Podcasts by This Way Out: The International LGBTQ Radio Magazine

A Progressive Texas Christian&McKellen’s Queer Wizardry from 2023-12-12T07:11:15

In the Texas state legislature, Christian Democratic Representative James Talarico gave a biblically-based rebuke against a Republican Christian nationalist bill to post the Ten Commandments in all...

Defiant Virginia Dad&“Mambo Italiano” from 2023-12-05T12:40:50

Cody Connor is fighting for his trans daughter in the face of Virginia Governor Glen Youngkin’s “model policies” for schools. Writer/director Emile Gaudreault’s 2003 comedy remains a cross-cultura...

“Queer Today, Bring On Tomorrow” from 2023-11-28T15:45:51

A spoken-word production featuring works by members of QueerWise, a Los Angeles-based, multi-generational writing and performance group. Living in the moment while facing the future, they tackle ha...

Gertrude Loves Alice&“Girls About Town” from 2023-11-21T16:17:13

Private notes between Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas are the literature of love in “Precious Baby Always Shines” (commentary by Janet Mason). The funny, sophisticated, and slightly ribald 1931...

Stops En Route to US and Canadian Marriage Equality from 2023-11-14T15:23:29

Two flashback reports in which we covered major high court rulings that led to marriage equality: one in the Canadian province of Ontario, and one 20 years ago this week in the US state of Massachu...

The 2003 Consecration of Bishop Gene Robinson from 2023-11-07T17:38:35

The U.S. Episcopal Church and by extension the worldwide Anglican Communion was rocked by the selection of the first out gay bishop twenty years ago this week. We’ll take you back to the victorious...

“My Life Is Poetry” Workshop from 2023-10-31T13:25:27

A unique program for LGBTQ seniors led by West Hollywood, California’s first Poet Laureate Steven Reigns uses poetry as a tool to capture their life experiences and create a live performance piece....

Harlan Pruden’s Two-Spirit Dry Lab from 2023-10-24T16:37:40

A collaborative of Indigenous and settler researchers is studying the intersections of Indigeneity, gender, sexual orientation and geography in a “dry lab” — a laboratory that does its work on comp...

AfterMatt: An Interview with Judy Shepard from 2023-10-17T18:26:50

In the aftermath of her son Matthew’s infamous murder in 1998, Judy Shepard and her surviving family take on the campaign to pass hate crimes legislation, and establish a foundation to support quee...

Revisiting “The Book of Matthew” from 2023-10-10T16:01:47

In commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the murder of Matthew Shepard, we rebroadcast our coverage of the 1998 hate crime that sparked an international outcry. The report features University of...

Lost Bi Music Set&Irish Folkie Found from 2023-10-04T00:10:39

Skott Freedman’s 2003 anthology “Bi the People” boosted the audibility of bisexual musicians, including Jill Sobule and Leigh Fischer (interviewed by JD Doyle). Irish folksinger Brian Kennedy tur...

Canada’s 2003 Equality Crawl&Out at Oktoberfest from 2023-09-26T16:02

Twenty years ago this month, the marriage equality storyline in Canada was poised at a frustrating turning point (reported by Heather Kitching). The world’s largest folk festival has for two decad...

Section 28 Falls&"Queer Duck" Flies from 2023-09-19T16:54:54

Today we have “don’t say gay,” but in the late 1980s the British coined the expression “no promo homo” for Section 28, a law that restricted discussion of LGBTQ issues — even beyond the classroom! ...

Banned Lesbian Poets Lorde and Dickinson from 2023-09-12T16:45:25

The works of Emily Dickinson and Audre Lorde were standard classroom fare twenty years ago, but these days the right wing is clearing them off the shelves. Janet Mason revisited Dickinson and Kathy...

60th Anniversary March on Washington Queer-lights from 2023-09-05T15:57:31

LGBTQA+ representation was proud and loud when activists returned to the Lincoln Memorial on August 26th for the 60th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Highlights in...

1981-My Gay American Road Trip from 2023-08-29T13:43:40

The queer cross-country journals of “This Way Out” veteran producer JD Doyle capture a slice of pre-AIDS gay male culture in the U.S. (interviewed by Brian DeShazor). And in NewsWrap: Brazil’s Sup...

Augusts Past: “Dream” March&Early Obama from 2023-08-22T16:59:15

The anniversary of the historic 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom comes again when a rightwing political backlash threatens the movement toward true democracy. The situation was similar...

Nana Miss Koori’s Guringai Drag from 2023-08-15T09:40:23

Australia’s aboriginal legacy is well-represented by the drag alter ego of Graham Simms, performer and activist Nana Miss Koori (interviewed by Barry McKay). And in NewsWrap: the World Bank will p...

August 2003: Then As Now from 2023-08-08T14:59:33

Twenty years ago this month, Canada’s top court had just ordered marriage equality, civil unions hit the agenda in New Zealand, the U.S. Congress took up a bill to secure rights for lesbians and ga...

“Faux Queen: A Life in Drag” from 2023-08-01T15:59:17

Put away your preconceived notions of what constitutes drag — with Fauxnique, it’s complicated! Monique Jenkinson was the first cisgender woman to win the Miss Trannyshack Pageant. Her memoir recou...

Retail Pride Sells at Sydney Store from 2023-07-25T17:36:09

Sydney, Australia’s David Jones department store really rocked the World Pride scene, despite the expected backlash. Corporate rep Ross Sabatini talks about the campaign’s service to the public and...

George Michael: A Life from 2023-07-18T16:45:53

Music biographer James Gavin takes a deep dive into the life of enigmatic gay rock star George Michael in his latest book, celebrated at a Grammy Museum special event (recorded with permission by B...

Slovenian Activist Mitja Blažić from 2023-07-11T06:56:37

Mitja Blažić is an independent journalist from Slovenia with a long track-record in LGBTQ politics. He attended the World Pride Human Rights Conference in March of this year. This Way Out Sydney, ...

SCOTUS v. Rights&School Board v. Bigots from 2023-07-04T07:55:23

A controversial U.S. Supreme Court term ends with a trifecta of right-leaning rulings, including a swipe at LGBTQ+ rights based on free speech. Equality California’s Jorge Reyes Salinas, Slate colu...

AUS NGO Aids Queer Ugandan Refugees from 2023-06-27T17:16:46

Many LGBTQ Ugandans have fled to Kenya since their country’s new Anti-Homosexuality Law went into effect, but they’re in as much danger there as they were at home. Australian David S. Ayliffe found...

Lipstick Conspiracy Reunited! from 2023-06-20T14:11:43

The West Coast all-trans woman rock band of the early 2000s responds to the nationwide epidemic of anti-trans fever with a stellar comeback (interviewed by Eric Jansen of Out in the Bay Queer Radio...

Pioneering Gay Recordings Rediscovered from 2023-06-13T18:09:29

LGBTQ voices in early 1970s Los Angeles were brought to the radio airwaves by a young gay volunteer broadcaster whose historic recordings have been found after 50 years “in the closet.” We share ex...

The Pride of Harvey Milk from 2023-06-06T15:05:42

June Pride season started early with the late-May recognition of what would have been Harvey Milk’s 90th birthday. As right-wing forces try to rip LGBTQ history out of the textbooks, we fill the ga...

Outrageous – The Queer History of Australian TV (Pt. 3) from 2023-05-30T15:39:25

Australian TV’s unique 70s soap opera “Number 96” broke down barriers that paved the way for a positive response when the AIDS crisis hit. The show is making its mark again with a Toronto LGBTQ Fil...

Outrageous – The Queer History of Australian TV (Pt. 2) from 2023-05-23T06:39:04

Television in most of the world was still in the closet when audiences Down Under embraced the groundbreaking soap opera, “Number 96.” The gay characters were key to the off-beat show’s success acc...

Outrageous – The Queer History of Australian TV (Pt. 1) from 2023-05-16T08:06:36

Australian soap opera “Number 96” was an amazing breakthrough for LGBTQ visibility, made possible by a unique moment in the social and political scene … and one television network’s last ditch effo...

Robert Patrick Memorial from 2023-05-09T17:09:34

We honor gay American playwright, poet, lyricist, short story writer and novelist Robert Patrick, who passed away on April 23rd in Los Angeles. The tribute includes Patrick reading from his 1994 no...

Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Redux from 2023-05-02T11:38:44

Veteran Ugandan LGBTQ activist Frank Mugisha lobbies for support against the world’s most draconian legislation, an infamous measure that’s been circulating in various forms for more than a decade ...

Ukrainian Lesbian Avenger Shevchenko, Pt. 3 from 2023-04-25T08:45:07

Ukrainian activist Olena Shevchenko shares her observations about Russia’s homophobic oppression and class exclusivity in the LGBTQI movement, while maintaining her hopes for future liberation in h...

Ukrainian Lesbian Avenger Shevchenko Pt.2 from 2023-04-18T17:32:11

Under occupation and in the free zones, TIME Woman of the Year Olena Shevchenko and LGBTQ volunteers are serving the needs of the marginalized people forgotten by the major aid organizations, build...

Ukrainian Lesbian Avenger Shevchenko Pt.1 from 2023-04-11T12:33:09

Olena Shevchenko has been in the forefront of Ukraine’s LGBTQ campaign for rights, and now, at the center of her country’s resistance against the Russian invasion, she’s been named a Time Woman of ...

35 Years of This Way Out: Preservation Now! from 2023-04-04T08:06:57

“This Way Out” debuted on April 1, 1988, bringing LGBTQ programming to community radio stations around the world. In observance of our 35th anniversary, CEO and NewsWrap Producer Brian DeShazor tal...

International Trans Day of Visibility from 2023-03-28T12:13:56

Exiled Zimbabwean activist Rikki Nathanson of OutRight Action International, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Assistant Secretary for Health Admiral Rachel L. Levine, co-founder of...

Asians on Parade at World Pride Mardi Gras from 2023-03-21T09:10:14

World Pride participants from Japan, Thailand and the Philippines bring their own flavor to the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade (correspondent Barry McKay reports). Florida’s ban on gende...

Sydney World Pride Crosses Harbour Bridge from 2023-03-14T12:59:13

At the climax of World Pride 2023, Sydney throws a huge street festival in the heart of the LGBTQ community, and thousands walk across the Harbour Bridge in a demonstration for equality and justice...

Sydney’s World Pride Mardi Gras Parade from 2023-03-07T13:55

The famed Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade returns to Oxford Street on its 45th anniversary to celebrate World Pride 2023, and we meet the people in the colorful throng (with correspondent ...

World Pride Celebrates at Sydney's Mardi Gras from 2023-02-28T16:50:14

Global galas merge as World Pride 2023 and the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras bring the first such LGBTQA+ event to the Southern Hemisphere. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joins the parade, and...

The Yellow Socks Affair from 2023-02-21T12:02:44

A blitz of anti-gay arrests swept over Newcastle, New South Wales in the 1950’s inspired by nothing more than a display in a gay-owned mens’ clothing store became one of the most terrifying chapter...

Queer Giants of Black History from 2023-02-14T16:33:16

Black History Month in 2023 finds political hucksters questioning the meaning of history and repeating the racist policies of the past, so the words of African American LGBTQ icons Bayard Rustin, A...

Conversion Therapy-Caused PTSD from 2023-02-07T14:55:24

Australian religious abuse campaigner Anthony Venn-Brown talks about the psychological trauma suffered by LGBT people subjected to supposedly “Christian” conversion therapy (interviewed by Barry Mc...

Pray Away? Born Perfect! from 2023-01-31T04:56:04

Out in the Bay radio’s Eric Jansen interviews Mathew Shurka co-founder of the National Center for Lesbian Right’s Born Perfect campaign in 2014. Kristine Stolakis director and producer of Pray Away...

“AIDS Diva: The Legend of Connie Norman” from 2023-01-24T12:55:07

An award-winning documentary examines the exploits of Los Angeles’ iconic transgender ACT-UP activist. Director Dante Alencastre and writer-researcher John Johnston chat with This Way Out’s Brian D...

World Pride Vax Alert! from 2023-01-17T17:44:26

The celebration is on for World Pride in Sydney, Australia starting February 12th, but ACON’s Director of HIV and Sexual Health Matt Vaughan advises getting vaccinated for monkeypox and COVID-19 we...

The Queerest News of 2022 (Part 3) from 2023-01-10T15:11:12

There were high-profile coming-outs and outstanding achievements for queer people, allies — even the animated! Our year-end review concludes with a sample of the interesting array of unique individ...

The Queerest News of 2022 (pt. 2) from 2023-01-03T15:13:52

On the plus side there were legislative and electoral wins in the U.S. and Australia, and conversion therapy bans in Israel and New Zealand. On the scary side rights were challenged in the U.S. Sup...

The Queerest News of 2022 (pt.1) from 2022-12-27T14:51:29

With attacks on LGBTQ (especially transgender) youth by Republican-controlled U.S. state legislatures, the war in Ukraine, and WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner’s captivity in Russia, it’s been a year ...

DOMA to Respect&“Zeesn Christmas” from 2022-12-20T15:47:57

The marriage equality decade in the U.S. has come full-circle from the December 2012 Supreme Court hearings on California’s Proposition 8 and the federal Defense of Marriage Act to the signing of t...

SCOTUS Hears Wedded Bias&The Scarlet Coast from 2022-12-13T16:04:22

As the U.S. Supreme Court considers a complaint about the right to refuse services for same-gender weddings, Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Katanji Brown Jackson and Elena Kagan examine the dangerous im...

U.S. Senate Says “I Do”&Club Q Rocks Queer Youth from 2022-12-06T16:55:30

The Respect for Marriage Act passes the U.S. Senate with a bipartisan majority after adopting a “religious freedom” amendment debated by Senators Tammy Baldwin, Mike Lee, Cynthia Lummis and Chuck S...

Capote’s “One Christmas” - James Gavin from 2022-11-29T14:13:13

Truman Capote’s autobiographical short story of the season is read by James Gavin, author of the recently released “George Michael: A Life” (recorded for our 2020 Global Queer Read-IN). Plus: an u...

U.S. Marriage Respect&AUS Marriage Recalled from 2022-11-22T15:23:53

The Respect for Marriage Act, introduced by lesbian Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), championed by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, passes the U.S. Senate with the support of Republican Senators ...

U.S. Midterm LGBTQ Report from 2022-11-15T10:30:52

In a highly polarized political atmosphere and democracy itself in the balance, successful LGBTQ candidates scored a record number of “firsts” as part of a progressive surprise with huge implicatio...

The Big Lie&Early RuPaul from 2022-11-08T11:10:51

The damage of living a lie — the kind of damage that’s most poignant as the holidays approach, and most keenly felt by LGBTQ+ youth — is described first-hand by OutCaster Brianna (produced by Marc ...

Leslie Jordan Tribute from 2022-11-01T06:42:02

Comedic actor Leslie Jordan is gone too soon, leaving behind a legacy of humor and humanity from Will&Grace to Call Me Kat. Relive some favorite laughs, and hear his tales of the Sordid Lives he li...

“Paul for Pete” from 2022-10-25T13:52:05

One bite from the Buttigieg bug, and author Paul Mason Barnes turned into “Paul for Pete: Politics. Theatre. Life. One Man’s Adventures (Or, How I Became A Septuagenarian Fanboy) — and his election...

“8” from 2022-10-18T14:41:22

As the actual courtroom videotapes are finally unsealed, we rebroadcast excerpts from Oscar-winning gay screenwriter Dustin Lance Black’s play based on the transcripts of the 2010 trial that overtu...

Cheney’s Lesbian “Sisters”&Cartoonish Out-Comings from 2022-10-11T12:45:20

Before Representative Liz Cheney took on Trumpism, even before her dad was playing President Bush’s Darth Vader, her novelist mom dreamed of pioneering queer “Sisters” (read by Cindy Friedman). Be...

Masculine Privilege&Iran Redux from 2022-10-04T14:17:53

A trans masculine teen from OutCasting Overtime discovers that people are a lot nicer when they think you’re a guy (a commentary by Declan, produced by Marc Sophos). Recalling former Iranian Presi...

September 1992: Review or Preview? from 2022-09-27T10:45:59

Our 1800th episode finds an eerie resemblance between the stories we reported the last week of September 1992 — fighting to secure state-level rights in Colorado and California … and oh, that Flori...

Lives Not Numbers&Faithful Students Stand! from 2022-09-20T11:51:25

Statistics show that LGBTQ youth are at greatly increased risk of self-harm — a fact that hit home for OutCasting Overtime’s Isha when tragedy struck (produced by Marc Sophos). Queer students at N...

Dwayne Ratleff: “Dancing To The Lyrics” from 2022-09-13T10:56:27

The 2021 Best Indie Book Award for an LGBTQ coming of age novel prize went to Dwayne Ratleff’s “Dancing To The Lyrics.” Is the story of a queer African American boy growing up on the tough streets ...

Anthony Roth Constanzo, Countertenor from 2022-09-06T09:08:10

Grammy-winning countertenor Anthony Roth Constanzo talks about his unique style and gender-bending repertoire from Phillip Glass’ Akhnaten to his collaboration with transgender singer-songwriter Ju...

Drag Story Hour Story&The Deeper “Well” from 2022-08-30T14:09:22

Once upon a time a Drag Queen Story Hour meant family fun, not a potentially violent protest. The U.S. national organization’s Executive Director Jonathan Hamilt tells the heartwarming tale of how ...

Queerly Yours, Rikki Nathanson from 2022-08-23T17:45:01

Transgender activist Rikki Nathanson won her discrimination case against the government of Zimbabwe in 2019, but ongoing harassment forced her to leave home. Now she’s Senior advisor of the Global ...

Remembering Gore Vidal&Don’t Ask Me! from 2022-08-16T10:32:53

Don’t you wish Gore Vidal were here? The famed — and infamous — gay author, playwright, candidate and essayist who scandalized the literary world and enraged the political world died on July 31, 20...

Queerly Yours, Sam Long from 2022-08-09T07:16:56

In the high school laboratory of trans science teacher Sam Long, the biology curriculum is undergoing a transition. His conversation with Black Filipinx plus size nonbinary queer artist of color Ro...

GBT Male Sex: Monkeypox Alert! from 2022-08-02T10:43:29

The particular threat of the monkeypox virus outbreak for men who have sex with men is exposed at the Los Angeles Blade Monkeypox Town Hall, co-sponsored by and the City of West Hollywood, Californ...

U.S. House Respects Marriage Equality! from 2022-07-26T14:40:54

Dozens of U.S. House Republicans join Democratic representatives to pass the Respect for Marriage Act, a bill that would finally get the Defense of Marriage Act off the books — and codify same-gend...

Queerly Yours, Dorian Wood from 2022-07-19T14:29:23

Queerly Yours, Dorian Wood Our “Queerly Yours, Profiles in Courage with Roger Q. Mason” series continues as our award-winning Black Flilpinx plus size nonbinary queer playwright of color chats wit...

Affirming Friendship&Griner’s Letter from 2022-07-12T13:00:33

A queer teen reveals the importance of their bond with a transgender friend whose family is oppressively unsupportive (an OutCasting Overtime commentary by Carys, produced by Marc Sophos).Brittney ...

Queerly Yours, Admiral Rachel Levine from 2022-07-05T10:49:16

Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Admiral Rachel L. Levine is our guest for the first part of “Queerly Yours, Profiles in Courage with Roger Q. Mas...

#TransphobeTakedowns&The Stonewall Story from 2022-06-28T07:41:05

The Texas Republican Convention builds a bunker of hate, but Strands for Trans launches a cutting, clandestine counter-attack led by Billy Porter and Lynae Vanee! Sounds before, during and after t...

Biden’s Pride&“What’s the Score” from 2022-06-21T10:51:04

U.S. President Joe Biden greets his White House Pride Party by signing an Executive Order touching a broad range of hot-button LGBTQ+ issues. Bonnie J. Morris carries the ball for generations of f...

Queer Music Focus on Pride! from 2022-06-14T13:31:50

The story of Pride as heard through the LGBTQ+ music that made a movement’s soundtrack, put into perspective by Steve Sims in this edition of Queer Music Focus (including The Tom Robinson Band, San...

Growing Up Proud&Hay’s Historic “Window” from 2022-06-07T12:58:45

As the festival season hits full gear in the US, OutCasting Overtime queer youth broadcaster Shoshana is heading for New York City with a couple of parades and some helpful lessons already under he...

In Memoriam: Hekma’s Gay Dutch History from 2022-05-31T13:45:49

Gay researcher, author and historian Gert Hekma passed into history himself on April 19th. His groundbreaking 2004 book, “Homosexuality in The Netherlands from 1730 to Modern Times,” is still only ...

The Art of the Ally&The Irresistible Vaid from 2022-05-24T07:25:12

Straight teen Tomás was called gay when he was five, leading him to learn and help teach others how to be a queer ally (an OutCasting Overtime youth commentary produced by Marc Sophos). We honor t...

May 2012: Obama Evolves on Equality from 2022-05-17T13:06:12

Reports from May of 2012 recall the watershed moment when President Barack Obama (with a push from then-Vice President Joe Biden) announced that he had finally come around to support marriage equal...

Queer Road to Gilead from 2022-05-10T10:00:30

The unprecedented leak of an early draft of their ruling on a Mississippi abortion rights case reveals the U.S. Supreme Court’s intention to overturn both of the key decisions that have guaranteed ...

Tasmanian Rights Turn 25&Hate Sermon Souvenir! from 2022-05-02T00:00

Excerpts from a May, 1997 interview with Tasmanian activist Rodney Croome celebrate the 25th anniversary of the repeal of Australia’s last state sodomy law (Sydney correspondent Greg Reading). Mai...

DeSantis, Disney Villain&McMorrow, Ally Queen from 2022-04-26T00:00

In his zeal to retaliate against the state’s biggest company for opposing his “Don’t Say Gay” agenda, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis may have bought taxpayers a Walt Disney World of trouble, while c...

Why Say Gay&"Rainbow Minute" Finale! from 2022-04-19T16:42:10

“Don’t Say Gay” laws spreading across the U.S. are allegedly to protect young students, but OutCasting Overtime’s LGBTQA+ youth commentators see through the deception and dissect the nefarious moti...

Queer Grammy Conquests 2022&US States of Fear from 2022-04-12T15:12:53

Some of our favorite LGBTQ artists and their friends — like Doja Cat featuring SZA, Brothers Osborne, St. Vincent, Brandi Carlile and Tyler, the Creator — take home honors and deliver highlight mom...

Pride of the Oscars! from 2022-04-05T17:21:44

We’re making sure that the post-Oscar hullabaloo doesn’t drown out the rainbow highlights at the 94th Academy Awards. Best Supporting Actress Ariana DeBose’s historic win and other notable themes a...

Judge Jackson Replies&Queer Youth at the Gates! from 2022-03-29T16:38:07

US Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson withstands her confirmation hearings despite the anti-marriage equality and transphobic “questioning” from Republicans like Senators John Cornyn...

Trans Turmoil in Texas! from 2022-03-22T13:43:33

Deep in the heart of Texas, loving parents face traumatizing politically-motivated “child abuse” investigations into the treatment of their transgender children with gender-affirming healthcare. Ac...

Florida: Saying the Gay Away? from 2022-03-15T09:00:16

Florida’s “Parental Rights in Education Bill” is ripe for Governor Ron DeSantis’ signature, but activists like The Trevor Project’s Amit Paley and U.S. Treasury Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s husband C...

Ukraine’s Queer Warriors&U.S. Trans Wars from 2022-03-08T15:18:18

LGBTQ people (including human rights activist Olena Shevchenko in Kyiv) come forward to fight and render assistance to keep Ukraine from falling into (more) homophobic hands as Russia invades! Rep...

U.S. Supreme Court Queer Interconnections from 2022-03-01T18:25:36

The many complex consequences — unintended and intended — for LGBTQ rights and more as the U.S. Supreme Court considers reproductive freedom are analyzed by veteran journalist Lisa Keen (interviewe...

Quack Therapy Bans&Queer Olympic Wins from 2022-02-22T15:04:32

Israel’s Health Ministry bars medical professionals from practicing counseling and/or prayer aimed at changing a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity, and New Zealand’s Parliament prohibi...

This Way Out: Quack Therapy Bans & Queer Olympic Wins & more global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2022-02-21T19:23:10

Conversion therapy gets cured in Israel and New Zealand; celebrating Outsports and Queer Olympians; ONE Magazine’s stocking-stuffer jingled 1950s bells in a “Rainbow Minute”; the EuroCourt okays bl...

AUS MP Fights Religious Bias&Inspired Activism from 2022-02-15T16:56:29

Family tragedy and his son’s non-conformity inform Australian M.P. Stephen Jones’ moving speech as P.M. Scott Morrison’s “Religious Discrimination Bill” is debated. The recent death of Archbishop ...

This Way Out: AUS MP Fights Religious Bias & Inspired Activism & more global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2022-02-14T19:13:05

An Australian M.P. fights for his son’s non-conformity; queer kids and allies ask, "What makes an activist?"; Poland "protects" students with anti-queer curriculum cops, Florida advances "Don't Say...

Banning Queer Books and LGBTQ Students! from 2022-02-08T14:22:46

The mayor of Ridgeland, Mississippi decides on his own for religious reasons not to release approved funding for the county library until it removes LGBTQ-related books, but other local officials a...

This Way Out: Banning Queer Books and Barring Queer Students, Segment 1 from 2022-02-07T20:19:35

A Brisbane Christian school repents anti-queer contracts but retains bias; a Mississippi mayor blocks library funding to ban LGBTQ books; trailblazing U.S. orator Barbara Jordan is remembered in a ...

Don’t Say Gay, Trans Quiz Queen, Candy Man! from 2022-02-01T08:48:21

A Florida House committee passes a “Parental Rights in Education” bill to outlaw encouraging the discussion of LGBTQ issues in primary grades, but Equality Florida’s Brandon Wolf and educator Chast...

This Way Out: Don't Say Gay, Trans Quiz Queen, Candy Man & much more global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2022-01-31T20:26:20

Florida’s House approves a "Don't Say Gay" in schools bill; a Pennsylvania town revokes anti-bias protections; a trans champion breaks "Jeopardy!" records; Ms. Green calms Carlson's candy crisis; B...

TikTok Action&Query for Republicans from 2022-01-25T15:51:44

A gay Syracuse, N.Y. high school student’s “senior spotlight” moment turns a beam on homophobia when he reveals on TikTok that the principal tried to censor his sexuality (Tyler Johnson, his mother...

This Way Out: TikTok Action & Query for Republicans & global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2022-01-24T19:27:32

Queer youth question queer conservatism; a gay teen battles bias with a TikTok takedown; Chile’s new progressive Cabinet boasts two queer members, Honduras’ high court shuns marriage equality plain...

Cavallo on Defense&Jenkins in Charge! from 2022-01-18T17:13:18

Adelaide United footballer Josh Cavallo’s demand for redress after receiving anti-LGBTQ verbal abuse from Melbourne fans gets the full-throated support of team CEO Nathan Kosmina. Long-time Black ...

This Way Out: Cavallo on Defense & Jenkins in Charge & more global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2022-01-17T19:12:50

Black U.S. trans activist Andrea Jenkins breaks a political glass ceiling; a homophobic chorus taunts Aussie footballer Josh Cavallo; MJ Rodriguez “Poses” for the Golden Globe Awards; Greece and Fr...

Denise Ho Jailed&Farewell, bell from 2022-01-11T18:08:29

Denise Ho has been on Beijing’s bad list since the lesbian Cantopop star came out in 2012, then her advocacy for democracy in Hong Kong and speech at the UN Human Rights Council in 2019 (excerpts i...

This Way Out: Denise Ho Jailed & Farewell, bell & global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2022-01-10T19:24:44

A ringing remembrance for queer Black feminist theorist bell hooks; lesbian Cantopop star Denise Ho is busted in a Hong Kong indy press raid; Senegal's legislature nixes tougher anti-queer laws, tw...

2021 Queer “Out-comes” (Pt. 2)&Grammy Preview from 2022-01-04T08:03:06

Three more celebrities who made news by coming out in 2021: Australian footballer Josh Cavallo, Cassandra Peterson (“Yours Cruelly, Elvira”) and actor/political activist Kal Penn (“You Can’t Be Ser...

This Way Out: 2021 Queer "Out-comes" (Pt. 2) & Grammy Preview!, Segment 1 from 2022-01-03T19:30:07

Add 3 to the list of celebrities who came out in 2021: Aussie footballer Josh Cavallo, Cassandra "Elvira, Mistress of the Dark" Peterson, and actor/activist Kal Penn; and "Queer Music Focus" Produc...

2021 Queer “Out-comes”&“Extraordinary” Boyle! from 2021-12-28T12:59:46

Celebrities coming out who made news in 2021 include country music’s TJ Osborne, pro U.S. football player Carl Nassib, and the multi-talented Queen Latifah (part one of two). Canadian inspirationa...

This Way Out: 2021 Queer "Out-comes" & "Extraordinary" Boyle!, Segment 1 from 2021-12-27T20:09:20

Part One of a celebration of some high-profile celebrities who came out in 2021 features country music star TJ Osborne, pro U.S. football player Carl Nassib, and the multi-talented Queen Latifah; a...

“A Quilt for David” (Pt. 3)&Home at Queermas! from 2021-12-21T12:25:26

The conclusion of our audio interpretation of “A Quilt for David,” a book of poetry by Steven Reigns (published by City Light Books) that centers on dentist David Acer, a victim of dueling epidemic...

This Way Out: "A Quilt for David" (Pt. 3) & Home at Queermas & global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2021-12-20T19:52:40

Queer youth feast on family angst for the holidays; "A Quilt for David" extracts a persecuted gay dentist’s real story; France surgically removes conversion therapy, the E.U. Justice Court orders I...

Kosher Christmas&“A Quilt for David” (Pt. 2) from 2021-12-14T10:28:14

Kung Pao Kosher Comedy virtually carries on the Jewish tradition of going out for Chinese food for Christmas (Eric Jansen of outinthebay.org chats with producer/performer Lisa Geduldig). Comments ...

This Way Out: Kosher Christmas & "A Quilt for David" (Pt. 2) & global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2021-12-13T19:24:44

Kung Pao Kosher Comedy quips for the holidays; a poet sews a quilt for accused AIDS dentist David; an Aussie activist counts his lucky "Monte Cristos"; Chile adopts marriage equality ahead of a ten...

Two-Mom Teens&“A Quilt for David” (Pt. 1) from 2021-12-07T17:00:38

Do two moms know best? OutCasting Overtime queer youth media activists Isha and Rose hang out “Off the Clock” to chat about growing up in a lesbian family, and what happens when homophobia hits (pr...

This Way Out: Two-Mom Teens & “Quilt for David” (Pt. 1) & global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2021-12-06T18:10:36

An "Outcaster" with 2 moms discusses her growing pains; a poet laments the torment of a gay dentist with AIDS in “A Quilt for David”; repeal of Botswana’s queer sex ban is upheld on appeal, Canada’...

Three Bishops: Two Obits, One Ovation! from 2021-11-30T06:29:13

On this week’s special program, we celebrate three bishops who made groundbreaking opening moves in Christianity’s inclusion gambit: A 2001 conversation with Episcopal ally firebrand the Right Rev...

This Way Out: Three Bishops: Two Obits, One Ovation!, Segment 1 from 2021-11-29T19:31:13

There is no LGBTQ newscast on this week’s program so that our "NewsWrap" crew could enjoy the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday weekend. On this special show, ally Bishop John Shelby Spong leaves a legacy ...

Trans Teens Stand&Cassata Transcends from 2021-11-23T17:37:33

A Georgia trans teen takes a solitary stand against the high school bullies who assaulted her, while in Wisconsin the attack on a trans student sparks a walkout by his allies demanding a safe schoo...

This Way Out: Trans Teens Stand & Cassata Transcends & global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2021-11-22T19:52:21

Ryan Cassata’s musical present transcends his past; gay artist Richard Amsel is the answer to “Who Said That?” in a “Rainbow Minute”; bullied trans teens in Georgia and Wisconsin defy high school b...

Milk Sets Sail&Locker Room Reality! from 2021-11-16T12:23:59

The official christening of an ironic tribute named for the dishonorably discharged queer liberation icon and anti-war activist launches the U.S. Navy Ship Harvey Milk with a ceremony featuring Har...

This Way Out: Milk Sets Sail & Locker Room Reality & global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2021-11-15T17:58:39

A Mormon Confesses&“Kumar” Comes Out! from 2021-11-09T14:09:01

Steven Heard Fales’ "Mormon Boy Trilogy" is set to make an international comeback, ten years after his November, 2011 conversation with This Way Out’s Rosie Wilby (“The Breakup Monologues”) during ...

This Way Out: A Mormon Confesses & Kumar Comes Out & global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2021-11-08T21:02:17

A gay Mormon's 10 years of "Confessions"; "Kumar goes without "Harold" on a queer new adventure; a leading Chinese queer rights group is forced offline, a Bulgarian pol leads a mob attack on an LGB...

Cavallo Kicks Closet&Schooling Sex Ed! from 2021-11-02T16:11:09

Adelaide United’s Josh Cavallo becomes the first active Australian A-League soccer player to tell the world that he’s gay — and he’s okay! The lack of LGBTQ information included in sex education c...

This Way Out: Cavallo Kicks Closet & Schooling Sex Ed & more global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2021-11-01T17:16:49

Aussie footballer Josh Cavallo scores a coming out goal; deficient sex-ed cheats queer students; Michigan’s past lessons in school bullying; the Delhi High Court sets a final hearing for marriage e...

This Way Out: Carlson’s Disses, Sunny’s Wishes, Craig’s Kisses & more global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2021-10-25T20:23:42

8-year-old trans girl Sunny swims against the Texas tide, Tucker pouts over Rachel’s admiralty and Pete’s paternity, James Bond confesses to villainous kisses, Ghana’s drastic anti-LGBTQ bill draws...

Queer Music Focus - 2021’s Flip Side from 2021-10-19T15:58:05

Gemma X, The Villaineers, Mariah Christie, Bestfriend, The Barbarellatones, Karma, Logan Lynn, Mariah Counts, Xantheartist, Violet Grae and Big Thief gave us new releases in the second half of this...

This Way Out: Queer Music Focus - 2021's Flip Side + global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2021-10-18T17:07:54

Recent releases get the "Queer Music Focus"; binational gay dads win their toddler son's Namibian citizenship, Uganda recognizes its first official gender change, a booted South Korean trans woman ...

DADT Repeal Anniversary from 2021-10-12T12:27:44

On the tenth anniversary of the repeal of the US military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy against lesbian, gay and bisexual people serving openly, we review our reporting from the day it happened,...

This Way Out: DADT Repeal Anniversary + global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2021-10-11T19:50:25

A tenth anniversary salute to the end of "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell"; a Missouri student walkout targets anti-queer bullying; a Turkish court finds no crime in Pride marching, Poland challenges E.U. le...

“The Breakup Monologues”&“Slurred” Speech from 2021-10-05T12:38

Comedienne Rosie Wilby may be funny, but she’s not joking about the positive results of failed romances in her new book, “The Breakup Monologues.” Hear her read an excerpt on the air, and check out...

This Way Out: "The Breakup Monologues" & "Slurred" Speech + global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2021-10-04T18:21:59

"The Breakup Monologues" finds humor in heartache; hate-slurred speech slaps queer youth; a Tony-winning Latine writer talks inclusion; German voters elect their first two trans M.P.s, the Taipei H...

Queer Eyes Eyeing Tammy Faye from 2021-09-28T14:35:05

“The Eyes of Tammy Faye” were opened by an encounter with gay Christian Metropolitan Community Church minister Rev. Steve Pieters (interviewed by Lucia Chappelle), and that historic event convinced...

This Way Out: Queer Eyes Eyeing Tammy Faye + global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2021-09-27T20:25:37

Tammy Faye’s Eyes look the other way; Querétaro and Sonora extend Mexican marriage equality, Honduran and Salvadoran presidents spew homophobia, Bolsonaro supports bias and Biden defends rights at ...

Eye to Eye with Tammy Faye from 2021-09-21T07:26:42

Hear what went on in the background of Tammy Fay Bakker’s historic interview with gay Christian minister and AIDS activist Steve Pieters — a significant plot point in the newly-released movie, “The...

This Way Out: Eye to Eye with Tammy Faye + global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2021-09-20T17:47:17

Yesterday and today through “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”; marriage equality is proposed in Cuba’s new Family Code, Curacao’s high court rules for a lesbian couple’s rights, COVID benches Hong Kong’s Ga...

David Descending&Bean Ascending from 2021-09-14T15:12:51

Ousted Human Rights Campaign President Alphonso David fights the organization in the wake of the controversy surrounding resigned New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s sexual harassment scandal (includi...

This Way Out: David Descending & Bean Ascending + global LGBTQ news + more!, Segment 1 from 2021-09-13T18:34:15

The HRC’s Alphonso David denies wrongdoing in the Cuomo controversy; Prelate and pop star Carl Bean is fondly remembered; celebrity foodie James Beard “comes out” in a “Rainbow Minute”; Zurich Prid...

Courting Equality&Object Lessons from 2021-09-07T13:32:48

The historic state Supreme Court hearings on California’s anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 ten years ago this week demonstrated the ability of the judiciary to change people’s lives on a dime (...

This Way Out: Courting Equality & Object Lessons + global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2021-09-06T18:04:30

Queer youth eye "The Male Gaze"; California’s Prop 8 drama 10 years ago this week underscores the power of the courts; China’s government censors "girlie" men, Hong Kong political puppets flag Gay ...

Taiwan’s Top Tune&“Upended” (pt. 2) from 2021-08-31T11:37:15

The title song from the box office smash Taiwanese gay-themed movie “Your Name Engraved Herein” becomes a global anthem that says “love wins” in any language (singer Crown Lu accepts the Song of th...

This Way Out: Taiwan’s Top Tune & “Upended” (pt. 2) + global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2021-08-30T20:49:29

Taiwan’s gay movie song says “love wins” in any language; Amanda Kabak on writing Upended; honoring Dr. Anonymous; Nicaragua targets queer NGO, Shanghai U surveys students to track queers! All that...

Trans Kids Cheered&“Upended” (pt.1) from 2021-08-24T07:20:55

U.S. Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke for the the Civil Rights Division, Department of Education Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Suzanne Goldberg, and Dep...

This Way Out: Trans Kids Cheered & "Upended" (pt.1) + global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2021-08-23T15:39:05

Amanda Kabak's "Mathematics of Change" get "Upended" in her new novel; trans students get a back-to-school boost from U.S. feds; queers flee the Taliban as the U.S. exits Afghanistan, a Polish "LGB...

This Way Out: Despotic Homophobes for Dummies+global LGBTQ news+more!, Segment 1 from 2021-08-16T21:31:26

The tainted past of renewed Ghana hate; Orban’s Hungarian authoritarianism impresses Fox News host Tucker Carlson; Michele Bachmann then, Marjorie Taylor-Greene now; Baja California joins Mexico’s ...

This Way Out: Sex, Sodom and the Koran + global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2021-08-09T17:02:18

A gay imam takes the mountain to Mohammed; Ghanaian rights activists are freed after their workshop raid, a gay Hong Kong democracy campaigner is denied bail, Kyiv Pride raves on Zelensky’s doorste...

This Way Out: Radical Faerie Meets Jewish Texts+Queer Olympians+more global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2021-08-02T17:03:25

Turning over the queer-related texts of Jewish tradition; diver Tom Daley’s Gold makes a splash for LGBTQ Olympians; Ghana lawmakers draft a draconian anti-queer bill, record-breaking Budapest Prid...

This Way Out: Clobber Passage Clobberer + global LGBTQ news + more!, Segment 1 from 2021-07-26T18:11:42

Queer Aussie faith activist Anthony Venn-Brown takes down toxic texts; a “Rainbow Minute” finds post-World War II lesbian history in the fine print; Chile climbs one Senate step closer to marriage ...

This Way Out: AIDS at 40 and "Jack & Yaya" + global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2021-07-19T16:12:04

Teaching AIDS history to empower queer kids; growing up trans with “Jack and Yaya”; Georgian protests mount in Tbilisi anti-Pride violence aftermath, the E.U. tightens screws on homophobic Hungary ...

This Way Out: U.S. Trans Troops Timeline + global LGBTQ news + more!, Segment 1 from 2021-07-12T17:36:21

Tracing the tricky timeline of the U.S. trans troop rollout; the gay story behind an iconic 1960’s pop graphic is revealed in a “Rainbow Minute”: Tblisi anti-Pride mobs target "promo homo" journos,...

This Way Out: Grimm's Win, Biden's Pulse, Latifah's Crown + global LGBTQ news + more!, Segment 1 from 2021-07-05T19:13:55

Queen Latifah and Lil Nas X come out best at the BET Awards; Gavin Grimm’s win lifts trans kids’ rights; California adds 5 more anti-queer states to its “no official travel” list; Miss Nevada becom...

This Way Out: Nassib Comes Out & Blinken Speaks Up + global LGBTQ news + more!, Segment 1 from 2021-06-28T20:00:18

Sportsmen come out and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff plays dad; U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken backs global queer rights; an early 1969 radio show for “homosexuals” forecasts the Stonewall Reb...

This Way Out: Ari and Alix: No Sad Songs + global LGBTQ news + more!, Segment 1 from 2021-06-21T18:47:46

Singing the praises of Ari Gold and Alix Dobkin; a “Rainbow Minute” charts the history of the Stonewall Inn; the Bidens honor the brave and the proud; Hungary outlaws queer content in schools and m...

This Way Out: Sydney Choir "Stronger" Live + global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2021-06-14T16:49:17

Singing “Stronger Together” in Sydney; an Indian High Court Justice orders major pro-LGBTQ reforms, queer detainees are finally out on bail in Uganda and Ghana, Australia’s right-wing party of homo...

This Way Out: The Young and the Proud + global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2021-06-07T17:34:20

The "Outcasting Overtime" crew considers Pride and community; Uganda blames COVID on a big queer shelter bust, Chile’s Pinera finally endorses marriage equality, DeSantis greets Pride with a “war o...

This Way Out: Voices Raised: Lil Nas X & OutLoud + global LGBTQ news + more!, Segment 1 from 2021-05-31T17:27:39

OutLoud raises proud voices; Lil Nas X liberates his agenda; submerged subversives celebrate World Oceans Day; Ghana busts 21 LGBTQ activists-in-training, queer couples sue Namibia for marriage por...

This Way Out: God and Toilets, Birds and Bees + global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2021-05-24T17:32:39

Of God, toilets, and U.S. Republicans – May, 2016; penguin lesbian families grow proudly at a London aquarium; Namibia to nix its old sodomy laws, the U.S. grants citizenship to married queers’ for...

This Way Out: "Detransition Baby" + global LGBTQ news + more!, Segment 1 from 2021-05-17T16:15:34

A novel threesome upends gender in “Detransition Baby”; Hughes and Whitman hide in plain sight in a “Rainbow Minute”; the U.K. Queen’s Speech renews the promise of a conversion therapy ban, his fam...

This Way Out: Papal Letdown! Biden Slowdown? + global LGBTQ news + more!, Segment 1 from 2021-05-10T19:13:59

The Vatican’s bait and switch confounds queer youth; trans sports enemies fumble, but is Joe Biden his time? Gertrude & Alice’s canine connection is revealed in a “Rainbow Minute”; Uganda targets q...

This Way Out: NSW Trans Stand & Queer Music Focus + global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2021-05-03T16:24:12

Six Queer Music picks in Focus; a New South Wales trans expert debunks a biased bill; opponents force Swiss marriage equality to the ballot box, a Czech bill for queer mates advances, Biden’s speec...

This Way Out: Changing Attitudes & Repeating Politics + global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2021-04-26T18:08:19

Toilet training lessons from North Carolina’s bathroom bill five years ago this week; thoughts on gender identity definitions for would-be “Saviors”; a German NGO and Russian LGBT group target Chec...

This Way Out: Trans Testimony & Troop Turnarounds + global LGBTQ news + more!, Segment 1 from 2021-04-19T17:33:41

Texans testify against terrifying trans bans; how Rachel Carson moved the Earth; remembering the retreat of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”; anti-queer thugs kill a Ugandan trans man in a Kenyan refugee ca...

This Way Out: Biden Plus Trans & School Less Bullies + global LGBTQ news + more!, Segment 1 from 2021-04-12T18:50:58

How adult support can be key to bullied queer kids’ survival; a pioneering activist turns the tables on J. Edgar Hoover; Joe Biden sends reinforcements for U.S. state anti-trans wars; Ghana activis...

This Way Out: U.S. State Strategy Lessons + global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2021-04-05T17:35:02

U.S. state anti-queer legislation rages on a rinse-repeat cycle; Istanbul protesters are arrested supporting rainbow students, Poland proposes an anti-queer family rights treaty, Cameroon trans wom...

This Way Out: Marriage Equality Goes Platinum + global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2021-03-29T17:05:29

Toasting the world’s 20-year equal wedding anniversary; the U.K. High Court rethinks trans kids treatment, Chechnya’s purge tightens around gay brothers, the U.S. Senate confirms its first trans pe...

This Way Out: Trans Champions & Grammy Greatness + global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2021-03-22T19:43:40

A Missouri dad and a Washington daughter defend trans rights; queer Grammy wins break records; the Vatican nixes same-gender blessings, a Japanese district court rules for marriage equality, a Tuni...

This Way Out: Cruz Crosses Equality & Rainbow Capitalism + global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2021-03-15T17:20:51

Queer youth calculate “Rainbow Capitalism”; remembering the first since ’91 LGBTQ-inclusive New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade; Cruz clouds confirmation hearings with an anti-equality ploy; a “...

This Way Out: Stated Biases & "Sunday, Someday" + more global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2021-03-08T18:08:43

Quarantined queer music-makers create “Sunday, Someday”; current U.S. state lawmaker attacks on LGBTQ rights recall North Carolina’s fiasco; a “Rainbow Minute” goes “Over the Rainbow”; Rachel’s sho...

This Way Out: U.S. House Boards Equality Train + more global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2021-03-01T17:42:45

The U.S. House of Representatives embraces equality; a Malaysian man beats an anti-gay state Islamic law in the nation’s top court, India’s government says queer couples aren’t “family”, while Thai...

This Way Out: 2011: US Wedding Equality Rehearsal, Segment 1 from 2021-02-22T18:27:17

After decades of queer activists toiling in the civil rights kitchen, the table was ready to be set for marriage equality in the US ten years ago this week, when the Obama Administration decided to...

This Way Out: Sophie Sendoff & "Happy Times" + global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2021-02-15T16:16:34

A fond farewell to trans-gressive electronic music star Sophie; an Israeli-American comedy-horror film is on the dinner menu; out Congressman David Cicilline condemns Trump’s riot responsibility; g...

This Way Out: Biden-Pete Train & Dress to Express + global LGBTQ news + more!, Segment 1 from 2021-02-08T17:42:39

Buttigieg boards the Biden rights train; queer youth dress for more than success; the 19-year-old college kid with 2 moms who became an Iowa State Senator; Turkish students’ rainbow protest raises ...

This Way Out: Uncle Sam Wants Trans + global LGBTQ news + more!, Segment 1 from 2021-02-01T17:49:58

Joe Biden liberates U.S. transgender troops; a “Rainbow Minute” chronicles how Dr. Tom Dooley won in Vietnam; Honduran lawmakers protect constitutional marriage inequality, Singapore activists figh...

This Way Out: Inaugural Jam & Memorial Gem + more LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2021-01-25T17:57:23

A rainbow review of the Biden/Harris Inauguration; David Kato remembered as Musevini maintains power; President Biden orders federal LGBTQ job rights on his first day, Buttigieg “refreshes” Senator...

This Way Out: Unmasking Abuse & Trumpet Finale + global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2021-01-18T17:30:17

A Black lesbian writer unmasks child sexual abuse in “Love with Accountability”; one final words-and-music “salute” to the “Orange Menace”; Latvia legislates bias against queer families, a Czech co...

This Way Out: Queer Teen Dating & Mead Mating + global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2021-01-11T16:46:56

Queer teens get support to navigate the dating years; the loving culture of Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict fills more than a “Rainbow Minute”; the U.S. political crisis features queer foes and jus...

This Way Out: Coming Out & Making It Real!, Segment 1 from 2021-01-04T16:11:05

On this week’s special show, a pair of selections from the marathon Global Queer Read-In we presented online last June (produced by Brian DeShazor with Rebecca Drapkin) that speak to the theme of “...

This Way Out: Queer Writers and Wizards!, Segment 1 from 2020-12-28T18:09:06

From 1993: Deb Price’s syndicated column changed attitudes back when printed newspapers actually did shape public opinion; two LGBTQ movement legends, Harry Hay and Jim Kepner, got together in 1975...

This Way Out: Deb Price Out Loud + global LGBTQ news + much more, Segment 1 from 2020-12-21T17:30:06

Remembering trailblazing lesbian newspaper columnist Deb Price; Cole Porter goes from Bulldog to Broadway in a “Rainbow Minute”; 1983’s Sydney Gay Liberation Quire helps make the yuletide – well, y...

This Way Out: Olivia on the Record + global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2020-12-14T17:15:40

Life behind the music at Olivia Records; Bhutan decriminalizes same-gender sex, a Singapore gay activist renews his sex law challenge, Bolivia creates “free unions” for queer couples, Tlaxcala join...

This Way Out: Maupin's Past and Queer Futures + global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2020-12-07T19:12:04

U.S. election wins boost queer youth confidence; Maupin’s memoir matches his well-told “Tales”; a “Rainbow Minute” celebrates “Lesbians That Led Long Lovely Lives”; Switzerland takes another slow s...

This Way Out: "Camping at the Met": A World AIDS Day premiere!, Segment 1 from 2020-11-30T17:41:38

On this special show, two misfits of a certain age -— a gay HIV-poz, long-term survivor and a former nurse at St. Vincent’s Hospital during the height of the AIDS crisis -— meet in the lobby of the...

This Way Out: To Branden, Add James + global LGBTQ news + more!, Segment 1 from 2020-11-23T17:11:18

Two for one with Branden and James; how Miss Bates created Mrs. Claus in a “Rainbow Minute”; Polish homophobia slapped with Belgian sanctions, Latvian high court okays parental leave for queer coup...

This Way Out: Youth on Alert & Tenor on Time + global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2020-11-16T15:14:18

A Supreme scare raises critical questions for LGBTQ youth; backstage with a TV-tested top tenor; the E.U. moves against anti-queer bigotry, Brazil's Bolsonaro dismisses COVID fears as “fag stuff”, ...

This Way Out: U.S. Wins Rainbow Results + more global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2020-11-09T19:06:31

Rainbow wins brighten the Biden-Harris triumph; Puebla joins Mexican matrimonial equality states, Peru’s high court rejects an activist’s imported marriage equality claim, Taiwan Pride beats COVID ...

This Way Out: LGBTQ History: Laughing, Maybe Crying + global queer news!, Segment 1 from 2020-11-02T17:00:56

Biden and Obama at the crossroads of queer history; Stephen Colbert comments can Campbell’s critics; a “Rainbow Minute” recalls how John Schlesinger set new standards for gay-themed films; “The Nig...

This Way Out: Past Imperfect + global LGBTQ news!(TWO#1,700!), Segment 1 from 2020-10-26T16:13:55

Remembering Matthew Shepard with a playlist of hope; “Pulp” revives classic “lesbian lit” for the young and older; Putin is still a homophobe, and Mugabe is still dead; the Pope drops a civil union...

This Way Out: SCOTUS Dancing and Movie Market + global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2020-10-19T16:55:26

A queer ovation for Ovid.tv; pro-queer Senators challenge U.S. high court nominee Amy Coney Barrett; Chile makes progress on marriage equality, advocates push Peru's high court on languishing marri...

This Way Out: Better Judgment and Munro's Musings + global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2020-10-12T19:12:38

Aussie entertainer Stan Munro muses about his “Les Girls” legacy; queer youth toast “the notorious RBG”; a California Supreme Court nominee proves you’re never too old to come out; India’s marriage...

This Way Out: Biden, Barrett and Burlesque + global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2020-10-05T20:37:41

Star of stage and screen Stan Munro fondly remembers Australia’s now golden “Les Girls”; the first U.S. presidential debate descends into chaos; U.S. rights gains are threatened by Trump’s Supreme ...

This Way Out: Gold Statues + Gold Girls + global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2020-09-28T19:16:40

Entertainer Stan Munro celebrates the 50th anniversary of Australia’s Les Girls (in conversation with our Sydney-based correspondent William Brougham); queer Emmys go with the flow up the “Creek”; ...

This Way Out: Ganda Betrayed + global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2020-09-21T21:03:17

Aftershocks continue in the wake of the pardon of a U.S. Marine killer of a Filipina trans-woman; LGBTQ’s mourn the loss of “notorious” ally Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Hong Kong’s High Court hands same-g...

This Way Out: Emma's READ-In Revolution + global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2020-09-14T18:37

Emma's Revolution read Carson and Millay; Northern Ireland promises to ban conversion therapy, Russia’s parliament considers transgender erasure, Duterte pardons “Ganda’s” killer, the Trump adminis...

This Way Out: Exploring the Moon, Identity and Marsha + global LGBTQ news! , Segment 1 from 2020-09-07T19:58

Gay youth finds identity time in quarantine; sarcasm shines in queer future short stories; rediscovering trans activist Marsha P Johnson; Poland’s homophobic high tide met with Krakow's Equality Ma...

This Way Out: Stonewalling COVID+Jamie's Proposal+global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2020-08-31T17:49:57

Sydney’s Stonewall Hotel finds ways to party during the pandemic; a singing lesbian comic confesses her cable news crush; the Australian Capital Territory and Anchorage, Alaska each act against con...

This Way Out: PanDEMic Confab+"A Star Is Bored"+global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2020-08-24T20:32:04

Byron Lane’s memories of “Leia” make for fabulous Hollywood fiction; Baldwin and Buttigieg star in the queerest-ever Democratic Convention; Trump’s anti-trans healthcare rule is blocked by a federa...

This Way Out: Poland Crisis+Gay Teens at #BLM+global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2020-08-17T17:37:56

U.S. gay teens stand with Black Lives Matter; Belgian activist Remy Bonny assesses Poland’s anti-queer crackdown; Queensland stifles conversion therapy, Beirut blast batters queer groups, trans peo...

This Way Out: Queer Poland Rising + more global LGBTQ news!, Segment 1 from 2020-08-10T19:12:13

Belgian queer researcher Remy Bonny resists the crackdown in Poland; a "Rainbow Minute" offers "A Tribute to Caregivers"; El Salvador makes history convicting cops of a trans woman’s murder, a Yeme...