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

5/20/2013 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

4/8/2013 This Way Out

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American Supremes mull marriage equality; U.S. gay military activist Lt. Dan Choi is convicted of a law-breaking White House fence-chaining Don’t Ask Don’t Tell protest, Paris police protect the presidential palace from anti-equality demonstrators, a Russian activist is beaten after his Pride is banned, Brits turn out for Turing, and more LGBT news

4/1/2013 This Way Out

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CNN anchor Anderson Cooper is “GLAAD” to be gay; Exposing the pitfalls of Irish civil partnership parenthood; A New Jersey teen doesn’t kid Christie about “conversion” quackery; Australia’s new Sex Discrimination Act adds the “I” to “LGBT”, a trans anti-bias bill’s triumph gives Canada’s Tories toilet terrors, a Russian regional court rules that Pride is not “propaganda”, more news

3/25/2013 This Way Out

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Veteran rights advocate Urvashi Vaid questions the status quo; A gay “beard” finds fun in Vegas; New Zealand is one vote away from marriage equality, Michigan’s Odawa Indians okay same-gender weddings, a civil unions law peaks in Colorado, Elizabeth’s Commonwealth speech disappoints “other grounds” activists, there’s nothing really new at the Vatican, and more news

3/18/2013 This Way Out

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Invisible Athletes liberate the locker room; A gay survivor of 1950s British quack “cures” tells his story; Lesbians become “chic” at last; The F-words bomb in Mexico’s top court, Singapore’s second sodomy law challenge is heard, Michigan moms await the Prop 8 ruling for adoption rights, Greek trans-people win hate crime protections, and more news

Schedule:

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

DJs:

Dixie Treichel

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