which were performed on the small Aegean island of Tilos last year; a court in Turkey officially allows Lambda Istanbul to continue operating, but the LGBT advocacy group says it still doesn't feel safe, while Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals of Botswana sues their government over the southern African nation's ban on consensual adult same-gender sex; Moscow officials ban yet another planned LGBT Pride event, but Russian lawmakers reject a bill to criminalize "a homosexual way of life and a homosexual orientation"; Maine Governor John Baldacci signs a marriage equality bill, while LGBT activists await the action of New Hampshire Governor John Lynch on a marriage equality bill, but opponents promise a "people's veto" to overturn the Maine law, and foes of expanded domestic partnership rights in Washington also launch a ballot repeal effort; Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty signs a bill to recognize same-gender civil marriages legally performed in other jurisdictions, although conservative African American preachers in the U.S. capitol vow to seek its repeal after 4-times-married former mayor and now City Councilman Marion Barry casts the lone dissenting vote; and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani puts politics before friendship by refusing to attend the Connecticut wedding of the gay couple who opened their home to him during his nasty second divorce in 2001 (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by CHRIS WILSON and PAM MARSHALL) [10:32] + Billboard for Josh Kilmer-Purcell interview [:05] . . . . . 10:37 SEGMENT #2 ­ The biblical battle over same-gender marriage saw onne of its finest moments in the state of MAINE this week. "This Way Out" correspondent AMY BROWNE [WERU-FM/Blue Hill and Bangor] reports on how religious leaders helped win the day for equality (with intro music from the Maine State Song performed by the Has-Beens) . . . . . 6:04 SEGMENT #3 ­ "This Way Out" Web site promo by JD DOYLE (with sniippets of "Glad to Be Gay" by the TOM ROBINSON BAND) . . . . . . . . . 1:41 SEGMENT #4 - English poet William Blake once said that "The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom." And there is no better poster boy for that adage than "Out" magazine columnist JOSH KILMER-PURCELL, whose real life adventures were documented in "I AM NOT MYSELF THESE DAYS: A MEMOIR". Although his truth was stranger than fiction, he's turned to fiction with his novel "CANDY EVERYBODY WANTS". Kilmer-Purcell chats with "This Way Out's" STEVE PRIDE about his journey from being a drunken drag diva with a crack-addicted prostitute boyfriend to a gentleman goat farmer living with Martha Stewart Vice President of Healthy Living Dr. Brent Ridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:59 Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:17 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:49 =================================== * ============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," A REHABILITATED DRAG DIVA OFFERS "CANDY EVERYBODY WANTS", WHILE MAINE JOINS TOGETHER WITH MARRIAGE EQUALITY STATES... IN OTHER NEWS, A GREEK COURT TEARS TILOS MATRIMONIAL TESTS ASUND ER, LAMBDA ISTANBUL WINS AN UNEASY REPRIEVE, ACTIVISTS CHALLENGE BOTSWANA'S SAME-GENDER SEX BAN, MOSCOW CAN'T SEE PRIDE THROUGH EUROVISION EYES, AND GIULIANI JILTS GAY PALS FOR THE LOVE OF POLITICS. 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