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.
This week on This Way Out:
Trump trashes trans military service in a Twitter tirade; a Chinese trans worker wins the country’s first job bias lawsuit, the U.S. Justice Department opposes queer civil rights protections, Taipei grants parental leave to same-gender families, New Jersey protects trans people from doctors, insurance companies and unsafe schools, Rhode Island recovers from reparative therapy, a religious zealot sues Congress for separation of homosexuality and state, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!
Featuring:
U.S. President Donald Trump; Army Staff Sgt. Patricia King; military scholar/author Aaron Belkin; Congressmembers Barbara Lee & Joseph Kennedy III; trans activist-academic Dean Spade; “Late Night” TV host Stephen Colbert.
Credits:
Hosted this week by Lucia Chappelle & produced with Greg Gordon.
NewsWrap reporters: John Dyer V & France O’Brien; Producer: Steve Pride. Add’l material: Pacifica Radio News; Amy Goodman/”Democracy Now!”. Theme music: Kim Wilson. Add’l music: Against Me!
