THIS WAY OUT: Sophie B. Hawkins reads from Woolf and Hawkins + global LGBTQ news
This Way Out/Greg Gordon
THIS WAY OUT:
the international LGBTQ radio magazine
Program #1972 distributed 12 January 2026
(Hosted this week by Brian DeShazor and produced by Greg Gordon and Lucia Chappelle)
Singer/songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins reads from an original work and Virginia Woolf’s “Mrs. Dalloway”;
More than 100 patrons are roughly arrested in an Azerbaijan gay bar raid, ten transphobes in France are
convicted of cyberbullying First Lady Brigitte Macron, a U.S. federal judge okays teachers outing trans
students to their parents, Massachusetts bows to threats from 2 lawsuits and the Trump administration
and removes the requirement that foster parents support LGBTQ kids in their care, her devoted wife
Becca memorializes ICE-killed lesbian mom Renee Nicole Good, and more global LGBTQ news!
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“NewsWrap”: 106 people are roughly arrested in a late December raid on a gay nightspot in Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan; ten people in France are convicted of online bullying for “maliciously” claiming that First Lady Brigitte Macron is transgender; a U.S. federal judge rules that teachers or other school officials can out trans students to their parents without their consent; while a different federal judge decides that “devoutly Christian” parents can prevent their children from learning about the mere existence of LGBTQ people in school; under pressure from the Trump administration and a lawsuit filed by “devoutly Christian” foster parent applicants, Massachusetts replaces policies specifically requiring foster parents to support LGBTQ children in their care with the more innocuous “based on their individual identity and needs”; and her wife Becca remembers Renee Nicole Good (written this week by GREG GORDON, edited by TANYA KANE-PARRY, produced by BRIAN DeSHAZOR, and reported by RET and MARCOS NAJERA). (written this week by GREG GORDON and TANYA KANE-PARRY, reported by RET and MARCOS NAJERA, and produced by BRIAN DeSHAZOR).
Feature: SOPHIE B. HAWKINS is a U.S.-born singer-songwriter whose commercial success has been matched by her passionate advocacy for animal rights, and the equality of women and the queer community. In 1925, VIRGINIA WOOLF introduced the world to “MRS. DALLOWAY”, a groundbreaking novel that explores a single day in the life of an upper-class woman in post-World War I England. With its innovative stream-of-consciousness narrative, “Mrs. Dalloway” remains a landmark in modernist literature. In 2020 Sophie joined “This Way Out” in a Global Queer Read-in with an exclusive performance of her own work, “NOT BEATING AROUND THE BUSH” and an excerpt from “Mrs. Dalloway”. The voices of both these women-loving women are blooming in full force this week—each in her own right, shaping the world around them with art, advocacy, and a commitment to speaking truth to power (produced by BRIAN DeSHAZOR, with intro music from “Lose Your Way” by SOPHIE B. HAWKINS).
[To enjoy dozens of other readings of note by people of note, click on Global Queer Read-In via the “Explore” tab at thiswayout.org.]
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