This Way Out: The International LGBTQ Radio Magazine

Overnight Productions, Inc.
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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) non-profit organization) has remained true to its commitment to provide this high-quality LGBT programming to a global audience -- and to offer the program free of charge.  Follow us on Soundcloud to hear the weekly show … and maybe some surprises! Archived programs available at http://bit.ly/dduN0p. For our whole story -- including how you can contribute -- please visit our website at http://thiswayout.org!

  1. 6d ago

    The Mission of the Trans Journalists Association

    Abigail DeRoberts speaks with Tre’vell Anderson, executive director of the Trans Journalists Association, about challenging media bias, supporting trans journalists, and transforming how transgender lives and communities are represented in the news. The program also features transgender person speaking from a 1968 KPFA broadcast preserved by the Pacifica Radio Archives. In NewsWrap, protests erupt in Taipei following police raids on LGBTQ+ venues; openly LGBTQ+ candidates make gains in Brazil’s elections as the right-wing Liberal Party strengthens its congressional position; LGBTQ+ voters prepare for the U.S. midterms amid debates over transgender rights; advocates spotlight the challenges LGBTQ+ survivors face in seeking domestic violence support; and a record number of school book bans puts LGBTQ+ stories among the targets of growing censorship. Featured speakers: Reuters Policy Reporter Leah Douglas, activist Rashad Robinson, Tre’vell Anderson Credits: Associate Producer Lucia Chappelle, Producer/ host Brian DeShazor, News writer Jeb Backe, the feature was produced by Brian DeShazor and Lucia Chappelle, NewsWrap reporters Tanya Kane-Parry and David Hunt. music: Bobby Sanchez, our theme music was written and performed by Kim Wilson. All this on the October 12, 2026 Edition of This Way Out!

    The Mission of the Trans Journalists Association

  2. Oct 6

    Tara Hoot Defends the Arts

    Drag Queen Tara Hoot talks defending the Kennedy Center with Jeb Backe and a listen back to the first National Coming Out Day. In the news this week, Serbia's lesbian Prime Minister abruptly becomes President in a partisan pre-election gambit, while the US midterms separate the supportive progressives from the transphobic performers. US civil rights law is open to interpretation, and so is discrimination and sexual assault, or so it seems and a Virginia street gets a lesbian name and an English castle gets a rainbow ring. Featured speakers: Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey, D.C. drag performer Tara Hoot (https://tarahoot.com). Credits: Associate Producer Lucia Chappelle, Producer/ host Brian DeShazor, News writer Jeb Backe, the feature was produced by Brian DeShazor and Lucia Chappelle, NewsWrap reporters Melanie Keller and Joe Boehnlein. Feature produced by Jeb Backe music: Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington D.C. our theme music was written and performed by Kim Wilson. All this on the October 5, 2026 Edition of This Way Out!

    Tara Hoot Defends the Arts

  3. Sep 29

    Gay Liberation Follies -1976

    This week on This Way Out, a long-forgotten gem from the Pacifica Radio Archives brings some much-needed laughter: excerpts from The Gay Liberation Follies- recorded circa 1976 in San Francisco, a queer radio take on the legendary TV comedy Laugh-In, recently rediscovered and preserved from an original KPFA recording featuring Lily Tomlin performing some of her most famous characters: Ernestine, Edith Ann, and more. In the news U.S. hospitals pay millions to settle Justice Department demands targeting pediatric gender-affirming care, queer celebrities are arrested protesting Israel’s war in Gaza at the United Nations, and Colombia withdraws from the global Equal Rights Coalition. Meanwhile, LGBTQ+ communities in Australia mobilize to defend trans and intersex rights, and U.S. Republicans discover that there’s more to politics than attacking trans people. Plus, a heartfelt tribute to Dolly Parton — and more queer news, history, and culture, now that you’ve discovered This Way Out. Featured speakers: Hannah Einbinder, Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin Credits: Associate Producer Lucia Chappelle, Producer/ host Brian DeShazor, News writer Jeb Backe, the feature was produced by Brian DeShazor and Lucia Chappelle, NewsWrap reporters Marcos Najera and Lucia Chappelle. Dolly Parton Tribute produced by Sheri Lunn. Feature produced by Brian DeShazor music: Dolly Parton and theme music was written and performed by Kim Wilson. All this on the September 28, 2026 Edition of This Way Out!

    Gay Liberation Follies -1976

  4. Sep 22

    PFLAG - Allyship is a Verb

    In 1968, one mother’s public support for her gay son helped inspire the founding of PFLAG — Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. Today, PFLAG has hundreds of U.S. chapters and an international network connecting families, friends, and allies for support, education, and advocacy. PFLAG Los Angeles Vice President Anthony Eftimeo speaks with This Way Out’s Lucia Chappelle about what meaningful allyship looks like and how allies can help LGBTQ+ people and their families thrive. In the news this week, Turkish activists take to the streets as the right-wing government’s anti-queer raids and arrests escalate, but the formerly right-wing Hungarian government will scrap its “no promo homo” law. Fiji sees a spike in HIV infections. There’ll be no gender-affirming care for trans youth in North Dakota, but the city of Seattle, Washington expands civil protections with the times. Featured speakers: editor-in-chief of the LGBTI+ rights group Kaos GL Yildiz Tar, PFLAGLA VP Anthony Eftimeo, Lucia Chappelle Credits: Associate Producer Lucia Chappelle, Producer/ host Brian DeShazor, News writer Jeb Backe, the feature was produced by Brian DeShazor and Lucia Chappelle, NewsWrap reporters John Dyer the 5th and Melanie Keller. music: Dolly Parton and theme music was written and performed by Kim Wilson.

    PFLAG - Allyship is a Verb

  5. Sep 15

    Queer-Bearing Tree on the U.S./Mexico Border

    Queer activists occupy a 40-foot tall tree to block Trumps Border Wall in south Arizona - This Way Out’s Lauren Schmitt reports. In Newswrap Germany’s far-right AfD scores its biggest state-election showing since the Nazis — as rainbow-flagged protesters take to the streets! Ninety percent of LGBTQ+ groups worldwide report losing funding since 2025 — putting many at risk of closing their doors! Sierra Leone’s queer crackdown sends two activists fleeing after police raid a gay party and issue warrants for their arrest! The Trump administration targets “gender ideology” in a controversial new study — critics call the un-peer-reviewed report pseudoscience! And Sacramento’s Lavender Heights fights back — LGBTQ+ residents launch a community patrol after a string of anti-queer attacks! Featured speakers: A protester named Nikita, creator of Lavender Heights Community Patrol Zachary Basler, Lauren Schmitt, Kate Scott, Santa Cruz county Sheriff David Hathaway, “Hawk”, “Rain”. Credits: Associate Producer and Host Lucia Chappelle, Producer/ Brian DeShazor, News writer Jeb Backe, the feature was produced by Lauren Schmitt, NewsWrap reporters Sarah Montague, Nathalie Muñoz music: Cast album Redwood, music from the Arizona protest.

    Queer-Bearing Tree on the U.S./Mexico Border

  6. Sep 8

    Organizing the Lesbian Herstory Archives

    This Way Out’s Abigail DeRoberts visits the Lesbian Herstory Archives in Brooklyn, New York and speaks to coordinators Maxine Wolfe and Rachel Corbman about how the archives got started, why it matters, and how to meet the challenge of preserving it for future generations. In Newswrap Poland begins recognizing same-sex marriages performed elsewhere in the European Union, while Bulgaria’s top court opens the door for transgender people to change their legal names and gender markers. In the U.S., a new EEOC settlement gives thousands of Christian employers greater latitude to discriminate against trans workers. A fatal shooting at a Tucson gay bar is being investigated as a possible hate crime, prompting a call for action on gun violence from Arizona Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva. And New Orleans’ Southern Decadence celebrates LGBTQ+ diversity — with a special push to bring more queer women and lesbians into the spotlight. Featured speakers: U.S. House from Democratic Representative Adelita Grijalva, Lily Tomlin, archives coordinators Maxine Wolfe and Rachel Corbman. Credits: Associate Producer Lucia Chappelle, Producer/ Host Brian DeShazor, News writer Jeb Backe, the feature was produced by Abigail DeRoberts NewsWrap reporters Michael LeBeau and Tanya Kane-Parry music: Isis

    Organizing the Lesbian Herstory Archives

  7. Sep 1

    Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries, 1970

    An historic tape was found. This week features a remarkable 1970 recording of Sylvia Rivera, Marsha P. Johnson, and other members of the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR), made by 20-year-old WBAI reporter Liza Cowan. Rediscovered nearly 50 years later by Making Gay History in the Lesbian Herstory Archives, the tape captures Rivera and Johnson speaking candidly about their lives, gender expression, discrimination, sexuality, and activism, as well as their efforts to create community and support for street youth through STAR House. This is what is believed to be the earliest known recording of Rivera and Johnson and offering an extraordinary first-person glimpse of two pioneering trans activists at the beginning of their political lives. In the news this week, a new report finds LGBTQ+ people make up more than 12 percent of the U.S. population, while a federal judge again strikes down Texas’s drag ban. LGBTQ+ asylum seekers face heightened danger amid a migration crisis in Spain’s Ceuta, and South African activists mobilize against an anti-LGBTQ+ “family values” conference. And in Ireland, Cork opens the country’s first permanent LGBTQ+ museum exhibition, featuring a historic Rainbow Flag from San Francisco. Featured speakers: Brigitte Bandit, LGBT choir Choral Con Fusion, Sylvia Rivera, Marsha P. Johnson, Victor. Credits: Associate Producer/Host Lucia Chappelle, Producer Brian DeShazor, News writer Jeb Backe, the feature was produced by Brian DeShazor with assistance from Making Gay History and the Lesbian Herstory Archives. NewsWrap reporters Ava Davis and John Dyer 5th music: the Brotherhood of Man

    Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries, 1970

  8. Aug 25

    Murder in the WAC Part 2

    A flash rainbow rewind remembers lesbian purges in the military leading to the conclusion of Pat Bond’s classic tale of lesbians in the U.S. military during World War II, Murder in the WAC. In the news this week, Russia’s crackdown forces the Russian LGBT Network to shut down while England offers new hope to people with drug-resistant HIV. A U.S. federal judge blocks the Trump administration from excluding gender-affirming care from the Affordable Care Act and Ohio makes it harder for trans people to change gender markers on state IDs. Canada unveils a powerful new monument honoring victims and survivors of the historic LGBT Purge. Featured speakers: Dara Adkison is Executive Director of trans equity organization, Visual artists Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, Pat Bond. Credits: Associate Producer/Host Lucia Chappelle, Producer Brian DeShazor, News writer Jeb Backe, Murder in the WAC was recorded and produced by Katherine Davenport and Frieda Werden of WINGS, the Women’s International News Gathering Service. NewsWrap reporters Tanya Kane-Parry and RET. a music: 14th Army WAC Band, Gail Belmont of the WAC Band and theme music by Kim Wilson.

    Murder in the WAC Part 2
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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) non-profit organization) has remained true to its commitment to provide this high-quality LGBT programming to a global audience -- and to offer the program free of charge.  Follow us on Soundcloud to hear the weekly show … and maybe some surprises! Archived programs available at http://bit.ly/dduN0p. For our whole story -- including how you can contribute -- please visit our website at http://thiswayout.org!

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