THIS JUST IN: As we write this letter, THE AUSTRALIAN SENATE HAS JUST PASSED ITS MARRIAGE EQUALITY BILL, now it's on the the House! It’s been a long story that This Way Out has been cover...
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We don’t have to tell you that 2017 has been a year of challenging twists and turns for the international LGBTQI community — we don’t have to tell you because you’ve heard it all as it h...
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On-scene coverage of AUSTRALIA’S historic MARRIAGE EQUALITY VICTORY ! Sydney correspondent Barry McKay (with William Brougham) takes us to the celebrations following the landslide win in the c...
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The novelized history of VANDA’S OLYMPUS NIGHTS ON THE SQUARE and the rhythmic revolutions of Jennifer Maidman’s "Dreamland" CD capture the heart of Queer Life & Lit commentator Janet Maso...
http://twopodcast.blogspot.com/2017/11/olympus-dreamland-and-high-school.html
As the “Yes” campaign works to save the rural children from Australia’s marriage plebiscite, country-bred, 24-year-old activist RUSSELL NANKERVIS chats with our Barry McKay* about growin...
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SYDNEY’S rally to get out the final "Yes" votes in AUSTRALIA’S MARRIAGE EQUALITY PLEBISCITE brings a record-breaking 15,000 into the streets, including South Australian Green Party Senator ...
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If you missed ANTHONY VENN-BROWN’s advice on HOW TO SURVIVE A PLEBISCITE, don’t let the political scene Down Under get you down under! You can see the video of Barry McKay’s complete i...
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A historic NATIONAL TRUST EXHIBIT ropes Brits into honoring the exiled 19th Century landowner WILLIAM JOHN BANKES and the gay men who were hanged during the period. (UK correspondent Mary Milto...
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THE "YES" CAMPAIGN is taking no chances, despite the polls predicting a victory for equality in AUSTRALIA'S postal marriage plebiscite. This Way Out SYDNEY correspondent Barry McKay takes a cl...
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Former minister, writer, veteran queer rights campaigner, and mediator ANTHONY VENN-BROWN offers advice as the ugliness of AUSTRALIA'S MARRIAGE PLEBISCITE challenges queer mental health (with ...
http://twopodcast.blogspot.com/2017/10/how-to-survive-plebiscite.html
SEXUAL POLITICS author KATE MILLETT (died September 6) and DOMA defeater EDIE WINDSOR (died September 12) leave behind their words of wisdom! And in NewsWrap: AUSTRALIA’S postal marriage ...
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With the High Court’s final stamp of approval, AUSTRALIA’S POSTAL MARRIAGE EQUALITY PLEBISCITE is underway — ANNE TWOMEY, SHELLEY ARGENT, ANNA BROWN, BILL SHORTEN, MALCOLM TURNBULL, MATHI...
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The MARRIAGE PLEBISCITE debate gets down and dirty Down Under as you’ll hear in comments by DR. PANSY LAI, LYLE SHELTON, DR. KERRYN PHELPS, TIERNAN BRADY, P.M. MALCOLM TURNBULL, LAUREN FOY, A...
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MADELAINE IMBER and TANDIWE AEBI-MOYO of the swaggering new Australian ‘zine talk about the complex lives of gender non-conforming women (produced by 3CR Melbourne, Australia’s Accent of Wo...
http://twopodcast.blogspot.com/2017/08/butch-is-not-dirty-word.html
Queer youth trace the troubling Trump trail back to Orlando’s Pulse (featuring BRIANNA of OUTCASTING public radio show, produced by Marc Sophos). Queer Life and Lit commentator Janet Maso...
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AUSTRALIAN ACTIVISTS challenge the government’s proposed mail-in marriage equality plebiscite (Sydney correspondent Barry Mackay reviews last week’s roller-coaster developments featuring AL...
A review of David France’s HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE is infused with some personal remembrances by our Queer Life and Lit commentator Janet Mason . OUTCASTING ALEX shares the thoughtful r...
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A review of DAVID FRANCE’s HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE is infused with some personal remembrances by our Queer Life and Lit commentator JANET MASON . “OUTCASTING ” ALEX shares the thought...
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Gay Bangladeshi blogger MAHAMOOD RAKIBUL HASAN ’s harrowing tale of fleeing tells for his life, finding temporary refuge in Nepal (an interview by Asia Calling's Rajan Parajuli, produced by N...
http://twopodcast.blogspot.com/2017/06/out-of-dhaka-caravan-of-love.html
WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH expatriate MEGAN PHELPS-ROPER shares the lessons learned from her social media-driven separation from her family’s “God Hates Fags” religion (speaking at a recent ...
Pride #RESISTMARCHES take D.C. and WEHO (speakers include CHARLIE CARVER, ASIA KATE DILLON, CHASE STRANGIO, REP. ADAM SCHIFF, REP. NANCY PELOSI, REP. MAXINE WATERS, AMERICA FERRERA, JOSE GUEVAR...
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The harrowing details of INDONESIA’S terrifying infection of homophobic hatred (Nicole Curby, KBR/Jakarta , reports)! Trans cricket reporter CATE MCGREGOR turns the other cheek in response ...
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Our merry meeting with writer-comedian JUSTIN SAYRE (Abby Dees and Wenzel Jones share the laughter )! A Rainbow Minute celebrates ECCENTRIC BRITISH POWER BOAT RACER MARION CARSTAIRS (prod...
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ELLEN DEGENERES celebrates the 20th anniversary of her historic sit-com coming out on her afternoon TV talk show, and we add our original coverage of that event in 1997! And in NewsWrap: CHE...
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CHECHNYA UPDATE: three gay survivors describe the terrifying anti-gay purge, while PRESIDENT RAMZAN KADYROV pleads "not guilty" and OUTRIGHT ACTION INTERNATIONAL 's MARIA SJODIN sounds the alarm...