Riotous Sydney Mardi Gras Origins + Global LGBTQ News + More!

This week on This Way Out:

“78ers” recall the Sydney Mardi Gras brutal beginnings; a “Rainbow Minute” remembers out Australian poet Dorothy Porter; Malaysia’s press parrots the governments pathetic homophobia, rights advocates condemn Indonesia’s anti-queer attacks, Bermuda is sued anew over marriage inequality, Trump’s Education Department denies bathroom passes to trans students, LGBT Olympians add lavender to gold, silver and bronze, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

Featuring:

Lance Gowland; Sandi Banks; Dianne Minnis; Ken Davis; Fabian Lo Schiavo. 

Credits:

Hosted this week by Lucia Chappelle and produced with Greg Gordon. NewsWrap reporters: Wenzel Jones & Tanya Kane-Parry, with thanks to Steve Pride. Correspondents: Pat Fishback, produced by Judd Proctor & Brian Burns; Barry McKay. Theme music: Kim Wilson. Add’l music: Cher; The Tom Robinson Band. 


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