======================================== 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 #1,047, distributed 04/21/08 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) Who will walk down the aisle to "Kiss the Bride"?; The Astraea Lesbian Foundation's 30 years of finding cash for causes; 'N Sync's Lance Bass promotes this year's National Day of Silence; Queer couples conquer Colombia's pension divide, the resurrection of Italy's right worries equality activists, cops raid LGBT centers in Turkey and Kyrgyzstan, and more global GLBT news = RUNDOWN = Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity . . . . . . . . . . 1:02 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": Colombia's Constitutional Court rules that same-gender couples are entitled to the same government pension and health benefits as heterosexual married partners; Italy takes a sharp turn to the right with the election of anti-queer former P.M. Silvio Berlusconi to lead the country's 63rd government since 1945, and a rightwing mob ransacks Rome's LGBT center, while police raid LGBT centers in Turkey and Kyrgyzstan, and online postings suggest that a police crackdown on gay venues in Beijing has spread to Shanghai; Serbia's president reportedly guarantees the safety of everyone coming to Belgrade for the Eurovision Song Contest in response to earlier reports that fascist groups would violently target Westerners, especially gay men; in Utah, Mormon leaders agree to a first-ever meeting with Affirmation, which advocates for acceptance of LGBT people in the religious denomination, while the first queer couple signs on to Salt Lake City's "mutual commitment registry"; and producer/host Azariah Southworth of the globally-syndicated Christian youth TV show "The Remix" and actor Luke MacFarlane from the popular U.S. ABC-TV series "Brothers and Sisters" are the latest celebrities to officially exit the closet (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by ERICA SPRINGER and TANYA KANE-PARRY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:54 [direct segue over "NewsWrap" outro music to:] SEGMENT #2 - Another high-profile gay celebrity is appearing in a public service announcement for GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network. Promoting the 11th annual NATIONAL DAY OF SILENCE on U.S. school campuses, LANCE BASS, of the popular "boy band" 'N Sync, told reporters that he wanted to "help educate, because I'm lucky enough to have been given a voice to be able to talk and grab the attention of people." In the YouTube-posted video, a diverse group of LGBT youth appear with Bass to promote the April 25th event [1:46] + "Kiss The Bride" billboard [:08]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:54 [www.dayofsilence.org] SEGMENT #3 - The ASTRAEA LESBIAN FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE is celebrating 30 years of support for queer and feminist causes around the world. This Way Out correspondents DIXIE TREICHEL and JOHN TOWNSEND (from "Fresh Fruit" on KFAI-FM/Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota) chat with Communications Director JENNIFER EINHORN about the organization’s generous herstory . . . . . . 5:08 [www.astraea.org] SEGMENT #4 - "TWO" Web Update Promo [voiced by SHERI LUNN] . . :19 SEGMENT #5 - The latest feature from award-winning filmmaker C. Jay Cox, the writer behind the hit movie "Sweet Home Alabama" and the writer/director of queer film favorite "Latter Days," is called "KISS THE BRIDE," and it will soon be heading down the aisle to a theater near you. The 2005 Outfest Los Angeles Screenwriting Lab Finalist is about Matt (Philipp Karner), a gay man who gets a wedding invitation from his former high school boyfriend Ryan (James O'Shea). When he discovers that the "Alex" his ex-flame is marrying is an actual woman (Tori Spelling), Matt decides to attend the ceremony and bring Ryan to his senses. Matt is instead forced to confront a past he thought he had left behind, and feelings he thought were long gone. This Way Out reporter STEVE PRIDE talks with the director (C. JAY COX), the bride (TORI SPELLING), and the boys (PHILIPP KARNER and JAMES O'SHEA) to find out if this marriage was made in cinematic heaven – or at least has a prenup (with audio clips from the movie, and intro/outro music from "When Is It My Turn" by STEVEN FRANZ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:04 [www.PrideOnScreen.com] Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:21 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:42 ================================ * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," WHO WILL WALK DOWN THE AISLE TO "KISS THE BRIDE"?... CELEBRATING THE ASTRAEA LESBIAN FOUNDATION'S 30 YEARS OF FINDING CASH FOR CAUSES... 'N SYNC'S LANCE BASS PROMOTES THIS YEAR'S NATIONAL DAY OF SILENCE... AND IN OTHER NEWS, SAME-GENDER COUPLES CONQUER COLOMBIA'S PENSION DIVIDE, THE RESURRECTION OF ITALY'S RIGHT WORRIES EQUALITY ACTIVISTS, AND COPS RAID L-G-B-T CENTERS IN TURKEY AND KYRGYZSTAN. 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. 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