This Way Out: The International LGBTQ Radio Magazine

Arquette and Sivan bring GLAAD tidings to the L.A. awards gala; cash cows come back to Carolina after the state’s fake HB2 repeal; hundreds are caught up in an apparent purge of gay men in Chechnya, a U.S. appeals court becomes the first to equate bias against LGB people with sex discrimination, Mississippi pleads for "religious freedom" bias, a "unique" Colorado family wins a landmark federal Fair Housing case, the U.S. Senate goes nuclear to make Gorsuch a Supreme, and more queer news from around the world!

North Carolina fakes HB2 repeal; crime pays for an award-winning lesbian mystery writer; an Arkansas bathroom bill sponsor takes a powder, a U.S. appeals court finds that workplace bias based on sexual orientation amounts to illegal gender stereotyping, the U.S. Census Bureau adopts a "won’t ask, can’t tell" policy, Sweden compensates sterilized transpeople, USA Wrestling goes to the mat for Texas trans teen Mack, the LGBT equality movement’s "Betsy Ross" passes the banner, and more queer news from around the world!

"Gosh and golly" Neil Gorsuch glides around confirmation questions; Taiwan’s top court tackles marriage equality, Aussie wheels continue to spin on that issue, Queensland dethrones the "gay panic defense", the U.S. counts its 8th slain trans-woman of color so far this year, Energy Secretary Perry zaps a gay student body president, the Osage Nation opens marriage to same-gender couples, the Yellow Ranger morphs into a Power lesbian, and more queer news from around the world!

The multi-talented Our Lady J transposes classical and comedy careers; a Japanese trans-man breaks the electoral glass ceiling, a U.S. appeals court boots a lesbian’s workplace bias lawsuit, Trump’s Supreme Court pick Neil Gorsuch worries LGBTQ rights groups, Atlanta’s Federal Reserve Bank gets two firsts with one exec in Raphael Bostic, international censors nix a gay "Beast" in Disney’s "Beauty", and more queer news from around the world!

A gay historian harmonizes street politics and the status quo; U.S. Supremes sidestep trans teen Gavin Grimm’s toilet rights case; there’s new hope for Northern Ireland marriage equality, OutVets are re-invited to Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Trump Education Secretary Betsy DeVos meets with trans advocates, LGBT centers are under attack by haters across the U.S., and more queer news from around the world!

Is it time to ACT UP again? Its leading founder’s fiery challenge on the street action group’s 20th anniversary in March 2007 resonates in today’s turbulence era of Trump; the U.S. Supreme Court cancels scheduled March 28th oral arguments in the landmark case of transgender Virginia teen Gavin Grimm and sends it back to the lower appeals court; an Italian court christens 2 gay dads as legal parents, death threats don't deter a Trinidadian activist, a federal court in Pennsylvania issues a "free to pee" order covering 3 trans students, Trump inaugural preacher Franklin Graham condemns "Moonlight" without having seen it, a trans teen wrestler causes controversy in Texas, and more queer news from around the world.

Trump flushes trans student bathroom rights; "Moonlight" shines after a monumental Oscars mix-up; a new study says U.S. state marriage equality laws saved teen lives; Finland lawmakers reject attempted repeal of their marriage equality laws, a leading Japanese housing website welcomes LGBTQ renters, Arkansas Supremes nix Fayetteville rights, a Canadian fundamentalist red-lights lascivious LEGOs, and more queer news from around the world.

Honoring L.A.’s Black Cat that scratched cops 2 years before Stonewall – one of the 1967 demonstration organizers shares his personal and political story; an Australian Senate committee steers toward civil marriage equality, Washington Supremes wilt a florist’s refusal to serve a gay couple, Japan bans anti-LGBTQ harassment by government workers, the Trump administration continues to giveth and taketh away, the Chinese government funds a gay dating app, and more global LGBT news!

"Out of Iraq" heroes define "what is love"; a "Rainbow Minute" recalls the gay subtext in Alfred Hitchcock’s "Rope"; Chile’s President tests marriage equality waters, a gay Bermuda man sues to wed his Canadian fiancé, a Japanese trans man challenges forced sterilization, more Trump Cabinet picks threaten LGBT rights, a high-profile trans Cub Scout changes packs, and more global LGBT news!

Trumped teens turn to The Trevor Project; Screen Actors mix politics with prizes; Ellen schools the president about "Finding Dory"; the Boy Scouts of America transitions on gender identity, another judge questions Lebanon’s "unnatural" sex laws, Estonia registers its first married gay couple, Trump taps a Scalia clone as a Supreme bathroom battle looms, and more global LGBT news!