======================================== To listen to "This Way Out" online copy/paste into your browser www.outinamerica.com/arts/two.asp, use 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 #1,035, distributed 01/28/08 via the PRSS Content Depot, Pacifica's Audioport, and free online downloads at www.radio4all.net and www.indymedia.org (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Divine, dramatic, and driving music in the "Audiofile"; Al Gore supports marriage equality while virtual weddings click; Mexican "Senoritas Say I Do" in a "Rainbow Minute"; The EuroCourt rejects adoption discrimination, Argentine activists pursue recognition of their Madrid marriage, Italy's civil partnerships perish as Prodi plummets, and more global LGBT news = RUNDOWN = Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity . . . . . . . . . . 1:14 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": The European Court of Human Rights rules that sexual orientation alone cannot bar otherwise-qualified lesbigay adults from adopting children, but a Polish government official says his country will defy the ruling; a leading Argentine gay couple marries in Spain and will sue for its recognition in their home country; a Latvian court sentences an MP's assistant to 100 hours of compulsory labor for throwing a bag of feces at 2006 Riga Pride participants; failing to deliver promised legislation to recognize same-gender couples, the corruption-charged coalition government of Italian PM Romano Prodi falls; Europe's first nursing home for lesbigay people opens in Berlin; a marriage equality bill is introduced in the U.S. state of Maryland, a domestic partners measure advances in New Mexico, a court upholds New Orleans' right to provide health benefits to the same-gender partners of its municipal workers, and two new studies add to existing data that U.S. gay and lesbian couples are just as committed and happy together as their heterosexually-married counterparts (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by GREG GORDON & RICK WATTS) [10:34] + billboard for "Audiofile," "Rainbow Minute" and RedLightCenter.com features [:15] . . . . . . . . . 10:49 SEGMENT #2 - As the high courts of Connecticut, California, and Iowa consider marriage equality cases, the New Jersey legislature is facing up to the failures of civil unions. The three remaining contenders for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination each support some form of civil unions, but continue to oppose marriage for same-gender couples. Senators Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama cite some vague personal reservations on the issue, while former Senator John Edwards has famously described himself as "on a journey" towards full equality. However, another high-profile Democrat has apparently reached the end of that journey. Bill Clinton's former Vice President and 2000 presidential candidate AL GORE had been on record supporting civil unions, but hear his personal blog posting this week on current.com, as the Nobel-winning climate guru warms up to full equality. . . . 2:37 [www.current.com] SEGMENT #3 – In the virtual world virtually anything is possiible, including the chance for same-gender couples to get married. "This Way Out" correspondents DIXIE TREICHEL and JOHN TOWNSEND ["Fresh Fruit"/KFAI-Minneapolis] chat with ANNA LEE of the LGBT-inclusive adult virtual reality world REDLIGHTCENTER.COM. . . . . . . . . . . . 4:27 [www.RedLightCenter.com] SEGMENT #4 - Mexican "Senoritas Say I Do" in a "RAINBOW MINUTE" (produced by JUDD PROCTOR & BRIAN BURNS at WRIR-FM in Richmond, Virginia and read by ROBIN AUSTIN). . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:04 SEGMENT #5 – Hawai'ian spirituality (excerpts from "Water froom the Rock (40 Years)" and the title track from KIM-CHAR MEREDITH's "PAPER KNIFE"), musical theatre ("You and I" and "Ever After" from "BARE THE MUSICAL"), and good ol' "crank it up" fun ("In the Middle of Nowhere" and "Loud" from ALAN LETT's "A MOMENT AWAY") are the trademarks of the artists featured in this month's "AUDIOFILE" (with comments by the artists, hosted by CHRIS WILSON & JD DOYLE, and written & produced with CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:25 www.audiofile.org = artist-supplied contact info = KIM-CHAR MEREDITH "BARE THE MUSICAL" ALAN LETT admin@kimcharmusic.com icompoze2@mac.com letthead@sbcglobal.net www.kimcharmusic.com www.barethemusical.com myspace.com/letthead Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:17 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:53 ================================ * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," DIVINE, DRAMATIC, AND DRIVING MUSIC IN THE "AUDIOFILE"... AL GORE SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY WHILE VIRTUAL WEDDINGS "CLICK"... MEXICAN "SENORITAS SAY I DO" IN A "RAINBOW MINUTE"... AND IN THE NEWS, THE EURO-COURT REJECTS ADOPTION DISCRIMINATION, ARGENTINE ACTIVISTS PURSUE RECOGNITION OF THEIR MADRID MARRIAGE, AND ITALY'S CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS PERISH AS PRODI PLUMMETS. 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] =================================================================== Most "This Way Out" operating expenses are funded by VOLUNTARY "PROGRAM ACQUISITION" PAYMENTS FROM YOU, OUR STATIONS, and through tax-deductible donations from our listeners. 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