======================================== 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 #1,056, distributed 06/23/08 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 "Great California Wedding Rush of 2008" blooms in June; Conservative Christian crusaders condemn New York's "from elsewhere" marriage recognition, a Green MP grows a marriage proposal for Tasmania, Lithuania's legislature further liberates gays and lesbians, Ukraine LGBT groups share a common umbrella, South Asian advocacy organizations network for progress, and more global LGBT news = RUNDOWN = Opening tease/theme music/intro continuity. . . . . . . . . . . 1:02 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": The number of California marriage licenses issued during a typical week in June more than doubles during the first few days that same-gender couples can legally do so; hundreds of conservative Christian ministers rally in Albany to protest Governor David Paterson's directive ordering New York state agencies to recognize legal same-gender marriages conducted elsewhere – including California, where there's nno residency requirement; Tasmanian minority Green Party MP Nick McKim plans to introduce marriage equality legislation when parliament reconvenes on July 1st in the first Australian state to create a relationships registry for lesbigay couples; the U.S. Department of Justice orders the Social Security Administration to grant benefits to the eligible children of same-gender couples; Lithuania's parliament passes a new sexual orientation-inclusive Law on Equal Treatment banning bias in the provision of goods and services; three leading LGBT rights groups in the Ukraine form an umbrella organization to minimize administrative costs and improve advocacy efforts, while representatives from groups in Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka create a network to jointly address LGBT issues that arise in their individual countries, and the creators of Rainbowvibes.com, a new Jamaica-based Web site, hope it will facilitate communication among Caribbean lesbigay people (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by LEIGH MOORE and ERICA SPRINGER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:12 SEGMENT #2 - Forty-one years later, a new "Summer of Love" began in CALIFORNIA for thousands of lesbian and gay couples who got marriage licenses this week. We have on-scene coverage from both Northern and Southern California by KPFA/Berkeley Evening News anchor MARK MERICLE and reporters WENDELL HARPER, CHRISTOPHER MARTINEZ, and ROSE KETABCHI, KPFK/Los Angeles Evening News reporter SYLVESTER RIVERS, and "This Way Out" Associate Producer LUCIA CHAPPELLE (includes comments by newly-married pioneering lesbian couple PHYLLIS LYON and DEL MARTIN, San Francisco Mayor GAVIN NEWSOM, longtime activist ROBIN TYLER and her partner DIANE OLSON, several other happy couples, attorney GLORIA ALLRED, Los Angeles City Council President ERIC GARCETTI, and Santa Clara County Supervisor KEN YEAGER, with outro music from "Married" by openly-gay performer ALAN CUMMING). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18:57 Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:37 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:48 ================================ * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," THE "GREAT CALIFORNIA WEDDING RUSH OF 2008" BLOOMS IN JUNE – HEAR EXTENSIVE ON-SCENE COVERAGE FROM ACROOSS THE STATE... IN OTHER NEWS, CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN CRUSADERS CONDEMN NEW YORK'S "FROM ELSEWHERE" MARRIAGE RECOGNITION, A GREEN M.P. GROWS A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL FOR TASMANIA, LITHUANIA'S LEGISLATURE FURTHER LIBERATES GAYS AND LESBIANS, UKRAINE L-G-B-T GROUPS SHARE A COMMON UMBRELLA, AND SOUTH ASIAN ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS NETWORK FOR PROGRESS. 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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