This Way Out: The International LGBTQ Radio Magazine

The U.S. military "transforms" with the times; Two-Spirit questions raise not-so-simple answers; gay dolls come out of the closet in a "Rainbow Minute"; the U.N. creates an LGBT rights watchdog, India’s Supremes reject a celebrity appeal to overturn Section 377, the U.S. EEOC wins a landmark sexual orientation workplace bias lawsuit, a federal judge overturns Mississippi’s "religious freedom law”, and more global LGBT news!

Love wins late for a "Limited Partnership"; Broadway sends "Love" to Orlando; serving in silence ends for U.S. transgender military personnel, tear gas and rubber bullets shut down defiant Istanbul expressions of Pride, Italy’s High Court advances adoption rights, a Kenyan court legalizes anal probes to "confirm" gay sex, and the Stonewall National Monument is born.

There's no "Newswrap" from "This Way Out" this week because we've devoted our entire half-hour program to comprehensive coverage of the slaughter in the Sunshine State. It includes the voices of President Barack Obama, candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, FBI Director James Comey, survivor Angel Colon, longtime ally Lady Gaga, and Tony-winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, with new music by Eli Lieb & Brandon Skeie and Melissa Etheridge.

Florida queers are slaughtered in an ISIS-inspired massacre; Western activists gain insight into international activism; Russia leads the "de-gaying" of a U.N. HIV/AIDS resolution, a leading Honduran activist is assassinated, Pink Dot success panics Singapore authorities, Ireland’s Presbyterian Church orders anti-equality wedding vows, Virginia’s bathroom case heads for the Supremes, and more global LGBT news!

Father-daughter "Skirtchasers" play cheating for laughs; Pride parades with purpose in Sao Paulo and Tel Aviv, a trans legal victory in Virginia nudges North Carolina, Mississippi’s messianic governor crusades for religious bias, Mormons mess with Mexican marriage equality, Canadian Conservatives raise a white flag on the rainbow weddings front, and more global LGBT news!

Drag icons convene at RuPaul’s DragCon 2016; anti-equality states revolt against Obama’s bathroom guidelines; Japan plans LGBT-friendly workplace policies, a gay South Korean power couple appeals their marriage registration denial, U.S. House hell breaks out over LGBT workers rights, two tiny island nations overturn time-worn sex laws, Victoria’s Premier apologizes for gay persecution, Vermont "cures" controversial "therapy”, and more global LGBT news!

The transfiguration of an Episcopal transition; U.S. House Republicans vote for discrimination; an international celebration of LGBT rights fights phobias, Bolivia enacts a progressive trans rights bill, 51 Muslim countries ban queer-friendly groups from a major U.N. HIV/AIDS conference, the U.S. finally has an openly gay Secretary of the Army, and more global LGBT news!

The Obama administration joins U.S. transgender bathroom battles; Italy’s civil unions law is a glass half-full, Bermuda sets the date for a referendum on same-gender unions, Tokyo Pride peaks as Japan’s school bullying surges, a new poll discovers majority U.S. support for trans rights, Tennessee trades tourism for a bigotry bill, and more global LGBT news!

"Stella" steals the show at Brighton; Russian activists are busted where Neo-Nazis march free, U.S. Methodist ministers defy Church policy ahead of a marriage equality vote, Obama’s Justice Department threatens North Carolina defunding over HB2, Kansas escapes bathroom bounty bills, an Alabama city U-turns on its anti-trans law, and more global LGBT news!

North Carolina conflict cranks up; marriage equality becomes reality in Colombia, same-gender couples march down 2 island aisles, Aussie P.M. Turnbull predicts marriage plebiscite triumph, Egypt imprisons another 11 gay men for "debauchery", jihadists hack 2 Bangladeshi activists to death, Tennessee lawmakers give therapists a license to discriminate, the Salt Lake City Council comes out for Harvey Milk, and more global LGBT news!