About the Show
This Way Out (LGBT)
This Way Out leads off each week with NewsWrap, a summary of some of the major news events in or affecting the lesbian/gay community, compiled from a variety of publications and broadcasts around the world.
On this week’s special program, Barry McKay’s Australian Marriage Chronicles begins in August 2017 and charts the struggle for matrimonial equity through the final vote in the Australian Senate in November, with copious comments by top government officials, pundits, leading campaigners, and lots of thematic music!
[NewsWrap returns on the This Way Out program to be distributed January 7, 2019;
Next week: Our coverage of arguably the biggest queer news story of 2018: the final repeal of India’s anti-gay sodomy law, Section 377!]
Featuring:
Penny Wong, Karl Stevanovic, David Koch, Scott Morrison, Malcolm Turnbull, Michael Kirby, Lyle Shelton, Jo Ball, Tiernan Brady, Alex Greenwich, Bill Shorten, Magda Szubanski, Ian Thorpe, Tanya Plibersek, Sarah Hanson-Young, George Brandis, Dean Smith.
Credits:
Hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle. Correspondents: Barry McKay; Michele Yeater & Michael LeBeau. Theme Music: Kim Wilson. Add’l music: The Carpenters, Elvis Presley, Macklemore with Mary Lambert, The Rutles, Abba, John Paul Young, Jade Leonard feat. Dolly Diamond & Luke Gallagher, The Sydney Gay & Lesbian Choir.
