THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #1,087, distributed 1/26/09 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) A silenced gay cleric creates an Obama concert controversy; Nigeria's House votes against marriage equality, LGBT Americans – though mostly invisible to the media – join millions celebrating thee inauguration of President Barack Obama, and more global LGBT news; A gay movement grandfather is celebrated in a "Rainbow Minute", and Acoustic folk. pop rock and hip hop team up in the "Audiofile" => Program #1,087 RUNDOWN <= Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity. . . . . . . . . . . 1:15 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": Nigeria's House of Representatives unanimously passes legislation banning same-gender marriage; LGBTs join millions of people in the U.S., and around the world to celebrate the January 20th swearing-in of President Barack Obama, though mainstream media generally keeps their participation at the inaugural events invisible: a Cleveland lesbian couple may have provided the most high profile moments as they join other "everyday Americans" aboard a train carrying the President-elect and Vice President-elect and their families from Philadelphia to D.C. on January 17th; the invocation at the star-studded "We Are One" concert on=2 0January 18th at the Lincoln Memorial by openly gay U.S. Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson of New Hampshire is omitted in HBO's 2-hour broadcast of the event, although the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington has an unidentified solo moment backing up the performance by Josh Groban and Heather Headley of "My Country 'Tis of Thee" [with brief audio], but MSNBC and CNN coverage of the post-Inaugural parade cuts to commercial right before the Lesbian and Gay Band Association marches passed the smiling Obamas [with brief audio]; the official presidential Web site, www.whitehouse.gov, is updated on Inauguration Day to reflect Obama's priorities, which in the civil rights area includes virtually all of his LGBT-related campaign promises, and the new Chief Executive rescinds the global gag rule banning U.S. funding of family planning groups in foreign countries that provide contraception, abortion, and sexual education services; at least 10 high-level lesbigay appointees appear poised to join the new Obama administration; and Roger Karoutchi, France's Secretary of State for Parliamentary Relations, comes out as his country's first openly gay government minister (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by RICK WATTS and TANYA KANE-PARRY) [10:45] + billboard for the "Rainbow Minute" and Bishop Robinson's "We Are One" concert invocation [:10] . . . . 10:55 SEGMENT #2 – A bittersweet fourth (excerpts from the title traack and "Always In Your Mind" from JENNIFER O'CONNOR's "HERE WITH ME"), an intriguing second ("I Want the World to Change" and "Best Broken Dream" from HEISKELL's "CLIP-ON NOSE RING"), and an enchanted debut ("Dilemma" and the title track from CAPTAIN MAGIK's "YOUNG GAY & PROUD") team up in this month's "AUDIOFILE" (hosted by CHRIS WILSON & JD DOYLE and written and produced with CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM) . . . . . 7:00 [www.audiofile.org] = artist-supplied contact info = JENNIFER O'CONNOR HEISKELL www.jenniferoconnor.net www.heiskellmusic.com jennifer@jeniferoconnor.net info@heiskellmusic.com CAPTAIN MAGIK www.captainmagik.com captainmagik@gmail.com SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by filmmaker/writer CLIVE BARKER [:33] + New "TWO" Web Update Promo (voiced by SHERI LUNN) [:18] . . . . . . :51 SEGMENT #4 - "FRANK KAMENY: GRANDFATHER OF THE GAY MOVEMENT" is celebrated in this "RAINBOW MINUTE" (produced by JUDD PROCTOR & BRIAN BURNS at WRIR-FM in Richmond, VA and read by TOM MILLER). . . . 1:02 SEGMENT #5 - Openly gay EPISCOPAL BISHOP GENE ROBINSON of New Hampshire was tapped to provide an opening prayer at the January 18th Obama Pre-Inaugural "We Are One" concert. His appearance at the star-studded event at the Lincoln Memorial was taken as a symbol of the new president's promise of full inclusion for the LGBT community. However, the prayer was not broadcast in HBO's exclusive coverage of the event, and difficulties with the sound system also prevented most of the gathered crowd from hearing him. Thanks to this recording by Sarah Pulliam of "Christianity Today," hear what millions missed on that celebratory night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:33 Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:23 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:59 =================================== * ============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," A SILENCED GAY CLERIC CREATES AN INAUGURAL CONTROVERSY – HEAR GAY EPISCOPAL BISHOP GENE ROBINSON'S "WWE ARE ONE" CONCERT INVOCATION... IN OTHER NEWS, NIGER IA'S HOUSE VOTES AGAINST MARRIAGE EQUALITY, AND L-G-B-T AMERICANS – THOUGH MOSTLY INVISIBLE TO THE MEDIA – JOIN MILLIONS CELEBRATING THE INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA... A GAY MOVEMENT GRANDFATHER IS CELEBRATED IN A "RAINBOW MINUTE"... AND ACOUSTIC FOLK. POP ROCK AND HIP HOP TEAM UP IN THE "AUDIOFILE". ALL THAT – AND MORE THIS WEEK – WHEN YOU TUNE IN TO "THIS WA 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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