This Way Out: The International LGBTQ Radio Magazine

Honors and admonitions queer the Emmys; Trinidad & Tobago’s High Court alters sex laws to sidestep repeal, a Romanian referendum seeks to solidify hetero only marriage, Hong Kong acquiesces on spousal visas equality, Incheon’s first-ever Pride march is marred by malevolent protestors, Serbia’s criticized lesbian P.M. joins Belgrade Pride, Bert and Ernie’s rumored romance is rekindled by a gay “Sesame Street” writer, and more global LGBTQ news!

Dancing queers compete for ballroom glory; a gay singer’s comeback champions at-risk youth; two novels reveal Middle Eastern life through gay voices; an India-inspired celebrity challenges Singapore’s anti-gay sex law, Romanians to vote on constitutionally banning civil marriage for same-gender couples, Australia’s Senate condemns “conversion therapy,” and more global LGBTQ news!

Kavanaugh side-steps U.S. Supreme Court questions; an outspoken trans kid schools Australia’s new Prime Minister; India’s colonial sodomy law finally falls, a lesbian couple is caned in a Malaysian courtroom, a dangerous homophobe leads Brazil’s presidential polls, Manning overcomes Australia’s speaking tour denial, more global LGBTQ news — and another song parody by YouTube star Randy Rainbow lends satirical relief!

Portland’s Gay Men’s Chorus serenades China; a young critic confronts the "Q" word; Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Michael D’Antonio pounces on Mike Pence’s prayerful politics; Lagos birthday party arrests accelerate Nigeria’s anti-gay crackdown, Bermuda’s Court of Appeal imports foreign judges for a marriage equality hearing, the issue heads for the ballot in Taiwan, the U.S. Supreme Court keeps Philly’s foster care bias ban in force, and more queer news from around the world!

Humor and history soothe “Trump Distress Disorder”; kids check out diversity from library drag queens; our “Queer Life and Lit” commentator sails with Juliana to “Paris Adrift”; Australia’s P.M. polka imperils equality prospects, anti-queer Ghanaians organize “cure” facilities, a Hong Kong lesbian sues for partnership rights, Brazil’s closed “Queermuseu” reopening overwhelms protestors, and more queer news from around the world!

Queer teens discuss coming out and going out in high school; Trump resistance gains a warrior and a weapon; Germany’s “third gender” pitch falls short, Trump trashes job rights as a Colorado baker nixes a new cake, a 12-year-old transgender Oklahoma girl is terrorized by other students' parents, Nigerian men busted for kissing plead “not gay”, calling homophobe Scott Lively a “crackpot bigot” is upheld on appeal, and more queer news from around the world!

Queer teens deal with dating dilemmas; a “Rainbow Minute” honors sadly closeted songwriter Lorenz Hart; Costa Rica’s top court orders slow-motion marriage equality, activists survive violent attacks in Armenia and Lithuania, a Russian teen is convicted of posting “gay propaganda”, St. Petersburg’s rainbow rally ends in arrests, belligerent Belfast Pride demands marriage equality, leading LGBTQ Danes snub the Trump appointed ambassador’s Pride reception, and more queer news from around the world!

A Berlin Museum captures decades of German queer life and culture; Trump “weaponizes” so-called religious freedom at home and abroad; thousands protest a Japanese MP’s homophobic slurs, 2 Zambian men face 14 years in prison for private consensual sex, a record Jerusalem Pride crowd keeps the heat on Bibi over surrogacy exclusion, World Cup 2022 host Qatar may have already violated its FIFA agreement barring anti-queer bias, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

U.S. border chaos engulfs a Salvadoran lesbian mother and child; YouTube math sells trans content short; a “Rainbow Minute” honors Rainbow Flag creator Gilbert Baker; a storied Singapore leader’s grandson Dots the Pink, Barbados debuts Pride despite religious objections, marriage equality advances in Cuba and Switzerland, a Connecticut McDonald’s trolls its less “welcoming” Chick-Fil-A neighbor, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

“Angels in America” spreads its wings for a backstage book; a trans feminist mystery hero “Jinxes” the bad guys in “Chaser”; “The Power of Women’s Music” is celebrated in a “Rainbow Minute”; Seoul’s Queer Culture Fest Parade shrivels the opposition, tens of thousands strike against Israel’s surrogacy discrimination, India’s top court weighs sodomy repeal, marriage equality revenue beautifies Saipan, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!