Queer countertenor Costanzo goes for baroque; MTV Awards boost a Bunny, a Billy, and a Dove; a top Caribbean court kills Saint Kitts & Nevis anti-gay sex laws, India's top court nods at non-traditional families, organizers are outraged over Serbia's presidential cancellation of EuroPride, a U.S. appeals court sides with religious doctors against trans patients, Indiana's top court favors a Catholic school over its gay teacher's marriage, a Kansas teacher is rewarded for mis-gendering her student, and Brazil's President Bolsonaro faces charges for queer-baiting COVID vaccine lies! Those stories — and more this week — when you discover "This Way Out": the world's audio oasis for queer news and culture.
Hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle. "NewsWrap" reported this week by Tanya Kane-Parry & David Hunt, produced by Brian DeShazor. Correspondent: Brian DeShazor. Cameos: from the "Bros" movie trailer; Janis Ian, George Takei, Lily Tomlin. Theme music: Kim Wilson. Add'l music: The Little River Band; and from Handel: Tolomeo; Hymn to the Sun from Akhnaten by Philip Glass; Byrne, Glass: Liquid Days by Anthony Roth Costanzo & Jonathan Cohen & Les Violons du Roy; Under Pressure by David Bowie and Queen; and Dido’s Lament White Flag Medley by Purcell and Dido.
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