======================================== 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 #1,053, distributed 06/02/08 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 "Babe" who broke records and the mold hits the boards; The man who carried the torch to the Gay Games, and the female athlete who still wants to see herself on a cereal box in 2 "Rainbow Minutes"; What's probably the world's proudest parade packs Sao Paulo, cheers and jeers meet marchers in Riga and Bucharest, a young Aussie Olympian comes out, memorials honor gays in Berlin and San Francisco, more news = RUNDOWN = Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity . . . . . . . . . . 1:10 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": An estimated 5 million people party at what's believed to be the world's largest LGBT Pride celebration in Sao Paulo, Brazil, while a few hundred police-protected activists march for Pride in Riga, Latvia and Bucharest, Romania; young Australian Olympics diving contender Matthew Mitcham comes out; a monument memorializing the thousands of gays killed during the Nazi era is dedicated in Berlin, and a bust honoring pioneering gay politician Harvey Milk is officially unveiled in San Francisco; Governor David Paterson controversially orders all legal same-gender marriages performed elsewhere to be recognized in New York, while ten states join rightwing groups urging the California Supreme Court to stay its marriage equality ruling until after the November elections, when proponents hope a ballot measure to constitutionally ban same-gender marriage will be approved by voters; June 17th has been set as the first day lesbian and gay couples can get marriage licenses in California, a new statewide poll suggests a growing acceptance of those marriages, and giant Macy's Department Store runs a full-page ad in the "Los Angeles Times" soliciting queer couples' wedding registries (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by TANYA KANE-PARRY and SHERI LUNN) [10:43] + "Rainbow Minute" #2/"Babe: An Olympics Musical" billboard [:12] . . . . . . 10:55 SEGMENT #2 - "RAINBOW MINUTE" #1: "DR. TOM WADDELL, CREATOR OF THE GAY GAMES" (produced by JUDD PROCTOR & BRIAN BURNS at WRIR-FM in Richmond, Virginia and read by MARY GAY HUTCHERSON) . . 1:08 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" ID by openly gay Olympics diving champ GREG LOUGANIS [:07] + Web Promo (voiced by SHERI LUNN) [:18] . . . :25 SEGMENT #4 - There have been books and there have been movies, but nothing has gotten inside the life of sports great BABE DIDRIKSON like "BABE: AN OLYMPIC MUSICAL." Prolific playwright/lyricist CAROLYN GAGE and composer Andrea Jill Higgins are preparing for a concert reading of their work-in-progress at Minneapolis, Minnesota's Theatre Unbound later this year. Gage and Theatre Unbound Managing Director ANNE BERTRAM chat with "This Way Out" correspondents DIXIE TREICHEL and JOHN TOWNSEND [KFAI-FM/Minneapolis-St. Paul's "Fresh Fruit"] about the mold-breaking queer athlete and their upcoming production (begins with multi-talented singer ELLIS in the title role, performing in a demo recording of a song from the show, "I Never Knew," with RANDI GRUNDAHL REXROTH, and concludes with Ellis performing another song from the show, "I'm The Whole Damn Team"). . 12:13 [www.myspace.com/babeanolympicmusical] SEGMENT #5 - "RAINBOW MINUTE" #2: "WHO SAID THAT? (MARTINA NAVRATILOVA)" (produced by JUDD PROCTOR & BRIAN BURNS and read by DUSTIN RICHARDSON). . . . . . 1:03 Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:42 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:36 ================================ * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," THE "BABE" WHO BROKE RECORDS AND THE MOLD HITS THE BOARDS – HEAR SONGS FROM THIS "OLYMPIC MUSICAL"-INN- PROGRESS AND COMMENTS BY ONE OF ITS CREATORS... THE MAN WHO CARRIED THE TORCH TO THE GAY GAMES, AND THE FEMALE ATHLETE WHO STILL WANTS TO SEE HERSELF ON A CEREAL BOX ARE PROFILED IN TWO "RAINBOW MINUTES"... AND IN THE NEWS, WHAT'S PROBABLY THE WORLD'S PROUDEST PARADE PACKS SAO PAULO, CHEERS AND JEERS MEET MARCHERS IN RIGA AND BUCHAREST, A YOUNG AUSSIE OLYMPIAN COMES OUT, AND MEMORIALS HONOR GAYS IN BERLIN AND SAN FRANCISCO. 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