= Beginning our 21st year on the air! = ======================================== 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 #1,045, distributed 04/07/08 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) A play-in-progress portrays pivotal events in James Baldwin's life; Thoughts on the collected works of lesbian literary icon Jane Bowles; Queer Euro-partners win pensions parity, Ireland activists demand parental rights, Greek lawmakers consider civil unions, Beijing police raid several gay venues, a married gay Massachusetts man must be single again to get a U.S. passport, and more global GLBT news = RUNDOWN = Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity . . . . . . . . . . 1:12 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": The European Court of Justice rules that companies offering pension benefits to their workers' married partners must extend them to legally recognized same-gender partners; LGBT advocacy groups in Ireland are challenging the government to include parental rights in its proposed Civil Partnership Bill, and Greek lawmakers are said to be considering civil ceremonies to legally recognize same-gender couples, while activists celebrate their successful campaign to gain political asylum in Greece for a gay Iranian refugee; Beijing police reportedly raid popular bathhouses and other gay venues; an oversight panel in the U.S. state of Arizona approves domestic partner benefits for lesbigay and unmarried heterosexual state employees and retirees; openly lesbian Wisconsin lawmaker Tammy Baldwin needs House Speaker intervention to get her longtime partner onto a military flight taking Congressmembers and their spouses on a European fact-finding mission; and a legally wed gay Massachusetts man refused a U.S. passport under his hyphenated married name agrees to change it back so he can work at orphanages in Ghana as an HIV/AIDS counselor (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by SHERI LUNN and LEIGH MOORE) [9:56] + James Baldwin bio-play billboard [:25] . . . 10:21 SEGMENT #2 - Lesbian writer JANE BOWLES and her gay husband Paul Bowles, who lived in Morocco from the 1950s to 70s, forged an unusual platonic and artistic partnership. "This Way Out" commentator JANET MASON illuminates their lives together and apart, and reflects on "MY SISTER'S HAND IN MINE: THE COLLECTED WORKS OF JANE BOWLES". . . 6:48 SEGMENT #3 - New "TWO" Update Promo [voiced by SHERI LUNN] . . :19 SEGMENT #4 - "WAITING FOR GIOVANNI" is a play-in-progress about pivotal moments in the life of pioneering gay African-American civil rights activist and writer JAMES BALDWIN. "This Way Out" correspondents DIXIE TREICHEL and JOHN TOWNSEND [from "Fresh Fruit" on KFAI-FM-Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota] talk with actor HARRY WATERS, JR. and playwright JEWELLE GOMEZ about their unique collaboration, and the people and events in Baldwin's life that are inspiring it (ends with a brief reading of excerpts from the current draft). . . . 8:54 Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:19 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:53 ================================ * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," A PLAY-IN-PROGRESS PORTRAYS PIVOTAL EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF PIONEERING BLACK GAY ACTIVIST AND WRITER JAMES BALDWIN... WE'LL HAVE REFLECTIONS ON THE COLLECTED WORKS OF LESBIAN LITERARY ICON JANE BOWLES... AND IN THE NEWS, GAY AND LESBIAN EURO-PARTNERS WIN PENSIONS PARITY, IRELAND ACTIVISTS DEMAND PARENTAL RIGHTS, GREEK LAWMAKERS CONSIDER CIVIL UNIONS, BEIJING POLICE RAID SEVERAL GAY VENUES, AND A MARRIED GAY MASSACHUSETTS MAN MUST BE SINGLE AGAIN TO GET A U.S. PASSPORT. 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] =================================================================== "This Way Out" operating expenses are funded by a grant from The Kicking Assets Fund of the Tides Foundation, 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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