THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #1,109, distributed 6/29/09 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 further adventures of "Fierce Advocate" Barack Obama; Irish activists are unimpressed by their Government's civil partnerships proposal, Lithuania's president dumps "no promo homo" law on his successor, Pride marches without a hitch in Mexico City, Tijuana and Jerusalem, and more global LGBT news; plus cycles, sex, and southern soul shake up the "Audiofile" => Program #1,109 RUNDOWN <= Opening theme music/intro continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :43 (no opening teases this week) SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": Ireland's Government publishes a civil partnerships bill that falls short of marriage equality; Lithuania's president vetoes the recently-passed "no promo homo law"; Pride marches on in Mexico City, Tijuana and Jerusalem; U.S. President Obama schedules a Stonewall 40th anniversary reception at the White House as discontent continues over his failure to deliver on LGBT-related campaign promises; and a predominantly-queer New York City synagogue discovers that ugly homophobia can sometimes pay (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY and FERGAL20O'DOHERTY, and reported this week by LEIGH MOORE and MICHELE PLEASANT) [9:12] + "Audiofile billboard" [:07]. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:19 SEGMENT #2 – U.S. President Barack Obama remained under firee this week over his slow progress on fulfilling his queer-related campaign promises. In early June his Justice Department filed an offensively worded defense of the equality-denying Defense of Marriage Act –“ or DOMA – in a federal lawsuit. Obama has seemingly been inn "damage control" ever since. His ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER did urge a Senate committee this week to advance the Matthew Shepard Act, which would add sexual orientation and gender identity to existing federal hate crime laws. "Free Speech Radio News" reporter JES BURNS has comments by Holder, along with Alabama Republican Senator JEFF SESSIONS and New York Senate Democrat CHUCK SCHUMER (www.fsrn.org). Meanwhile, the Washington, D.C.-based CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS has issued a report called "ENDING 'DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL': PRACTICAL STEPS TO REPEAL THE BAN ON OPENLY GAY MEN AND WOMEN IN THE U.S. MILITARY" (www.americanprogress.org). One of its authors and a Senior Fellow at the Center, LAWRENCE J. KORB, served as an Assistant Secretary of Defense under Ronald Reagan, and is a longtime critic of the ban. He discussed their findings during a media teleconference on June 24th, from which we have excerpts (with brief intro/outro music from "Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind" by THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL) . . 10:18 SEGMENT #3 – Piano ballads (excerpts from "Home" and "Overr You" from SKOTT FREEDMAN's latest CD "THE COTTAGE SESSIONS"), pop punk ("Average Men" and "What's In It For Me" from PANSY DIVISION's "THAT'S SO GAY"), and gospel rock ("Gonna Be Alright" and "Stained Glass Window" from LEVI KREIS' "WHERE I BELONG") are featured in this month's "AUDIOFILE" (with comments by the artists, hosted by JD DOYLE & CHRIS WILSON, and written and produced with CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM) . . . . . 7:17 (www.audiofile.org) = artist-supplied contact info = SKOTT FREEDMAN PANSY DIVISION info@skottfreedman.com pansydivisionmail@gmail.com www.skottfreedman.com www.pansydivision.com LEVI KREIS rjoartists@gmail.com www.levikreis.com Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:09 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . .20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:46 =================================== * ============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF "FIERCE ADVOCATE" BARACK OBAMA, AND CYCLES, SEX AND SOUTHERN SOUL SHAKE UP THE "AUDIOFILE"... IN OTHER NEWS, IRISH ACTIVISTS ARE UNIMPRESSED BY THEIR GOVERNMENT'S CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS PROPOSAL, LITHUANIA'S PRESIDENT DUMPS "NO PROMO HOMO" LAW ON HIS SUCCESSOR, AND PRIDE MARCHES WITHOUT A HITCH IN MEXICO CITY, TIJUANA AND JERUSALEM. 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 =0 A 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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