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Queer Journalism on a Mission: This Way Out Radio Episode #1962 - LISTEN NOW on our website, podcasts everywhere, and community radio stations around the world. President of the National Association of LGBTQ journalists (NLGJA.org) Ken Miguel talks about how the organization promotes queer visibility and accuracy in the media (interviewed by Brian DeShazor).

President of the National Association of LGBTQ journalists (NLGJA.org) Ken Miguel talks about how the organization promotes queer visibility and accuracy in the media (interviewed by Brian DeShazor). www.thiswayout.org/post/this-wa...

Podcast Edition: Oscar Wilde's Salome full production & interview w/ director Leonard Nimoy We commemorate the birthday of the renowned gay Irish writer Oscar Wilde (October 16, 1854- November 30, 1900) with the play he was writing in October, 1891 — Salomé. Before we get to the play, liste

A TREAT for today! In this extended podcast edition, we feature the full-length production directed for Pacifica Radio by a “pre-Spock” Leonard Nimoy. soundcloud.com/this-way-out...

A Wilde Tribute to Salome | This Way Out Radio Episode #1961 - LISTEN NOW on our website, podcasts everywhere, and community radio stations around the world. We commemorate the birthday of the renowned gay Irish writer Oscar Wilde with an excerpt from the play he was writing in October, 1891 — a scene from a production directed for Pacifica Radio by a “pre...

We commemorate the birthday of the renowned gay Irish writer Oscar Wilde with an excerpt from the play he was writing in October, 1891 — a scene from a production directed for Pacifica Radio by a “pre-Spock” Leonard Nimoy.

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Jennie Arnau: A Rising Tide | This Way Out Radio Episode #1960 - LISTEN NOW on our website, podcasts everywhere, and community radio stations around the world. Jennie Arnau discovered her passion for music in her childhood home of Greenville, South Carolina, a place that called her back at a time of loss and grief. She’s now living and working in New York Ci...

Jennie Arnau discovered her passion for music in her childhood home of Greenville, South Carolina - now she shares a new album, A Rising Tide www.thiswayout.org/post/this-wa...

Lincoln, “Lover of Men” (Pt. 2) | This Way Out Radio Episode #1959 - LISTEN NOW on our website, podcasts everywhere, and community radio stations around the world. Shaun Peterson’s “Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln” goes beyond investigating the love live of the 16th U.S. President to examine how the study of history evolves (interviewed by Br...

Shaun Peterson’s “Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln” goes beyond investigating the love live of the 16th U.S. President to examine how the study of history evolves (interviewed by Brian DeShazor, part 2 of 2).
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Lincoln, “Lover of Men” (Pt. 1) | This Way Out Radio Episode #1958 - LISTEN NOW on our website, podcasts everywhere, and community radio stations around the world. Shaun Peterson’s film documentary investigates the evidence that Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, would today be considered bisexual or queer (interviewed by Brian DeShazor, p...

Shaun Peterson’s film documentary investigates the evidence that Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, would today be considered bisexual or queer (interviewed by Brian DeShazor, part 1 of 2).
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Circa: One Institute’s Queer Histories Festival | This Way Out Radio Episode #1957 - LISTEN NOW on our website, podcasts everywhere, and community radio stations around the world. The venerable historical preservation organization celebrates LGBTQ+ History Month with an LA County-wide programming series where the past and the future intermingle. One Institute Executive Director...

The venerable historical preservation organization celebrates LGBTQ+ History Month with an LA County-wide programming series where the past and the future intermingle.

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Powell Speaks for LGBTQ Refugees | This Way Out Radio Episode #1956 - LISTEN NOW on our website, podcasts everywhere, and community radio stations around the world. With seven years experience as CEO of Rainbow Railroad, Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights Fellow at the Carr-Ryan Center at Harvard and Refugee Council USA board member Kamahli Powell is uniquely qualified ...

With seven years experience as CEO of Rainbow Railroad, Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights Fellow at the Carr-Ryan Center at Harvard and Refugee Council USA board member Kamahli Powell discusses the world’s refugee crisis and specifically how it affects LGBTQ communities.
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Jessica Stern’s Queer Diplomacy | This Way Out Radio Episode #1955 - LISTEN NOW on our website, podcasts everywhere, and community radio stations around the world. For more than two decades, activist, educator, diplomat Jessica Stern has worn a variety of hats in her efforts to advance LGBTQ human rights around the world, always at the forefront — unafraid, unap...

For more than two decades, activist, educator, diplomat Jessica Stern has worn a variety of hats in her efforts to advance LGBTQ human rights around the world, always at the forefront — unafraid, unapologetic, speaking truth to power.
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Allan Bérubé: Queer Media Pioneers | This Way Out Radio Episode #1954 - LISTEN NOW on our website, podcasts everywhere, and community radio stations around the world. The late historian Allan Bérubé documented in Coming Out Under Fire (1990) how queer soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines have always been a vital part of military readiness. He revealed in a 1983 ta...

The late historian Allan Bérubé on how queer soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines have always been a vital part of military readiness.
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Planet Queer Turns 13 | This Way Out Radio Episode #1951 - LISTEN NOW on our website, podcasts everywhere, and community radio stations around the world. Every month at AKBAR, a small neighborhood LGBTQ+ bar on the east side of Los Angeles, queer artists of all kinds find a place to play in a unique cabaret. Executive Director Travis Wood, Creative Dir...

Every month at AKBAR, a small neighborhood LGBTQ+ bar on the east side of Los Angeles, queer artists of all kinds find a place to play in a unique cabaret. Executive Director Travis Wood, Creative Director Ian MacKinnon...celebrate 13 years of Planet Queer. www.thiswayout.org/post/this-wa...

Sex Law Victory in St. Lucia | This Way Out Radio Episode #1950 - LISTEN NOW on our website, podcasts everywhere, and community radio stations around the world. Fighting for LGBTQ+ rights in the Caribbean has been difficult, but the winds of progress are blowing strong in Saint Lucia. ECADE, the Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversity and Equality, just won ...

Fighting for LGBTQ+ rights in the Caribbean has been difficult, but the winds of progress are blowing strong in Saint Lucia. LISTEN NOW
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Jamison Green and the History of Trans Medicine | This Way Out Radio Episode #1949 - LISTEN NOW on our website, podcasts everywhere, and community radio stations around the world. In more than three decades as a proud transgender activist, Jamison Green has moved from making history to writing it as one of the authors and editors of a new book, “A History of Transgender Medicin...

In more than three decades as a proud transgender activist, Jamison Green has moved from making history to writing it as one of the authors and editors of a new book, “A History of Transgender Medicine in the United States, From Margins to Mainstream”
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homo-centric: BANNED Camp | This Way Out Radio Episode #1948. LISTEN NOW on our website, podcasts everywhere, and community radio stations around the world. PEN America (see last week’s This Way Out) teams up with queer Los Angeles writers for readings from some of the most targeted works threatened by the rise in book bans (correspondent /participant Jas...

PEN America teamed up with queer Los Angeles writers for readings from some of the most targeted works threatened by the rise in book bans (correspondent/participant Jason Jenn interviews organizer Hank Henderson and author Abdi Nazemian).
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PEN: Mightier Than the Book Bans | This Way Out Radio Episode #1947 | LISTEN NOW on our website, podcasts everywhere, and community radio stations around the world. Just how far is it from book bans to bonfires? PEN America’s Los Angeles Director Allison Lee tracks the alarming censorship trend across the U.S. and how to stand up against it (interviewed by Jason ...

Just how far is it from book bans to bonfires? PEN America’s Los Angeles Director Allison Lee tracks the alarming censorship trend across the U.S. and how to stand up against it (interviewed by Jason Jenn). www.thiswayout.org/post/this-wa...

This Way Out Radio Episode #1946 LISTEN NOW on our website, podcasts everywhere, and community radio stations around the world. While Harvard University faces off with the Trump administration over its diversity, equity and inclusion programs, director Diego Garcia Blum of its John F. Kennedy School of Government Carr-Ryan Cen...

While Harvard University faces off with the Trump administration - director Diego Garcia Blum of its John F. Kennedy School of Government Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights Program counts its first year accomplishments! www.thiswayout.org/post/this-wa...

U.S. Supreme Court v. Trans Kids’ Health Care | This Way Out Radio Episode #1943https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9842be_a5830ddf50554f5bb5b6254d3a511598~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_85,usm_0... The U.S. Supreme Court upheld Tennessee’s ban on pediatric gender affirming health care with a decision that lowered the bar for establishing its constitutionality and that imperils the rights of youn...

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld TN's ban on pediatric gender affirming health care - the decision lowered the bar for establishing its constitutionality and imperils the rights of young trans patients in other states. LISTEN NOW www.thiswayout.org/post/this-wa...

USAID Cuts Cripple Global Queer Rights | This Way Out Radio Episode #1942https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9842be_2584d2615a2241c8996226ff0a2abd50~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.0... In the aftermath of the Elon Musk chainsaw gutting the United States Agency for International Development, LGBTQ+ people around the world were robbed of more than a hundred programs geared to promote ...

In the aftermath of the Elon Musk chainsaw gutting the United States Agency for International Development, LGBTQ+ people around the world were robbed of more than a hundred programs geared to promote their health, safety and human rights. LEARN MORE LISTEN NOW www.thiswayout.org/post/this-wa...

The Scrubbing of the USNS Harvey Milk | This Way Out Radio Episode #1941https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9842be_5dd4775cf23a4c28ace724b2bf912720~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00... The U.S. Navy launched a fleet replenishment oiler in honor of assassinated San Francisco Supervisor and Navy vet Harvey Milk in 2021, but a new administration finds the gay icon not “reflective of th...

The U.S. Navy launched a fleet replenishment oiler in honor of assassinated San Francisco Supervisor and Navy vet Harvey Milk in 2021, but a new administration finds the gay icon not “reflective of the Commander-in-Chief's priorities” (produced by Lucia Chappelle). www.thiswayout.org/post/this-wa...

Erik Piepenburg’s “Dining Out” | This Way Out Radio Episode #1940https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9842be_76ac1e99cb514f7f8e76d9be0952f462~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/9... The rich history of LGBTQ+ eateries and the role they’ve played in encouraging community is served up by Erik Piepenburg in his new book, “Dining Out: First Dates, Defiant Nights and Last Call Disco F...

The rich history of LGBTQ+ eateries and the role they’ve played in encouraging community is served up by Erik Piepenburg in his new book, “Dining Out: First Dates, Defiant Nights and Last Call Disco Fries at America’s Gay Restaurants” www.thiswayout.org/post/this-wa...

Drag Queen Violinist Thorgy Thor | This Way Out Radio Episode 1939https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9842be_3d950bf487de439cb850d603515cad86~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/... As Trump-phobia stokes concert homophobia across the U.S. during Pride season, RuPaul's Drag Race favorite Thorgy Thor weaves classical music into her unique performance style (interviewed by Brian De...

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Texas v. DEI & Garcia v. Noem | This Way Out Radio Episode #1938https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9842be_82e32b134b0249b29b74459286bc258b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/98... The Texas state House held a hearing on a bill that LGBTQ+ activists say would undermine education by eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion policies from public schools. State Representative Ron...

The Texas state House held a hearing on a bill that LGBTQ+ activists say would undermine education by eliminating #DEI policies from public schools. And where is #AndryHernandezRomero?
This and more on the May 19, 2025 edition of This Way Out!
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Audio Archive Saves Queer History | This Way Out Radio Episode #1937https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9842be_774b53fd7a9e494e80324b2659705e73~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.0... This Way Out’s own collection of programs dating back to 1988 is already becoming a valuable tool for LGBTQ+ researchers and educators, even as the extensive process of data sorting and cataloging is ...

This Way Out’s own collection of programs dating back to 1988 is already becoming a valuable tool for LGBTQ+ researchers and educators, even as the extensive process of data sorting and cataloging is getting underway.

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Poetic Duet: Adrienne Rich and Audre Lorde | This Way Out Radio Episode #1936https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9842be_aa42fcc6f1a846e286e29063e8f9f50d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66... Classic appearances by two giants in the world of poetry regardless of gender or orientation, reading from their work and responding to their audience, brought together by the magic of recording tape ...

This Week on THIS WAY OUT!
Classic appearances by two giants in the world of poetry regardless of gender or orientation, reading from their work and responding to their audience. Listen NOW!
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Jason “Journeyman’s” Queer Ecology | This Way Out Radio Episode #1935https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9842be_5677d55a84264cdb919cbed6cd77fa4f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.... Oppressive governments like the Trump administration may try to erase queer identities and histories, but California Naturalist and educator Jason “Journeyman” Wise reveals how science is recognizing ...

California Naturalist and educator Jason “Journeyman” Wise reveals how science is recognizing that the rigid, patriarchal, binary view of the natural world is no match for the true fluid, diverse and interdependent reality (interviewed by Jason Jenn). www.thiswayout.org/post/this-wa...

De Waal: “It Wasn’t Dutch Courage” | This Way Out Radio Episode #1934https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9842be_e560b135603e4e89870fa4ec0c07729b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.... Decades of LGBTQ+ organizing in Australia are captured in the memoir of Peter De Waal, and the spirit of his book launching at the site of the early movement’s first meetings is captured by Sydney cor...

Decades of LGBTQ+ organizing in Australia are captured in the memoir of Peter De Waal, and the spirit of his book launching at the site of the early movement’s first meetings is captured by Sydney correspondent Barry McKay.
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Meet Trinidad and Tobago Plaintiff Jason Jones | This Way Out Radio Episode #1933https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9842be_c8eb19e517c8400a808c6c845183701d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_85,usm_... Biracial, binational, queer human right activist Jason Jones began his lawsuit against Trinidad and Tobago’s British colonial ban on same-gender sex in 2017. It was struck down in 2018, but an appeals...

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Resisting the Erasure of Pauli Murray | This Way Out Radio Episode #1932https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9842be_3c3c1bbeaa4341ef883685ef0194fa1e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00... Even at the National Historic Landmark dedicated to a queer civil rights activist, legal scholar, author and Episcopal priest, the Trump administration is rewriting U.S. history. Executive Director An...

Executive Director Angela Thorpe Mason of the Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice in Durham, North Carolina is fighting to keep the legacy alive as the Trump Administration rewrites history (produced by David Hunt).
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Garcia Checks Greene & Pritzker Preaches to HRC | This Way Out Radio Episode #1931https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9842be_8c698d814c25439ba65194d8d4fce46f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_85,usm... Infamous U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) didn’t know what she was getting into when she defamed the drag artist with a doctorate Professor Lil Miss Hot Mess, but gay Representative R...

Infamous U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) didn’t know what she was getting into when she defamed the drag artist with a doctorate Prof. Lil Miss Hot Mess, but gay Representative Robert Garcia (D-CA) had the skillful sarcasm to shut her down...
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Thank You For Trans Service, Col. Fram | This Way Out Radio Episode #1930https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9842be_b744b4084ede47dda048dcc954b086c8~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.0... The courageous trans soldier, Col. Bree Fram of Space Force, a descendant of a family with a history of valiant service, shares her story.

While transgender members of the U.S. military wait on tinder hooks for the courts to rule on President Donald Trump’s order to expel them, Col. Bree Fram of the Space Force refuses to give up her frontline post. LISTEN NOW on our website!
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