2025 Queer Year in Review (Part Two) | This Way Out Radio Episode #1970
- Dec 30, 2025
- 1 min read
We continue our review of some of the news and feature stories on This Way Out during the past 12 months, including trans lawmakers defending drag and their own dignity, celebrating a venerated Aussie activist, challenging anti-queer laws in the Caribbean, marching for gender rights in the U.K., greeting a drag virtuoso violist, analyzing a major setback at the U.S. Supreme Court, and reviewing the upcoming season at what used to be the The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.Those stories and more this week, when you discover “This Way Out.”
[NOTE: “NewsWrap” and the “Rainbow Rewind” segments return on our week of 12 January 2026
Hosted this week by Brian DeShazor and produced by Lucia Chappelle and Greg Gordon. The 2025 Queer News and Features in Review feature was produced by Greg Gordon, with archival news and features reporters David Hunt, Melanie Keller, Tanya Kane-Parry, Michael LeBeau, Barry McKay, John Dyer V, Brian DeShazor, and Ava Davis. Theme music: Kim Wilson. Additional music: the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Choir, No Greater Time Collective, Thorgy Thor, Eric Borchard, and from “Camelot”, “Mrs. Doubtfire: The Musical”, and “Chicago”.
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This episode offers a powerful and thoughtful reflection on the major moments of 2025 affecting the queer community. I appreciate how This Way Out highlights voices, challenges, and progress that often don’t get enough mainstream attention. Stories like these remind me how important authentic storytelling is, whether in journalism, radio, or written narratives. It also made me think about behind-the-scenes work in media and publishing, especially when people ask How much do ghostwriters charge to help shape and preserve important stories. Thank you for continuing to document and amplify these voices.
Reading 2025 Queer Year in Review (Part Two) | This Way Out Radio Episode #1970 felt like flipping through a rich tapestry of voices and resilience, and it reminded me how communities whether in media, academia, or everyday life grow stronger when stories are shared honestly and with heart; I'm a student of PhD in current days and doing part-time job at The Online Class Help and assisting students in their academic work I have a deep interest in helping others bcz in my college days I suffer alot from these types of hustles I'm really cpnsious about my studies and others, and I remember how overwhelming semesters could feel, when pressure and fatigue made me think “finish my online class”…