Elections and Insurrections

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. Plus a November-oriented Rainbow Rewind calls out the original Daughter of Bilitis, the man whose camera shutter caused right wing shudders, and queer historical turning points (produced by Brian DeShazor and Sheri Lunn). And in NewsWrap: Tasmania will financially compensate victims of the state’s past oppressive anti-queer laws, voters in Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, California, Georgia, New York City and elsewhere in the U.S. strongly reject the politics of President Donald Trump in off-year elections, the U.S. Supreme Court lifts an injunction that blocked the Trump administration’s denial of the “X” gender marker option on passports, Texas can continue to enforce its ban on drag under a ruling of the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, British actor and dancer Jonathan Bailey is People Magazine’s first openly gay “Sexiest Man Alive,” and more international LGBTQ+ news reported this week by Marcos Najera and Melanie Keller (produced by Brian DeShazor). All this on the November 10, 2025 edition of This Way Out! Join our family of listener-donors today at http://thiswayout.org/donate/