THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #1,066, distributed 09/01/08 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) A historic convention caps U.S. Democrats' primary process; McCain's "straight talk" raises gay questions; Comic Kate Clinton works on political anger management; A unique Australian Laborite counters party policy by proposing marriage equality, a Belgian marriage becomes a Senegalese crime, adoption bias gets on the Arkansas ballot, and more global LGBT news = RUNDOWN = Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity . . . . . . . . . . 1:06 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": Hundreds of LGBT delegates help the Democrats make U.S. history in Denver at their quadrennial convention with the presidential nomination of Barak Obama [includes queer-related excerpts from speeches by openly gay DNC Treasurer ANDREW TOBIAS, U.S. SENATORS TED KENNEDY and HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, former President BILL CLINTON, and from MICHELLE OBAMA's surprise appearance at an LGBT delegates luncheon]; the governing Australian Labor Party's newest Senator Louise Pratt, the first MP with a transsexual partner, uses her maiden speech to call for federal marria ge law reform; trailblazing lesbian activist Del Martin dies in San Francisco at the age of 87; a Belgian man and his male Senegalese "domestic helper" are sentenced to 2 years in jail in the African country for "acts against nature" after their legal marriage certificate is discovered in a luggage search; a rightwing Massachusetts group gets the green light to circulate petitions for a ballot measure to reinstate a recently-repealed 1913 law that banned out-of-state same-gender marriages, while a measure qualifies for the November ballot in Arkansas to ban lesbigay couples from becoming foster or adoptive parents; but "out" lesbians from Norway, Germany and the U.S. bring home Olympics medals, and while NBC refused to acknowledge his sexual orientation during its coverage, you'll hear openly gay record-setting 10 meter platform diving gold medalist MATTHEW MITCHAM on Australian TV thanking his partner Lachlan and his mum for being there to support him (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM and GREG GORDON) [11:03] + billboard for Barack Obama speech excerpts and Kate Clinton comedy cut [:10]. 11:13 SEGMENT #2 – The marathon presidential campaign in the U.S. wiill head for its final sprint as the Republican Party begins its nominating convention in St. Paul, Minnesota this week. It's been a long race full of ups and downs for presumptive GOP nominee SENATOR JOHN McCAIN. When it comes to support for LGBT-related issues, we've seen mostly downs. McCain found himself "down one" back in April of 2007, as This Way Out's LUCIA CHAPPELLE reported [a recreation of McCain discussing HIV prevention with a reporter on his "Straight Talk Express" bus tour]... he scored poorly again when put to the "queer marriage test" by ELLEN DEGENERES on her daytime TV talk show in May of this year [audio from that exchange]... and McCain gave LGBT activists something else to worry about with his position on adoptions by lesbigays during a mid-July "New York Times" interview [hear his comments] . . . 7:39 SEGMENT #3 - Lesbian feminist humorist KATE CLINTON helped a Washington-area audience work out their political frustrations with the Bush administration last November, while looking forward to the November to come [from her latest comedy CD "Climate Change". . 3:26 [www.kate-clinton-dot-com] SEGMENT #4 – And finally this week, Democratic presidential noominee SENATOR BARACK OBAMA was queer-inclusive during his much-heralded August 28th acceptance speech in Denver, Colorado [hear a stirring excerpt]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:02 [www.LGBTforObama.com] Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:06 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:32 =============================== * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," A HISTORIC CONVENTION CAPS U.S. DEMOCRATS' PRIMARY PROCESS... MCCAIN'S "STRAIGHT TALK" RAISES GAY QUESTIONS... COMIC KATE CLINTON WORKS ON POLITICAL ANGER MANAGEMENT... AND IN OTHER NEWS, A UNIQUE AUSTRALIAN LABORITE COUNTERS PARTY POLICY BY PROPOSING MARRIAGE EQUALITY, A BELGIAN MARRIAGE BECOMES A SENEGALESE CRIME, AND ADOPTION BIAS GETS ON THE ARKANSAS BALLOT. 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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