The Big Lie & Early RuPaul

The damage of living a lie — the kind of damage that’s most poignant as the holidays approach, and most keenly felt by LGBTQ+ youth — is described first-hand by OutCaster Brianna (produced by Marc Sophos). Two years before RuPaul’s Drag Race debuted in 2009, the soon-to-be international icon stepped off the runway to tell his story in this This Way Out Rewind (interviewed by Dixie Treichel). And in NewsWrap: Kuala Lumpur Halloween party raided by religious cops, Brazilian voters reject the hateful regime of President Jair Bolsonaro, Pride overcomes obstacles in Johannesburg and Taipei, Tokyo’s queer couples get partnership certificates, a fond farewell to the original "Lavender Cowboy,” beauty queens crown each other in wedded bliss, and more international LGBTQ news reported this week by Michael LeBeau and Tanya Kane-Parry (produced by Brian DeShazor). All this on the November 7, 2022 edition of This Way Out! Join our family of listener-donors today at http://thiswayout.org/donate/