======================================== To listen to the current "This Way Out" online copy/paste into your browser www.outinamerica.com/arts/two.asp, click on the OIA link at www.thiswayout.org, or check the stations link there for our 150+ local broadcast affiliates ======================================== THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #981, distributed 01/15/07 (hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) How "Gay L.A." foreshadowed Stonewall and 1960s queer activism; A journey through time and place rediscovers the mother of lesbianism; Catholic Mexico confronts a state of civil unions, religious opponents aim to torch U.K. anti-bias laws, former U.S. military leaders about face on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," a gay Montana cop heads to Kabul to teach diversity, West Village people save the Stonewall Inn, more news = Program #981 RUNDOWN = Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity . . . . . . . . . . 1:07 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": Legislation to create civil unions for same-gender couples passes in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila; despite Civil Partnerships, U.K. gays and lesbians are still trying to secure basic anti-bias protections; Britian's Royal Air Force targets gay and lesbian recruits, while prominent former U.S. Defense Department officials call for repeal of "Don't Ask/Don't Tell"; former Malaysian strongman Mahathir Mohamad says gays should never be allowed to govern mostly-Muslim Malaysia, but a gay Montana cop travels to Kabul to help train police in mostly-Muslim Afghanistan; an unnamed couple may be Canada's first legally married lesbian prisoners; and West Village businessmen reportedly spearhead the salvation of the Stonewall Inn (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL and REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by TANYA KANE-PARRY and CHARLS HALL) [10:46] + billboard for Janet Mason's Sappho commentary [:08]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:54 SEGMENT #2 - The Stonewall Inn in New York City will always be revered as the "birthplace" of the modern LGBT struggle for equality, but a new book reveals that the movement's long "pregnancy" was spent on the opposite U.S. coast. In "GAY L.A.: A HISTORY OF SEXUAL OUTLAWS, POWER POLITICS, AND LIPSTICK LESBIANS" [published by Basic Books], acclaimed historians Lillian Faderman and STUART TIMMONS paint a vibrant portrait of the stand-out people and events -- literally going back centuries -- that helped lay the groundwork for the explosion of activism in the 1960s. This Way Out correspondent VIVIAN MARIE chats with Timmons about how he and Faderman came to see Los Angeles as such a hotspot in queer history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:18 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by famed filmmaker and writer CLIVE BARKER [:33] + "TWO" Email Lists Promo [:55] . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:28 SEGMENT #4 - Who was known simply as "The Poetess"? Knowing the answer to that question may depend on your generation. This Way Out's JANET MASON takes a journey through time and place to rediscover SAPPHO, the undisputed mother of lesbianism . . . 5:43 Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:24 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:54 ================================ * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," HOW "GAY L.A." FORESHADOWED STONEWALL AND 1960s QUEER ACTIVISM... A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME AND PLACE REDISCOVERS THE MOTHER OF LESBIANISM... AND IN THE NEWS, CATHOLIC MEXICO CONFRONTS A STATE OF CIVIL UNIONS, RELIGIOUS OPPONENTS AIM TO TORCH U.K. ANTI-BIAS LAWS, FORMER U.S. MILITARY LEADERS ABOUT FACE ON "DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL," A GAY MONTANA COP HEADS TO KABUL TO TEACH DIVERSITY, AND WEST VILLAGE PEOPLE SAVE THE STONEWALL INN. 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