This Way Out: The International LGBTQ Radio Magazine

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, you know; The Therapy Sisters help us wish you “Happy Whatever You’re Having”; Swiss marriage equality is threatened by a referendum, U.K. reforms ease blood donations by gay and bisexual men, and Biden taps Buttigieg for U.S. Transportation Secretary! Those stories, and much more this week, when you discover “This Way Out”: the world’s audio oasis for queer news and culture!

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 joins Mexico’s marriage equality states, U.S. courts affirm trans rights in Oregon and Nevada, and Drag Queen Story-timers sue one of Australia’s leading homophobes for defamation! All that, and more this week, when you choose “This Way Out”: the world’s audio oasis for queer news and culture!

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 step to marriage equality, South Australia overrules the “gay panic” defense, the U.K. High Court blocks trans kids puberty treatment, a Chopin revelation confounds anti-queer Poland, and an LGBTQ band thanks Macy’s for inclusion! All that, and more this week, when you find “This Way Out”: the world’s audio oasis for queer news and culture!

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 Metropolitan Museum in New York City and swap AIDS stories. They laugh, they cry, and promise never to forget in the world premiere of “Camping at the Met”, produced for “This Way Out” by Lucia Chappelle.

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 couples, a U.K. trans man can’t be “daddy” to his child, the world’s first third gender madrasa opens in Bangladesh, a U.S federal court slams Florida conversion therapy bans, and more global LGBTQ news!

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”, a Northern Irish “cure” group sues Barclays for bias, Sydney scales down Mardi Gras for COVID safety, a Black gay man is California's first out non-white Supreme Court Justice, and more global LGBTQ news!

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 as its President beats critics, U.S. top court hears a critical “religious freedom” versus anti-bias laws case, but also rebuffs a cop’s B.L.M. lawsuit versus a gay organizer, Olympians Bird and Rapinoe share more rings, and more global LGBTQ news!

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 Nigerian 47” cases are dropped but not dismissed, Manila enacts anti-queer bias protections, an Estonian Greens’ petition forces a marriage equality debate, a Chilean LGBTQ group ditches its government equality pact, and more global LGBTQ news!

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 unions surprise, diversity wins in New Zealand elections, an acting mayor makes twin firsts in Anchorage, the U.K. will query queers in the next census, support for marriage equality hits an all-time high in the U.S., and more global LGBTQ news!

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 marriage lawsuit, an Israeli Orthodox rabbi affirms queer families, gay dads beat the U.S. State Department for surrogacy son’s citizenship, Texas okays bias-based service by social workers, and more global LGBTQ news!