THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #1,104, distributed 5/25/09 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) Swiss folk-pop, Scots personal playback and English acoustic rock; Dissecting Republican Chair Steele's unbridled anti-marriage illogic; A birthday salute to "Harvey Milk: Then and Now"; Activists around the world speak with one voice for IDAHO, mass arrests mark another Moscow Pride attempt, grade school kids find equality elementary, and more global LGBT news => Program #1,104 RUNDOWN <= Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity. . . . . . . . . . . 1:14 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": The 4th annual IDAHO (International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia) is observed around the world on May 17th, including an online video featuring hundreds of people from 48 countries and 6 continents, local events across France and the U.K., a strong anti-bias statement issued by the European Union, and actions in Canada, Australia, Cameroon, Iran, Turkey, Costa Rica, Cuba, Hong Kong, Beijing, Singapore, South Korea, and Russia; riot police arrest dozens as they break up yet another effort to hold a banned Pride event in Moscow, but a first-ever peaceful Pride march is held in Riga, Latvia, and thousands party with Pride in Brussels, Belgium; the bill creating marriage equality in New Hampshire is on hold as the legislature wrangles with religious protections language demanded by Governor John Lynch, while Nevada lawmakers pass a domestic partnership bill that Governor Jim Gibbons has vowed to veto, but Colorado Governor Bill Ritter signs a bill to provide health insurance and a few other benefits to the domestic partners of state workers; and a California 6th grader is forbidden to give a class presentation about Harvey Milk because the school district says it would violate its sex education policy, but a Colorado 3rd grader organizes a marriage equality rally on the steps of the state capitol (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by CHRIS COLEMAN and RICK WATTS) [10:37] + billboard for Janet Mason's Harvey Milk commentary and this month's "Audiofile" [:13]. . . . . . . 10:50 Note: The California Supreme Court was expected to announce its Proposition 8 marriage equality ruling on Tuesday, May 26th. We'll have comprehensive coverage of their decision, and reaction to it, next week on “This Way Out”. SEGMENT #2 Marriage equality proponents usually base theirr arguments on fairness, and don't often trumpet the well-documented economic benefit. But controversial REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN MICHAEL STEELE claimed this week that opening civil marriage to gay and lesbian couples would unfairly saddle small businesses with increased spousal h ealth care costs. However, based on accepted population percentages, it would appear that there are far more heterosexual workers posing such a "horrific threat" to small business. News commentator KEITH OLBERMANN further dissected Steele's questionable logic on his MSNBC "Countdown" program (with brief intro/outro instrumental music from Frank Sinatra's "Love and Marriage"). . 3:30 SEGMENT #3 "TWO" I.D. by writer AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS [:07]&nnbsp; + "This Way Out" correspondent JANET MASON reflects on the legacy of gay martyr Harvey Milk, born on May 22nd, 1930 [4:27]. . . . . . . . . . . 4:34 SEGMENT #4 This month's "AUDIOFILE" cruises Europe for neww CDs by a Swiss (excerpts from "Mein Bester Trick" and the title track from BETTINA SCHELKER's "THE HONEYMOON IS OVER"), a Scot ("Footprints" and "Safe" from HORSE's "COMING UP FOR AIR"), and a band of Brits ("Rocket Girl" and "Gay Boy" from the self-titled album by WIRE DAISIES) (with comments by the artists, hosted by JD DOYLE & CHRIS WILSON, and written & produced with CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM/www.audiofile.org) . 7:27 =artist=supplied contact info = BETTINA SCHELKER HORSE WIRE DAISIES ina@foundagirl.com horse@randan.fsworld.co.uk kyle@mrvmusic.com www.foundagirl.com www.randan.org &nbs p; www.wiredaisies.com Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:23 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:58 =================================== * ============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," SWISS FOLK-POP, SCOTS PERSONAL PLAYBACK AND ENGLISH ACOUSTIC ROCK IN THE "AUDIOFILE"... DISSECTING REPUBLICAN CHAIR STEELE'S UNBRIDLED ANTI-MARRIAGE ILLOGIC... A BIRTHDAY SALUTE TO "HARVEY MILK: THEN AND NOW"... AND IN THE NEWS, ACTIVISTS AROUND THE WORLD SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE FOR "IDAHO," MASS ARRESTS MARK ANOTHER MOSCOW PRIDE ATTEMPT, AND GRADE SCHOOL KIDS FIND EQUALITY ELEMENTARY. 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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