THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #1,112, distributed 7/20/09 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) "Non-existent" gays join Iranian protests; Obama's Supreme Court pick is "judicial" about same-gender marriage; Lithuania's parliament overrides its president's "no promo homo" veto, Pakistan's high court orders trans-equality, Mongolia's LGBT Center is nixed for its name, Episcopalians defy Anglican admonitions, Mormons defend their land against gay lip-locks, and more global LGBT news => Program #1,112 RUNDOWN <= Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity. . . . . . . . . . . 1:17 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": Lithuania's parliament overrides the presidential veto of a free speech-censoring "no promo homo" law; Pakistan's Supreme Court orders equal access to social welfare programs for gender-variant minorities, but IGLHRC reports increased violence against LGBT people following the military coup in Honduras; Mongolia's Government refuses to legally register the Ulan Bator-based Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Center, while Gibraltar's Government rejects a measure to equalize the age of consent; the U.S. Episcopal Church, at its General Convention in Anaheim, California, exacerbates years-old tensions with its theologically-traditionalist global Angl ican Communion colleagues by voting to drop its pledge not to ordain openly gay or lesbian ministers, and to develop specific liturgies to bless same-gender unions; and an update to last week's report about gay men being ejected from an El Paso, Texas restaurant for kissing precedes a new report about yet another gay kissing controversy, this time in Salt Lake City, Utah (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by MICHAEL LEBEAU and CHRIS COLEMAN) [10:03] + Queer Iranians billboard [:11]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:14 SEGMENT #2 – In her quest for the post of Associate Justicee of the U.S. Supreme Court, JUDGE SONIA SOTOMAYOR fielded several questions regarding marriage equality during her confirmation hearings this week. Conservatives on the Senate Judiciary Committee like REPUBLICAN JOHN CORNYN of TEXAS tried to manipulate President Obama's first nominee to the high court into taking positions on controversial issues [hear an excerpt from their exchange]. National Center for Lesbian Rights Executive Director KATE KENDELL discussed Sotomayor's testimony with Pacifica Radio's MITCH JESERICH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:26 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" Web site Promo (voiced by CHRIS WILSON) . . 1:15 SEGMENT #4 – Despite the government crackdown, IRANIANS conttinue to protest the contested re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad . Not surprisingly, LGBT people are taking an active role in the renewed movement for democracy in the Islamic Republic. For a perspective from someone with considerable knowledge of the situation, "This Way Out" correspondent HEATHER KITCHING ["Queer-FM"/CiTR-Vancouver, B.C.] spoke to gay Iranian exile ARSHAM PARSI, who, with the many contacts he has in his native country, has been using his Facebook page to distribute video, news and information about the continuing turmoil. . . . 9:33 Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:16 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29:01 =================================== * ============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," "NON-EXISTENT" GAYS JOIN IRANIAN PROTESTS, WHILE OBAMA'S SUPREME COURT PICK IS "JUDICIAL" ABOUT SAME- GENDER MARRIAGE... IN OTHER NEWS, LITHUANIA'S PARLIAMENT OVERRIDES ITS PRESIDENT'S "NO PROMO HOMO" VETO, PAKISTAN'S HIGH COURT ORDERS TRANS- EQUALITY, MONGOLIA'S L-G-B-T CENTER IS NIXED FOR ITS NAME, EPISCOPALIANS DEFY ANGLICAN ADMONITIONS, AND MORMONS DEFEND THEIR LAND AGAINST GAY LIP-LOCKS. ALL THAT – AND MORE THIS WEEK – WHEN YOU DISCOVER "THIS 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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