THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #1,081, distributed 12/15/08 via Pacifica Radio's satellite and Audioport, and free online downloads at www.indymedia.org and www.radio4all.net (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Indigo Amy's road life leads to communities of LGBT musicians; Tales of a gay publisher who helped build a "Village" of queer literati; A human rights anniversary inspires an LGBT-positive U.N. statement, Turkey's high court finds no crime in Lambda, a marriage lawsuit tests Iowa equality while New Hampshire and New Jersey question civil unions, Italian TV breaks the "Back" of the "gay cowboy movie," and more news REMINDER: There won't be a "NewsWrap" on the "This Way Out" programs for the weeks of 12/29/08 and 1/5/09. We'll be celebrating the holiday season with our traditional annual "Audiofile Year in Review" and "Pride On Screen" special programs on those respective weeks. = RUNDOWN = Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity. . . . . . . . . . . 1:11 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": LGBT organizations join other advocacy groups around the world marking the 60th anniversary of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights, while a landmark statement spearheaded by France calling for countries to keep LGBT people safe – supported by nearly every Western country eexcept the U.S., and opposed by the Vatican – is expected to be submiitted to the U.N. General Assembly sometime soon; Turkey's Supreme Court upholds the right of the country's leading LGBT rights group, Lambda Istanbul, to exist; in the U.S., Iowa's Supreme Court becomes the latest to hear a marriage equality lawsuit, a New Hampshire legislator vows to introduce a marriage equality bill next year, and a New Jersey commission concludes that the state's 2-year-old civil unions law has been a failure, and that only marriage can provide full equality to same-gender couples; "Milk," the biopic about the joyful rise and tragic demise of the pioneering gay San Francisco Supervisor, wins accolades from several critics groups, but Italian TV censors the broadcast of "Brokeback Mountain"; and the Lesbian and Gay Band Association will be the first-ever openly-queer contingent to march in a presidential inaugural parade following Barack Obama's swearing in on January 20th (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by TANYA KANE-PARRY and LEIGH MOORE) [10:41] + Billboard for Amy Ray feature [:06] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:47 SEGMENT #2 - "This Way Out" queer lit commentator JANET MASON takes a trip down memoir lane with writer FELICE PICANO's latest, "ART AND SEX IN GREENWICH VILLAGE: GAY LITERARY LIFE AFTER STONEWALL" . . . . 4:32 SEGMENT #3 - "Happy Holidays from 'TWO'" (via TANYA KANE-PARRY). :37 [www.thiswayout.org] SEGMENT #4 – The Indigo Girls' AMY RAY brings every voice she has to her third solo offering. She talks about "DIDN'T IT FEEL KINDER," and the political importance of independent music, with "This Way Out" correspondents DIXIE TREICHEL and JOHN TOWNSEND (from "Fresh Fruit" on KFAI-FM/Minneapolis-St. Paul) (with excerpts from "Blame is a Killer" and "Stand and Deliver" from "Didn't It Feel Kinder") . . . . . 9:22 [www.amy-ray.com] SEGMENT #5 - "Audiofile Year in Review" promo (voiced by CHRIS WILSON & JD DOYLE and produced with CHRISTOPER DAVID TRENTHAM). . . . . :48 Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:19 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:36 =============================== * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," INDIGO GIRL AMY RAY'S ROAD LIFE LEADS TO COMMUNITIES OF L-G-B-T MUSICIANS, AND TALES OF A GAY PUBLISHER WHO HELPED BUILD A "VILLAGE" OF QUEER LITERATI... IN THE NEWS, A HUMAN RIGHTS ANNIVERSARY INSPIRES AN L-G-B-T-POSITIVE U.N. STATEMENT, TURKEY'S HIGH COURT FINDS NO CRIME IN BEING LAMBDA, A MARRIAGE LAWSUIT TESTS IOWA =0 A EQUALITY WHILE NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NEW JERSEY QUESTION CIVIL UNIONS, AND ITALIAN T.V. BREAKS THE "BACK" OF THE "GAY COWBOY MOVIE." ALL THAT – AND MORE THIS WEEK – WHEN YOU DISCOVER "THIS WAY AY 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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