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Proud Voices: Steps to Liberation
Jun 9, 2026
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| 6/23/26 | ![]() Proud Voices: GetLit Poets Part #2 | This week on This Way Out: in the second installment of our special Pride Month collaboration with Los Angeles' Get Lit – Words Ignite, young poets respond to the voices of James Baldwin and Urvashi Vaid with original spoken-word performances that bridge generations of LGBTQ history, literature, and activism. Plus, a Rainbow Rewind featuring Patricia Nell Warren and Harvey Fierstein, and in Newswrap: the Netherlands' ban on conversion therapy, a Trump administration lawsuit targeting the world's leading transgender health organization, cuts to LGBTQ veterans' health programs, Niger's expanding crackdown on LGBTQ people, and an openly gay referee making FIFA World Cup history. Featured speakers:, James Baldwin, Brian Sonia-Wallace, Urvashi Vaid, Allison Leiva-Reyes and Alina Sadibekova Credits: Associate Producer/Host Lucia Chappelle, Producer Brian DeShazor, News writer Jeb Backe, feature producer Brian DeShazor, NewsWrap reporters, Ava Davis and Nico Raquel, music by Raye and Kim Wilson | — | ||||||
| 6/16/26 | ![]() Proud Voices: GetLit Poets #1 | In a special Pride Month feature produced by Brian DeShazor, young poets from Los Angeles-based Get Lit – Words Ignite respond to the words of LGBTQ trailblazers across generations. After listening to archival recordings by James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and Quentin Crisp, the poets James Mondares, Candi aka Vonne, and Samantha Rios created original spoken-word pieces inspired by those voices and their enduring messages. The result is a moving intergenerational conversation that connects LGBTQ history, literature, and activism with the experiences of today's emerging writers, demonstrating how the power of queer storytelling continues to inspire new generations. This week on This Way Out, NewsWrap reports on growing concerns over proposed cuts to LGBTQ+ health research and federal grant programs under a new Trump administration plan. We also mark the tenth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, follow protests by transgender rights activists in the United Kingdom over new public-facility restrictions, report on a neo-Nazi disruption of Pride events in Athens, Georgia, and celebrate Broadway history as Qween Jean becomes the first openly transgender Tony Award winner. Featured speakers: Zohran Mamdani, Bruce Villanch, Brian Sonia-Wallace, James Baldwin, James Mondares, Audre Lorde, Candi aka Vonne, Quentin Crisp Samantha Rios Credits: Associate Producer/Lucia Chappelle, Producer/Host Brian DeShazor, News writer Jeb Backe, feature producer Brian DeShazor, NewsWrap reporters, Joe Boehnlein and Melanie Keller, music by Raye and Kim Wilson. | — | ||||||
| 6/9/26 | ![]() Proud Voices: Steps to Liberation✨ | Pride MonthLGBTQ+ visibility+5 | — | Founders Metropolitan Community ChurchColorado+3 | — | Pride MonthLGBTQ++6 | — | 28m 57s | |
| 6/2/26 | ![]() Proud Voices: Prelude to Pride✨ | PrideLGBTQ news+4 | Brian Sonia-WallaceEmma Shulman+1 | This Way Out | KenyaMalaysia+1 | Pride SeasonLGBTQ+4 | — | 28m 59s | |
| 5/26/26 | ![]() Barney Frank: a Frank Farewell✨ | LGBTQ politicsBarney Frank+4 | Andy HummAnn Northrop+1 | GayUSAThis Way Out+1 | Missouri | Barney FrankLGBTQ history+6 | — | 28m 57s | |
| 5/19/26 | ![]() The Global Rise of Anti-LGBTQ Laws (Part Three)✨ | anti-LGBTQ lawsactivism+4 | — | GLAAD | NigeriaKenya+2 | anti-LGBTQ legislationactivism in Africa+5 | — | 28m 57s | |
| 5/12/26 | ![]() The Global Rise of Anti-LGBTQ Laws (Part Two)✨ | anti-LGBTQ lawspublic health crisis+5 | — | USAIDTrump administration | BotswanaUnited States | anti-LGBTQcriminalization+7 | — | 28m 58s | |
| 5/5/26 | ![]() The Global Rise of Anti-LGBTQ Laws (Part One)✨ | anti-LGBTQ legislationglobal politics+4 | Neela GoshalGurchaten Sandhu+1 | Outright InternationalILGA World | — | anti-LGBTQ lawsglobal wave+6 | — | 28m 58s | |
| 4/28/26 | ![]() Zachary James Out on Stage✨ | LGBTQIA+ representationtheater+4 | Zachary James | OperawireAkhnaten+3 | HungaryU.S.+3 | Zachary JamesAkhnaten+6 | — | 28m 58s | |
| 4/21/26 | ![]() Echoes of Queer Poetry✨ | queer poetryLGBTQ history+4 | — | Elizabeth ClydeBlackberri | HungaryMontana+1 | queer poetryAudre Lorde+5 | — | 28m 58s | |
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| 4/14/26 | ![]() Tribute to Greg Gordon Part Two✨ | LGBTQ historyjournalism+4 | — | queer blues legacy of Ma Rainey | IndiaBelarus+3 | Greg GordonLGBTQ radio+7 | — | 28m 58s | |
| 4/7/26 | ![]() Tribute to Greg Gordon Part One✨ | LGBTQ historyconversion therapy+4 | — | This Way OutU.S. Supreme Court | ColoradoIndia+3 | Greg GordonHarvey Milk+4 | — | 28m 23s | |
| 3/31/26 | ![]() Hoshino’s Light Bird Transition Is “Alright”✨ | transgender rightsmusic+4 | Danni Hoshino | CBS StudiosParamount Plus | India | Danni HoshinoTransgender Day of Visibility+6 | — | 28m 56s | |
| 3/24/26 | ![]() Anaïs Nin Writes of the New Woman✨ | Women's History MonthLGBTQ rights+4 | — | ACT-UPAnaïs Nin Foundation+2 | — | Anaïs NinLGBTQ news+5 | — | 28m 59s | |
| 3/17/26 | ![]() Kestral Gaian’s “The Boy From Elsewhere”✨ | queer visibilityyoung adult fiction+5 | Kestral Gaian | This Way OutSenegal’s National Assembly+2 | — | Kestral Gaianqueer visibility+5 | — | 28m 53s | |
| 3/10/26 | ![]() Dating App Ambushes✨ | LGBTQI rightshate crimes+4 | — | Coming OutThis Way Out | AustraliaNew South Wales+2 | hate crimesLGBTQI+5 | — | 28m 54s | |
| 3/6/26 | ![]() Extended Podcast Edition: Gender and Love Along the Nile with Egyptologist Dr. Colleen Darnell✨ | genderlove+4 | Dr. Colleen Darnell | National GeographicTutankhamun’s Armies+1 | — | Egyptologygender+5 | — | 22m 42s | |
| 3/3/26 | ![]() Gender and Love Along the Nile with Egyptologist Dr. Colleen Darnell | Award-winning Egyptologist Dr. Colleen Darnell of Lost Treasures of Egypt explores diverse expressions of love, gender, and identity woven into the civilizations of the ancient Nile in conversation with Brian DeShazor. And in NewWrap: Wendy Faith and Alesi Diana Denise face life in prison in Uganda for kissing “in broad daylight,” increasing the penalty for what it calls “unnatural acts” in Senegal is the goal of a bill introduced by Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, the gay dating apps Grindr and Blued are now blocked in Malaysia, the drug trials that provided transgender minors in the United Kingdom with the only way to get puberty blockers have been paused, two Kansas trans men are filing suit to stop the state from revoking all government documents that reflect corrected gender identities, and more international LGBTQ news reported this week by Melanie Keller and Tanya Kane-Parry (produced by Brian DeShazor). All this on the March 2, 2026 edition of This Way Out! Join our family of listener-donors today at thiswayout.org/donate/. | — | ||||||
| 2/24/26 | ![]() Sydney Mardi Gras Strife & Stonewall Rainbow Retrieval | Against a backdrop of violent anti-semitic and anti-indigenous attacks and the relaxation of police restraints in response to them, Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras organizers are faced with twin controversies: the withdrawal of the Jewish group Dayenu from the event and demands for the expulsion of the New South Wales Police contingent. Veteran activist Ken Davis explains the situation (Barry McKay reports). New Yorkers defy the Trump administration and replace the rainbow flag the government “disappeared” from the Stonewall National Monument (Paul DeRienzo of WBAI reports). A Black History Month Rainbow Rewind honors Langston Hughes (produced by Sheri Lunn and Brian DeShazor). And in NewWrap: the European Parliament approves a resolution specifically calling for “the full recognition of trans women as women,” HIV-positive enlistees are once again banned from serving in the U.S. military, intersex children are now protected from undergoing unnecessary medical procedures without their informed consent in the Australian state of Victoria, Kansans can now sue if they’re upset after sharing a bathroom with a trans person, U.S. Olympic women’s ice hockey team captain Hilary Knight leads her team to gold and plans to lead speed skater Brittany Bowe to the altar, and more international LGBTQ news reported this week by Nico Raquel and Ret (produced by Brian DeShazor). All this on the February 23, 2026 edition of This Way Out! Join our family of listener-donors today at thiswayout.org/donate/. | — | ||||||
| 2/17/26 | ![]() Don Lemon: “Process Is the Punishment” | Was Donald Trump’s personal antipathy towards Don Lemon the real reason behind the gay African American journalist’s arrest? Lemon made a surprise appearance at the Human Rights Campaign’s New York City gala, then spoke out for the First Amendment after his initial court appearance. The pioneering work on sexual liberation of Anais Nin and notable February dates in LGBTQ+ history in the Rainbow Rewind (produced by Sheri Lunn and Brian DeShazor). And in NewWrap: cohabitating same-gender couples in the Philippines can now be recognized as joint owners of property that they acquire during their relationship, trans people in the U.K. can use bathrooms and changing rooms that match their gender identity – except in the workplace, public school officials in the U.K. are being directed to notify parents if their child’s behavior suggests that they are questioning their gender identity, New Hampshire’s Republican Governor Kelly Ayotte for the second time vetoes a bill to require trans students to use sex-segregated school bathrooms and changing facilities that match their gender assigned at birth, embattled U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s fiery five-hour joust with minority Democrats culminated in an explosive confrontation with Vermont’s lesbian Congress member Becca Balint, and more international LGBTQ news reported this week by Sarah Montague and Joe Boehnlein (produced by Brian DeShazor). All this on the February 16, 2026 edition of This Way Out! Join our family of listener-donors today at thiswayout.org/donate/. | — | ||||||
| 2/10/26 | ![]() Thank You, Langston Hughes | A 1963 conversation with one of the queer pillars of the Harlem Renaissance features Langston Hughes reading his short story, “Thank You, Ma’am” (interviewed by Eve Corey, produced by Brian DeShazor). Alice Walker’s birthday and notable LGBTQ February events are celebrated in the “Rainbow Rewind.” And in NewsWrap: the first case against a gay man for violating Uganda’s so-called “Kill the Gays” law is dismissed after the damage has already been done, transgender female athletes receiving hormone therapy have no physical advantage over their cisgender counterparts according to new research, fewer transgender people were murdered around the world between October 2024 and September 2025 with the numbers still alarming, a Christian teacher is fighting a losing battle against the Montgomery County Maryland Public School District’s policy on using the chosen names and pronouns of her trans and nonbinary students, a record number of proud LGBTQ athletes are competing in the 2026 Winter Olympics, thousands hit the streets of Melbourne on February 1st for the 31st annual Midsumma Pride March, and more international LGBTQ news reported this week by Michael Taylor Gray and Tanya Kane-Parry (produced by Brian DeShazor). All this on the February 9, 2026 edition of This Way Out! Join our family of listener-donors today at thiswayout.org/donate/. | — | ||||||
| 2/3/26 | ![]() Jen Deerinwater Creates Change | This Way Out Radio Episode #1975 | An indigiqueer Creating Change keynoter calls for radical inclusion; the E.U.’s rights council urges all member states to ban conversion therapy, Russia declares ILGA “undesirable”, Budapest’s mayor is officially charged with criminally allowing last year’s LGBTQ Pride march, Missouri’s top court upholds the state’s ban on pediatric gender-affirming healthcare, and an expelled trans Space Force colonel announces her U.S. congressional run. Those stories and more this week when you choose “This Way Out”. Credits: Hosted this week by Lucia Chappelle and produced with Greg Gordon. “NewsWrap” reported this week by Michael LeBeau and Ava Davis and produced by Brian DeShazor. Jenn Deerinwater feature produced by Greg Gordon with thanks to Cathy Renna and The National LGBTQ Task Force. Theme music: Kim Wilson. Additional music: Paul Simon; Ty Defoe. In our 38th year satisfying your weekly minimum requirement of LGBTQ news and culture! | — | ||||||
| 1/27/26 | ![]() Zach Wahls for U.S. Senate | Zach Wahls for U.S. Senate It didn’t take long after his historic 2011 appearance before the Iowa state legislature to testify about his two-mom family for 19-year-old Zach Wahls to take his place as a senator in that body. Now he’s running to represent Iowa in the U.S. Senate (produced by Greg Gordon, archival interview by Steve Pride). A bouquet of January birthdays and ONE early movement legal victory are remembered in the Rainbow Rewind (produced by Brian DeShazor and Sheri Lunn). And in NewsWrap: federal guidance on workplace harassment based on sexual orientation and gender identity is eliminated by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, U.S. House Democrats claim victory over a raft of anti-transgender riders to major funding bills for the Departments of Health and Human Services, Education and Labor, right-wing Texas federal judge Matthew Kacsmaryk upholds West Texas A&M University’s ban on campus drag shows, financial woes force the closure of the organization that produces Tucson, Arizona’s annual Pride event, the two heartthrobs of the wildly popular TV series “Heated Rivalry” will carry the flame in the Winter Olympics Torch Relay, and more international LGBTQ news reported this week by Tanya Kane-Parry and Joe Boehnlein (produced by Brian DeShazor). All this on the January, 26 2026 edition of This Way Out! Join our family of listener-donors today at thiswayout.org/donate/. | — | ||||||
| 1/20/26 | ![]() Isherwood Reading Isherwood | This Way Out Episode #1973 | Christopher Isherwood’s own stories of pre-War Berlin; remembering Renee Nicole Good; U.S. top court hears trans student sports ban cases, a new survey confirms pediatric transgender healthcare can be life-saving, Malaysian authorities shut down an empty “gay friendly” hotel, the latest Human Rights Campaign U.S. queer quality of life poll finds deterioration under Trump, and billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donates 45 million dollars to the queer youth crisis intervention and suicide prevention group The Trevor Project. All that and more this week when you discover “This Way Out”. Hosted this week by Lucia Chappelle and produced with Greg Gordon. “NewsWrap” reported this week by Michael Taylor Gray and Nico Raquel and produced by Brian DeShazor. Christopher Isherwood feature produced by Brian DeShazor with thanks to the Pacifica Radio Archives. Thanks also to Ann Northrup and Andy Humm of GayUSATV.org. Theme music: Kim Wilson. Additional music: Jethro Tull; Joel Grey; Bronski Beat. In our 38th year satisfying your weekly minimum requirement of LGBTQ news and culture! | — | ||||||
| 1/13/26 | ![]() Sophie B. Hawkins reads from Woolf & Hawkins + LGBTQ news | This Way Out Radio Episode #1972 | Sophie B. Hawkins performs “Not Beating Around the Bush” (recording of her original song made exclusively for “This Way Out”) and reads an excerpt from “Mrs. Dalloway” by Virginia Woolf. SOPHIE B. HAWKINS is a U.S.-born singer-songwriter whose commercial success has been matched by her passionate advocacy for animal rights, and the equality of women and the queer community. In 1925, VIRGINIA WOOLF introduced the world to “MRS. DALLOWAY”, a groundbreaking novel that explores a single day in the life of an upper-class woman in post-World War I England. With its innovative stream-of-consciousness narrative, “Mrs. Dalloway” remains a landmark in modernist literature. In “NewsWrap” 106 people are roughly arrested in a late December raid on a gay nightspot in Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan; ten people in France are convicted of online bullying for “maliciously” claiming that First Lady Brigitte Macron is transgender; a U.S. federal judge rules that teachers or other school officials can out trans students to their parents without their consent; while a different federal judge decides that “devoutly Christian” parents can prevent their children from learning about the mere existence of LGBTQ people in school; under pressure from the Trump administration and a lawsuit filed by “devoutly Christian” foster parent applicants, Massachusetts replaces policies specifically requiring foster parents to support LGBTQ children in their care with the more innocuous “based on their individual identity and needs”; and her wife Becca remembers Renee Nicole Good (written this week by GREG GORDON, edited by TANYA KANE-PARRY, produced by BRIAN DeSHAZOR, and reported by RET and MARCOS NAJERA). (written this week by GREG GORDON and TANYA KANE-PARRY, reported by RET and MARCOS NAJERA, and produced by BRIAN DeSHAZOR). | — | ||||||
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