This Way Out: The International LGBTQ Radio Magazine

This week we observe the 40th anniversary of the 1978 “Queer November to Remember” – the first victory by US equality forces over an anti-LGBTQ ballot measure after a wave of defeats … followed less than three weeks later by the shocking assassination of one of the country’s first openly gay elected officials. Those events did not happen in a vacuum: during the first few years after the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion in New York City, hundreds of “Gay Liberation” groups formed across the US ... And by 1976, some had successfully promoted local anti-discrimination ordinances with little resistance. But then along came a former beauty queen and pop singer whose main gig at the time was pushing Florida Orange Juice ... as This Way Out’s Greg Gordon recalls...

There won’t be a “NewsWrap” segment on next week’s "This Way Out." This is a sound montage :45 promo for next week's 40th anniversary archival sound flashback to November 1978, the first gay rights ballot win in the U.S., which was followed all-too-soon by the shocking assassination of one of the country’s first openly-gay elected officials.

== A :45 mp3 promoting next week's special archival show will upload immediately after this program's mp3: it's the 40th anniversary of a very "Queer November to Remember!" THIS WEEK: Rainbow candidates continue to surf the U.S. midterms “Blue Wave”; melody and policy ignite Emma’s Revolution; the Caribbean Court of Justice quashes Guyana’s anti-trans law, Costa Rica’s High Court gives lawmakers 18 months to enact marriage equality, Tanzania loses millions in foreign aid over its anti-queer crackdown, Trump’s Acting A.G. is an alleged Iowa flim-flam man, and more global LGBTQ news!

A rainbow-hued “Blue Wave” brightens the U.S. midterm elections; Scotland puts queer culture in the books, election anxiety kills an LGBTQ Christian forum in Armenia, Indonesia’s latest round-up nets lesbians for “rehab”, Tanzanian terror continues - fed claims to the contrary - while loud voices bite the eraser off Trump’s trans-exclusion plans, retired out Aussie High Court Judge Michael Kirby concedes to a 50th anniversary wedding, and more global LGBTQ news!

Young people against hate indict Trump; finding shaky sanctuaries in "Our Happy Hours"; a singing Nashville grandma salutes LGBTQ pioneers; Dar es Salaam’s Governor announces an all-out queer purge in Tanzania, while a multi-national security group probes alleged Chechen atrocities, Taipei Pride is tempered by marriage equality anxiety, library books abound in Iowa after a fiery "Drag Queen Story Time" protest, and more global LGBTQ news!

Trump attacks trans existence on national and global fronts; Britain’s Commons pressures Northern Ireland on marriage equality, Chelsea Manning finally gets her surgery, a Russian teen wins an appeal of his “no promo homo” conviction, fundamentalists shut down a Bali HIV/AIDS event, Sydney penguin co-dads welcome their first chick, and more global LGBTQ news; plus some musical hocus-pocus for a Happy Homo-we’en!

A queers in schools debate prompts a political power shift in Australia; a far-right homophobe leads a pro-gay leftist in Brazil’s presidential race, Honduran and Cuban presidents split on marriage equality, Sydney Anglicans evict non-believers, Uruguay’s trans people win identity, health, & job rights, cops and courage characterize Pride in Lublin & Montego Bay, Trump voters lament “most discriminated against” U.S. white men, and more global LGBTQ news!

Remembering Matthew Shepard 20 years on; Taiwan voters face dueling marriage referenda, Uganda’s “Ethics” Minister calls LGBTQ safe space a crime, Romania’s government proposes civil unions for same-gender couples, Kosovo’s 2nd annual Pride march gets the Prime Minister’s blessing, host Tokyo outlaws anti-gay hate ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics, the U.K. Supreme Court supports a devout Christian baker’s right to refuse to make a cake with an equality-supportive message, and more global LGBTQ news!

Queer youth demand adult action to stop bullying and suicide; we “This Way Out Music Focus” on the star of songs on screen Jennifer Corday; gay Indian comic/actor Nik Dodani makes his U.S. late night TV stand-up debut; human rights conferees evade a Lebanese security shutdown, Swiss lawmakers make anti-queer bias a crime, Trump tramples on LGBTQ dignity again, Romanians defeat an anti-equality referendum by staying home, and more global LGBTQ news!

Reverend Troy Perry recounts how the infamous Wilmington, California Patch bar raid inspired his founding of the first queer church; Romania’s top court clashes with the upcoming marriage referendum, senior U.N. officials stand up for queer equality, the Inter-American Commission challenges Chile on matrimonial rights, U.S. Senators block religious bias in fostering and adoption, Kenya bows to Oscar and briefly screens “Rafiki”, Queen Elizabeth’s queer cousin ties the knot, and more global LGBTQ news!