THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #1,067, distributed 09/08/08 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 adventures of ex-ex gay Peterson Toscano in Anglican-land; Lesbigay Republicans pick McCain over their Party's platform; Australia's government proposes same-gender couples rights, a New York judge gives the Bronx cheer to a marriage recognition challenge, Pride marches in Manchester, Truro and Ottawa, "Newsweek" finds Iraqi gays in mortal peril, and more global LGBT news = RUNDOWN = Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity . . . . . . :54 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": The Australian government introduces legislation to grant a number of rights to same-gender couples, while emphasizing that they won't be equivalent to marriage; a New York judge upholds Governor David Paterson's executive order requiring all state agencies to recognize same-gender marriages legally performed elsewhere; polls continue to show that a slim majority of likely voters oppose California's November ballot measure to ban same-gender marriage, while polls in Florida suggest that there may not be the 60% majority required to pass a constitu tional lesbigay marriage ban there, and Arizona Roman Catholics and Orthodox Jews are urged to support the marriage ban amendment in that state; LGBT Pride is celebrated in Manchester and Truro, England and in Canada's capital, Ottawa, Ontario; a "Newsweek" magazine story called "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Do Kill" attempts to report on the plight of gays in Iraq; the U.S. Republican Party officially nominates Senator John McCain for president during its convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, but his Vice Presidential pick, arch conservative Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, gets most of the media attention; and some Virginia GOP convention delegates apparently still manage to find queer night spots in St. Paul without the traditional guidebooks (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by CHRIS WILSON and DONNA ANN WARD) [10:36] + billboard for Peterson Toscano interview [:09]. . . 10:45 SEGMENT #2 – Not surprisingly, Republican presidential nomineee SENATOR JOHN McCAIN didn't address LGBT issues in his September 4th acceptance speech at the GOP's national convention in St. Paul, Minnesota [we begin with a brief excerpt of what he did say]. Backed by the largest lesbigay contingent ever, and the first to be officially credentialed at the convention, the board of the LOG CABIN REPUBLICANS voted 12-to-2 to endorse McCain. Their president, PATRICK SAMMON, explained to CNN anchor Soledad O'Brien how the organization could look past th e Republican platform's call for a federal amendment banning same gender marriage. . . 4:33 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by TV's JUDGE DAVID YOUNG [:06] + Not many outsiders got an inside view of the once-a-decade LAMBETH CONFERENCE of ANGLICAN bishops in mid-August. Ex-ex gay activist and performance artist PETERSON TOSCANO brought his unique perspective to the event, and shared his observations with "This Way Out" correspondent HEATHER KITCHING [from CITR/Vancouver, B.C.s "Queer FM"] [11:12]. . . . 11:18 Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:16 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:46 =============================== * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," THE ADVENTURES OF EX-EX GAY PERFORMER AND ACTIVIST PETERSON TOSCANO IN ANGLICAN-LAND... IN THE NEWS, LESBIGAY REPUBLICANS PICK MCCAIN OVER THEIR PARTY'S PLATFORM, AUSTRALIA'S GOVERNMENT PROPOSES SAME-GENDER COUPLES RIGHTS, A NEW YORK JUDGE GIVES THE BRONX CHEER TO A MARRIAGE RECOGNITION CHALLENGE, PRIDE MARCHES IN MANCHESTER, TRURO AND OTTAWA, AND "NEWSWEEK" FINDS IRAQI GAYS IN MORTAL PERIL. 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