THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #1,086, distributed 1/19/09 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) Lesbian singer/songwriter Janis Ian celebrates her musical journey; Writer Augusten Burroughs explains why he's not "proud" to be gay; Anti-Prop 8 briefs bombard California's top court, a global email list supports LGBT youth, right wing U.S. Christian lawyers invade Europe, anti-trans violence escalates in Honduras, jailed gay Senegalese AIDS workers get U.N. support, and more global LGBT news => Program #1,086 RUNDOWN <= Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity. . . . . . . . . . . 1:09 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": A flurry of friend of the court briefs come in by the January 16th deadline from literally hundreds of labor, faith, legal, people of color and women's groups asking the California Supreme Court to overturn Proposition 8, while its proponents ask a federal court to overturn another voter-approved state initiative requiring public disclosure of major political campaign donors, and the Mormon Church comes under increasing scrutiny for the "substantial" role it allegedly played in supporting the Yes On 8 effort; rallies sponsored by20Join the Impact, the same online group behind the massive November 15th protests against state marriage bans, are held to demand the repeal of the federal Defense of Marriage Act in several cities across the U.S. on January 10th, while a new global Web site is created to help young LGBT activists around the world organize and work for equality [www.iglyo.com, www.ilga.org]; the rabidly anti-gay U.S. Christian legal group Alliance Defense Fund tries to thwart pro-LGBT progress in the European Parliament; Human Rights Watch draws attention to increasing violence against trans-people in Honduras; the first same-gender civil union is celebrated in the most rural borough of Mexico City; the head of the United Nations AIDS agency condemns Senegal for jailing 9 gay HIV educators; and in honor of the momentous "Change" in Washington, D.C. on January 20th, we share an online-circulated "Dear World" message from the USA apologizing for the 2001-2008 liberty and democracy "service outage" (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by LEIGH MOORE and JOHN TORRES) [10:59] + billboard for Janis Ian interview and music [:12] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:11 SEGMENT #2 – Last time on "This Way Out," author AUGUSTEN BURRROUGHS described the destructive relationship with his father that forms the basis for his latest work, "A WOLF AT THE TABLE." Unlike the immensely popular "Running with Scissors," th is time Burroughs was not laughing. He explains why he’s not "proud" to be gay, and delights at the blurring of sex and gender in the conclusion of his chat with our Brisbane correspondent JOHN FRAME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:05 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS (over instrumental intro to "Society's Child") + She was dubbed a female Bob Dylan when she burst on the scene as a young teen in 1965, and singer-songwriter JANIS IAN has been bursting the consciousness of her listeners ever since. Now she's chronicled her remarkable journey with an autobiography and an accompanying double-CD set. She talks about "Society's Child: My Autobiography," the double-CD set "Best of Janis Ian: The Autobiography Collection," and a new TV documentary about her with "This Way Out" correspondents DIXIE TREICHEL and JOHN TOWNSEND (from "Fresh Fruit" on KFAI/Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota) (with intro music from 1967's "Society's Child" & outro music from 2006's "Danger, Danger") . 9:04 [www.janisian.com] Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:17 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:46 =================================== * ============================== &nb sp; STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," ICONIC OPENLY LESBIAN SINGER/SONGWRITER JANIS IAN CELEBRATES HER MUSICAL JOURNEY... WRITER AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS EXPLAINS WHY HE'S NOT "PROUD" TO BE GAY... AND IN THE NEWS, ANTI-PROP 8 BRIEFS BOMBARD CALIFORNIA'S TOP COURT, A GLOBAL EMAIL LIST SUPPORTS L-G-B-T YOUTH, RIGHT WING U.S. CHRISTIAN LAWYERS INVADE EUROPE, ANTI-TRANS VIOLENCE ESCALATES IN HONDURAS, AND JAILED GAY SENEGALESE AIDS WORKERS GET U.N. SUPPORT. 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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