#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!

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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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“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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“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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"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!

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Dawn of the Donald!

Activist-author-radio commentator Michelangelo Signorile and veteran L.A. writer-news reporter-“life coach” Karen Ocamb perform a queer Trump victory post mortem and point to the way forward (interviewed by Abby Dees and Wenzel Jones)!

And in NewsWrap: Israel’s Chief Rabbi calls for homosexual executions, the Ivory Coast uses public indecency laws to jail two gay men, a leading queer rights activist is nabbed in Turkey’s political crackdown, Sydney Mardi Gras organizers turn on Turnbull, Manning supporters petition Obama for time served, the Obamas honor Ellen and a queer youth theater group as their era ends, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Wenzel Jones and Michelle-Marie Gilkeson (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Trump-Shock!

Our queer eye on the Presidential upset that re-set U.S. politics includes comments by Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), former Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wis.), Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Francois Hollande, New South Wales MP Jeremy Buckingham (Greens), out-going UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, former Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, president-elect Donald Trump, Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart, MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow, and LGBT Trump California Co-Chair Charles Moran, plus on-scene coverage of anti-Trump street protests!

And in NewsWrap: Mexican lawmakers turn down their president’s marriage proposal, Northern Ireland’s ruling party quashes marriage bill advance, Canada offers gender options for foreign visitors, LGBT workers rights upheld in U.S. district court, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Frances O’Brien and John Dyer V (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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World-Shaking Wedding Day!

An LGBT History Month Happy 15th Anniversary for marriage equality brings back correspondent Jackie Carver's on-scene coverage of the world’s first civil marriages of gay and lesbian couples in Amsterdam on April 1, 2001!

And in NewsWrap: top U.S. court tackles trans teen toilet rights, LGBT advocates challenge Utah’s "no promo homo" classroom ban, Mormons toss "same-sex attracted" people a bone, Google sees red over Singapore’s Pink Dot restrictions, Britain’s House of Commons rejects a bill to pardon all men convicted of gay sex before it was legal, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Frances O’Brien and Wenzel Jones (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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The Queer Early '80s!

Recalling rise of the religious right, the first Gay Games, and the dawn of AIDS -- classic archival coverage celebrating LGBT History Month!

An expanded Rainbow Minute remembers the life and times of Olympian and Gay Games founder Dr. Tom Waddell (read by Dustin Richardson, produced by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns).

And in NewsWrap: Indonesia's President offers scant fresh air to choking queers, a Romanian marriage case divides top officials, Amsterdam's prosecutor investigates homophobic death threat leaflets, Australia seats its first out aboriginal MP, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Michael LeBeau and Sarah Sweeney (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Oz Pleb Dead & March Into History!

Australia’s Opposition pulls the plug on Turnbull’s wheezing civil marriage plebiscite (with remarks by Bill Shorten, George Brandis, Penny Wong, Malcolm Turnbull and Alex Greenwich)!

Indelible highlights from Allen Ginsberg, Kate Millett, Blackberri, Robin Tyler, Holly Near with Meg Christian and Mary Watkins, "and a cast of thousands" at Washington’s first queer mega-march honor LGBT History Month!

And in NewsWrap: sexual and gender minorities are shut out of the UN’s "New Urban Agenda," Russia’s government shuts down an LGBT teen support website, a U.S. appeals court agrees to rehear an Indiana lesbian’s workplace bias lawsuit, France advances transgender rights, North Carolina gubernatorial candidates clash over HB2, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Tanya Kane-Parry and Frances O’Brien (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Come Out in Style!

A collection of classic LGBT music and poetry inspires the annual Coming Out Day: Labi Siffre's Something Inside So Strong, Margie Adam's Best Friend/The Unicorn Song, The Flirtations' Everything Possible, and Pat Parker's For the Straight Folks!

And in NewsWrap: Australian activists challenge their Attorney General on the government’s plebiscite plan, U.S. ID laws challenge transgender voters, HB2 drives junior college sports and a fine dining panel out of North Carolina, a U.S. national campus Christian group denies an equality supporter witch hunt, the Rentboy.com CEO plea deals to prison, there’s no more wondering about "Wonder Woman," and more international LGBT news reported this week by John Dyer V and Wenzel Jones (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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"Margarita With A Straw"

Disability meets sexuality in writer/director Shonali Bose's coming of age story from India! Our Abby Dees chats with the award-winning indy filmmaker and lead actress Kalki Koechlin.

And in NewsWrap: Hong Kong makes diversity pretty in pink, hundreds are detained for

being proud in Kampala, Haitian authorities halt an LGBT Afro-Caribbean culture fest, homophobic arrests surging under India's reinstated sex code, HB2 fallout still plagues North Carolina, no more injustice from Chief Justice Moore, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Carole Meyers and Jason Proctor (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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An Albee Adieu & The Age of Queensland!

Pulitzer and Tony winner (many times over!) Edward Albee takes a final bow in an insightful and entertaining 2009 conversation with Dixie Treichel and John Townsend.

Queensland Health Minister Conrad Dick and Queensland AIDS Council Executive Director Michael Scott discuss the state's approval of a bill to equalize the age of consent (John Frame reports from Brisbane).

Queer Emmy highlights star Transparent's Jeffrey Tambor and Jill Soloway, and Sarah Paulson of The People versus O.J.

And in NewsWrap: Northern Ireland stands alone after Guernsey okays marriage equality, a powerful police presence keeps Belgrade Pride peaceful, Charlotte shuns a rights repeal deal to solve North Carolina's HB2 debacle, a U.S. hate preacher finds no haven in Botswana, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Wenzel Jones and Frances O’Brien (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Canada's "Queer Decade" Climax!

Canada’s Queer Decade: 1995-2005 culminates in marriage equality in the romantic finale of veteran This Way Out Vancouver, B.C. correspondent Heather Kitching’s award-winning CiTR documentary.

And in NewsWrap: a banned U.S. hate preacher diverts his South African crusade to Botswana, college sports groups flee anti-LGBT North Carolina, the U.S. Army finally okays transition treatment for whistleblower Chelsea Manning, the curtain falls on Edward Albee,  RuPaul’s Emmy win surely tops an enema, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Carole Meyers and John Dyer V (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Ricamora’s Reward & Canada's "Queer Decade" 4!

How to Get Away with Murder’s gay Asian Conrad “Oliver Hampton” Ricamora gets away with the Human Rights Campaign’s Visibility Award.

In Part 4 of Queer Decade: 1995-2005, veteran Vancouver correspondent Heather Kitching’s award-winning documentary recalls the 2001 British Columbia legal setback in the push for marriage equality.

And in NewsWrap: Australia’s Opposition throws marriage proposals into the plebiscite mix, Bermuda’s High Court okays a marriage equality lawsuit, New York’s highest court expands the definition of parenthood, the Church of England has its first openly gay Bishop, Pride drags into Kim Davis’ hometown, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Jessica Andrea and Wenzel Jones (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Canada’s Queer Decade #3!

Recalling the Little Sister’s Bookstore storm that brought a reading rainbow through Canada’s Customs authority in Part 3 of CiTR-Vancouver’s award-winning documentary Queer Decade: 1995-2005 produced by Heather Kitching (with comments by bookstore employee Ken Boesem, civil rights lawyer John Dixon, bookstore manager Janine Fuller, and Vancouver LGBT Muslim leader Imtiaz Popat).

A final wrap on the exploits of Team LGBT at the Rio Olympics precedes a Rainbow Minute about a 1956 gay Olympian who never was — none other than Johnny Mathis: Pop Music Icon (produced by Judd Proctor & Brian Burns and read by Gene Pembleton).

Commentator Janet Mason takes a novel look at queer life in the Middle East in her review of Guapa by Saleem Haddad.

And in NewsWrap: Australia’s marriage equality plebiscite meets political pandemonium, a Texas judge blocks Obama’s trans student guidelines, U.S. District Court clogs HB2’s plumbing as Charlotte Pride overfloweth, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Wenzel Jones and Tanya Kane-Parry (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Pride Goes West & Canada's "Queer Decade" 2!

Pride lands on the beaches of Venice, California with the eccentric enclave’s inaugural LGBT celebration (Matthew McLaughlin was on the scene)!

Redefining "spouse" sets the stage for Canadian equality in Part 2 of Heather Kitching’s Queer Decade: 1995-2005!

More medals, media and a shocking loss for Team LGBT at the Rio Olympics!

And in NewsWrap: Uganda’s Ethics Minister promises persistent persecution of "homos,” Odessa celebrates its first Pride, a U.S. district court denies civil rights to transgender people, the LGBT-supportive NBA moves its 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte to New Orleans, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Carole Meyers and John Dyer V (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Canada's “Queer Decade”!

Part One of an award-winning radio documentary recalls the first equality case that kicked off Canada's Queer Decade: 1995 -2005. Produced by veteran This Way Out correspondent Heather Kitching for CiTR - Vancouver, B.C., it features comments by pioneering human rights attorney Barbara Findlay and national gay lobby leader Lawrence Aaronovitch.

Queer Life and Lit Commentator Janet Mason leafs through books about an Aussie drag queen (From Darkness to Diva by Skye High) and a trailblazing New York Times HIV/AIDS reporter (Dying Words: The AIDS reporting of Jeff Schmalz by Samuel G. Friedman with Kerry Donahue).

Team LGBT has Olympic moments of glory and ingloriousness this week in Rio!

And in NewsWrap: Belizean Chief Justice overturns anti-gay law against "carnal intercourse,” Georgia's president vetoes marriage equality referendum, Alabama’s Roy Moore may be less again, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Michael LeBeau and Jessica Andrea (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Queer Hollywood History & #Injustice!

The Hollywood Museum’s Reel to Real: Portrayals and Perceptions of Gays in Hollywood exhibit displays Tinseltown at its queerest perceptions (with L.A. City Councilman Mitch O'Farrell, Rev. Troy Perry, Katharine "Kat" Kramer, Erin "Tabatha" Murphy, and Julie "Catwoman" Newmar at the grand opening.

Lionhearted lesbian poet Grammo Suspect unwraps Kenyan "#Injustice" on her new single.

Gay Aussie Olympian Matthew Mitcham’s dramatic dive is regaled in a Rainbow Minute.

And in NewsWrap: religious right pushes a gay sex ban in Indonesia's top court, Kampala Pride crushed by Ugandan cabinet minister’s vengeful vow, Tanzania's Health Minister bans lube, new reports detail horrific homophobia in the Middle East, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Wenzel Jones and Jason Proctor (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Queer Democrats Party Down!

Lavender-leaning Democrats win big at Philadelphia convention (with highlights of speeches by Jason Collins, Kristen Kavanaugh, Chad Griffin, Sarah McBride, Daniel Driffin, Tina Kotek, Gavin Newsom, Christine Leinonen, and Michelle Obama!

And in NewsWrap: Australia’s government pushes a controversial civil marriage equality vote, the U.S. Civil Rights Act fails an Indiana lesbian, Britain courts controversy by bonding with North Carolina, trans U.S. Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning punished for attempting suicide, and more international LGBT news reported this week by John Dyer V and Tanya Kane-Parry (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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