= Uploads coming Monday evening PST = THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #1,085, distributed 1/12/09 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) Writer Augusten Burroughs recalls a father who never knew best; A gay Muslim Egyptian exile fights for liberation; Uganda's High Court sides with lesbian activists, gay Senegalese AIDS educators are jailed for "conspiracy" to prevent HIV, Larry Craig throws in the towel on his bathroom bust, same-gender parental rights are argued in Louisiana and Arkansas, and more global LGBT news => Program #1,085 RUNDOWN <= Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity. . . . . . . . . . . 1:09 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": In the first ruling affirming the constitutional rights of LGBT people in Uganda, the country's High Court awards damages to 2 activist victims of a 2007 police raid on one of their homes; 9 men in Senegal, including a leading HIV/AIDS activist, are sentenced to 8 years in prison for engaging in homosexual acts and criminal conspiracy, and a group of Ethiopian religious leaders calls for a constitutional ban on consensual adult same-gender sex, but African transgender activists hol d a first meeting of its kind in Cape Town; openly gay and HIV-positive South African judge Edwin Cameron is appointed to the country's highest court, and Portland, Oregon's Sam Adams is sworn in to make his the largest city in the U.S. with an openly gay mayor, while former Republican Senator Larry ("I am not gay") Craig of Idaho gives up trying to overturn his disorderly conduct conviction arising from a 2007 sex sting arrest at a Minnesota airport restroom; the ACLU files suit to invalidate Arkansas' Act 1, a measure approved by state voters in November to ban foster and adoptive parenting by same-gender couples, while a U.S. federal court orders Louisiana to recognize a gay couple's New York adoption of a baby boy; and British Queen Elizabeth II's New Years Honour's list includes a knighthood for Nick Partridge of the AIDS organization Terrence Higgins Trust and an OBE for Ben Summerskill of the LGBT advocacy group Stonewall (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by SHERI LUNN and GREG GORDON) [10:50] + billboard for Augusten Burroughs interview/Part 1 [:07]. . . 10:57 SEGMENT #2 – Homosexuality is not specifically prohibited in EGYPT.& Still, gay men are regularly arrested on charges of "debauchery" or offenses against "public morality" in the predominantly Muslim country. 28-year-old MAZIN was among 23 men convicted and sentenced to between one and five years hard labor arising from an infamous 2001 raid on The Queen Boat, a well-known gathering place for gays in Cairo. He spoke with RADIO NETHERLANDS human rights reporter JONATHAN GROUBERT (with thanks to RN's ERIC BEAUCHEMIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:41 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by "fumerist" KATE CLINTON [:14] + Where did AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS get his vengeful wit? The author of "Running with Scissors" blunts his well-known sharp-edged humor in his new memoir, "A WOLF AT THE TABLE," as he dissects a horrifyingly disturbing relationship with his father. "This Way Out" queer lit commentator Janet Mason called it "clever, contained and courageous." Now we hear from the openly gay writer himself, during his Australian book tour, in conversation with our Brisbane correspondent JOHN FRAME (ends with a tease from next week’s concluding Part 2) [10:32] . . . . . . . 10:46 Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:17 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:50 =================================== * ============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," GAY WRITER AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS RECALLS A FATHER WHO NEVER KNEW BEST IN "A WOLF AT THE TABLE," AND A GAY MUSLIM EGYPTIAN EXILE FIGHTS FOR LIBERATION... IN THE NEWS, UGANDA'S HIGH COURT SIDES WITH LESBIAN ACTIVISTS, GAY SENEGALESE AIDS EDUCATORS ARE JAILED FOR "CONSPIRACY" TO PREVENT HIV, LARRY CRAIG THROWS IN THE TOWEL ON HIS BATHROOM BUST, AND SAME-GENDER PARENTAL RIGHTS ARE ARGUED IN LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS. 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