Gender and Love Along the Nile with Egyptologist Dr. Colleen Darnell
From This Way Out: The International LGBTQ Radio Magazine by This Way Out Radio
March 3, 2026 · 29 min
About this episode
Dr. Colleen Darnell discusses love, gender, and identity in ancient Nile civilizations while current LGBTQ issues are reported.
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/.
People in this episode
Host: Brian DeShazor
Guest: Dr. Colleen Darnell
Topics covered
- gender identity
- LGBTQ rights
- ancient civilizations
- Egyptology
- international news
- love and relationships
Keywords
- Egyptology
- LGBTQ news
- gender identity
- ancient Nile
- transgender rights
- international LGBTQ
- love
- identity
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Grindr, Blued, Lost Treasures of Egypt, This Way Out, Malaysia
Places: Uganda, Senegal, United Kingdom, Kansas
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