#1500: Generation T.W.O.!

World-changing events from India and Samoa to Australia to the U.S.A. and Canada with reflections from some of the stalwart volunteer correspondents who covered them, and an all-star guest list of LGBTQ notables including Kate Bornstein, Barney Frank, Tony Kushner, Deepak Kashyap, Rufus Wainwright, Janis Ian, Levi Kreis and Tinky Winky highlight this celebration of the 1500th episode of This Way Out!

(NewsWrap returns in two weeks.)

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It’s Worth It to YOU!

No other broadcast outlet on the planet does what This Way Out does to bring the news, culture and opinion of the LGBTQ community to an international audience – and we've been doing it every week for 1500 consecutive weeks! Don’t ring out the old year before you MAKE YOUR (US TAX DEDUCTIBLE) DONATION because individual donors like you are our primary source of financial support … and because you’re going to want This Way Out around for what promises to be an “eventful” 2017!

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This Way Out was funded this week by the Kicking Assets Fund of the Tides Foundation, the Yavanna Foundation, the estate of Christopher David Trentham, and by our generous listeners. Donate today to help support our work -- and the free distribution of the show to non-commercial radio stations -- at thiswayout.org.

Philip’s Plea

Here’s how one listener, call him Phillip, tells the story of This Way Out:

We can’t add much more than that. For an entire generation of LGBT human rights progress, this independent, listener-funded, internationally distributed radio magazine has encouraged isolated young people, educated aspiring activists, and inspired queer creativity all over the world. Our ability to reach the places even the internet cannot go depends on the financial support of people like Phillip — and you!

As we continue our countdown to our 1500th show (to be distributed December 26), won’t you help This Way Out "stay on focus" with a generous contribution? From now until the end of the year, we’ll send you any CD in our collection of exclusive archival programs* for a minimum $15 donation! 

Whether it be $15 or $1500, a monthly pledge or a one-time gift, your (US tax-deductible) contribution today will help make the next 1500 shows possible!

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We’d love to hear your This Way Out story, too! Please post your testimonials and congratulatory messages here.

*Selections include:

Trump Trauma and Dawn of the Donald 

From Outlaws to In-Laws

A Conversation with Harvey Milk

Ganhdi’s Children

Which Side Are You On

Stranger Than Straight

Pride On Screen 2015

… and more! See thiswayout.org for a complete listing.

1988: “This Way Out’s” Nativity!

Flashbacks from our first six months bring the news up to date: recollections of the UK’s “Clause 28,” the US Army vs. SGT Perry Watkins, illegal slow-dancing at The Magic Kingdom, the early days of the AIDS Quilt, Canada’s first politician to come out, the cop in Michael Hardwick’s bedroom, and more … and guess where it all leads!

And in NewsWrap: Chad outlaws same-gender sex, Gambia’s homophobic Yahya hangs on despite his election defeat, Israel eases citizenship requirements for queer non-Israeli spouses, the Cherokee Nation marriage equality ban is declared unconstitutional, Team Trump adds more confirmed homophobes, Melbourne’s Midsumma marshals moxie for a Murdoch split, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Sarah Sweeney and John Dyer V (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Join the Countdown to This Way Out #1500 TODAY!
Our 1500th program is just days away -- and we're looking for your help to make it to the next 1500! Donate before the end of the year and receive one of our exclusive CD "thank you gifts" for the special #TWO1500 rate of $15!

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“Romer” Remembered!

Timely recollections of North Carolina’s Colorado ancestor as our Countdown to This Way Out #1500 commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Romer versus Evans decision with vintage coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Colorado’s discriminatory Amendment 2 in May 1996!

A Rainbow Minute reveals the bi ways of Broadway’s American hero! (Produced by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns, read by Jay White.)

And in NewsWrap: Wal-Mart settles for millions in queer spousal benefits claims, HB2-defending North Carolina governor concedes defeat, Trump’s hard right turns continue to concern, Greece’s Parliament approves expanded rights for queer couples, Malta leads Europe in banning “cure therapy,” and more international LGBT news reported this week by Wenzel Jones and Carole Meyers (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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This Way Out was funded this week by the Kicking Assets Fund of the Tides Foundation, the Yavanna Foundation, the estate of Christopher David Trentham, and by our generous listeners. Donate today to help support our work -- and the free distribution of the show to non-commercial radio stations -- at thiswayout.org.

“Fire Song” & Queer Parenting!

Writer/director Adam Garnet Jones previews his first feature film and discusses the Two-Spirit romance and indigenous issues that ignite Fire Song. (Interviewed by Steve Pride.)

Same-gender parents share their family secrets in four recent books: Gay Fathers, Their Children, and the Making of Kinship by Aaron Goodfellow (Fordham University Press); Saving Delaney: From Surrogacy to Family by Andrea and Keston Ott-Dahl (Cleis Press); Which One of You Is the Mother?: The Absolutely Positively True Adoption Story of Two Gay Guys by Sean Michael O'Donnell (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform); Queerspawn In Love: A Memoir by Kellen Anne Kaiser (She Writes Press). (Queer Life & Literature commentator Janet Mason)

And in NewsWrap: Trump's cabinet picks shelve LGBT rights, voters end the reign of Gambia's homophobic Yahya Jammeh, a close UN vote saves its newly created LGBT rights watchdog, thousands march for equality with Pride in New Delhi and Hong Kong, South Australia's premier issues an unprecedented apology, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Jessica Andrea and Michael LeBeau (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Visit our website, thiswayout.org, for local community radio affiliate stations, CDs and more!

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This Way Out was funded this week by the Kicking Assets Fund of the Tides Foundation, the Yavanna Foundation, the estate of Christopher David Trentham, and by our generous listeners. Donate today to help support our work -- and the free distribution of the show to non-commercial radio stations -- at thiswayout.org.

"Exiled From Ranch Country"

An insightful audio essay by veteran This Way Out Canadian correspondent Heather Kitching ponders the things LGBT people leave behind when we come out – and how our progress as a community is helping us reclaim some of them. (From www.outtherepodcast.com)

Plus Hamilton duels with Pence on Broadway!

(NewsWrap returns next week.)

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Visit our website, thiswayout.org, for local community radio affiliate stations, CDs and more!

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This Way Out was funded this week by the Kicking Assets Fund of the Tides Foundation, the Yavanna Foundation, the estate of Christopher David Trentham, and by our generous listeners. Donate today to help support our work -- and the free distribution of the show to non-commercial radio stations -- at thiswayout.org.