This Way Out: The International LGBTQ Radio Magazine

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 inequality now faces a triple threat, Belgium’s Deputy Prime Ministers now include Europe’s top transgender pol, Serbia re-elects a controversial lesbian P.M., a gender-fluid U.K. worker collects big bias damages, and more global LGBTQ news!

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 Court pick; the E.U. leads a global outcry against rising Polish homophobia, a Belizean anti-bias bill is crucified by the religious right, faith-based lawsuits attack Virginia’s queer-protective non-discrimination laws, and more global LGBTQ news!

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”; the U.K. retreats from gender ID change plans, the Trump administration pits trans inclusion against desegregation, the U.S. Congress includes queers in a youth suicide prevention bill, Taiwan’s leading anti-LGBTQ group slams a Dutch gay children’s book, Pete plays Mike for Kamala’s debate prep, and more global LGBTQ news!

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-gender couples one win and one loss, a U.S. judge makes spousal rights retroactive for pre-equality same-gender couples, a U.K. Employment Tribunal protects gender variance under the Equality Act, Chick-fil-A flops after their San Antonio Airport flap, and more global LGBTQ news!

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 administration supports Catholic school job rights bias, a Polish-German bridge becomes the pathway to Pride, Uganda’s top homophobe is toppled by voters, Georgia Methodist “misfits” divorce the denomination over marriage equality and queer clergy, and more global LGBTQ news!

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 March, Indonesian authorities raid a Jakarta “gay party”, U.S. appeals courts protect queer health and families, lawsuits challenge Trump on queer and Native foster care, Jacob Blake’s trans cousin speaks out, and more global LGBTQ news!

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 conversion therapy, it’s the “End of the Rainbow” for ShanghaiPride, a Bosnian imam gives thanks for COVID over Pride, Hungary’s Orban marches with Poland’s homophobic Duda, trans-man Gavin Grimm wins his Virginia school bathroom case — again, and more global LGBTQ news!

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 federal court, trans student athletes block Idaho bias, gay dads fight the U.S. State Department for their baby’s citizenship, government torturers charged in “Uganda 20” case, balloons float a rainbow over the Kremlin, and more global LGBTQ news!

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 people win twice in U.S. federal courts, Jamaicans strongly support the island’s gay sex ban, U.S. Democrats top their ticket with queer allies, a “wascally wabbit” wins the U.S. Post Office drag race, and more global LGBTQ news!

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 Yemeni blogger is jailed in Saudi Arabia for a pro-queer post, the Caymans’ British chief forces domestic partnerships, the Turtle Mountain Chippewa Tribal Council passes marriage equality, Sweden’s top pop singer Darin is “doing just fine” after coming out, and more global LGBTQ news!