THIS WAY OUT
the international gay & lesbian radio magazine
RUNDOWN for Program #1,108, distributed 6/22/09
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)
Obama's DOMA drama yields mini-benefits and lingering discontent;
Violent attacks follow Sao Paulo's mammoth Pride march, Pride empowers
politics in Rome, Warsaw, Zagreb, and the U.S., dismay over Lithuania's
"no promo homo" law, Filipino cross-dressers face lashings in Riyadh,
the Queen honors Alan Cumming with an O.B.E, plus more LGBT news;
and exploring diverse bisexualities in "The Art of Being Straight"

=> Program #1,108 RUNDOWN <=

Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity. . . . . . . . . . .  1:12

SEGMENT #1 -  "NewsWrap":  U.S. President Barack Obama takes his first pro-lesbigay action since his inauguration by granting limited benefits to the same-gender partners of gay and lesbian federal workers;  a bomb thrown into a popular gay nightclub area in Sao Paulo, Brazil injures 21 people following what may be the world's largest Pride celebration;  Pride marchers in Rome belittle the conservative government of Silvio Berlusconi and the Vatican, while police keep the peace between anti-gay thugs and Pride marchers in Warsaw and Zagreb, as an estimated 400,000 parade in West Hollywood, and a record Pride turn-out in Des Moin es celebrates Iowa marriage equality;  Lithuania's parliament passes a law banning any positive discussion of homosexuality in schools or in public information to which children are exposed;  67 gay Filipino workers in Saudi Arabia are charged with the Quran-violating "imitating women" following their arrests at a party in Riyadh;  the British Foreign Office joins the U.S. State Department in statements of concern about reported anti-gay pogroms in Iraq;  and openly gay actor Alan Cumming, cited for his activism as much as for his work as an entertainer, is rewarded with an O.B.E. in the Queen's Birthday Honors List  (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by MICHAEL LEBEAU and JOHN TORRES) [9:24]  +  Billboard for "The Art of Being Straight" [:09]. . .   9:33

SEGMENT #2 -  U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA this week issued a memorandum – or executive order, the titles are reportedly interchangeablee – granting limited benefits to the partners of gay and lesbian feederal employees [hear excerpts from his signing comments].  It couldn't have been a coincidence that Obama's action followed uproar by LGBT equality advocates late last week over the offensive language used in a Justice Department brief supporting the already odious Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).  KAREN MILLER of Free Speech Radio News gathered some reaction to the presidential edict later that night (from federal worker and D.C. activist RICK ROSENDAHL, CARIS A CUNNINGHAM of the Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, and KEVIN CATHCART of Lambda Legal).  Major U.S. news networks also reported extensively on the presidential action.  CNN's ANDERSON COOPER asked RICHARD SOCARIDES, a gay advisor to President Bill Clinton, if it was too little, too late, and MSNBC's RACHEL MADDOW discussed the future with openly lesbian WISCONSIN Congresswoman TAMMY BALDWIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10:04

SEGMENT #3 –  "TWO" I.D. by JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL [:12] ; +  "THE ART OF BEING STRAIGHT" explores the too often strict boundaries of being gay or straight from the perspective of today's younger generation.  "This Way Out's" STEVE PRIDE sat down with writer/director/producer/star JESSE ROSEN to chat about his micro-budget comedy and Rosen’s own shifting place on the Kinsien scale  (with a clip from the film, and outro music from "Which Way Do You Go?" by PAXTON) [6:34] . . .   6:46

Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1:17

TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28:52
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                            STATION PROMO COPY:

ANNCR:  NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," OBAMA'S DOMA DRAMA YIELDS MINI-

BENEFITS AND LINGERING DISCONTENT, VIOLENT ATTACKS FOLLOW SAO PAULO'S

MAMMOTH PRIDE MARCH, PRIDE EMPOWERS POLITICS IN ROME, WARSAW, ZAGREB,

AND THE U.S., THERE’S DISMAY OVER LITHUANIA'S NEW "NO PROMO HOMO" LAW,

FILIPINO CROSS-DRESSERS FACE LASHINGS IN RIYADH, AND THE QUEEN HONORS

ALAN CUMMNG WITH AN O.B.E.... PLUS AN EXPLORATION OF DIVERSE

BISEXUALITIES IN "THE ART OF BEING STRAIGHT".

ALL THAT – AND MORE THIS WEEK – WHEN YOU DISCOVER "THIS WA WAY OUT:

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