THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #1,103, distributed 5/18/09 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) Remembering San Francisco's "Stonewall" – 30 years ago this month;; Rights rally in Russia, Latvia and Lebanon, they "don't ask" now in Uruguay but you still "don't tell" in the U.S., Peru's new cop rules bar adulterers, pro-laborites and gays, Moscow denies a marriage license to Canada-bound lesbians but same-gender nuptials near in New Hampshire, a marriage rematch heads to New York's Senate, and more news => Program #1,103 RUNDOWN <= Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity. . . . . . . . . . . 1:06 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": Initial reports: riot police break up a banned LGBT demo in Moscow, Riga celebrates Pride peacefully, Singapore sees its first-ever rights rally, and Costa Rica's government marks the International Day Against Homophobia (more details next week); Russian activists leaflet for rights in St. Petersburg and march against bias in Kirov, while Lebanese activists hold a rare demonstration in Beirut against their country's anti-gay sex law; Uruguay moves to lift its ban on gays and lesbians in the armed forces, while President Barack Obama goes slow on his promise to repeal the U.S. military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, and Peru bans lesbians and gays from the national police force; a lesbian couple is denied a marriage license in Moscow in the first-ever such attempt in Russia, while New Hampshire's governor offers a way to make his U.S. state the latest to establish marriage equality, the New York state Assembly passes a marriage equality bill but Senate obstacles loom, and Wisconsin's Supreme Court agrees to hear a challenge to that state's constitutional same-gender marriage ban; and U.S. comedian and actor Wanda Sykes and her partner are the proud parents of twins (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by TANYA KANE-PARRY and CHRIS COLEMAN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:18 SEGMENT #2 – Observances of the 40th anniversary of the Stonnewall Riots in New York City are on the horizon. That June 1969 event is considered to have launched the modern day movement for LGBT equality. But 30 years ago this week, another eruption of rage led to another confrontation between gay people and the police. This time the city was SAN FRANCISCO, and the trigger was the verdict in the case against the assassin of MAYOR GEORGE MOSCONE and openly gay SUPERVISOR HARVEY MILK. Under a since-repealed California statute, the jury accepted killer DAN WHITE’s infamous "Twinkie defense" that eating too much junk food made him unaware of what he was doing. They found him guilty of voluntary man slaughter because they believed his so-called "diminished capacity prevented him from acting with premeditation or malice –required for a fiirst-degree murder conviction. But it was the queer community’s own "diminished capacity" for injustice that boiled over on the night of May 21st, 1979. In these excerpts from a one-hour documentary produced by GREG GORDON, riveting coverage – primarily by the "Freshh Fruit" collective at KPFA-FM – begins in San Francisco's predominnantly gay Castro district, includes on-scene reporting as violence erupts at City Hall, the invasion of the Castro by an "army" of police officers, and brief coverage of the pre-planned rally to celebrate what would have been Harvey Milk's 49th birthday the following evening (with music by the TOM ROBINSON BAND). . . . 16:12 (The entire one-hour documentary, "Diminished Capacity," covering the assassinations and reaction to them, the so-called "White Night Riots," and the ultimate fate of Dan White, is available at www.thiswayout.org) Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:17 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:53 =================================== * ============================== STATI ON PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," A SALUTE TO SAN FRANCISCO'S "STONEWALL" – 30 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH... AND IN THE NEWS, RIGHTSS RALLY IN RUSSIA, LATVIA AND LEBANON, THEY "DON'T ASK" NOW IN URUGUAY BUT YOU STILL "DON'T TELL" IN THE U.S., PERU'S NEW COP RULES BAR ADULTERERS, PRO-LABORITES AND GAYS, MOSCOW DENIES A MARRIAGE LICENSE TO CANADA- BOUND LESBIANS BUT SAME-GENDER NUPTIALS NEAR IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND A MARRIAGE REMATCH HEADS TO NEW YORK'S SENATE. ALL THAT – AND MORE THIS WEEK – WHEN YOU TUNE IN TO "THISHIS 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! 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