======================================== 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 175+ local broadcast outlets ======================================== THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #1,049, distributed 05/05/08 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) How Canada's Little Sister's Bookstore defied Customs of the day; Australian queer couple law reforms stop well short of marriage, Uruguay finally sees its first civil union, Nepal gay activist Sunil Pant goes to Parliament, two mainstream Christian denominations remain conflicted over homosexuality, Lesbos livers are livid over "lesbians," and more global LGBT news = RUNDOWN = Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity . . . . . . . . . . 1:07 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": The Australian Government announces plans to reform about 100 laws that financially discriminate against same-gender couples, but keep marriage out of the equation [with brief comments by ATTORNEY GENERAL ROBERT MCCLELLAND and OPPOSITION LEADER BRENDAN NELSON], while the Australian Capital Territory remains at loggerheads with the feds over civil unions, but Uruguay finally sees its first civil union more than 3 months after the first such law in Latin America creating them came into force; Blue Diamond Society leader Sunil Pant becomes Nepal's first openly gay candidate elected to Parliament, but Britain's Brian Paddick, the world's highest ranking out police official, loses his bid to become Mayor of London; delegates at the annual United Methodist Church General Conference vote to retain policy that homosexual acts are "incompatible with Christian teaching," while openly lesbian minister Jane Spahr's censure for marrying same-gender couples is lifted by the high court of the Presbyterian Church USA because such ceremonies "cannot be a marriage"; 3 Lesbos islanders are suing the advocacy group Homosexual and Lesbian Community of Greece demanding that only residents be allowed to define themselves as "lesbian"; and the first telephone helpline for lesbians in China starts taking calls (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by TANYA KANE-PARRY and JON BEAUPRE) [10:58] + brief update of Aussie feds vs. ACT story (voiced by GREG GORDON) [:22] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:20 SEGMENT #2 - It's getting harder and harder to find a bookstore like VANCOUVER, B.C.'s LITTLE SISTER'S BOOK AND ART EMPORIUM. As the legendary landmark celebrates its 25th anniversary, many of its kind are no longer in business - despite their pivotal role in the development of both the early LGBT literary scene and burgeoning queer movement. In this first of a multi-part series, "This Way Out" correspondent HEATHER KITCHING ["Queer FM"/CiTR-Vancouver] commemorates Little Sister's silver milestone with co-founder JIM DEVA (includes a preview tease for Part 2 featuring longtime manager JANINE FULLER, and intro music from "Resilience" by ANNABELLE CHVOSTEK). . 14:48 Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:36 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:51 ================================ * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," HOW CANADA'S LITTLE SISTER'S BOOKSTORE DEFIED *CUSTOMS* OF THE DAY - CO-OWNER JIM DEVA CELEBRATES THEIR FIRST 25 YEARS... IN THE NEWS, AUSTRALIAN SAME-GENDER COUPLE LAW REFORMS STOP WELL SHORT OF MARRIAGE, URUGUAY FINALLY SEES ITS FIRST CIVIL UNION, NEPAL GAY ACTIVIST SUNIL PANT GOES TO PARLIAMENT, TWO MAINSTREAM CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS REMAIN CONFLICTED OVER HOMOSEXUALITY, AND LESBOS LIVERS ARE LIVID OVER "LESBIANS." THOSE STORIES, 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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