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[This Way Out]

 "THIS WAY OUT: the international lesbian & gay radio magazine"
Program #1,207 - distributed 5/16/11
Airs on more than 200 local stations around the world... or
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(hosted by Lucia Chappelle and produced with Greg Gordon)
Russian activist Nikolai Alekseev’s intercontinental controversy;
"Bob The Book" leads a page-turning gay life;
Uganda's "Kill The Gays" bill dies in parliament, U.S. Presbyterians
ordain clerical equality, House Republicans try to derail DADT repeal,
Europe's top court orders pensions equality, Taiwan right-wingers
slander a new schools diversity curriculum, and more LGBT news

- In "NewsWrap": Uganda's parliament adjourns without considering the infamous "Kill The Gays" bill, but its sponsor, David Bahati, vows to revive it in the next parliamentary session... after 33 years of debate, the Presbyterian Church (USA) opens its clergy to partnered gays and lesbians... the Armed Services Committee of the GOP-controlled U.S. House of Representatives attaches three amendments to the annual Defense Authorization Bill in an effort to at least slow down repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell... the European Court of Justice rules that gays and lesbians in legal civil unions or registered partnerships in E.U. member states are entitled to the same pension benefits as their heterosexually married colleagues... LGBT advocates in Taiwan file a slander lawsuit against the Union for True Love, charging the right wing group with spreading inflammatory falsehoods about the Ministry of Education's proposal to include discussion of sexual orientation and family diversity in elementary and junior high school curricula... and more LGBT news from around the world (written by GREG GORDON,  produced by STEVE PRIDE, and reported this week by RICK WATTS and MICHAEL LEBEAU).

- Ever wonder what your books are getting up to while you're not looking? Who better to find out what's happening between the covers than "This Way Out queer life and literature" commentator JANET MASON in her review of "BOB THE BOOK", a new novel about the secret lives of books and their gay personalities by DAVID PRATT.

- Known globally as the face of the RUSSIAN gay rights movement, Moscow-based activist NIKOLAI ALEKSEEV has been arrested, beaten and kidnapped over the course of his career. But he was still unprepared for the controversy generated by his recent visit to the UNITED STATES, which he discusses in this third of a wide-ranging four-part interview in Los Angeles with "This Way Out's" STEVE PRIDE (with thanks for production assistance to RICK WATTS). ********************************************************
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On the air since April 1988, "This Way Out" is the multi-award-winning internationally distributed weekly gay and lesbian radio newsmagazine.The program currently airs on more than 200 local community radio stations around the world, globally distributed at www.radio4all.net, www.indymedia.org, to Pacifica Radio station affiliates in North America, and "Down Under" through distribution by the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia.  Listeners can also hear "This Way Out"  on short wave via Costa Rica-based global station RFPI (Radio For Peace International/www.rfpi.org), across Europe, Africa/the Middle East, and Asia/Pacific regions on the World Radio Network (www.wrn.org), and on audio CD by individual subscription.For lots of other information about "This Way Out" please visit www.thiswayout.org, email TWOradio at aol.com, or write to P.O. Box 38327, Los Angeles, CA 90038-0327.
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