A lesbian folksinger builds an indigenous bridge from Canada to Australia; the British government urges sex law reform in its recalcitrant Commonwealth countries, activists Twitter-bomb China’s gay ban plan, advocates’ poll shows rising support for Czech marriage equality, a rights group, large banks, and major law firms join a lesbian couple’s Hong Kong immigration case, student-led Pride in Pence-town demonstrates diversity, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

Play along for our 30th Anniversary! Just what is “This Way Out” all about?

Heralding radio heroes for making "This Way Out" what it is; Trinidad & Tobago’s top court jettisons anti-sodomy laws, Portugal liberates official gender labels, Ugandan MPs seek to revive the life-in-prison "Anti-Homosexuality Act", Carnival Cruises joins the campaign against Bermuda’s marriage equality repeal, Senator Booker pumps U.S. Secretary of State nominee Pompeo on protecting LGBT rights internationally, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

This Way Out Associate Producer Lucia Chappelle brings 30th Anniversary cupcakes to Lynn H. Ballen of KPFK-Los Angeles’ Feminist Magazine, and talks about three decades of broadcasting LGBTQ news, culture and life around the world.

East meets West in queer musical collaboration; conflicted Costa Rican courts contend with marriage equality; New Zealand clears convictions for consensual gay sex, four more face caning for gay sex in Indonesia’s Aceh province, Russia blocks a website that "promos homos", Singapore "unweds" a couple after one’s post-nuptial transition, Anchorage voters reject anti-trans bias, U.S. doctors decry the Trump’d up "study" on trans service members, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

Youth take the lead in rallies against gun violence; a gay bunny hops your way just in time for Easter; Trump runs his military trans ban up the flagpole, Swedish lawmakers apologize with cash to their force-sterilized trans citizens, a Kenya appeals court nixes forced anal exams to "test" for homosexual activity, Cynthia "Miranda" Nixon challenges incumbent Mario Cuomo for New York Governor, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

A young straight ally offers insights for those who want to join him; two books help guide gays and lesbians out of heterosexual marriages; a "Rainbow Minute" remembers Hollywood’s "he-man" heyday; a London-married gay couple appeals for recognition in Northern Ireland, the homophobic U.S. V.P. awkwardly meets with Ireland's openly gay P.M., Rio mourns the assassination of a leading lesbian lawmaker, a "Frozen" drag queen rescues snowbound Boston cops, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

Sydney’s 40th Mardi Gras contrasts Australia’s brutal past & hopeful future; Oscar is still queer at 90; thousands demonstrate against LGBT rights in the Philippines, marriage equality roils lawmakers in El Salvador, Chile, Panama, and the Caymans, Bermuda legislators get "ballsy", a U.S. appeals court says federal laws protect trans workers from bias, Starkville gets it Pride, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

Australia’s indigenous Dreamtime Divas entertain for equality; another U.S. appeals court advances job bias protections, an "unholy" lesbian family sues Catholic Charities and the U.S. Health & Human Services Department for fostering rights, Finland’s co-moms win automatic co-parent recognition, the DOMA-slayer goes home for a Pride denial challenge, Bermuda delays marriage inequality and messy legal loopholes, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!