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 "LGBT Free Zone" defies E.C. sanction threats, Romania’s right-wing echoes Hungary’s homophobia, Uganda’s Museveni rejects the "redundant" Sexual Offenses Bill 2021, and Israel lifts its blood donor rules based on sexual orientation! All that, and more this week, when you choose "This Way Out": the world’s audio oasis for queer news and culture.

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 marriage equality states, a Taiwanese gay man wins the right to marry his Macanese partner, Guyana decriminalizes cross-dressing, and Charlotte, and North Carolina revives its queer protection ordinance! Those stories, and more this week, when you discover “This Way Out”: the world’s audio oasis for queer news and culture.

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 doorstep, a Polish theologian is fined for hate in Germany, hundreds march conservatively in the first Caymans Pride, and trans kids sue Tennessee over school bathroom bias! Those stories, and more this week, when you discover “This Way Out”: the world’s audio oasis for queer news and culture.

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 Pride defies Hungary’s homophobia, Poland hate map makers are sued for slander by “LGBT Free Zones,” Nebraska villains threaten Drag Queens before Story Hour, and a Florida-based anti-queer hate group fails to prove it isn’t one! Those stories, and more this week, when you discover “This Way Out”: the world’s audio oasis for queer news and culture.

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 equality, Hungary's Orban rejects E.U. threats with an anti-queer referendum, young trans athletes are saved in Louisiana and West Virginia, a trans model of color Blooms on Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit cover, and professional hockey’s Prokop skates out of the closet! Those stories, and more this week, when you discover “This Way Out”: the world’s audio oasis for queer news and culture.

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 and Poland, Israel opens fertility services to same-gender couples, and Cameroonian "attempted homosexuality" trans women are released pending appeal! Those stories, and more this week, when you choose “This Way Out”: the world’s audio oasis for queer news and culture.

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, tens of thousands rise in Spain against a gay-bashing death, queer China student WeChat outlets are suddenly shut down, the Euro rights court sides with a Russian trans mom, and Ohio okays “moral” objections to LGBTQ healthcare! All that, and more this week, when you discover “This Way Out”: the world’s audio oasis for queer news and culture.

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 becomes the first trans contestant at the Miss USA Pageant; Pride returns to the White House as Biden signs the Pulse Memorial bill; Honduras is held accountable for a trans woman’s murder, and Malawi’s first Pride parades for equality! All that, and more this week, when you choose “This Way Out”: the world’s audio oasis for queer news and culture.

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 Rebellion; E.U. leaders slam Hungary’s “no promo homo” law, banned Istanbul Pride marches into a violent police response, and Anheuser-Busch Pride duplicity goes flat at the Stonewall Inn! All that, and more this week, when you discover “This Way Out”: the world’s audio oasis for queer news and culture.

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 media, the top U.S. court rules for the Church without apparent LGBTQ rights impact, and two more Mexican states approve marriage equality! All that, and more this week, when you discover “This Way Out”: the world’s audio oasis for queer news and culture.