======================================== 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 #1,042, distributed 03/17/08 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) The un-tortured tale of a Texas sissy in "Memoirs of A Beautiful Boy"; Activists out an Oklahoma-phobe's hate speech, and Ellen responds; Spanish elections reaffirm marriage equality, politics and prostitutes bring down Italy's Prodi and New York's Spitzer, Norway proposes marriage equality, Venezuela's high court says no and yes to queer couples, Britain takes another look at a gay Iranian refugee, more news = RUNDOWN = Opening tease/theme music/intro continuity. . . . . . . . . . . 1:10 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": Spain's marriage equality law is apparently safe with the reelection of Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero; former Italian P.M. Romano Prodi, who pushed for legal recognition of same-gender couples before his fragile coalition government fell, says he's quitting politics, while New York state Lieutenant Governor David Paterson, who succeeds disgraced Governor Eliot Spitzer, is a longtime queer rights ally; Norway's government introduces legislation opening legal marriage and joint child custody rights to same-gender couples, but Venezuela's Supreme Tribunal of Justice rules that marriage equality is not constitutionally mandated; gay Iranian teen Mehdi Kazemi gets a deportation reprieve from the British Home Office, while more Egyptian gay men are arrested under the guise of HIV prevention; and "Baywatch's" hunky Aussie lifeguard comes out (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY; reported this week by BRIDGETTE STRONG & LEIGH MOORE) . 10:30 SEGMENT #2 – Billboard for "Memoirs of A Beautiful Boy" featuure [over beginning instrumental intro for this segment's intro music/:10] + It seems that OKLAHOMA STATE REPRESENTATIVE SALLY KERN thought a small meeting with some of her Republican constituents was a safe place for a virulent anti-gay diatribe, but – unfortunately for her – citizen journalism struck again. Someone secretly recorded Kern's talk, and the GAY AND LESBIAN VICTORY FUND posted it on YouTube. In no time well over 825,000 people had heard it. Victory Fund President Chuck Wolfe wrote an open letter to the lawmaker explaining that it was his organization's intention "to draw attention to the fact that even elected leaders like you are saying some nasty and potentially dangerous things about your fellow citizens." With that same rationale in mind, we're providing Kern's unedited comments (with intro music from "Behind Closed Doors" by CHARLIE RICH). Kern’s remarks have understandably caused a major uproar. She’s received thousands of critical e-mail and voice-mail messages. And one queer celebrity used a non-traditional means this week to register her disapproval. ELLEN DEGENERES played some excerpts from Kern’s comments on her multi-award-winning daytime TV talk show – and then, with a bit of humor, tried to reach out to the state legislator [7:21] + "TWO" I.D. by ELLEN DEGENERES [:08] . . . 7:39 SEGMENT #4 - ROBERT LELEUX was an east Texas sissy boy when his father left, and his Mother began a desperate regimen of makeovers, plastic surgeries, and hairpieces — all calculated to secure a wealthy new husbannd. This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE poured a big glass of iced tea and sat on the porch swing with Leleux – and his Mamma – to talk aboabout his hilarious new book from St. Martins Press, "THE MEMOIRS OF A BEAUTIFUL BOY" (with Leleux reading excerpts, and intro/outro music from "It Would Be So Great If You'd Just Die," music and lyrics by Leleux's mother JESSICA WILSON, performed by NADIA ACKERMAN). 8:20 Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:19 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:58 ================================ * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," THE UN-TORTURED TALE OF A TEXAS SISSY IN "MEMOIRS OF A BEAUTIFUL BOY"... ACTIVISTS OUT AN "OKLAHOMA- PHOBE'S" HATE SPEECH, AND ELLEN – "THE GAY ONE" - RESPONDS... IN OTHHER NEWS, SPANISH ELECTIONS REAFFIRM MARRIAGE EQUALITY, POLITICS AND PROSTITUTES BRING DOWN ITALY'S PRODI AND NEW YORK'S SPITZER, NORWAY PROPOSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY, VENEZUELA'S HIGH COURT SAYS NO AND YES TO SAME-GENDER COUPLES, AND BRITAIN TAKES ANOTHER LOOK AT A GAY IRANIAN REFUGEE. THOSE STORIES, AND MORE THIS WEEK, WHEN YOU DISCOVER "THIS WAY OUT: THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY RADIO MAGAZINE", ______________________________________ [DAY and TIME] HERE ON __________________________. [STATION] =================================================================== "This Way Out" operating expenses are funded by a grant from The Gay Chemists Support Fund of the Horizons Foundation, VOLUNTARY "PROGRAM ACQUISITION" PAYMENTS FROM YOU, OUR STATIONS, and through tax-deductible donations from our listeners. 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