This Way Out Radio
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This Way Out is the only internationally distributed weekly LGBTQ radio program of news and special features, currently airing on some 200 local community radio stations around the world.
What life is like in the newsrooms and on the beat for LGBTQ+ reporters in a time when there’s too much news to and fewer jobs, according to Los Angeles chapter co-presidents Hansen Bursic and Katie Karl of NLGJA: the Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists.
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The State of Queer Journalism | This Way Out Radio Episode #1967 - LISTEN NOW on our website, podcasts everywhere, and community radio stations around the world.
What life is like in the newsrooms and on the beat for LGBTQ+ reporters in a time when there’s too much news to and fewer jobs, according to Los Angeles chapter co-presidents Hansen Bursic and Katie K...
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December 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
What life is like in the newsrooms and on the beat for LGBTQ+ reporters in a time when there’s too much news to and fewer jobs, according to Los Angeles chapter co-presidents Hansen Bursic and Katie Karl of NLGJA: the Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists.
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Poet Steven Reigns’ memorial memoir chronicling his profound six-year friendship with Michael Church who died of AIDS in 2000 is presented in an original sound collage with archival news reports and the friends’ favorite music (produced by Brian DeShazor).
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Steven Reigns’ Outliving Michael | This Way Out Radio Episode #1966 - LISTEN NOW on our website, podcasts everywhere, and community radio stations around the world.
Part One of Outliving Michael, a new book by Los Angeles-based poet Steven Reigns, a memorial memoir chronicling Steven’s profound friendship with Michael Church from 1994 until Michael died of AIDS i...
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December 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Poet Steven Reigns’ memorial memoir chronicling his profound six-year friendship with Michael Church who died of AIDS in 2000 is presented in an original sound collage with archival news reports and the friends’ favorite music (produced by Brian DeShazor).
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As World AIDS Day 2025 approaches, the theme of community organizing versus government indifference today echoes the early years of the pandemic.
All this on the November 24, 2025 edition of This Way Out!
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All this on the November 24, 2025 edition of This Way Out!
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The Early Years of AIDS | This Way Out Radio Episode #1965 - LISTEN NOW on our website, podcasts everywhere, and community radio stations around the world.
As World AIDS Day 2025 approaches, the theme of community organizing versus government indifference today echoes the early years of the pandemic. Historic coverage includes AIDS patient/activists Robe...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
As World AIDS Day 2025 approaches, the theme of community organizing versus government indifference today echoes the early years of the pandemic.
All this on the November 24, 2025 edition of This Way Out!
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All this on the November 24, 2025 edition of This Way Out!
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LISTEN NOW This special podcast edition of This Way Out Radio featuring the full recording of The Quentin Crisp Memorial program that was excerpted in This Way Out's feature in program #1964.
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Podcast Edition: An Extended Tribute to Quentin Crisp
This special podcast edition of This Way Out Radio presents the full recording of The Quentin Crisp Memorial program that was excerpted in This Way Out's feature in program #1964.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
LISTEN NOW This special podcast edition of This Way Out Radio featuring the full recording of The Quentin Crisp Memorial program that was excerpted in This Way Out's feature in program #1964.
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In commemoration of the November 21, 1999 passing of “The Naked Civil Servant,” listen to excerpts from one of his last interviews and a reading of one of his last pieces by publicist Chris Snell at his March 3, 2000 memorial service (produced by Brian DeShazor). www.thiswayout.org/post/this-wa...
A Tribute to Quentin Crisp | This Way Out Radio Episode #1964 - LISTEN NOW on our website, podcasts everywhere, and community radio stations around the world.
In commemoration of the November 21, 1999 passing of “The Naked Civil Servant,” listen to excerpts from one of his last interviews and a reading of one of his last pieces by publicist Chris Snell at h...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
In commemoration of the November 21, 1999 passing of “The Naked Civil Servant,” listen to excerpts from one of his last interviews and a reading of one of his last pieces by publicist Chris Snell at his March 3, 2000 memorial service (produced by Brian DeShazor). www.thiswayout.org/post/this-wa...
Focussing on key queer vIctories in the huge blue wave of Democratic Party wins, Andy Humm and Ann Northrop of Gay USA assess the U.S. off-year election returns with all the delight and derision they deserve. All this on the Nov 10, 2025 edition of This Way Out!
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Elections and Insurrections | This Way Out Radio Episode #1963 - LISTEN NOW on our website, podcasts everywhere, and community radio stations around the world.
Focussing on key queer vIctories in the huge blue wave of Democratic Party wins, Andy Humm and Ann Northrop of Gay USA assess the U.S. off-year election returns with all the delight and derision they ...
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November 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Focussing on key queer vIctories in the huge blue wave of Democratic Party wins, Andy Humm and Ann Northrop of Gay USA assess the U.S. off-year election returns with all the delight and derision they deserve. All this on the Nov 10, 2025 edition of This Way Out!
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President of the National Association of LGBTQ journalists (NLGJA.org) Ken Miguel talks about how the organization promotes queer visibility and accuracy in the media (interviewed by Brian DeShazor). www.thiswayout.org/post/this-wa...
Queer Journalism on a Mission: This Way Out Radio Episode #1962 - LISTEN NOW on our website, podcasts everywhere, and community radio stations around the world.
President of the National Association of LGBTQ journalists (NLGJA.org) Ken Miguel talks about how the organization promotes queer visibility and accuracy in the media (interviewed by Brian DeShazor).
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November 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
President of the National Association of LGBTQ journalists (NLGJA.org) Ken Miguel talks about how the organization promotes queer visibility and accuracy in the media (interviewed by Brian DeShazor). www.thiswayout.org/post/this-wa...
A TREAT for today! In this extended podcast edition, we feature the full-length production directed for Pacifica Radio by a “pre-Spock” Leonard Nimoy. soundcloud.com/this-way-out...
Podcast Edition: Oscar Wilde's Salome full production & interview w/ director Leonard Nimoy
We commemorate the birthday of the renowned gay Irish writer Oscar Wilde (October 16, 1854- November 30, 1900) with the play he was writing in October, 1891 — Salomé.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A TREAT for today! In this extended podcast edition, we feature the full-length production directed for Pacifica Radio by a “pre-Spock” Leonard Nimoy. soundcloud.com/this-way-out...
We commemorate the birthday of the renowned gay Irish writer Oscar Wilde with an excerpt from the play he was writing in October, 1891 — a scene from a production directed for Pacifica Radio by a “pre-Spock” Leonard Nimoy.
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A Wilde Tribute to Salome | This Way Out Radio Episode #1961 - LISTEN NOW on our website, podcasts everywhere, and community radio stations around the world.
We commemorate the birthday of the renowned gay Irish writer Oscar Wilde with an excerpt from the play he was writing in October, 1891 — a scene from a production directed for Pacifica Radio by a “pre...
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October 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
We commemorate the birthday of the renowned gay Irish writer Oscar Wilde with an excerpt from the play he was writing in October, 1891 — a scene from a production directed for Pacifica Radio by a “pre-Spock” Leonard Nimoy.
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Jennie Arnau discovered her passion for music in her childhood home of Greenville, South Carolina - now she shares a new album, A Rising Tide www.thiswayout.org/post/this-wa...
Jennie Arnau: A Rising Tide | This Way Out Radio Episode #1960 - LISTEN NOW on our website, podcasts everywhere, and community radio stations around the world.
Jennie Arnau discovered her passion for music in her childhood home of Greenville, South Carolina, a place that called her back at a time of loss and grief. She’s now living and working in New York Ci...
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October 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Jennie Arnau discovered her passion for music in her childhood home of Greenville, South Carolina - now she shares a new album, A Rising Tide www.thiswayout.org/post/this-wa...
Shaun Peterson’s “Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln” goes beyond investigating the love live of the 16th U.S. President to examine how the study of history evolves (interviewed by Brian DeShazor, part 2 of 2).
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Lincoln, “Lover of Men” (Pt. 2) | This Way Out Radio Episode #1959 - LISTEN NOW on our website, podcasts everywhere, and community radio stations around the world.
Shaun Peterson’s “Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln” goes beyond investigating the love live of the 16th U.S. President to examine how the study of history evolves (interviewed by Br...
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October 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Shaun Peterson’s “Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln” goes beyond investigating the love live of the 16th U.S. President to examine how the study of history evolves (interviewed by Brian DeShazor, part 2 of 2).
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Shaun Peterson’s film documentary investigates the evidence that Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, would today be considered bisexual or queer (interviewed by Brian DeShazor, part 1 of 2).
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Lincoln, “Lover of Men” (Pt. 1) | This Way Out Radio Episode #1958 - LISTEN NOW on our website, podcasts everywhere, and community radio stations around the world.
Shaun Peterson’s film documentary investigates the evidence that Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, would today be considered bisexual or queer (interviewed by Brian DeShazor, p...
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October 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Shaun Peterson’s film documentary investigates the evidence that Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, would today be considered bisexual or queer (interviewed by Brian DeShazor, part 1 of 2).
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The venerable historical preservation organization celebrates LGBTQ+ History Month with an LA County-wide programming series where the past and the future intermingle.
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Circa: One Institute’s Queer Histories Festival | This Way Out Radio Episode #1957 - LISTEN NOW on our website, podcasts everywhere, and community radio stations around the world.
The venerable historical preservation organization celebrates LGBTQ+ History Month with an LA County-wide programming series where the past and the future intermingle. One Institute Executive Director...
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September 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The venerable historical preservation organization celebrates LGBTQ+ History Month with an LA County-wide programming series where the past and the future intermingle.
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With seven years experience as CEO of Rainbow Railroad, Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights Fellow at the Carr-Ryan Center at Harvard and Refugee Council USA board member Kamahli Powell discusses the world’s refugee crisis and specifically how it affects LGBTQ communities.
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Powell Speaks for LGBTQ Refugees | This Way Out Radio Episode #1956 - LISTEN NOW on our website, podcasts everywhere, and community radio stations around the world.
With seven years experience as CEO of Rainbow Railroad, Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights Fellow at the Carr-Ryan Center at Harvard and Refugee Council USA board member Kamahli Powell is uniquely qualified ...
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September 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
With seven years experience as CEO of Rainbow Railroad, Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights Fellow at the Carr-Ryan Center at Harvard and Refugee Council USA board member Kamahli Powell discusses the world’s refugee crisis and specifically how it affects LGBTQ communities.
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For more than two decades, activist, educator, diplomat Jessica Stern has worn a variety of hats in her efforts to advance LGBTQ human rights around the world, always at the forefront — unafraid, unapologetic, speaking truth to power.
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Jessica Stern’s Queer Diplomacy | This Way Out Radio Episode #1955 - LISTEN NOW on our website, podcasts everywhere, and community radio stations around the world.
For more than two decades, activist, educator, diplomat Jessica Stern has worn a variety of hats in her efforts to advance LGBTQ human rights around the world, always at the forefront — unafraid, unap...
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September 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
For more than two decades, activist, educator, diplomat Jessica Stern has worn a variety of hats in her efforts to advance LGBTQ human rights around the world, always at the forefront — unafraid, unapologetic, speaking truth to power.
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The late historian Allan Bérubé on how queer soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines have always been a vital part of military readiness.
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Allan Bérubé: Queer Media Pioneers | This Way Out Radio Episode #1954 - LISTEN NOW on our website, podcasts everywhere, and community radio stations around the world.
The late historian Allan Bérubé documented in Coming Out Under Fire (1990) how queer soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines have always been a vital part of military readiness. He revealed in a 1983 ta...
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September 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The late historian Allan Bérubé on how queer soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines have always been a vital part of military readiness.
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Every month at AKBAR, a small neighborhood LGBTQ+ bar on the east side of Los Angeles, queer artists of all kinds find a place to play in a unique cabaret. Executive Director Travis Wood, Creative Director Ian MacKinnon...celebrate 13 years of Planet Queer. www.thiswayout.org/post/this-wa...
Planet Queer Turns 13 | This Way Out Radio Episode #1951 - LISTEN NOW on our website, podcasts everywhere, and community radio stations around the world.
Every month at AKBAR, a small neighborhood LGBTQ+ bar on the east side of Los Angeles, queer artists of all kinds find a place to play in a unique cabaret. Executive Director Travis Wood, Creative Dir...
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August 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Every month at AKBAR, a small neighborhood LGBTQ+ bar on the east side of Los Angeles, queer artists of all kinds find a place to play in a unique cabaret. Executive Director Travis Wood, Creative Director Ian MacKinnon...celebrate 13 years of Planet Queer. www.thiswayout.org/post/this-wa...
Fighting for LGBTQ+ rights in the Caribbean has been difficult, but the winds of progress are blowing strong in Saint Lucia. LISTEN NOW
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Sex Law Victory in St. Lucia | This Way Out Radio Episode #1950 - LISTEN NOW on our website, podcasts everywhere, and community radio stations around the world.
Fighting for LGBTQ+ rights in the Caribbean has been difficult, but the winds of progress are blowing strong in Saint Lucia. ECADE, the Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversity and Equality, just won ...
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August 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Fighting for LGBTQ+ rights in the Caribbean has been difficult, but the winds of progress are blowing strong in Saint Lucia. LISTEN NOW
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In more than three decades as a proud transgender activist, Jamison Green has moved from making history to writing it as one of the authors and editors of a new book, “A History of Transgender Medicine in the United States, From Margins to Mainstream”
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Jamison Green and the History of Trans Medicine | This Way Out Radio Episode #1949 - LISTEN NOW on our website, podcasts everywhere, and community radio stations around the world.
In more than three decades as a proud transgender activist, Jamison Green has moved from making history to writing it as one of the authors and editors of a new book, “A History of Transgender Medicin...
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August 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
In more than three decades as a proud transgender activist, Jamison Green has moved from making history to writing it as one of the authors and editors of a new book, “A History of Transgender Medicine in the United States, From Margins to Mainstream”
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PEN America teamed up with queer Los Angeles writers for readings from some of the most targeted works threatened by the rise in book bans (correspondent/participant Jason Jenn interviews organizer Hank Henderson and author Abdi Nazemian).
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homo-centric: BANNED Camp | This Way Out Radio Episode #1948. LISTEN NOW on our website, podcasts everywhere, and community radio stations around the world.
PEN America (see last week’s This Way Out) teams up with queer Los Angeles writers for readings from some of the most targeted works threatened by the rise in book bans (correspondent /participant Jas...
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July 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
PEN America teamed up with queer Los Angeles writers for readings from some of the most targeted works threatened by the rise in book bans (correspondent/participant Jason Jenn interviews organizer Hank Henderson and author Abdi Nazemian).
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Just how far is it from book bans to bonfires? PEN America’s Los Angeles Director Allison Lee tracks the alarming censorship trend across the U.S. and how to stand up against it (interviewed by Jason Jenn). www.thiswayout.org/post/this-wa...
PEN: Mightier Than the Book Bans | This Way Out Radio Episode #1947 | LISTEN NOW on our website, podcasts everywhere, and community radio stations around the world.
Just how far is it from book bans to bonfires? PEN America’s Los Angeles Director Allison Lee tracks the alarming censorship trend across the U.S. and how to stand up against it (interviewed by Jason ...
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July 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Just how far is it from book bans to bonfires? PEN America’s Los Angeles Director Allison Lee tracks the alarming censorship trend across the U.S. and how to stand up against it (interviewed by Jason Jenn). www.thiswayout.org/post/this-wa...
While Harvard University faces off with the Trump administration - director Diego Garcia Blum of its John F. Kennedy School of Government Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights Program counts its first year accomplishments! www.thiswayout.org/post/this-wa...
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While Harvard University faces off with the Trump administration over its diversity, equity and inclusion programs, director Diego Garcia Blum of its John F. Kennedy School of Government Carr-Ryan Cen...
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July 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
While Harvard University faces off with the Trump administration - director Diego Garcia Blum of its John F. Kennedy School of Government Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights Program counts its first year accomplishments! www.thiswayout.org/post/this-wa...
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld TN's ban on pediatric gender affirming health care - the decision lowered the bar for establishing its constitutionality and imperils the rights of young trans patients in other states. LISTEN NOW www.thiswayout.org/post/this-wa...
U.S. Supreme Court v. Trans Kids’ Health Care | This Way Out Radio Episode #1943https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9842be_a5830ddf50554f5bb5b6254d3a511598~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_85,usm_0...
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld Tennessee’s ban on pediatric gender affirming health care with a decision that lowered the bar for establishing its constitutionality and that imperils the rights of youn...
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June 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld TN's ban on pediatric gender affirming health care - the decision lowered the bar for establishing its constitutionality and imperils the rights of young trans patients in other states. LISTEN NOW www.thiswayout.org/post/this-wa...
In the aftermath of the Elon Musk chainsaw gutting the United States Agency for International Development, LGBTQ+ people around the world were robbed of more than a hundred programs geared to promote their health, safety and human rights. LEARN MORE LISTEN NOW www.thiswayout.org/post/this-wa...
USAID Cuts Cripple Global Queer Rights | This Way Out Radio Episode #1942https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9842be_2584d2615a2241c8996226ff0a2abd50~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.0...
In the aftermath of the Elon Musk chainsaw gutting the United States Agency for International Development, LGBTQ+ people around the world were robbed of more than a hundred programs geared to promote ...
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June 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
In the aftermath of the Elon Musk chainsaw gutting the United States Agency for International Development, LGBTQ+ people around the world were robbed of more than a hundred programs geared to promote their health, safety and human rights. LEARN MORE LISTEN NOW www.thiswayout.org/post/this-wa...
The U.S. Navy launched a fleet replenishment oiler in honor of assassinated San Francisco Supervisor and Navy vet Harvey Milk in 2021, but a new administration finds the gay icon not “reflective of the Commander-in-Chief's priorities” (produced by Lucia Chappelle). www.thiswayout.org/post/this-wa...
The Scrubbing of the USNS Harvey Milk | This Way Out Radio Episode #1941https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9842be_5dd4775cf23a4c28ace724b2bf912720~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00...
The U.S. Navy launched a fleet replenishment oiler in honor of assassinated San Francisco Supervisor and Navy vet Harvey Milk in 2021, but a new administration finds the gay icon not “reflective of th...
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June 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The U.S. Navy launched a fleet replenishment oiler in honor of assassinated San Francisco Supervisor and Navy vet Harvey Milk in 2021, but a new administration finds the gay icon not “reflective of the Commander-in-Chief's priorities” (produced by Lucia Chappelle). www.thiswayout.org/post/this-wa...