This Way Out

On the air since April 1988, This Way Out is the multi-award-winning internationally distributed weekly LGBT radio news magazine. The program currently airs on more than 200 local community radio stations around the world. For more information, go to www.thiswayout.org.

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Recent Playlists

6/17/2013 This Way Out

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2003’s US Supreme Court sodomy ruling puts the present in perspective; U.K. marriage equality gets the Lords’ blessing, Evangelical American Lutherans choose a gay indigenous bishop, Germany’s highest court orders tax equity for same-gender couples, Pride parades in Changsa, Sao Paulo, Salt Lake City and Tel Aviv, arrests are finally made in the Israeli city’s 2009 LGBT youth group killings, and more global news

6/10/2013 This Way Out

This Way Out

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Europe’s gay ruggers take the pitch in Bristol; A California Senator vows to defeat Boy Scout bias; Nigeria lawmakers punish LGBT people and their advocates with 10 years in prison, but the first French gay couple makes it legal, the push for marriage equality stalls in Australia and the U.S. state of Illinois, rights marches make history in Croatia and the Ukraine, and more news

6/3/2013 This Way Out

This Way Out

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A fond farewell to the “out”-going Lord Mayor of Bristol; A peek between the 1920s Paris pages of “The Last Nude”; “Dykes” take Pride in their first Long Beach march; Britain’s Commons makes marriage equality the Lords’ work, Australia’s former P.M. surprisingly calls for parity, Puerto Rico passes LGBT anti-bias protections, and more global LGBT news

5/27/2013 This Way Out

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Minnesota makes it a U.S. marriage equality dozen; We might make you gay, but lesbian moms make you smart; International actions oppose homo- and trans-phobia, protestors squelch a Ukrainian job rights bill, an E.U. poll proves that the poor and the young bear the brunt of anti-LGBT bias, Brazil’s Justice Council opens the door to marriage equality, and more LGBT news

5/20/2013 This Way Out

This Way Out

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The Deadly Nightshade blooms anew; Lesbian athletes: out since ’81; Delaware joins the U.S. marriage equality club, as Minnesota moves and Illinois inches toward membership, while Albania revolts against homophobia and hate crimes, young gay lovers are persecuted in Zambia, Sydney’s “Glorias” recognize inglorious bastards, and more LGBT news

5/13/2013 This Way Out

This Way Out

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A pro athlete’s “outing” wins championship coverage; A fired Ohio lesbian aims to teach her diocese a lesson; Two more Brazilian states declare marital parity, but Northern Ireland lawmakers quash a marriage equality bill, while Samoa decriminalizes its “third gender”, “Best Gay Friends” are a hit in Vietnam, the world’s first elected “out” head of state retires, and more LGBT news

5/6/2013 This Way Out

This Way Out

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Author-historian Martin Duberman reconsiders the gay movement; France finalizes its “Marriage for All” bill; A Roman Catholic lawmaker converts to equality in Rhode Island; Colombian marriage activists are undaunted by legislative rejection, Cuba’s sex ed head is denied an “Ally” award, ignorance muddies Mongolian activists’ magic moment, and more global LGBT news

4/29/2013 This Way Out

This Way Out

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Kiwi lawmakers and a retired Episcopal bishop address marriage matters; Paris protests get uglier as equality draws near, Ireland’s constitutional convention issues a marriage parity proposal, a half-baked policy change gets the Boy Scouts less-than-honorable mention, dozens of gay and lesbian high school students are expelled in Ghana, a celebrated Sydney crossing is robbed of its rainbow, and more LGBT news

4/22/2013 This Way Out

This Way Out

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The debut of “gay political power pop” that’s still “radio friendly”; Tradition fights liberation in Kyrgyzstan; France and Uruguay are each on the cusp of marriage equality, but a controversial clash derails debate on a similar proposal in Colombia, a Zambian activist is arrested for demanding decriminalization, Singapore, Montana and Virginia each confront sodomy laws, and more!

4/15/2013 This Way Out

This Way Out

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What entertainer Leslie Jordan’s mother doesn’t want you to know; A Russian “Rainbow Minute” that definitely adds up; Uruguay prepares for marriage equality, a judge won’t register a gay Paraguay couple’s legal Argentine wedding, Gambia’s President calls gays satanic, Nepal’s Blue Diamonds are in the rough, civil unions spring from Arizona’s “liberal oasis”, and more global LGBT news

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Sunday, 11:30pm to Monday, 12:00am

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Dixie Treichel

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