Manning’s Mea Culpa

To listen to the whole show, click here!

Trans whistleblower Bradley Manning’s explanatory apology is analyzed by Firedoglake trial-watcher Kevin Gosztola (with Free Speech Radio News reporter Alice Ollstein) and independent journalist Alexa O'Brien (with Amy Goodman and Nakeem Shaikh of Democracy Now!).

Plus: a musical Rainbow [More-Than-A] Minute celebrates the advent this month of marriage equality in Minnesota and Rhode Island.

And in NewsWrap: U.S. evangelical charged with Ugandan crimes against humanity, Prop 8 propelled to ninth circle of hell, German Evangelicals marry unionized same-gender couples, Russian TV anchor fired for coming out on the air, WWE Superstar pins closet, and more news reported by Jenn Mahoney and Jason Proctor (produced by Steve Pride).

To listen to the world's only syndicated weekly LGBT radio program, subscribe to our podcast at http://www.thiswayout.org ...

"Like" our Facebook Fan page ...

Support Keep This Way Out on the Air ... 

And follow TWORadio on Twitter!

Martin Duberman & Marriage in FRA and RI

To listen to the complete program, click here!

Author-historian Martin Duberman eschews liberalism and reconsiders the gay movement in his Kessler Award lecture, Acceptance at What Price? The Gay Movement Reconsidered (excerpted). Has the marriage equality strategy annulled our radical roots?

Dateline Paris -- France finalizes its Marriage for All bill! Celebrations in the streets … and homophobic violence spreads from outside the parliament around the country.

Dateline Providence -- State Senator Maryellen Goodwin is a Roman Catholic, but she converted to equality to vote to open civil marriage to Rhode Island's same-gender couples.

And in NewsWrap: the fourteenth country and tenth U.S. state okay marital parity, Nevada Senators begin to un-DOMA their constitution, 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 news reported by Sarah Sweeney and Michelle-Marie Gilkeson (produced by Steve Pride).

To listen to the world's only syndicated weekly LGBT radio program, subscribe to our podcast at http://www.thiswayout.org ...

"Like" our Facebook Fan page ...  

Support Keep This Way Out on the Air ... 

And follow TWORadio on Twitter!

NewsWrap for the week ending April 27, 2013

SUMMARY

14 and Counting -  French lawmakers give final approval to a marriage and adoptions equality bill, but not without violent protests and assaults on police and gay people by its opponents …

Not the Last Word - the overwhelming rejection by Colombian lawmakers of a marriage equality proposal defies a Constitutional Court order …

Hope Fulfilled - Rhode Island has all but officially become the 10th U.S. state to open civil marriage to same-gender couples …

First State Not Far Behind - a marriage equality measure passes in the Delaware House and heads to the state Senate, where activists predict passage …

DOMAster Diving - the Nevada Senate becomes the first legislative chamber in the U.S. to overturn a constitutional amendment defining marriage as exclusively heterosexual, as Senator Kelvin Atkinson of North Las Vegas comes out during floor debate …

Foul Blocking - the U.S. State Department denies permission to leading Cuban LGBT rights advocate Mariela Castro to accept an "ally" award at a civil rights summit in Philadelphia …

Singapore Sodomy Strategy - Singapore gay couple Gary Lim and Kenneth Chee announce their challenge in the Court of Appeal, the highest judicial body in the land, of an April High Court ruling upholding the city-state's sodomy law …

Magic Moment Muddied - Mongolian lawmakers discuss LGBT rights for the first time ever, but some of their comments suggest a long learning curve to liberation …

Reactionary and Proud - San Francisco Pride honors whistle-blowing gay U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning, then it doesn't ….

Read the complete NewsWrap text ... or listen to this week's podcast.

Obama Inaugurates Equality

Gay inaugural "firsts" enliven U.S. President Barack Obama's second, ably elucidated by MSNBC analysts Rachel Maddow, Jonathan Capehart, Andrea Mitchell, and Frank Rich.

Plus -- One Today delivered by gay Cuban-American inaugural poet Richard Blanco.

And in NewsWrap: Russians okay "no promo homo" law and look for gay tattoos, U.K. government formally proposes marriage equality, Maltese civility and Kiwi nuptials equality take baby steps forward, marriage-seeking gay couple drops their Taipei lawsuit, Rhode Island's House approves marital parity, gay loyalties split at the Super Bowl, and more news reported by Rick Watts and Pamela Brooks (produced by Vash Boddie and Steve Pride).

To listen to the world's only syndicated weekly LGBT radio program, subscribe to our podcast at http://www.thiswayout.org ...

"Like" our Facebook Fan page ...  

Support Keep "This Way Out" on the Air ... 

And follow TWORadio on Twitter!

NewsWrap for the week ending January 26, 2013

SUMMARY

From Russia, With Hate - LGBT rights activists are assaulted and arrested in Moscow and at least one other Russian city protesting the proposed law to outlaw so-called "homosexual propaganda," which the country's lower house of parliament overwhelmingly approves in its first reading, while Kaliningrad becomes the tenth Russian region to enact a similar law, and Russia's Defense Ministry says the buttocks and genital areas of all new recruits should be closely examined for tattoos, which it says are strong indications of homosexuality …

Political Pre-Nup - U.K. government formally publishes legislation to open civil marriage to gay and lesbian couples in England and Wales …

Broad Agreement, Long Engagement - both major political parties in Malta express support for some form of legal recognition for same-gender couples …

Because It's Good For You - a select committee of the New Zealand Parliament hears testimony about the benefits of marriage equality as part of the legislative process to make it legal …

Three Strikes - Polish lawmakers reject civil unions for lesbian and gay couples …

Judicial Discouragement - the gay couple in Taiwan that had sued for marriage equality announces that they're dropping their case …

As If It Never Even Happened - a court in Beijing rules that women in unhappy marriages with gay men can end them through more socially-acceptable annulment rather than divorce …

Hope Springs Eternal - Rhode Island House overwhelmingly passes a bi-partisan marriage equality bill …

Rock Mountain Pass - Colorado Senate committee passes a civil unions bill along party lines …

LGBTailgate Parties - gay American football fans can root for either team in the upcoming Super Bowl, which features Baltimore Ravens linebacker and outspoken equality ally Brendon Ayanbadejo, and San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh, who says he'd welcome a gay player on this team ….

Read the complete NewsWrap text ... or listen to this week's podcast.

NewsWrap for the week ending January 5, 2013

SUMMARY

Full Steam Ahead - A judge makes Sao Paulo the latest Brazilian state to open civil marriage to same-gender couples …

Put on the Brakes - an expected December 26th Senate vote on a marriage equality bill in Uruguay is postponed until April …

Under Consideration - lawmakers in Taiwan hold initial hearings on a bill to give limited marriage rights to the island's same-gender couples …

Sweet Victories - first-ever voter-authorized marriages of lesbian and gay couples are celebrated in Maine and Maryland, while marriage equality bills progress in Illinois and Rhode Island …

Steel Magnolias - five lesbian couples make news applying for marriage licenses in the state of Mississippi …

Text Offense -Cameroon appeals court upholds the 3 year prison sentence of a man convicted of "homosexuality" for simply sending an "I love you" text message to another man …

Hound the Gays - continuing harassment and worse against LGBT activists in Uganda includes the arrests of two gay youth workers, the vandalizing and burglary of the offices of Sexual Minorities Uganda, and what the nation's leading newspaper reports as "tens of thousands" of people hearing preachers in churches and sports stadiums across the country demanding passage of the so-called "Kill The Gays Bill" when parliament reconvenes in February …

By the Light of the Silvery Dyke - a little corner of the moon is named for late lesbian astronaut Sally Ride, the first American woman in space …

Viva la First - a lesbian and her partner become the proud parents of the first baby born in 2013 in France ….

Read the complete NewsWrap text ... or listen to this week's podcast.