This Way Out: The International LGBTQ Radio Magazine

Technology, privacy and suicide underscore “The Web Opera”; Chicago has its first African-American lesbian mayor; more big names and businesses join the Brunei boycott, the Cayman Islands appeals court-ordered marriage equality, the U.S. Attorney General investigates injustice at his Justice Department, Chick-fil-A loses its “Buffalo wings”, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

David “dances” into danger on the radio; queer youth examine trans patient care; the Cayman Islands Grand Court orders marriage equality, stones of the Sultan spark a Brunei boycott, the last barricade to Trump’s military trans ban falls, Google is last but not least of the tech giants to yank a “cure’ app, Harvey Milk takes off as a “tail fin hero”, and more LGBTQ news from around the world … on the first show of our 31st year!

A South African-born Aussie 90-year-old recalls 30 years of LGBTQ activism; Indiana’s gay-married Mayor Pete makes the Democratic presidential debates; Kenya’s top court affirms a queer rights group’s right to exist, a U.S. federal judge halts Trump’s trans troop purge, Costa Rica’s president vows marriage equality, San Antonio erects a “no fly zone” to ban queer-hating Chick-fil-A, more news; and “The New Negro” has a “Locke” on the Harlem Renaissance!

A slain Filipina trans-woman’s story survives in “Call Her Ganda”; Botswana’s High Court hears a queer sex ban challenge, Germany compensates targets of anti-gay sex law investigations, Poland’s far right governing party launches a homophobic re-election campaign, the U.S. military prepares for a purge of transgender troops, Ireland’s gay P.M. serves a salvo at Pence’s St. Pat’s breakfast, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

Tiwi Islands Sistagirls are doing it for themselves; pink tourism money is still green in repressive Malaysia, Taiwan lawmakers test a less-than-marriage equality proposal, another blocked U.S. military trans ban gets bushwhacked, but trans rights advance in Iowa, Missouri and Tennessee, while queer progress stalls in Nebraska and North Dakota, Mr. Rogers apparently lived in a bisexual neighborhood, it’s an at-last-ever-after for 1971 gay Minnesota marrieds, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

Hollywood hardware honors queer movie standouts; prayers for inclusion go unanswered in the Methodist maelstrom; “Ah-ha!” moments drive “Disoriented” onto Janet Mason’s “must read” list; Tunisia’s government seeks the shuttering of a queer advocacy group, transgender service members make U.S. Congressional history, the British government blocks a Northern Ireland marriage equality bill, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

“The Front Runner” cross the finish line; queer youth remember the “Rainbow Man”; Randy Rainbow sings “Border Lies”; Taiwan’s marriage equality proposal pleases no one, Nuevo Leon joins Mexico’s matrimonial equity states, a U.S. Ambassador targets global anti-same-gender sex laws, cops shift the Smollett hate probe to a false police report charge, Serbia’s lesbian Prime Minister becomes a proud mama, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

Queer women put the “Grr” in Grammy; a unique theater piece creates concentration camp experiences; same-gender couples challenge Japan’s marriage inequality, Taiwanese and Swiss legislators grapple with queer couples questions, Chile, Honduras and Cayman Islands courts contend with nuptial equity, Auckland celebrates its Big Gay Out, Buttigieg cautions Colbert about Pence, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

= please note the :08 cold open starring Donald Trump this week! Devin Tait’s words and music make love to a gay synth pop beat; “Pose” star Billy Porter snaps at Trump’s State of the Union; Poland’s gay pol “Springs” into action, a “trans military service protection” bill is promoted in the U.S. Congress, sex law repeal unmasks Mumbai Pride, its Brazilian distributor “disappears” “Boy Erased”, kids with queer parents fair better in two new studies, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

Australia’s Black Rainbow opens doors for queer indigenous youth; Page turns on Pence after the Smollett hate attack; a Greek Orthodox Bishop is convicted of homophobic hate speech, Russian activists demand answers on Chechnya’s queer purge, Trump and his minions continue to undermine LGBTQ rights at every turn, two thousand defy Myanmar’s anti-gay sex laws to celebrate Pride in Yangon, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!