Gender and Love Along the Nile with Egyptologist Dr. Colleen Darnell

Gender and Love Along the Nile with Egyptologist Dr. Colleen Darnell

Author: Overnight Productions, Inc. March 3, 2026 Duration: 28:59
Award-winning Egyptologist Dr. Colleen Darnell of Lost Treasures of Egypt explores diverse expressions of love, gender, and identity woven into the civilizations of the ancient Nile in conversation with Brian DeShazor. And in NewWrap: Wendy Faith and Alesi Diana Denise face life in prison in Uganda for kissing “in broad daylight,” increasing the penalty for what it calls “unnatural acts” in Senegal is the goal of a bill introduced by Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, the gay dating apps Grindr and Blued are now blocked in Malaysia, the drug trials that provided transgender minors in the United Kingdom with the only way to get puberty blockers have been paused, two Kansas trans men are filing suit to stop the state from revoking all government documents that reflect corrected gender identities, and more international LGBTQ news reported this week by Melanie Keller and Tanya Kane-Parry (produced by Brian DeShazor). All this on the March 2, 2026 edition of This Way Out! Join our family of listener-donors today at thiswayout.org/donate/.

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