======================================== 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 click on AFFILIATE STATIONS for our 150+ local broadcast outlets ======================================== THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #1,008, distributed 07/23/07 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Humorist Kate Clinton changes the climate of political debate; A former U.S. first lady's lesbian love letters are opened; The P.M. promises to push Irish partnerships, Israeli Jews are polled on queer kid acceptance, Hong Kong's highest court cans a ban on gay sodomy, Austrian activists are cleared of libel charges, Pride parades in Peru and Malta, and more global GLBT news => RUNDOWN <= Opening tease/theme music/intro continuity . . . . . . . . . . . 1:10 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern renews his promise to pass civil partnership legislation as he reopens Dublin's OUThouse LGBT community center, but a lesbian couple living in Ireland loses a court battle with the sperm donor of their infant son; a county judge in the U.S. state of Oregon rules that same-gender couples are entitled to the same benefits as their heterosexually-married counterparts; a solid majority of Hebrew-speaking Jews in Israel say they'd accept a gay or lesbian child; Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal upholds a ruling overturning a law criminalizing gay sex in any other than a private place, while the Vienna Regional Criminal Court reverse a libel conviction against the leader of Austria's leading lesbigay organization for calling a homophobic M.P. a "mental descendant of the brown Nazi minions"; Pride is celebrated in Lima, Peru and Valletta, Malta; and a proposed warning against lesbigay sex during the South Pacific Games in Samoa is quickly rescinded (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL and REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by DEAN ELZINGA and GREG GORDON) [10:26] + Billboard for Kate Clinton interview [:05]. . 10:31 SEGMENT #2 - "ELEANOR ROOSEVELT'S LOVE LETTERS" are opened in a "RAINBOW MINUTE" (produced by JUDD PROCTOR & BRIAN BURNS at WRIR-FM in Richmond, Virginia and read by DUSTIN RICHARDSON) . . . . . . . 1:08 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" CDs and subscriptions promo . . . . . . . . 1:10 SEGMENT #4 ­ "Keep talking" anecdote by lesbian "fumerist" Kate Cliinton (from her award-winning audiobook "Don't Get Me Started") [:34] + The irrepressible KATE CLINTON is a self-avowed faith-based, tax-paying, America-loving po litical humorist and family entertainer. For 25 years her goal has been to raise consciousness through comedy, and she's done it during some of the most depressing, bizarre, frightening, confounding times in history -- and ten U.S. presidential inaugurations! In addition to her live performances, Clinton has appeared on stage and screen, narrated documentaries, written for newspapers, magazines and television, and emceed numerous benefits. She's been a panelist on mainstream news programs and hosted U.S. public television's LGBT show "In The Life." The audio version of her first book, "Don't Get Me Started," was named one of 1998's Best Audiobooks by Publishers Weekly, and her second book, "What The L?," was nominated for a 2005 Lambda Literary Award. Now Kate Clinton is on the road again, taking on the truly good, the ethically bad, and the politically ugly. During a recent conversation with This Way Out's JOSY CATOGGIO, Clinton shared her thoughts on "sister" Hillary, the power of laughter, and Vice President Dick Cheney’s lesbian daughter Mary (with intro/outro music from "I Love To Laugh" from the "Mary Poppins" soundtrack) [12:35]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13:09 [www.kateclinton.com] Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:39 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:47 =================================== * ============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," LESBIAN-FEMINIST HUMORIST KATE CLINTON CHANGES THE CLIMATE OF POLITICAL DEBATE AS SHE WEIGHTS IN ON "SISTER" HILLARY, THE POWER OF LAUGHTER, AND VICE PRESIDENTIAL DAUGHTER MARY CHENEY... "ELEANOR ROOOSEVELT'S LOVE LETTERS" ARE OPENED IN A "RAINBOW MINUTE"... AND IN THE NEWS, THE P.M. PROMISES TO PUSH IRISH PARTNERSHIPS, ISRAELI JEWS ARE POLLED ON QUEER KID ACCEPTANCE, HONG KONG'S HIGHEST COURT CANS A BAN ON GAY SODOMY, HONG KONG'S HIGHEST COURT CANS A BAN ON GAY SODOMY, AUSTRIAN ACTIVISTS ARE CLEARED OF LIBEL CHARGES, AND PRIDE PARADES IN PERU AND MALTA. ALL THAT ­ AND MORE THIS WEEK - WHEN YOU TUNE IN TO "THIS WAY OUT: THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY RADIO MAGAZINE", ______________________________________ [DAY and TIME] HERE ON __________________________. [STATION] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can download broadcast quality audio files of our program each week free of charge at www.radio4all.net and www.indymedia.org. =================================================================== Some "This Way Out" operating expenses are funded by VOLUNTARY "PROGRAM ACQUISITION" PAYMENTS FROM YOU, OUR STATIONS, and through tax-deductible donations from our listeners. Please visit www.thiswayout.org for more information. >Thank you for your financial support to keep our program on the air!< "This Way Out" is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit as OVERNIGHT PRODUCTIONS (INC.). ***************************************************************** "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. Please phone Coordinating Producer Greg Gordon at (818) 986-4106 or email him at TWOradio@aol.com. Thanks! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On the air since April 1988, "This Way Out" is the multi-award-winning internationally distributed weekly gay and lesbian radio newsmagazine. 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