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 This Way Out:
Russia’s LGBTs prepare for a post-Olympics apocalypse; a newly out U.S. college football star hopes to sack “pro-mophobia ; science fiction fuels Uganda’s “Anti-Homosexuality” law, El Salvador is spared from a marriage inequality amendment, America’s Justice Department reaffirms federal rights for married same-gender couples, it’s three up and one down for wedlock parity in the United States, Kansas considers a bias loophole law, and more global LGBT news.
Featured speakers/guests:
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder; Russian lesbian journalist/activist Masha Gessen, U.S. writer/college professor Jeff Sharlet; University of Missouri football star Michael Sam.
Credits:
Hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle. NewsWrap reporters: Michael Allan & Natalie Peoples; Producer: Steve Pride. h/t: MSNBC, ESPN. Theme Music: Kim Wilson. Additional content: Greg Louganis.
