This Way Out: The International LGBTQ Radio Magazine

Folau’s faith-based fouls tackle religious freedom in Oz and beyond; Botswana’s High Court strikes down the country’s same-gender sex ban, Ecuador’s top court equalizes civil marriage, Iran’s Foreign Minister defends the morality of executing queer people, the Vatican freezes gender fluidity, a US federal judge is told to rethink her rebuff of Trump’s military trans ban, American diplomats fly rainbow flags under Trump’s gay-dar, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

Closing the queer history gap; the Pet Shop Boys parody political stupidity; a “Rainbow Minute” recalls a racy 1930s heiress and her own private Lesbos; Bhutan and San Marino advance LGBTQ rights, a married gay Hong Kong government worker wins court-ordered spousal benefits, death threats greet a U.S. gay tour’s Ethiopian adventure, Texas sues San Antonio over its Chick-fil-A nix, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

Alex Espinoza explores the radical art of “Cruising”; a “Rainbow Minute” explores the beginnings of “Gay Pride Worldwide”; Hong Kong’s High Court cans criminal gay sex laws, the W.H.O. cures its gender identity terms, Pakistan has its first transgender Human Rights Ministry worker, the U.S. Supreme Court endorses school district trans-sensitive bathroom policies, two Stonewall vets get a “monumental” tribute, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

A trans teen faces trauma in the toilet; a guided tour takes us through the culture of “Cruising”; a romantic “Rainbow Minute” celebrates Walt Whitman’s 200th birthday; Brazil’s top court makes anti-queer bias a crime, gay sex remains outlawed in Kenya, a Tunisian appeals court rules that an LGBTQ rights group can exist, Taiwan witnesses the first same-gender marriages in Asia, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

Echoes of “White Night” 40 years later; Taiwan becomes the first in Asia to open civil marriage to queer couples, more Mexican states equalize marriage, the U.S. House passes the Equality Act on to a surly Senate, Chick-fil-A gets fried for its “higher calling” to hate, one Aussie athlete is kicked out while another one comes out, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

Young LGBTQ singer-songwriters serenade the world; Sebastián Hernandez’s proud dance performance steps over social stereotypes; “And Tango Makes Three” withstands homophobic attacks in a “Rainbow Minute”; a new wave of torture and humiliation targets gays in Chechnya, the Sultan’s promise to soften Sharia is seen with skepticism, Ankara students are busted for “attempted Pride”, queer Cubans defy a ban on the Conga Against Homophobia, and more global LGBTQ news!

A gay astronomer stars in the Black Hole breakthrough; time-honored Tarot tells new queer tales; Trump allows doctors to discriminate, Brazil’s Bolsonaro rejects queer tourists, the United Methodist Church confirms its “Traditional” bias, ten Central American trans-women win U.S. asylum, Imagine Dragons’ lead singer conjures a country without “conversion therapy”, and more global LGBTQ news!

The late Lyra McKee leaves a lasting message; a trans teen discusses pronoun protocol; LGBT job rights cases head to the U.S. Supreme Court, a Turkish court frees Ankara Pride, cops board Ukraine’s gay Potemkin nightspot in an abusive and questionable raid, Tampa, Florida elects the U.S.’s third lesbian mayor this year, queer Taiwan couples start making wedding plans, and more global LGBTQ news!

Pete Buttigieg’s U.S. presidential bid breaks into the big time; marriage equality debuts in Japan’s court system, while queer Taiwan couples make wedding plans, the European Lesbian Conference overcomes teargas-toting protesters, silent Russian activists are busted on the “Day of Silence” in St. Petersburg, victims of Trump’s trans military ban mount, an Indiana evangelical Christian college petition paints Pence as pariah, and more global LGBTQ news!

L.A.’s new queer complex unites young and old; U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos flunks a trans teen protections test; Trump’s military trans ban takes effect, a Russian trans-woman wins a landmark job rights case, the Cayman Islands government blocks a lesbian couple’s wedding, the Brunei boycott against the Sultan’s Sharia balloons, the parody children’s book about Mike Pence’s gay bunny is #2, and more LGBTQ news!