======================================== 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 #1,050, distributed 05/12/08 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 prolific Edmund White dreams of American writer Stephen Crane; Little Sister's-hood powers past Canada Customs; A diluted partner registry passes Canberra muster, a weakened law criminalizing anti-queer hate incitement wins UK House of Lords approval, the high court in the US state of Michigan nixes domestic partner benefits for lesbigay public employees, and more LGBT news = RUNDOWN = Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity . . . . . . . . . . 1:11 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": Lawmakers in the Australian Capital Territory pass a watered-down partnership registry bill for same-gender couples after the federal government nixes stronger civil unions legislation, while Britain's House of Lords passes a watered-down sexual orientation hate crimes incitement measure that allows a free speech or religious defense for perpetrators; newly-elected Tory Mayor of London Boris Johnson appoints at least three openly-gay men to his administration, while new Falls Church City Councilman Lawrence Webb becomes the first Black openly-gay elected official in the U.S. state of Virginia; a split decision by the Michigan Supreme Court interprets that state's ban on same-gender marriage to also prohibit domestic partnership benefits for public sector employees, but New York's highest court refuses to hear an appeal of a lower court ruling that the state must recognize legal same-gender marriages conducted elsewhere; a Vermont legislative commission reports that civilly united queer couples in the state are experiencing benefits bias compared to their married heterosexual counterparts, but makes no recommendations about a marriage equality "upgrade"; Internet-circulated reports about the detention of an American gay man in the Cayman Islands for kissing his boyfriend on a nightclub dance floor crashes the Web site of its leading newspaper and brings an apology from the Caribbean nation's Tourism Director; and "And Tango Makes Three", the heart-warming true-life tale about a male penguin couple at New York City's Central Park Zoo who foster a rejected chick, once again tops the American Library Association's annual list of most complained-about books in public schools and libraries (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by LEIGH MOORE and GREG GORDON) [10:42] + Edmund White interview billboard [:08] . 10:50 SEGMENT #2 - VANCOUVER, B.C.'s LITTLE SISTER'S BOOKSTORE has carved out a very special place in the world of LGBT publishing, and it's been a powerful force in forging a proud and vibrant community. Last time on This Way Out, we heard about the store's beginnings in the early 1980s and the lean years while the business grew. Then came the 15-year battle royale with Canada Customs over bringing queer materials into the country... and the initial notoriety that led to the store being bombed three times. As we continue with the 25th Anniversary celebration of Little Sister's, correspondent HEATHER KITCHING ["Queer FM"/CiTR-Vancouver] continues to commemorate the bookstore's silver milestone with co-founder JIM DEVA, who has more stories about their legal ups and downs, and reaches into her archives for 1994 comments from long-time manager JANINE FULLER as the case was first being heard in trial court (concludes with a preview tease for Part 3). . . 7:36 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by "Workout" TV star JESSE BRUNE [:07] + Every time someone releases a list of the "best gay novels" or "the most influential queer authors of the last century," there is invariably one name at or near the top: EDMUND WHITE. His nonfiction includes "The Joy Of Gay Sex", "States Of Desire: Travels In Gay America", and biographies of Jean Genet and Marcel Proust. Among White's 19 novels, the best known are the semi-autobiographical trilogy that included 1982's "A Boy's Own Story", 1988's "The Beautiful Room Is Empty", and 1997's "The Farewell Symphony". His latest book, "HOTEL DE DREAM: A NEW YORK NOVEL", which draws on both genres, imagines the final days of writer Stephen Crane ("The Red Badge of Courage") and his great gay novel that never was. This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE sits down with White to chat about Crane, gay life, and the "Hotel de Dream" (includes brief outro music from "Stephen Crane" by BRADY EARNHART) [7:54]. . . . . . 8:01 Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:21 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:59 ================================ * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," THE PROLIFIC EDMUND WHITE "DREAMS" OF ICONIC AMERICAN WRITER STEPHEN CRANE, WHILE LITTLE SISTER'S-HOOD POWERS PAST CANADA CUSTOMS... IN THE NEWS, A DILUTED PARTNER REGISTRY PASSES CANBERRA MUSTER, A WEAKENED LAW CRIMINALIZING ANTI-GAY HATE INCITEMENT WINS U.K. HOUSE OF LORDS APPROVAL, BUT THE HIGHEST COURT IN THE U.S. STATE OF MICHIGAN NIXES DOMESTIC PARTNER BENEFITS FOR LESBIGAY PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. 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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