THIS WAY OUT
the international gay & lesbian radio magazine
RUNDOWN for Program #1,114, distributed 8/3/09
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)
Pansy Division multiplies its legacy;
The White House silences a "don't axe, don't fund" proposal;
Labor lags as Aussies go all out for marriage equality, Albania's
Government proposes wedded bliss, Portugal's Constitutional Court
rebuffs marriage-seeking lesbians, and more global LGBT news;
plus a late-breaking bulletin: a gunman kills 2 youths in Tel Aviv.

To Whom It May Concern: This week's show runs a tad shorter than usual.

=> Program #1,114 RUNDOWN <=

Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity. . . . . . . . . . .  1:13

SEGMENT #1 -  "NewsWrap": Australia's gays, lesbians and their supporters demand marriage equality at National Day of Action demonstrations across the country; Albania's Government proposes legislation to allow same-gender couples to civilly marry, but Portugal's Constitutional Court upholds the country's hetero-only marriage law; an Israeli court agrees that a lesbian deserves a widow's government pension following the death of her longtime partner; U.K. Quakers vote to marry same-gender couples, while Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams acknowledges a likely "2-tiered" global Anglican Communion; the man accused of killin g gay African-American U.S. Navy Seaman August Provost commits suicide; Salt Lake City's prosecutor refuses to file trespassing charges against a kissing gay couple, while "The Great Nationwide Kiss-In" to affirm same-gender affection is scheduled for August 15th [http://sitin4equality.net] (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM and CHRIS COLEMAN) [10:03]  +  Breaking News: a masked machine-gunner attacks an LGBT youth support group in Tel Aviv, killing at least 2 and wounding more than a dozen others [1:21] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   11:24

SEGMENT #2 –  Pansy Division interview billboard [:07] ; +  Political pressure again shot down another attempt to at least temporarily suspend U.S. military discharges under "DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL."  MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow spoke with frustrated DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN ALCEE HASTINGS of FLORIDA this week; meanwhile, new research underscores the heretofore unstudied harm the policy may be doing to all enlisted personnel, and the BRITISH Army puts an openly gay trooper on the cover of its official magazine [6:42]. . . . . . . . . .   6:49

SEGMENT #3 –  San Francisco's legendary queer band PANSY DIVIISION celebrates 20 years of rock with a new CD, "THAT'S SO GAY", a DVD, and a memoir by lead singer Jon Ginoli.  The band is also playing a series of live shows across the U.S.A.  "This Way Ou t" Brisbane, Australia correspondent JOHN FRAME – a devoted fan – spoke by phone with the group’s co-founder, co-writer,, bassist and vocalist CHRIS FREEMAN in Los Angeles (with excerpts from the new CD's title cut) . . . .   7:49

Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1:14

TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28:18
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                            STATION PROMO COPY:

ANNCR:  NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," PANSY DIVISION MULTIPLIES ITS

LEGACY, AND THE WHITE HOUSE SILENCES A "DON'T AXE, DON'T FUND"

PROPOSAL... IN OTHER NEWS, A MASKED GUNMAN ATTACKS AN L-G-B-T YOUTH

SUPPORT GROUP IN TEL AVIV, KILLING 2 AND WOUNDING MORE THAN A DOZEN,

LABOR LAGS AS AUSSIES GO ALL OUT FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY, WHILE ALBANIA'S

GOVERNMENT PROPOSES WEDDED BLISS, BUT PORTUGAL'S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

REBUFFS MARRIAGE-SEEKING LESBIANS.

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

THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY RADIO MAGAZINE",

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