THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #1,064, distributed 08/18/08 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) Gay and lesbian Muslims wage "A Jihad for Love"; L.A. assesses services for LGBT domestic violence victims; Panama purges its sodomy law, the Czech couples count is down while the ACT partners up, political semantics boost California's equality battle, Iceland celebrates its 10th Pride, and more global LGBT news; plus "Rainbow Minutes" track the history of the Gay Games. = RUNDOWN = Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity . . . . . . . . . . 1:13 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": Panama's president signs a decree decriminalizing consensual adult same-gender sex, while Ecuador's president campaigns for a new marriage equality-inclusive constitution; the number of lesbigay couples contracting registered partnerships in the Czech Republic has declined since their 2006 inception, but officials in the Australian Capital Territory celebrate the success of their 3-month-old civil union law; supporters of California's November ballot initiative to ban marriage equality abandon their fight over revised language describing the measure as eliminating the right of same-gender couples to marry, while several pro-lesbigay bills passed by the state legislature await Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's signature; Florida Governor Charlie Crist announces his support for a ballot measure there to ban any legal recognition of same-gender couples, but Pennsylvania activists successfully fight an attempt to put a similar measure on that state's November ballot; a U.S. federal appeals court upholds the determination by Oregon officials that opponents of the state's domestic partnership law didn't gather enough signatures to put a repeal measure on the ballot; Icelanders enjoy their 10th annual Pride Festival in Reykjavik, while inflammatory anti-queer remarks by Irish M.P. Iris Robinson probably bring more people than expected to Belfast Pride, but British P.M. Gordon Brown says he doesn't have the power to censure Robinson for her comments; and an Arabic language magazine in Germany warns readers against skin diseases they could catch by shaking hands with gay people (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by STEVE LEVIN and MARK ZECCA) [10:45] + Billboard for "A Jihad for Love" and Gay Games "Rainbow Minutes" [:10] . . . . . . . . 10:55 SEGMENT #2 – With homophobic hate crimes on the rise in a number of major U.S. cities, sometimes it's hard for LGBT people to know where to expect the next attack to come from. It could come from law enforcement.&nb sp; It could even be at home. In LOS ANGELES, the City Council created a new subcommittee this week to deal with how domestic violence is handled in the LGBT community. "This Way Out" correspondent DAN FRITZ reports (includes comments by TERRA SLAVIN, the lead domestic violence attorney with the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center, and L.A. City Councilman RICHARD ALARCĂ“N) . . . . . . . . . . . 3:04 SEGMENT #3 - Dr. Tom Waddell's "DREAMING OF A GAY OLYMPICS" is recalled in this "RAINBOW MINUTE" (produced by JUDD PROCTOR and BRIAN BURNS at the studios of WRIR-FM in Richmond, Virginia and read by DUSTIN RICHARDSON). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:04 SEGMENT #4 - "TWO" Celebrity Voices Montage I.D. [:23] + Email Alerts promo (voiced by SHERI LUNN) [:53] . . . . . . . . . . . 1:16 SEGMENT #5 - Homosexuality isn't a choice, of course – bbut often, many forget, neither is religion. Fourteen centuries after the revelation of the holy Qur'an to the Prophet Muhammad, Islam today is the world's second largest and fastest growing religion. Gay Muslim director and co-producer PARVEZ SHARMA traveled the many worlds of this dynamic faith discovering the stories of its most unlikely storytellers: lesbian and gay Muslims. Filmed over 6 years, in 12 countries and 9 languages, "A JIHAD FOR LOVE" comes from the heart of Islam. Looking beyond a hostile and war-torn prese nt, his film seeks to reclaim the Islamic concept of a greater Jihad, which can mean "an inner struggle" or "to strive in the path of God". In doing so, as This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE discovers in conversation with Sharma, the film hopes to move us beyond the narrow concept of "Jihad" as holy war by taking a close look at gays and lesbians living in often sexually repressive Islamic societies (with intro/outro music from "Nadia," found online at www.myspace.com/clubnur). . . . . . . . . . . . 8:33 SEGMENT #6 - Achieving one's "PERSONAL BEST" at the Gay Games is celebrated in this bonus "RAINBOW MINUTE" (produced by JUDD PROCTOR and BRIAN BURNS and read by DUSTIN RICHARDSON). . . . . . . . . . . 1:09 Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:22 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:36 =============================== * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," GAY AND LESBIAN MUSLIMS WAGE "A JIHAD FOR LOVE"... L.A. ASSESSES SERVICES FOR L-G-B-T VIOLENCE VICTIMS... AND IN OTHER NEWS, PANAMA PURGES ITS SODOMY LAW, THE CZECH COUPLES COUNT IS DOWN WHILE TH E ACT PARTNERS UP, POLITICAL SEMANTICS BOOST CALIFORNIA'S EQUALITY BATTLE, AND ICELAND CELEBRATES PRIDE... PLUS "RAINBOW MINUTES" CELEBRATE THE GAY GAMES. 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 VOLUNTARY "PROGRAM ACQUISITION" PAYMENTS FROM YOU, OUR STATIONS, and through tax-deductible donations from our listeners. 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