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This Way Out: The International LGBTQ Radio Magazine

Overnight Productions, Inc.

For a quarter of a century, the unfettered voices of LGBT people have been broadcast around the world on "This Way Out." The award-winning internationally is distributed weekly on over 200 local community radio and online stations around the world (carriage list at thiswayout.org), can be heard via podcast (thiswayout.org and iTunes) and direct satellite (World Radio Network) and is available on CD by subscription. With only modest funding from foundations, Overnight Productions, Inc. (a 501(c)(3)

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00:29:00

Denise Ho Jailed & Farewell, bell

This Way Out: The International LGBTQ Radio Magazine ·

2022/01/11

Denise Ho has been on Beijing’s bad list since the lesbian Cantopop star came out in 2012, then her advocacy for democracy in Hong Kong and speech at the UN Human Rights Council in 2019 (excerpts included) increased the tensions, and now her association with an independent news website has led to her arrest! Black feminist theorist bell hooks leaves behind the challenge “Why Choose to Love?” and Professor Beverly Guy-Sheftall remembers her prolific friend (from “Democracy Now!”). And in NewsWrap:

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00:28:59

2021 Queer “Out-comes” (Pt. 2) & Grammy Preview

This Way Out: The International LGBTQ Radio Magazine ·

2022/01/04

Three more celebrities who made news by coming out in 2021: Australian footballer Josh Cavallo, Cassandra Peterson (“Yours Cruelly, Elvira”) and actor/political activist Kal Penn (“You Can’t Be Serious”) (part two of two). LGBTQ nominees for this year’s Grammy Awards are enumerated in “Queer Music Focus” (Steve Sims, producer). (“NewsWrap” returns next week.) All this on the January 3, 2022 edition of This Way Out! Join our family of listener-donors today at http://thiswayout.org/donate/

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00:28:59

2021 Queer “Out-comes” & “Extraordinary” Boyle!

This Way Out: The International LGBTQ Radio Magazine ·

2021/12/28

Celebrities coming out who made news in 2021 include country music’s TJ Osborne, pro U.S. football player Carl Nassib, and the multi-talented Queen Latifah (part one of two). Canadian inspirational speaker Tyler Boyle raises coming out to the level of “Being Extraordinary” in a presentation adapted especially for “This Way Out.” (“NewsWrap” returns on our show for the week of 10 January 2022.) All this on the December 27, 2021 edition of This Way Out! Join our family of listener-donors today at

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00:28:59

“A Quilt for David” (Pt. 3) & Home at Queermas!

This Way Out: The International LGBTQ Radio Magazine ·

2021/12/21

The conclusion of our audio interpretation of “A Quilt for David,” a book of poetry by Steven Reigns (published by City Light Books) that centers on dentist David Acer, a victim of dueling epidemics — AIDS and media hysteria (part 3 of 3, produced by Brian DeShazor). OutCasting Overtime’s queer youth commentators consider the challenges — and potential opportunities — of spending time with family during the holidays (OutCaster Sarah presents a piece by the team, produced by Marc Sophos). And in

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00:28:59

Kosher Christmas & “A Quilt for David” (Pt. 2)

This Way Out: The International LGBTQ Radio Magazine ·

2021/12/14

Kung Pao Kosher Comedy virtually carries on the Jewish tradition of going out for Chinese food for Christmas (Eric Jansen of outinthebay.org chats with producer/performer Lisa Geduldig). Comments and readings by poet Steven Reigns from his “A Quilt for David,” and period news reports about the dentist falsely accused of spreading AIDS to his patients (part 2 of 3, produced by Brian DeShazor). Melbourne marriage equality activist Antony McManus counts his “Monte Cristos” on an Australian quiz

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00:28:58

Two-Mom Teens & “A Quilt for David” (Pt. 1)

This Way Out: The International LGBTQ Radio Magazine ·

2021/12/07

Do two moms know best? OutCasting Overtime queer youth media activists Isha and Rose hang out “Off the Clock” to chat about growing up in a lesbian family, and what happens when homophobia hits (produced by Marc Sophos). A journey into poet Steven Reigns’ book “A Quilt for David” (published by City Lights Books) pays homage to a gay dentist who was persecuted during the early days of AIDS with readings, reflections and news reports from the period (Part 1 of 3, produced by Brian DeShazor). And in

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00:28:58

Three Bishops: Two Obits, One Ovation!

This Way Out: The International LGBTQ Radio Magazine ·

2021/11/30

On this week’s special program, we celebrate three bishops who made groundbreaking opening moves in Christianity’s inclusion gambit: A 2001 conversation with Episcopal ally firebrand the Right Reverend John Shelby Spong, a leader in the struggle for LGBTQ ordination and marriage equality (interviewed by Brisbane, Australia correspondent John Frame). A tribute to Unity Fellowship founder Archbishop Carl Bean, the gay pop star (“I Was Born This Way”) who turned musical success into a ministry to the

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00:28:55

Trans Teens Stand & Cassata Transcends

This Way Out: The International LGBTQ Radio Magazine ·

2021/11/23

A Georgia trans teen takes a solitary stand against the high school bullies who assaulted her, while in Wisconsin the attack on a trans student sparks a walkout by his allies demanding a safe school for all. Ryan Cassata’s latest album, Magical Miracle Mile, shows how much he’s grown since his debut as a 17-year-old trans artist (interviewed in November 2011 by JD Doyle). Plus a “Rainbow Minute” on the career of gay illustrator Richard Amsel! And in NewsWrap: Thailand’s top court pushes marriage

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00:28:59

Milk Sets Sail & Locker Room Reality!

This Way Out: The International LGBTQ Radio Magazine ·

2021/11/16

The official christening of an ironic tribute named for the dishonorably discharged queer liberation icon and anti-war activist launches the U.S. Navy Ship Harvey Milk with a ceremony featuring Harvey’s nephew Stuart Milk, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro, and champaign bottle-smasher trans vet Paula Neira. “Bathroom bills” are allegedly intended to protect heterosexual and cisgender students from their queer peers, but the youth commentators of OutCasting Overtime testify that locker room anxiety is

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00:28:58

A Mormon Confesses & “Kumar” Comes Out!

This Way Out: The International LGBTQ Radio Magazine ·

2021/11/09

Steven Heard Fales’ "Mormon Boy Trilogy" is set to make an international comeback, ten years after his November, 2011 conversation with This Way Out’s Rosie Wilby (“The Breakup Monologues”) during the London run of “Confessions of a Mormon Boy.” Kal ”Kumar” Penn goes on a "Harold-free“ queer adventure in his just-published memoir, "You Can’t Be Serious" (including an excerpt from a “way-out” interview with Jake Tapper of "CNN”). And in NewsWrap: a leading Chinese queer rights group is forced

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00:28:58

Cavallo Kicks Closet & Schooling Sex Ed!

This Way Out: The International LGBTQ Radio Magazine ·

2021/11/02

Adelaide United’s Josh Cavallo becomes the first active Australian A-League soccer player to tell the world that he’s gay — and he’s okay! The lack of LGBTQ information included in sex education courses is a serious problem from the perspective of OutCasting Overtime youth participant Justin (produced by Marc Sophos). Ten years ago this month: Michigan’s now-Governor Gretchen Whitmer took the lead in the state Senate against an anti-bullying bill that would have given school staff and students a

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00:28:58

Queer Music Focus - 2021’s Flip Side

This Way Out: The International LGBTQ Radio Magazine ·

2021/10/19

Gemma X, The Villaineers, Mariah Christie, Bestfriend, The Barbarellatones, Karma, Logan Lynn, Mariah Counts, Xantheartist, Violet Grae and Big Thief gave us new releases in the second half of this year, and Steve Sims gives them the Queer Music Focus treatment! And in NewsWrap: binational gay dads win their toddler’s Namibian citizenship, Uganda recognizes its first official gender change, booted South Korean trans woman soldier reinstated posthumously, Japanese trans man sues for recognition

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00:28:59

DADT Repeal Anniversary

This Way Out: The International LGBTQ Radio Magazine ·

2021/10/12

On the tenth anniversary of the repeal of the US military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy against lesbian, gay and bisexual people serving openly, we review our reporting from the day it happened, going back to the first gay discharge from the Continental Army and foreshadowing the hard decade it would take to extend rights to transgender service members, with comments by David McKean of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (now the Modern Military Association of America) and author Aaron

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00:28:55

“The Breakup Monologues” & “Slurred” Speech

This Way Out: The International LGBTQ Radio Magazine ·

2021/10/05

Comedienne Rosie Wilby may be funny, but she’s not joking about the positive results of failed romances in her new book, “The Breakup Monologues.” Hear her read an excerpt on the air, and check out her interview with veteran This Way Out Life and Lit Commentator Janet Mason — in print, in our first e-newsletter exclusive! (To subscribe, write to info@thiswayout.org.) The OutCasting Overtime reveals the origins of common anti-LGBTQ slurs, and explores the impact of verbal violence on young people —

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00:29:00

Queer Eyes Eyeing Tammy Faye

This Way Out: The International LGBTQ Radio Magazine ·

2021/09/28

“The Eyes of Tammy Faye” were opened by an encounter with gay Christian Metropolitan Community Church minister Rev. Steve Pieters (interviewed by Lucia Chappelle), and that historic event convinced Jessica Chastain to take on the role of the outrageous televangelist in the new feature film (part 2 of 2). U.S. Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) drops a pro-equality bombshell on “60 Minutes.” And in NewsWrap: the states of Querétaro and Sonora extend Mexican marriage equality, the presidents of

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00:28:58

Eye to Eye with Tammy Faye

This Way Out: The International LGBTQ Radio Magazine ·

2021/09/21

Hear what went on in the background of Tammy Fay Bakker’s historic interview with gay Christian minister and AIDS activist Steve Pieters — a significant plot point in the newly-released movie, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” (interviewed by Lucia Chappelle, part 1 of 2). And in NewsWrap: marriage equality is proposed in Cuba’s new Family Code, COVID benches Hong Kong’s Gay Games and Taiwan Pride, the U.K. appeals court overturns a trans youth treatment ban, out NFL player Nassib forces a fateful fumble in

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00:28:58

David Descending & Bean Ascending

This Way Out: The International LGBTQ Radio Magazine ·

2021/09/14

Ousted Human Rights Campaign President Alphonso David fights the organization in the wake of the controversy surrounding resigned New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s sexual harassment scandal (including analysis by “GayUSA’s” Andy Humm and Ann Northrop, with excerpts from David’s exclusive interview on MSNBC’s “The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart”). We remember pop star and preacher Archbishop Carl Bean, founding prelate of Unity Fellowship, who describes his 1978 hit song “I Was Born This Way” as

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00:28:58

Courting Equality & Object Lessons

This Way Out: The International LGBTQ Radio Magazine ·

2021/09/07

The historic state Supreme Court hearings on California’s anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 ten years ago this week demonstrated the ability of the judiciary to change people’s lives on a dime (as reported in 2011 by Greg Gordon and Pacifica Radio’s Christopher Martinez). OutCasting Overtime’s queer youth team shares thoughts about the objectification of women in the media, and its particular impact on lesbian and bisexual women — from hypersexualization to “corrective rape.” (OutCaster Isha,

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00:28:50

Taiwan’s Top Tune & “Upended” (pt. 2)

This Way Out: The International LGBTQ Radio Magazine ·

2021/08/31

The title song from the box office smash Taiwanese gay-themed movie “Your Name Engraved Herein” becomes a global anthem that says “love wins” in any language (singer Crown Lu accepts the Song of the Year prize at the Golden Medley Awards)! Amanda Kabak talks about her challenges writing “Upended” in the conclusion of a two-part interview (with John Dyer V)! A Rainbow Minute recalls the bold act of psychiatrist Dr. Anonymous! And in NewsWrap: Nicaragua’s NGO purge targets its oldest queer group,

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00:28:58

Trans Kids Cheered & “Upended” (pt.1)

This Way Out: The International LGBTQ Radio Magazine ·

2021/08/24

U.S. Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke for the the Civil Rights Division, Department of Education Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Suzanne Goldberg, and Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Health Dr. Rachel Levine send a YouTube message of support to transgender young people heading back to school. “The Mathematics of Change” author Amanda Kabak talks about how life and the writing process can be “Upended” — with novel results

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