A gay Christian activist-author who started out as the closeted ghostwriter for some of the most powerful televangelists in the U.S. came out in 1994 with the book “Stranger at the Gate: To Be Gay and Christian in America.” Mel White could hardly have been more prescient about the religious right politics that would lead to the MAGA movement and Christian Nationalism (original interview by Ian Masters, thanks to the Pacifica Radio Archives).

And in NewsWrap: the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2026 Census will consider including a question about sexual orientation, the U.S. Census Bureau is developing better ways to include sexual orientation and gender identity, four more U.S. corporations are abandoning their commitments to DEI programs and support for the queer community, Aetna will be the first U.S. insurance company to extend fertility treatment coverage to LGBTQ people, the privacy rights of transgender public school students get the backing of New Hampshire’s Supreme Court, Austin, Texas Brewtorium Brewery and Kitchen is responding to violent threats with a “fruity” Big Gay Beer, and more international LGBTQ news reported this week by Elena Botkin-Levy and John Dyer V (produced by Brian DeShazor). 

All this on the September 2, 2024 edition of This Way Out!

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Mel White at the Gate

Keep Waiting

Drag may be under fire today by the enforcers of “family values,” but not so back in the early 1900s according to scholar and historian Andrew L. Erdman, author of “Beautiful: The story of Julian Eltinge, America’s Greatest Female Impersonator” (interviewed by David Hunt).

And in NewsWrap: openly gay Malcolm Bishop’s appointment as Lord Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tonga draws immediate calls for his removal, Iran’s government summons Australian Ambassador Ian McConville for a post celebrating Australia’s “Wear It Purple Day” for queer youth. six major U.S. publishers sue Florida for its book ban policy, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints will now “annotate” trans Mormons’ membership records like child pornographers and church embezzlers, Virginia’s Sweet Briar College changes its admissions policy to exclude trans and non-binary applicants, and more international LGBTQ news reported this week by Elena Botkin-Levy and John Dyer V (produced by Brian DeShazor). 

All this on the September 9, 2024 edition of This Way Out!

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“Beautiful” Drag Great Julian Eltinge

In this week’s LGBTQ headlines:

• A Florida school district must restore dozens of LGBTQ-themed books to its libraries as part of a lawsuit settlement that called the state's queer book ban legislation unlawful.

• Delaware state senator Sarah McBride is poised to become the first openly transgender member of Congress

• Gilead's twice-yearly injectable PrEP exceeds expectations in clinical trial

• And the new documentary “Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln” explores the personal life and sexuality of the 16th president

All that and more in this episode of The Randy Report.

LGBTQ News: New doc-film explores gay private life of Abraham Lincoln, FL book ban reversed + more

The bold, brash and bawdy life and artistry of Sophie Tucker is captured in a risqué and raucous one-woman cabaret show written and performed by Laural Meade (interviewed by Brian DeShazor).

And in NewsWrap: the largest LGBTQ Pride March in Serbia’s history had several thousand people marching through the capital of Belgrade in defiance of violent threats, an accusation of theft in the midst of a contentious break-up gets two gay male Zimbabweans arrested for sodomy, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is refining questions about sexual orientation and gender identity for its 2026 Census, New South Wales has produced a study on puberty blockers for transgender young people that contradicts the U.K.’s controversial Cass Report, U.S.-based corporations Molson/Coors Brewing Company and toolmaking Stanley Black and Decker bow to right-wing pressure to abandon their workplace DEI programs, and more international LGBTQ news reported this week by Michael Taylor Gray and Melanie Keller (produced by Brian DeShazor). 

All this on the September 16, 2024 edition of This Way Out!

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Ms. Tucker Will See You Now

In walks Yvette
With a cigarette
And a smile on her face
Just like she owns this place

She's only twenty-one
Yvette just wants to have fun
And make tons of cash
This I understand

Two three four

Yvette
Why don't you make me a bet
That your eyes will speak to me
Well tell me what do you really see
Just another Joe
It's okay I already know
That it is just your job
And I am another slob

Yvette I'll pay so don't
(ever stop)
And I don't care if they
(call the cops)
Yvette you're the best so I'm
(telling you)
I sing Yvette Yvette Yvette
I want you

To dance for me
And take all my money
It's okay I don't care
I just a want feel your hair

All over my face
Cause you're the best in this whole place
So let me feel you're lovely skin
And let the love affair begin

Owww

Why don't you make me a bet
That your eyes will speak to me
Well tell me what do you really see
Just another Joe
It's okay I already know
That it is just your job
And I am another slob

Two Three Four

Yvette I'll pay so don't
(ever stop)
And I don't care if they
(call the cops)
Yvette you're the best so I'm
(telling you)
Yvette Yvette Yvette
I want you

Yvette I'll pay so don't
(ever stop)
And I don't care if they
(call the cops)
Yvette you're the best so I'm
(telling you)
Yvette Yvette Yvette
I want you

How bout you?
Do you feel it too?

Or am I just another fool 
(She's the best)
Who fell for you 
(Never forget)
Just like all the others do 
(Yvette)
Strange to my surprise 
(Yvette)
I see that glow in your eyes 
(She's the best)
And I know you're feeling it to 
(Never forget)
What are we going to do 
(Yvette)

For one moment in time 
(oh oh oh oh)
The perfect girl was all mine 
(Oh oh oh oh)
And never forget 
(oh oh oh oh)
I'll never forget 
(Yvette)
Eye Eye 
Yvette

But her real name was Julie

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Written by Johnny Punish, Richard Abboud, Brian Jay Cline, Jason Wickstrom
Produced by Punish Studios enhanced by A.I.
Official Web Site:  https://www.PunishStudios.com

Yvette

Forget Me

At the Human Rights Campaign National Dinner, a keynote address by Democratic vice presidential nominee, coach and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz recounts his own track record as an LGBTQ ally, which is as long and cutting-edge as that of his running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris.

And in NewsWrap: Georgia’s Parliament passes a package of bills modeled on Russia’s infamous “no promo homo law,” Kharkiv’s “auto Pride” links equality and Ukrainian victory in a motorcade through the city, Taiwan will recognize the marriages of its queer citizens to mainland Chinese spouses, one of the men convicted of murdering gay student Matthew Shepard in 1998 loses a bid to commute the rest of his two consecutive life sentences after 25 years in prison, the Denver-based Tenth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholds a law banning conversion therapy for minors in the state of Colorado, Kentucky’s governor issues an Executive Order banning conversion therapy on minors, Paige Johnson becomes the first out transgender person elected to public office in the Australian state of New South Wales, and more international LGBTQ news reported  by Tanya Kane-Parry and Joe Boehnlein (produced by Brian DeShazor). 

All this on the September 23, 2024 edition of This Way Out!

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Gov. Tim Walz at HRC National Dinner

Latino Victory’s National Political Director Winter Snitz-Meza talks about his organization’s focus on voter turnout in swing states and how the organization is preparing the next generation of Latino elected officials.

Episode 130 Latino Victory’s Winter Snitz-Meza Discusses the 2024 Vote and Future Latino Candidates

Internationally acclaimed poet, comedian, actor and author of “Beyond the Gender Binary” Alok Vaid-Menon critiques the LGBTQ+ movement’s myopia around intersectional politics, and, thanks to This Way Out’s archives, discovers that their perspective echoes their Aunt Urvashi Vaid’s analysis of “Virtual Equality” in the 1990s (Part 1, interviewed by Brian DeShazor).

And in NewsWrap: Thailand King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s royal assent officially redefines marriage as a legal union of two individuals, the Duma gives initial approval to a ban on the adoption of Russian children to countries that allow gender-affirming healthcare and marriage equality, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues the federal government to avoid training prospective foster families to support a child’s potential LGBTQ+ identity, free expression advocate PEN America finds that the number of books banned in U.S. public schools tripled during the 2023-2024 academic year, the FBI’s annual Crime in the Nation report reveals that one-in-five of the exploding number of hate crimes in the U.S. were motivated by anti-queer animus, a study in the journal Nature Human Behavior based on The Trevor Project’s new peer-reviewed research proves the link between anti-transgender legislation and youth suicides, and more international LGBTQ news reported  by David Hunt and Michael LeBeau (produced by Brian DeShazor). 

All this on the September 30, 2024 edition of This Way Out!

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Alok Beyond the Binary

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Go away weirdo.

Unapologetically Trans Non-Binary Alien Bad Bitch (They/Them She/Her)
10+ Year Music Producer/Songwriter messing with AI and stuff.

PRODUCTION & AI PRODUCTION SIDE PROJECT

RECREATIONS COMING SOON

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