Portland’s queer poets shine at Slamlandia; this week’s “Rainbow Rewind” celebrates mid-December queer icon birthdays and key events; Kazakhstan delays its “no promo homo” bill for Senate study, Egypt and Iran red card Seattle’s World Cup Pride Match, Budapest’s Mayor is proud to be charged for allowing Pride to parade, Arlington, Texas axes its LGBTQ anti-discrimination protections, and transgender Admiral Rachel Levine Is deadnamed in the Health and Human Services portrait gallery. Those stories and more this week, when you choose “This Way Out.”
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