THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #1,065, distributed 08/25/08 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) Candidate Obama speaks to LGBT issues; Musicians sing personal stories with a message in the "Audiofile"; Argentina puts couples rights on the national agenda, Brazil fails to adopt parental equality, an indigenous tribe ignores Oregon's marriage law, Mumbai activists demand India sodomy law repeal, Malawi lesbigays take their first liberating step, and more global LGBT news = RUNDOWN = Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity . . . . . . . . . . 1:09 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": Argentina's first national-level LGBT rights action allows same-gender couples to claim their deceased partners' pensions, but legislation to grant adoption rights to lesbigay couples is withdrawn in Brazil; California's Supreme Court unanimously rules that LGBT people's right to equality in medical treatment trumps a doctor's religious beliefs; Oregon's Native American Coquille tribe authorizes same-gender mar riages even though the state constitutionally bans them; more than a thousand U.S. newspapers now publish lesbigay wedding or commitment ceremony announcements, while the nation's largest greeting card company, Hallmark, introduces a line of cards to celebrate them – much to the chagrin off the rightwing Concerned Women for America; India's Health Minister renews his call for repeal of the country's Penal Code Section 377, which outlaws gay sex, as hundreds in Mumbai demanding repeal add their voices to earlier demonstrations in other cities; gays and lesbians also increase their public profile in Malawi with the formation of Magrim, the southern African nation's first rights advocacy group; barely 3 months after it was officially dedicated, the monument to LGBT victims of the Nazi Holocaust is vandalized in Berlin; but the only openly gay athlete at the Beijing Olympics, 20-year-old Australian Matthew Mitcham, wins Gold in the Men’s 10-meter platform diving competition with a near-perfect final effort (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to LUCIA CHAPPELLE and REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by SHERI LUNN and LEIGH MOORE) [10:46] + "Audiofile" billboard [:05]. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:51 SEGMENT #2 – BARACK OBAMA was still in the Illinois state legiislature when his star-making Keynote Speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention catapulted him onto the national political stage (we begin this segment with a brief exce rpt). Four years later, he's a U.S. Senator set to be nominated for president when his party convenes again this week in Denver, Colorado. When the long campaign was just beginning a year ago, Obama appeared in a nationally televised Democratic Presidential Forum presented by the LGBT advocacy group Human Rights Campaign. He discussed his rights-related credentials with panelists JONATHAN CAPEHART of the "Washington Post" and HRC Executive Director JOE SOLMONESE (next week: a review of presumptive GOP nominee John McCain's queer policy positions) . . 8:52 SEGMENT #3 - "THE MESSENGER" (excerpts from "Since Tina Moved In" and "Too Much in a Hurry" by JAMES COLLINS) brings "TRUTH STAINED LIES" ("Believe What You Will" and "Rise" by RON MORRIS) to "BREAK THE SPELL" ("How Would It Be" and "Hurricane" by ELLIS) as 3 new albums get the spotlight in the "AUDIOFILE" (with comments by each artist, hosted by CHRIS WILSON & JD DOYLE and written and produced with CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM) . . 6:33 [www.audiofile.org] = artist-supplied contact info = ELLIS RON MORRIS & nbsp; www.ellis-music.com www.ronmorrismusic.com terri@rubberneckrecords.com information@ronmorrismusic.com JAMES COLLINS www.jameslcollins.com OuttaTheBoxRec@aol.com Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:14 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:39 =============================== * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," CANDIDATE OBAMA SPEAKS TO L-G-B-T ISSUES, WHILE MUSICIANS SING PERSONAL STORIES WITH A MESSAGE IN THE "AUDIOFILE"... IN THE NEWS, ARGENTINA PUTS COUPLES RIGHTS ON THE NATIONAL AGENDA BUT BRAZIL FAILS TO ADOPT PARENTAL EQUALITY, AN INDIGENOUS TRIBE IGNORES OREGON'S MARRIAGE LAW, MUMBAI ACTIVISTS DEMAND INDIA SODOMY REPEAL, MALAWI LESBIANS AND GAYS TAKE THEIR FIRST LIBERATING STEP, AND A GAY OLYMPIAN MAKES A BIG SPLASH IN BEIJING. ALL THAT, AND MORE THIS WEEK, WHEN YOU DISCOVER "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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