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# Out In The Bay

Queer Radio from San Francisco

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- [Blog](https://www.outinthebay.org/blog/) - Out in the Bay, Gay Radio from San Francisco. Read our blog and listen to our archives.
- [Remembering Marilyn: Lesbian feminist poet Judy Grahn](https://www.outinthebay.org/a-simple-revolution-poet-judy-grahn/) - The third in our series featuring interviews by Marilyn Pittman, who died March 28 at age 73. RIP, Marilyn, and thanks for all you left us. Judy Grahn's "Common Woman" poems in the 1960s and '70s inspired a generation of lesbian feminists. Her 2012 book, "A Simple Revolution: The Making of an Activist Poet," is
- [Remembering Marilyn Pittman: Lesley Gore](https://www.outinthebay.org/the-best-of-out-in-the-bay-lesley-gore/) - With sadness, I honor senior co-producer Marilyn Pittman, who passed away Saturday, March 28, by reposting some of her stellar features. She was especially proud of easing Lesley Gore "out" on-air. RIP, Marilyn. ~ E Marilyn Pittman's and Eric Jansen's 2007 interview with the late Lesley Gore. Discovered by Quincy Jones, Gore's iconic, "It's My
- [Remembering Marilyn: Sylvester](https://www.outinthebay.org/the-best-of-oitbs-ten-years-sylvester/) - This sound portrait of the late great disco diva Sylvester is the second in a short series honoring co-producer Marilyn Pittman, who died Saturday, March 28. We're re-posting some of her stellar features. In this one, Marilyn interviews author Josh Gamson about his biography, The Fabulous Sylvester, we hear from fans at the book party
- [Author Dwayne Ratleff on 'Dancing to the Lyrics'](https://www.outinthebay.org/author-dwayne-ratleff-on-dancing-to-the-lyrics/) - Dwayne Ratleff grew up Black, poor and gay in 1960s Baltimore. As a youngster, his loving grandma taught him: “Don’t explain yourself, be yourself.” Ratleff has written an impressive, award-winning debut novel – a memoir really – about his childhood. Dancing to the Lyrics takes us through his sudden uprooting at age 4 from small-town Ohio
- [Utah prof: ‘Gender is queer for everyone’](https://www.outinthebay.org/utah-prof-gender-is-queer-for-everyone/) - According to author and academic Kathryn Bond Stockton, “gender is queer for everyone.” She doesn’t mean "queer" only in the LGBTQIA+ sense -- she means the dictionary definition: strange. “Gender is strange,” she writes,” even when it’s played straight.” In her book Gender(s), she takes a questioning approach and encourages her readers to do the
- [World’s first Drag Laureate shares art, joy, politics of drag](https://www.outinthebay.org/worlds-first-drag-laureate-shares-art-joy-politics-of-drag/) - A yearly "Day of Drag" and a Drag Mall? While many states are restricting drag, San Francisco Drag Laureate D'Arcy Drollinger is spreading the humor and "sparkle" of drag to make positive change in the world.
- [Pagans for dinner? Making holidays queer-comfy](https://www.outinthebay.org/grin-and-bear-awkward-holiday-questions/) - Just in time for potentially awkward holiday gatherings, we present a holiday fave: Author and civil rights lawyer Abby Dees tells our allies go ahead, ask LGBTQ relatives or friends your burning questions. If you’re queer, she says grin and bear it, even encourage those cringe-worthy questions. Dees believes that if asking out of love, all questions
- [Liberace's Spectacular Crystal Closet - a birthday treat!](https://www.outinthebay.org/liberace-and-his-spectacular-crystal-closet/) - We need a break from current events and figured you might too. And it's Liberace's birthday May 16! So sit back, relax, and let the music and story of one of the world’s most fabulous entertainers ever wash over you. Liberace was among the most successful, most popular and gayest entertainers of the 20th century.
- [Burning Man - art and queer exploration](https://www.outinthebay.org/burning-man-art-and-queer-exploration/) - Is Burning Man worth the heat and dust? What’s queer about it? Is it true that many “straight” boys and girls put out there, as they explore their sexuality?
- [A transgender experience in song and talk](https://www.outinthebay.org/transgender-experience-in-song-and-talk/) - When musician and educator Nick Lawrence shared his story with me, I understood "transgender" like never before. His album "I Am a Man" is about his personal journey. In original songs and in our intimate conversation, he dives deep into emotional, physical and medical details, demystifying the transition process with passion, grace and and a
- [Marilyn Mitchell melds life, politics on latest rock album](https://www.outinthebay.org/marilyn-mitchell-melds-life-politics-on-new-rock-album/) - Singer-songwriter Marilyn Mitchell, who played in San Francisco's popular 2003-2010 all-trans rock band Lipstick Conspiracy, shares music and life stories this week - and hints that her former group may get back together. Her latest album, Lives Aligned, has 12 songs inspired by politics and personal life. Mitchell wrote all of them; we hear four
- [Learning from Asexuals About Sex & Relationships](https://www.outinthebay.org/learning-from-asexuals-about-sex-relationships/) - Quick, what's your sexuality? Most of us know roughly where we fall on the Kinsey scale that goes from zero (totally straight) to six (flaming faggot or butchest of dykes). But have you considered another continuum, the asexual – allosexual one? Science writer Angela Chen explains it eloquently, but in my crude shorthand: this continuum
- ['Funeral Diva' Pamela Sneed: 'We can heal'](https://www.outinthebay.org/funeral-diva-pamela-sneed-we-can-heal/) - In poems and prose both heavy and uplifting, Pamela Sneed takes us to Ghana and the streets of New York, tackling the history of slavery, gentrification, health care disparities evidenced by the HIV and COVID pandemics, and much more.
- [Peers connect on Pacifica Pier in 'Spell Heaven'](https://www.outinthebay.org/peers-connect-on-pacifica-pier-in-spell-heaven/) - As we await the reopening of the storm-damaged Pacifica Pier, we bring you a poet's stories of connection on this historic pier.
- [25 years since Matt Shepard: Where are we now?](https://www.outinthebay.org/25-years-since-matt-shepard-where-are-we-now/) - Dec. 1, 1998, soon after its namesake's savage murder, the Matthew Shepard Foundation was launched to erase hate-based violence. We’ve seen big advances since, and big setbacks. Hear thoughts and action items from LGBTQ+ leaders.
- [Veteran Lauren Hough: 'Leaving Isn't The Hardest Thing'](https://www.outinthebay.org/lauren-hough-leaving-isnt-the-hardest-thing-2/) - For Veterans Day, writer Lauren Hough: She grew up in Christian "doomsday" cult The Family, which her father had joined to dodge the Vietnam War. Hough fled to the Air Force, where she got anti-lesbian death threats and her car was torched.
- [25 years after Matthew Shepard: where are we now?](https://www.outinthebay.org/25-years-after-matthew-shepard-where-are-we-now/) - Where are we with LGBTQ+ civil rights and safety since Matthew Shepard's brutal 1998 murder?
- [Matthew Shepard - in his mom's words](https://www.outinthebay.org/matthew-shepard-in-his-moms-words/) - 25 years ago this month, a gay college student was savagely beaten, tied to a fence post, and left outside on a cold night near Laramie, Wyoming. Matthew Shepard died in a hospital five days later. His murder shocked the world. Through his grief-stricken mother Judy's efforts, sexual orientation and gender identity were added to
- [The Art & Queerness of Burning Man](https://www.outinthebay.org/art-queerness-burning-man/) - Why do tens of thousands of people trek to a temporary camp city in a remote Nevada desert in August? Is Burning Man worth the heat and dust storms? What's queer about it? On this week's Out in the Bay (airing 7pm PDT Aug. 20 on kalw.org + 91.7fm SF), Eric Jansen's guests are Jennifer
- [Airline stewards' sky-high impact](https://www.outinthebay.org/airline-stewards-sky-high-impact/) - Is it true that most airline stewards are gay? Was it ever? How did their legal battles with airlines help advance gay rights and workplace gender equity? In this "throwback" edition of Out in the Bay, first aired a decade ago, we also hear about the myth of “Patient Zero” – a flight attendant accused
- ['Faux Queen: A Life in Drag'](https://www.outinthebay.org/faux-queen-a-life-in-drag/) - Monique Jenkinson, a.k.a. Fauxnique, was the first cisgender woman to win the Miss Trannyshack Pageant in 2003, raising many glittered eyebrows in consternation and launching a performance career that has taken her around the globe. In a kiki with Out in the Bay, she shares live performance clips; reads from her memoir, Faux Queen: A Life
- [Drag Storytime – VERA! reads to Oakland preschoolers](https://www.outinthebay.org/drag-storytime-vera-reads-to-oakland-preschoolers/) - So much fuss over drag story hours! Should they be banned? We bring some to you so you can decide! Here’s #3 in our series.
- [Drag Storytime - The One & Only Rexy reads in Berkeley](https://www.outinthebay.org/whats-up-with-drag-storytime-meet-rexy-in-episode-1/) - Why such a fuss over drag story hours? Should they be banned? Hear some for yourself ... then you decide!
- [Drag Storytime – Panda Dulce, Lourdes Rivas read in kindergarten](https://www.outinthebay.org/drag-storytime-2-panda-dulce-lourdes-rivas-read-to-kindergarteners/) - Should drag story hours be banned? With all the fuss, we thought you'd like to judge for yourselves. So we bring some to you!
- [All-trans rock band Lipstick Conspiracy reunites](https://www.outinthebay.org/all-trans-rock-band-lipstick-conspiracy-reunites/) - Pump up the volume! Lipstick Conspiracy, San Francisco's all-transwomen rock band, is back together after almost 13 years, in part as a "joyful antidote" to the escalation of transphobia and anti-LGBTQ laws across the USA. The band was big in the Bay Area and much of the West Coast from soon after their 2003 formation
- [Remembering Heklina & Stefan](https://www.outinthebay.org/remembering-heklina-stefan/) - Thousands gathered in San Francisco this week to remember and celebrate the life of drag impresario Heklina, who died suddenly April 3 while in London for a show with Peaches Christ. Heklina graced many Out in the Bay programs over the years; only once as Stefan Grygelko, the man behind the famous and widely influential
- [The man behind drag phenomenon Heklina](https://www.outinthebay.org/the-man-behind-drag-phenomenon-heklina/) - If behind every great man is a great woman, then behind every great drag queen is a fierce and fabulous man! Meet Stefan Grygelko, the man behind Heklina, co-creator of San Francisco cult-hit live-on-stage drag versions of The Golden Girls, Sex & The City and other classic TV sitcoms, and the creator, producer and hostess
- [How AIDS sparked the right-to-die movement](https://www.outinthebay.org/honoring-lgbtqia-right-to-die-pioneers/) - This edition of Out in the Bay is our shortest so far. It’s our first “quicky”! It comes to us from Jim Van Buskirk, a regional coordinator of the Final Exit Network. Final Exit Network advocates that mentally competent adults suffering painful, debilitating or terminal illnesses should have a basic, legal, human right to end their own lives. Much of its
- ['Doubting Thomas' probes false accusations](https://www.outinthebay.org/doubting-thomas-probes-false-accusations/) - What would you do if falsely accused of molesting a child? And you see your career crumble. Matthew Clark Davison’s novel “Doubting Thomas,” about a gay school teacher, challenges assumptions about guilt, innocence and more. We’re not giving too much away to tell you that two investigations clear Thomas of any wrongdoing, because readers learn
- [Grandma inspired first lesbian Calif. Supreme Court Justice](https://www.outinthebay.org/grandma-inspired-californias-first-lesbian-supreme-court-justice/) - As a young girl, future Supreme Court of California Associate Justice Kelli Evans was more excited about the bookmobile coming through her Denver neighborhood than the ice cream truck. “I was a voracious reader,” the first out lesbian on California’s highest court told Out in the Bay Queer Radio + Podcast. Evans says she read
- [Lusty lesbian novels spurred queer rights in 1950s and ‘60s](https://www.outinthebay.org/lusty-lesbian-novels-spurred-queer-rights-in-1950s-and-60s/) - While a young housewife with kids in the 1950s and early ’60s, Ann Bannon wrote lusty lesbian love stories. Scorned by the literary elite then, her and other authors’ "pulp fiction" paperbacks helped build the queer rights movement, and they now give a juicy glimpse into gay and lesbian life in those times. On this week’s Out
- [Gay Cal. Supreme Court justice values personal struggle](https://www.outinthebay.org/gay-cal-supreme-court-justice-values-personal-struggle/) - The first openly gay Supreme Court of California justice, Martin Jenkins, is not only the first openly LGBTQ justice on the high court, he’s also only the third Black man ever to serve on it. Associate Justice Martin Jenkins told Out in the Bay about his biggest personal struggle and about the importance of being
- [Gay Cal. Supreme Court Justice Values Struggle to be Authentic](https://www.outinthebay.org/gay-calif-supreme-court-justice-values-struggle-to-be-authentic/) - The first openly gay Supreme Court of California justice, Martin Jenkins, is not only the first openly LGBTQ justice on the high court, he’s also just the third Black man ever to serve on it. On this week's Out in the Bay, Associate Justice Martin Jenkins talks about his biggest personal struggle and about the
- ['Changeling' delves deep and sings about transition](https://www.outinthebay.org/changeling-delves-deep-and-sings-about-transition/) - Hear about the transgender experience from singer-songwriter Nick Lawrence, a family coach and former foster-parent educator on LGBTQ topics. His new album, I Am A Man, is about his own transition. In our conversation, Nick dove deep into emotional and physical details, demystifying the transition process with passion, grace and a healthy dose of humor.
- [Creating Queer Punk with Pansy Division](https://www.outinthebay.org/creating-queer-punk-with-pansy-division/) - The true story behind the first gay punk rock band today on Out In The Bay!
- [Hats off to Pauli Murray!](https://www.outinthebay.org/hats-off-to-pauli-murray/) - On this week’s Out in the Bay, hear about the amazing life and accomplishments of a Black queer civil rights trailblazer absent from most history books: Pauli Murray. Activist, lawyer, poet and priest, Dr. Anna Pauline Murray lived a life of firsts. Yet their extraordinary achievements remained largely unknown until recently, a historical omission filmmakers Julie
- [Remembering The Cockettes](https://www.outinthebay.org/remembering-the-cockettes/) - While they weren’t around for long, the Cockettes left an outsized legacy that we explore this week with exclusive recordings and interviews.
- [Inequities in Bay Area MPOX vaccines](https://www.outinthebay.org/inequities-in-bay-area-mpox-vaccines/) - Reporter Corey Antonio Rose has that story, plus a chat with the Oakland LGBTQ Center on Out in the Bay.
- [Uncut: ‘Changeling’ dives deeper, sings more](https://www.outinthebay.org/uncut-changeling-dives-deeper-sings-more/) - Hear about the transgender experience from singer-songwriter Nick Lawrence, a family coach and former foster-parent educator on LGBTQ topics. His new album, "I Am A Man," is about his own transition.
- [Out in the Bay seeks producers, social media and other help](https://www.outinthebay.org/out-in-the-bay-seeks-producers-and-other-help/) - Wanna help produce queer radio? Join us! We are looking for creative folks to help produce, promote and distribute our weekly podcast and radio program. Out in the Bay’s mission is to share LGBTQ voices and stories with the world, opening hearts and minds. Depending on your skill level and our funding, some roles could
- [Black Queer Women get Mighty Real](https://www.outinthebay.org/black-queer-women-get-mighty-real/) - The latest production of ItsQwere is inspired by ’90s-era comedy TV like In Living Color, All That, and SNL.
- [Breaking mental health stigma with stories](https://www.outinthebay.org/breaking-mental-health-stigma-with-stories/) - It’s Gunawan’s hope that through PRESS PLAY: Exhibition, he can reach people who are struggling and tell them, “you are good.”
- ['Bad Hombres' skewers stereotypes](https://www.outinthebay.org/bad-hombres-skewers-stereotypes/) - In “Bad Hombres,” playing at San Francisco's Theatre Rhinoceros through Oct. 30, sole actor Rudy Guerrero plays seven characters that comically skewer stereotypes of queer Latinos. On this week’s Out in the Bay, Guerrero serves up slices of four of those characters, and he and director River Bermudez Sanders share observations on Latinx representation in
- [Passion for politics in 'Paul for Pete'](https://www.outinthebay.org/passion-for-politics-shines-in-paul-for-pete/) - Author Paul Barnes served on Pete Buttigieg's ground-breaking presidential campaign and wrote a book about it called, "Paul for Pete: Or How I Became A Septuagenarian Fan Boy."
- [Race Bannon: Queer & Kinky](https://www.outinthebay.org/race-bannon-queer-kinky/) - The leather activist, author, sex educator, and kink afficianado is Christopher Beale’s guest this week Out In The Bay.
- [How many ways can you ‘Spell Heaven’?](https://www.outinthebay.org/how-many-ways-can-you-spell-heaven/) - How do we find human connection? Being “in with the out crowd?" An author and poet finds peers on the pier. Toni Mirosevich reads from her new book, Spell Heaven and other stories, and talks about connection and meaning on this week’s Out in the Bay. In Spell Heaven, a lesbian couple moves to a
- [Project Open Hand: 'Meals with Love'](https://www.outinthebay.org/project-open-hand-meals-with-love/) - Ruth Brinker, a grandmother and retired food service worker at the time, started cooking and delivering nutritious meals to San Francisco gay men debilitated by HIV/AIDS in 1985. Since then, Project Open Hand, the nonprofit she founded, has become a model for similar organizations worldwide and it has grown to serve people with other serious
- [Born Perfect:  Don’t ‘pray away the gay’](https://www.outinthebay.org/born-perfect-dont-pray-away-the-gay/) - Despite clear evidence that conversion therapy doesn’t work and actually harms LGBTQ people — with high rates of serious mental health issues — the practice of attempting to conform one’s sexual orientation or gender identity to societal norms continues. An estimated 700,000 U.S. adults have undergone conversion therapy with sometimes fatal consequences. Yet there is
- [Wrestling with Monogamy](https://www.outinthebay.org/wrestling-with-monogamy/) - This week, we are tackling two oft-misunderstood subjects on Out In The Bay, open relationships and professional wrestling.
- [Monkeypox advice from health experts](https://www.outinthebay.org/monkeypox-advice-from-health-experts/) - Monkeypox has primarily affected men who sleep with men, but it has been diagnosed in children and women, and health experts says it’s likely to move more widely into the general population. What are we to do? LGBTQ activists and some healthcare professionals have criticized the federal response to monkeypox and are advocating for increased
- [Flashback to Ptown, 2013](https://www.outinthebay.org/flashback-to-ptown-2013/) - Escape with us to a simpler place and time. Before monkeypox, before COVID, before traveling got so fraught. To a town its promoters claimed then was gayer than San Francisco - and where September is superb. Sit back, relax and hit "play." In our time-travel, here’s what we found in our 2013 vault: How did
- [Slaying Dragons with Kevin Rolston](https://www.outinthebay.org/slaying-dragons-with-kevin-rolston/) - “I grew up in a very blue collar, working class, homophobic, and racist environment,” he recalled. Through literature, performance, and eventually writing and performing his own intentionally queer works, Rolston found his sexuality and his voice.
- [Cockettes female co-founder shares group's saucy history](https://www.outinthebay.org/cockettes-female-co-founder-shares-groups-saucy-history/) - Meet artist, designer, photographer and actor Fayette Hauser, a female co-founder of The Cockettes, the 1969-‘72 experimental San Francisco theatre troupe known for eye-popping costumes, glittery beards and sexy musicals some called anarchic. Her beautiful photo and essay book, The Cockettes: Acid Drag & Sexual Anarchy, inspired a San Francisco Public Library exhibit of the
- [In ‘Spell Heaven,’ peers connect on pier](https://www.outinthebay.org/spell-heaven-inspires-human-connection/) - How do we find human connection? Being “in with the out crowd”? An author and poet finds peers on the Pacifica Pier. On this week’s Out in the Bay, Toni Mirosevich reads from her new book, Spell Heaven and other stories. In Spell Heaven, a lesbian couple moves to a coastal town and unexpectedly finds
- [Give OUT for Out in the Bay Queer Radio+Podcast](https://www.outinthebay.org/give-out-for-out-in-the-bay-queer-radiopodcast/) - Whose rights will SCOTUS target next? Help keep queer lives seen, heard and respected!
- [Give OUT for Out in the Bay!](https://www.outinthebay.org/give-out-for-out-in-the-bay/) - Give OUT Day, a month-long fundraiser for queer non-profits, runs all June! Help us keep bringing you stories of LGBTQIA+ people in their own words and voices.
- [Talking Pride with Honey Mahogany & Sister Roma](https://www.outinthebay.org/talking-pride-with-honey-mahogany-sister-roma/) - This week Out In The Bay, we have the hosts of San Francisco Pride 2022 – Honey Mahogany and the legendary Sister Roma from the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
- [LGBTQ Track and Field Club Celebrates 40 Years](https://www.outinthebay.org/lgbtq-track-and-field-club-celebrates-40-years/) - This week on Out In The Bay, meet Rick Thoman, a track and field athlete who shares 40 years of memories with the San Francisco Track and Field Club. Plus, Alice Smith joins us to preview the 14th Annual Pride Meet, taking place June 18th at San Francisco State University.
- [How U.S. fundies fuel gay hate in Africa](https://www.outinthebay.org/god-loves-uganda-tracks-fundy-fear-from-us-to-africa/) - God Loves Uganda is a feature-length documentary about the influence of U.S.-based evangelical Christian missionaries who whip up anti-gay fervor in Africa. Uganda’s parliament is still considering a proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill that, even though the death penalty has been removed from it, would be one of the most punitive anti-gay measures in the world. The
- [The Artists Making Castro Camera Queer AF](https://www.outinthebay.org/representational-reparations-with-queer-arts-featured/) - Meet the team working to bring life, art, and community back to the historic site of Harvey Milk’s Camera Shop in the Castro – Queer Arts Featured (Queer AF).
- [James C. Hormel honored at Stonewall](https://www.outinthebay.org/james-c-hormel-honored-at-stonewall/) - This week we feature our discussion with late gay ambassador James C. Hormel on Out In The Bay.
- [Sex, drugs and drag with The Cockettes](https://www.outinthebay.org/sex-drugs-and-drag-with-the-cockettes/) - The Cockettes were a flamboyant, gender-bending, hippie drag troupe active in San Francisco beginning in 1969. Scrumbly Koldewyn was one of the original creators of the group and shares the story of their creation and his view of their legacy on this week’s Out in the Bay.
- [SCOTUS abortion leak shows threats to queer rights too](https://www.outinthebay.org/scotus-abortion-leak-reveals-threats-to-queer-rights-too/) - How greatly are LGBTQ civil liberties threatened by abortion cases now before the conservative-heavy U.S. Supreme Court? Federal courts journalist Lisa Keen told host Christopher Beale the leaked draft opinion, by Justice Samuel Alito, is “shocking” on many levels.
- [We're 'Born Perfect' - don't 'pray away the gay'](https://www.outinthebay.org/were-born-perfect-dont-try-to-pray-away-the-gay/) - Despite clear evidence that conversion therapy doesn't work and in fact harms LGBTQ people — with high rates of serious mental health issues — the practice of attempting to conform one's sexual orientation or gender identity to societal norms continues. An estimated 700,000 U.S. adults have undergone conversion therapy with sometimes fatal consequences. Yet there
- [Honey Mahogany on Politics, Drag Race & The Stud](https://www.outinthebay.org/honey-mahogany-on-politics-drag-race-the-stud/) - The chair of the San Francisco Democratic Committee, and RuPaul's Drag Race alum Honey Mahogany is our guest on Out In The Bay.
- [An early COVID-19 story + Remembering Sylvester](https://www.outinthebay.org/an-early-covid-19-story-remembering-sylvester/) - In 2020 the news was filled with data and fear, and — in those earliest days — the coverage of folks who had actually contracted COVID-19 was often second hand. So, when a longtime friend tested positive, host Christopher Beale got in touch.
- [A Grindr love story + Remembering Liberace](https://www.outinthebay.org/a-grindr-love-story-liberace/) - We remember style and music icon Liberace and hear the true story of a couple who met on Grindr.
- [Trevor Hailey & Gilbert Baker](https://www.outinthebay.org/trevor-hailey-gilbert-baker/) - We are literally OUT in the bay for this episode, walking through San Francisco’s historic gay neighborhood, The Castro. Along the way we'll meet tour guide Trevor Hailey, and the creator of the original rainbow flag Gilbert Baker.
- [Queens Read Celebrity Autobiographies](https://www.outinthebay.org/queens-read-celebrity-autobiographies/) - This time on Out In The Bay, "literary readings with really, big, gigantic martinis!" That's how our guest poet and author James Siegel describes Literary Speakeasy, a live literary show he founded in 2015. In the years since, hundreds of poets, authors and songwriters from across the Bay Area have featured their work and connected
- [LGBTQs stuck in Afghanistan risk execution](https://www.outinthebay.org/execution-warrant-for-lgbtqs-in-afghanistan/) - Queer people in Afghanistan are in deadly danger. After the Taliban swiftly took control in August following 20 years of US-led occupation, more than 120,000 people had been evacuated by late September. But today, tens of thousands of LGBTQ Afghans remain there, fearing for their lives, say agencies trying to rescue them. Same-sex activity was
- [Why we ALL should care about SCOTUS abortion cases](https://www.outinthebay.org/why-we-all-should-care-about-scotus-abortion-cases/) - How much are LGBTQ civil rights threatened by abortion cases now before the conservative-heavy U.S. Supreme Court? Along with abortion rights, how much are our rights to marry whomever we want, have sex with whomever (consenting adult) we like, use a condom or other protection or birth control, and have gender-affirming surgery also at risk?
- [Keep queer radio & podcasts coming!](https://www.outinthebay.org/keep-queer-radio-podcasts-coming/) - Please help us keep bringing LGBTQ news, voices and stories to the world by making a tax-deductible* donation to Out in the Bay. We’ve been promised $1,500 from a generous donor if we get that much from other donors by January 10. That would mean a lot to our lean operation, so please show us some love and chip
- [Their name was Pauli Murray](https://www.outinthebay.org/their-name-was-pauli-murray/) - On this week's Out in the Bay, hear about the amazing life and accomplishments of a Black queer civil rights trailblazer you’ve probably never heard of: Pauli Murray. Activist, lawyer, poet and priest, Dr. Anna Pauline Murray lived a life of firsts. Yet their extraordinary achievements remained largely unknown until recently, a historical omission filmmakers Julie
- [Pagans at Xmas? Making holidays queer-comfy](https://www.outinthebay.org/making-holidays-queerly-more-comfortable-2/) - Just in time for potentially awkward holiday gatherings, author and civil rights lawyer Abby Dees tells our allies to go ahead, ask LGBTQ relatives or friends the questions burning inside you. Like “Which one of you is the man?” If you’re queer, she says grin and bear it, even encourage your loved ones to ask cringy questions.
- [Queers v. religion? + ‘Lives Aligned’](https://www.outinthebay.org/queers-and-religion-lives-aligned/) - "I want to explore this crazy conflict between Christianity and LGBTQIA folks," says Stereotypes podcaster Christopher Beale. "We’ll open up the Bible and take a closer look at what it does and does not say about queerness." This week's Out in the Bay features Stereotypes' third episode, "The Bishop & The Bulletproof Vest," which examines
- [Home for the Holidays?  Or out and about?](https://www.outinthebay.org/home-for-the-holidays-or-out-and-about/) - As our 22nd month under COVID’s cloud begins -- with a new variant upon us -- it’s clear we’ll have another abnormal holiday season. Many are vaccinated and eager to venture out; others are wary. Luckily, there are lots of in-person, online and hybrid events to choose from in the SF Bay Area. Out in the
- ['Real Life' from a queer Black point of view](https://www.outinthebay.org/real-life-from-a-queer-black-point-of-view/) - Brandon Taylor's highly praised debut novel, Real Life, gets deep into desire, intimacy, sex, abuse, homophobia, racism, misogyny, love, hate and the blurred lines between friends and lovers. Oh, and let's not forget cut-throat scientific academia. Taylor's novel is loosely based on his own experience as a Black gay graduate student navigating a predominantly white
- [Talking politics with B.A.R. columnist Matthew Bajko](https://www.outinthebay.org/talking-politics-with-b-a-r-columnist-matthew-bajko/) - Chic-fil-A is closing in on San Francisco. The fast-food chain boycotted by many LGBTQ folks for the CEO’s and the company’s past donations to anti-queer charities and political organizations opens a new outlet this week just outside San Francisco’s city limits. There’s also a heated race for the California State Assembly seat now open after
- [Family Acceptance is Caitlin Ryan’s Project](https://www.outinthebay.org/family-acceptance-is-caitlin-ryans-project/) - What should you do when a child in your life comes out to you or you learn some other way that they may be lesbian, gay, bi, transgender, non-binary or otherwise “queer”? Let Dr. Caitlin Ryan, a social worker and director of SF State University's Family Acceptance Project, fill you in. Dr. Ryan has been working
- [Meet the USA's first out transgender bishop](https://www.outinthebay.org/meet-the-usas-first-out-transgender-bishop/) - As LGBTQ History Month closes, meet someone who has just recently made history: Reverend Dr. Megan Rohrer was installed in September as a bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, making them the first openly transgender bishop in a major Christian denomination. Bishop Rohrer now oversees nearly 200 congregations in California and Nevada. They
- [‘Marijuana Minister’ committed comforting crimes](https://www.outinthebay.org/marijuana-minister-committed-comforting-crimes/) - In 1996, as AIDS ravaged San Francisco’s gay community, Metropolitan Community Church pastor Jim Mitulski risked imprisonment, dispensing marijuana to alleviate his sick congregants’ pain before it was legal. He did this in church, right after services. “The risk was real, the spiritual intensity was real, and the tangible relief for the people who used
- [Big Freedia: No guns, more ass-shakin'!](https://www.outinthebay.org/big-freedia-no-guns-more-ass-shakin/) - Big Freedia is famous for her New Orleans bounce music and twerking; her life story and anti-gun activism are less well known. She's on tour this month promoting her new EP, BDE — Big Diva Energy — and raising funds for Hurricane Ida relief. Also known as the "Queen of Bounce," Big Freedia became an
- [Coming out on ‘Stereotypes’](https://www.outinthebay.org/coming-out-on-stereotypes/) - Out in the Bay proudly features a new queer podcast this week: Stereotypes - Straight talk from Queer voices. On the pilot episode, “Still Coming Out,” producer and host Christopher Beale brings us two beautifully told coming out stories. One is of Beale himself, shot out of the closet quite suddenly at age 15; the
- [Honoring the late James Hormel -- in his own voice](https://www.outinthebay.org/honoring-the-late-james-hormel-in-his-own-voice/) - On this week's Out in the Bay we bring you the story -- in his own words and voice -- of the late LGBTQ philanthropist, civil rights activist and ambassador James C. Hormel, who died August 13 at 88 after a full and fascinating life. After a yearslong political fight in which far-right Republican opponents
- ['The Prophets' Unveils Black Queer Ancestors](https://www.outinthebay.org/the-prophets-uncovers-black-queer-ancestors/) - In his debut novel, Brooklyn native Robert Jones, Jr., describes the romantic and tragic relationship between two enslaved young men on a Mississippi cotton plantation in the early 1800s. The Prophets explores gender and sexuality, race, power, and toxic religion and masculinity. Jones' quest for queer Black ancestors is what inspired his challenging 14-year journey to
- [‘Funeral Diva’ Pamela Sneed says ‘We can heal’](https://www.outinthebay.org/funeral-diva-pamela-sneed-says-we-can-heal/) - Pamela Sneed’s prose and poetry can reach out and grab you. They did me. She reads four poems from her memoir, Funeral Diva, on this week’s Out in the Bay and shares some of her life story. Funeral Diva, published by San Francisco’s City Lights Publishers, is a powerful collection of poems and prose described
- ['The Guncle' heals grief with laugh-out-loud humor](https://www.outinthebay.org/steven-rowleys-the-guncle-heals-grief-with-humor/) - Steven Rowley reads dramatically from his latest novel, The Guncle, and talks about its Auntie Mame genesis on this week's Out in the Bay. It's a heart-warming, humorous work of fiction about a once-famous sitcom star whose unexpected family tragedy leaves him with his niece and nephew for the summer. Gay Uncle Patrick, or "GUP"
- [OUT of Site revives Haight-Ashbury's queer history](https://www.outinthebay.org/out-of-site-revives-haight-ashburys-queer-history/) - San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district was iconic as the center of the late 1960s - early ‘70s anti-war and sexual revolution counterculture. Often forgotten is its role in LGBTQ liberation history. That role gets loving attention in OUT of Site's Haight-Ashbury queer historical walking tour through July 25. On this performance-driven tour, we meet glittery flower-power
- [Queers in Comics: How are we portrayed?](https://www.outinthebay.org/queers-in-comics-how-are-we-portrayed/) - We all know how important it is, especially for children and young adults, to see folks like us in the media. Comics and graphic novels are increasingly popular - it’s a billion-dollar-a-year-plus business - and queers are popping up more and more in their pages. Industry powerhouse Marvel Comics came out with its first-ever Pride
- [SF Pride Grand Marshals encourage 'tough conversations'](https://www.outinthebay.org/sf-pride-grand-marshals-encourage-tough-conversations/) - "We are here for the tough conversations," says Melorra Green, speaking for herself and her twin, Melonie Green. On this week's Out in the Bay, the sisters talk about their visions for a more inclusive Castro neighborhood, about art, "Black Joy," San Francisco Pride 2021 and their coming-out experience. The Greens - SF Pride 2021's
- [Out in the Bay's tumultuous year in review](https://www.outinthebay.org/out-in-the-bays-tumultuous-year-in-review/) - (Click links in article to hear past year features.) We relaunched Out in the Bay a year ago. Or at least that’s when our first episode since 2015 aired on San Francisco radio station KSFP, 102.5 FM, and was posted on our site and on podcast platforms. But we – producers Truc Nguyen, Kendra Klang
- [Lauren Hough: 'Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing'](https://www.outinthebay.org/lauren-hough-leaving-isnt-the-hardest-thing/) - Writer Lauren Hough grew up in the infamous Christian free-love and -sex cult The Children of God, later called The Family. Her father had joined the cult around 1970 to evade the Vietnam War. At 18, Hough enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, where she got death threats and her car was set ablaze because
- [After COVID hiatus, trans soprano to perform in person](https://www.outinthebay.org/after-covid-hiatus-trans-soprano-performs-in-person-june-20/) - Breanna Sinclairé fled from a conservative, religious, sometimes abusive family in Baltimore and moved West to study opera at the California Institute of Arts and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She made history as the first transwoman to sing with the SF Symphony and to sing the National Anthem at a professional sporting event -
- [Bikinis for trans girls; Gay mystery novel](https://www.outinthebay.org/bikinis-for-trans-girls-gay-murder-mystery-novel/) - "Every Girl Deserves To Shine" is a campaign to support trans girls everywhere and is the principle that guides RUBIES, a form-fitting clothing line for gender non-conforming kids founded by a Canadian father-daughter team in Toronto, Ontario. When Ruby Alexander was 11 years old, she decided she wanted to wear a bikini, just like her
- [The Bay Area Reporter queer news outlet turns 50!](https://www.outinthebay.org/the-bay-area-reporter-queer-news-outlet-turns-50/) - The Bay Area Reporter newspaper and online news outlet this year celebrates a half-century of serving Northern California's LGBTQ community with a "50 Years in 50 Weeks" retrospective. It’s a big deal that any independent media outlet can mark a significant anniversary this year, as the COVID pandemic has put extra strain on publications in
- [Ptown - the gayest little city in the world](https://www.outinthebay.org/ptown-the-gayest-little-city-in-the-world/) - How did Provincetown, MA, get to be "gay, gay, GAY," as the Provincetown Business Guild puts it? Let the locals tell you - the lounge pianist who's been there 50 years, The Fabulous Dyketones founder, the activist-artist who made a dress out of tampon applicators, and the town clerk who married 200+ couples in one
- [How to support your LGBTQ child](https://www.outinthebay.org/how-to-support-your-lgbtq-child/) - What should you do when your child comes out to you, or you learn some other way that your child may be lesbian, gay, bi, transgender, non-binary or otherwise "queer"? Meet Dr. Caitlin Ryan, a social worker and the Director of the Family Acceptance Project at San Francisco State University. Dr. Ryan has been working
- [Drag's Rock M Sakura on superpowers, hate crime](https://www.outinthebay.org/rock-m-sakura-on-superpowers-and-hate-crime/) - Meet superhero drag performer Rock M. Sakura! You may know her from “RuPaul’s Drag Race”(RPDR) Season 12 last year. She is only the second RPDR cast member from San Francisco, after Honey Mahogany in Season 5. Known for her campy performances and anime-inspired outfits and makeup, Sakura has her own YouTube channel with more than
- [A year into COVID, how are we coping?](https://www.outinthebay.org/a-year-into-covid-how-are-we-coping/) - How has COVID – and the political and societal turmoil of the past year – affected our mental health? And how are we coping? (Though much of this week’s discussion applies to everyone, we especially address the needs of LGBTQ people.) Live entertainment, restaurants, bars, other businesses, schools, community centers and other gathering spots have
- [Queer Comix From Prison Depict Incarcerated Life](https://www.outinthebay.org/queer-comix-from-prison-depict-incarcerated-life-2/) - Casper Cendre started writing letters to queer people in prison when they was in high school. Cendre wanted to know what queer life was like from the inside. Since then, he’s received thousands of letters and artwork. Ten years later, Cendre directs A.B.O. Comix, a non-profit collective of artists and activists dedicated to providing community
- [Big Freedia -- no guns, more twerking!](https://www.outinthebay.org/big-freedia-more-twerking-less-guns/) - "Queen of Bounce" Big Freedia is famous for her music and twerking; her life story and anti-gun activism are less well known. Big Freedia was shot twice in 2004 and her brother was killed on the streets of New Orleans in 2018. Music has gotten her through these and many other challenges. The performer, author and
- [Drawing Political Lines; Challenging Marriage-Equality Governor](https://www.outinthebay.org/drawing-political-lines-challenging-marriage-equality-governor/) - Lines are being drawn for the once-a-decade mapping of US Congressional and states' legislative districts and for county and city offices based on the prior year’s census. This time around in California, there are more LGBTQ members on the statewide citizens' panel that draws those district lines than in 2011. It’s important, because without them
- [SF's sole gay supervisor on queer culture, housing, COVID recovery](https://www.outinthebay.org/sfs-sole-gay-supervisor-on-queer-culture-housing-covid-and-more/) - San Francisco Supervisor Rafael Mandelman says his passion for politics goes back to age 5 and his passion for providing mental health services to combat homelessness from his mother “spiraling into mental illness” some years later. Though he grew up in gay-friendly San Francisco from age 11 -- when he moved north to live with
- [The Freezer Door mourns 'the dream of queer'](https://www.outinthebay.org/the-freezer-door-mourns-the-dream-of-queer/) - Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore's new book, The Freezer Door, mourns losing "the dream of queer" -- a “world without borders and hierarchies" -- that she says consumerism, technology and gentrification are destroying. Sycamore terms the book a lyric essay. It combines memoir, poetry, a little fiction and plenty of clever criticism as it delves into
- ["The End of San Francisco" -- Mattilda](https://www.outinthebay.org/the-end-of-san-francisco-says-mattilda/) - Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, the provocative, agitated, angry, queer anti-assimilationist writer, is back! With her latest ... manifesto? Or memoir? (even though she’s just 40!) In The End of San Francisco, Mattilda deals with family, incest, gay sex work, the digital ruination of our City by the Bay, political correctness and its stifling effect on activism
- [Manny's revives civil discourse](https://www.outinthebay.org/mannys-revives-civil-discourse-in-fractious-times/) - Can we have civil civic discourse in these fractious times? Manny Yekutiel, activist and owner of the cafe, bookstore and civic events space Manny’s, passionately believes so. Manny opened his “people-powered and community-focused meeting and learning place” in San Francisco’s Mission District on Election Night, 2018, to encourage civic engagement. He’s since hosted hundreds of events
- [Blackmail, My Love shows SF's sordid homophobic past](https://www.outinthebay.org/blackmail-my-love-shows-sfs-sordid-homophobic-past/) - Blackmail, My Love is a noir murder-mystery novel set in San Francisco, 1951 - "The Dark Ages of Queerdom," as author and illustrator Katie Gilmartin puts it - when cops raided gay and lesbian bars, beat up patrons and demanded "protection" money, and when lesbians and gay men were so afraid of public exposure they
- [SF's sordid anti-gay past in 'Blackmail, My Love'](https://www.outinthebay.org/sfs-sordid-anti-gay-past-blackmail-my-love/) - Blackmail, My Love, is a noir murder-mystery novel set in San Francisco, 1951 - "The Dark Ages of Queerdom," as author and illustrator Katie Gilmartin puts it - when cops raided gay and lesbian bars, beat up patrons and demanded "protection" money, and when lesbians and gay men were so afraid of public exposure they
- [2020 in the Queer-View Mirror](https://www.outinthebay.org/2020-in-the-queer-view-mirror/) - Happy New Year!? We all hope 2021 will be kinder to us than 2020 ... but only time will tell. So this week: 2020 in the queer-view mirror and a look ahead into 2021 with national politics and legal expert correspondent Lisa Keen. 2020 brought hardships on many fronts -- COVID sickness, death and economic upheaval;
- [Double your $$ for queer radio!](https://www.outinthebay.org/double-your-dough-for-queer-radio/) - Please help us continue to bring you LGBTQ news, voices and stories by making a tax-deductible* donation to Out in the Bay. We've been promised $2,000 from an anonymous donor who will fork over the $2k if we get that much from other donors by January 16. That would mean a lot to our lean operation, so please chip
- [Hear Oakland Rapper Mahawam](https://www.outinthebay.org/meet-oakland-rapper-mahawam/) - Malik Mays, who performs as Mahawam, tells Out in the Bay their music is “about resilience, it's about power, it's about beauty, it's about sex.” Mays grew up between Arizona and Texas with a single mother. In their early twenties, Mays settled in Oakland where they’ve lived since 2013. Like many in the Bay, Mays
- [Searching for Intimacy During COVID](https://www.outinthebay.org/searching-for-intimacy-during-covid/) - In the Bay and across the country, we're nearly 10 months into COVID restrictions. Some of us are skin-starved, many of us even love-starved. No hugs, no spooning, no sex. No Friends. No family. It’s a lot to deal with. But many of us felt lonesome even before the pandemic pushed us further into isolation. Getting
- ['Real Life' From a Queer Black Perspective](https://www.outinthebay.org/real-life-from-a-queer-black-perspective/) - Brandon Taylor's highly praised debut novel, Real Life, gets deep into desire, intimacy, sex, abuse, homophobia, racism, misogyny, love, hate and the blurred lines between friends and lovers. Oh, and let's not forget cut-throat scientific academia. Taylor's novel is loosely based on his own experience as a Black gay graduate student navigating a predominantly white
- [Tips to Enjoy Stay-Home Holidays](https://www.outinthebay.org/stay-at-home-holidaze-the-good-and-bad-of-it/) - As we approach our 10th month under COVID's cloud, it’s very clear the “holiday season” won’t be “normal.” How might we find joy and peace without our usual parties, events and general fa-la-la falderal? Fret not! This week, tips on virtual events from "The Slutcracker" to Taylor Mac's "Holiday Sauce" to jazz and classical music that
- [Meet queer artist twins Sal & Nancy](https://www.outinthebay.org/meet-queer-film-and-music-twins-sal-and-nancy/) - Filmmaker Sal and singer-songwriter Nancy, children of Vietnamese immigrants, grew up in Vallejo. Producer Truc Nguyen discusses with them what it's like to wade through the murkiness of ancestral trauma through a queer lens. Self-proclaimed band geeks, these two defy and embrace their culture through film and music, honoring images like the Aoi dai, a
- [Stress Coping Tips & Learning From Trump's ADHD](https://www.outinthebay.org/stress-coping-tips-learning-from-trumps-adhd/) - 2020. What a stressful, frightening year. As this week’s guest, Dr. John Kruse, put it, a “sad and scary” year. Indeed! There is plenty to be stressed about: COVID pandemic, layoffs, police killing black people, protests, massive wildfires, hurricanes, a fraught national election, more protests, president voted out of office won’t concede as COVID spikes anew!
- [Election 2020 + SCOTUS: The Queer View](https://www.outinthebay.org/election-2020-scotus-the-queer-view/) - We’ve heard plenty of straight analysis. So now a queer take on our nail-biting national election. Why did Trump get twice as many LGBTQ votes this year as he did in 2016!?* What’s the outlook for LGBTQ rights with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the White House? How quickly will a Biden-Harris administration act
- [Disabled Trans Rabbi Calls COVID Response ‘Genocide’](https://www.outinthebay.org/disabled-trans-rabbi-calls-covid-response-genocide/) - Are we in the midst of a national genocide? Disability activist Rabbi Elliot Kukla tells Out in the Bay that systemic racism, economic injustice and US government inaction to COVID-19 amount to genocide against the chronically ill, disabled, elders and people of color. As we face the second wave that health experts warned last spring
- [New Laws Help Protect LGBTQ Californians](https://www.outinthebay.org/new-california-laws-help-protect-lgbtq-people/) - Despite an unprecedented two-month break in this year’s legislative session, a 54-billion-dollar budget deficit — both due to COVID-19 — and death threats, California lawmakers sent several LGBTQ equality measures to Governor Gavin Newsom for approval. He has signed most into laws taking effect January 1. They include a law to house incarcerated transgender, gender-nonconforming
- [Drag is Revolutionary in '50 Years of Fabulous'](https://www.outinthebay.org/drag-is-revolutionary-in-50-years-of-fabulous/) - To celebrate LGBTQ History Month, Frameline Distribution releases for online viewing 50 Years of Fabulous, an award-winning documentary recounting the life and legacy of iconic queer rights activist José Sarria and featuring the international drag institution he started, the Imperial Court. On this week's Out in the Bay, hear clips from the film, some fascinating
- [Queer Comix From Prison Depict Incarcerated Life](https://www.outinthebay.org/queer-comix-from-prison-depict-incarcerated-life/) - Casper Cendre started writing letters to queer people in prison when they were in high school. Cendre wanted to know what queer life was like from the inside and was a little shy, so getting to know people through letter writing felt natural. Since then, he’s received thousands of letters and artwork. Ten years later,
- ['The Most Important Election of Our Lives'](https://www.outinthebay.org/the-most-important-election-of-our-lives/) - The election now underway is "the most important election of our lives," says the Human Rights Campaign. It's about more than just the presidential race. The HRC and other LGBTQ organizations say motivating people to actually vote is critical to success. On this week's Out in the Bay, a national and a California perspective on the
- [Helping Queer Youth Through COVID](https://www.outinthebay.org/helping-queer-youth-through-covid/) - How are young LGBTQ people coping with COVID-19? Especially as so many students must attend school virtually, if they're still able to attend at all. When schools and colleges closed in the spring, many queer youth lost access to supportive friends, social networks and school services. Some found themselves ‘back home’ with families who are
- [Why Local Elections Matter. VOTE!](https://www.outinthebay.org/why-local-elections-matter/) - This week's guest says four years of Trump’s presidency, COVID, and the Black Lives Matter movement have inspired a new generation of queer leaders to seek elected office in the Bay Area. And that was before the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Bay Area Reporter assistant editor and political columnist Matthew S.
- [Frameline 44 Queer Film Fest Opens with Drive-In!](https://www.outinthebay.org/frameline-44-queer-film-fest-opens-with-drive-in/) - Frameline 44, San Francisco’s international LGBTQ film festival, opens with a live, in-person drive-in event Thursday Sept. 17. It's the world premiere of Shit & Champagne, written by and starring Oasis night club owner D’Arcy Drollinger. It’s a madcap send-up of 1970s “sexploitation” films full of laughs. Shit & Champagne is the only in-person event
- [In Good Company: A Play for Our Ears to Aid Theatre](https://www.outinthebay.org/in-good-company-re-imagining-radio-to-help-theater-survive/) - With performance venues closed since March, how are theatre companies surviving? Many are using relatively new technologies – Zoom and other video conference platforms, for example – but a small SF theatre company has turned to a much older media format to keep its artists and audience engaged. New Conservatory Theatre Center – one of
- [Civic Engagement & Counting Queer COVID Cases](https://www.outinthebay.org/counting-queer-covid-cases-civic-engagement-in-sacramento/) - How do young LGBTQ Californians help shape state policies to make them more equitable and fair? On this week’s Out in the Bay, two Sacramento insiders working hard for equal treatment share their views on how the sausage is made -- and how they help make it -- in our state capitol. Tami Martin is
- [Meet Breanna Sinclairé, trans opera soprano](https://www.outinthebay.org/meet-breanna-sinclaire-trans-opera-soprano/) - Breanna Sinclairé fled from a conservative, religious, sometimes abusive family in Baltimore and moved to the West Coast to study opera at the California Institute of Arts and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She made history as the first transwoman to sing with the San Francisco Symphony, and to sing the National Anthem at a
- [NCLR Leader on Voting, Helping Most Marginalized and Intersectionality](https://www.outinthebay.org/nclr-leader-on-voting-helping-most-marginalized-and-intersectionality/) - Meet Imani Rupert-Gordon, the National Center for Lesbian Rights' new executive director. A long-time social worker and activist for LGBTQ people of color, Rupert-Gordon took the helm at the ground-breaking SF-based feminist LGBTQ legal organization in March, just as COVID-19 hit full force. She speaks with Out in the Bay's Eric Jansen about NCLR's current priorities, her vision for NCLR, intersectionality,
- [How Will Queer Non-Profits Survive COVID-19?](https://www.outinthebay.org/how-will-lgbtq-non-profits-survive-covid/) - On top of the health risks and financial hardships individuals face, the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to overwhelm critical Bay Area non-profits, from social service providers to cultural outlets. Horizons Foundation says by late August, it will have granted nearly $900,000 from its LGBTQ COVID-19 Response Emergency Fund to scores of organizations. How are our non-profits
- [EQCA-Comcast Fellowship Engages LGBTQ College Students with California Policy-Making](https://www.outinthebay.org/eqca-comcast-fellowship-engages-lgbtq-college-students-with-california-policy-making/) - Through a generous grant from the Comcast Foundation and in partnership with the California LGBT Legislative Caucus, the Equality California Institute – Comcast Fellowship brings LGBTQ youth and allies to Sacramento to learn about California politics, the legislative process and civic engagement. The annual fellowship is an intensive four-week program for students who have completed at least
- [An Archive Of Hope: Harvey Milk](https://www.outinthebay.org/an-archive-of-hope-harvey-milk/) - To commemorate Independence Day and the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision in favor of marriage equality, we are honoring the Martin Luther King, Jr. of the gay rights movement, Harvey Milk. Marilyn's 2013 talks with scholars James Black and Charles Morris, about their book, "An Archive Of Hope." It's a collection of Harvey's speeches, columns, and
- [The 'Gay Mayor' of Salt Lake City](https://www.outinthebay.org/the-gay-mayor-of-salt-lake-city/) - Troy Williams is known as "the gay mayor" of Salt Lake City. He is an award-winning broadcaster, host of KRCL's "Radioactive" there. He has been at the forefront of the fight for marriage equality in a red state dominated by the Mormon church. He has news from that front, plus excerpts of his interview with
- [Trannyshack Is Now Your Mother](https://www.outinthebay.org/trannyshack-is-now-your-mother/) - Moving on from "Trannyshack," the legendary punk rock drag show in SoMa for 12 years, impresario Heklina is opening her new club in what used to be the hot corner of the gay male club scene in the '70s and '80s. It was called Oasis and came complete with swimming pool, showers, and towels back
- [Tom Nolan Tackles LGBT Senior Issues](https://www.outinthebay.org/tom-nolans-new-passion-aging-gays/) - For almost two decades, Tom Nolan ran Project Open Hand, a meal service created during the AIDS crisis. He's now chairman of the MUNI board. But his passion is gay rights and right now it's the plight of the city's gay seniors that has his attention. What kinds of challenges do they face that others don't?
- [Sex, Drugs, and Drag Shows: A Memoir](https://www.outinthebay.org/sex-drugs-and-drag-shows-a-memoir/) - Marilyn takes a trip back to the '70s and early '80s with author Mark Abramson. His memoir, "For My Brothers," has one hair-raising story of sex and drugs and rock and roll after another. A cast of characters including Sylvester, Divine, and The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Out In The Bay, Thursday, March 19, 2015 at
- [Dr. Patt Denning: Harm Reduction Pioneer](https://www.outinthebay.org/dr-patt-denning-harm-reduction-pioneer/) - Maybe it takes a lesbian to pioneer alternatives in substance abuse treatment. In the early '90s, Harm Reduction evolved as a new strategy for AIDS prevention. Stopping drug and alcohol abuse was no longer a condition for treatment. Marilyn talks with Dr. Patt Denning who created the revolutionary Harm Reduction Therapy Center in San Francisco.
- [Wide Open Town: San Francisco before 1965](https://www.outinthebay.org/wide-open-town-san-francisco-before-1965/) - How did San Francisco become such a gay mecca? Was it the Gold Rush? Post-prohibition liquor laws? The bar scene? Marilyn Pittman talks with Nan Boyd, chair of women's studies at San Francisco State University and author of "Wide Open Town: A History of Queer San Francisco to 1965." A special rebroadcast in celebration of
- [Out Walking The Streets of San Francisco!](https://www.outinthebay.org/out-walking-the-streets-of-san-francisco/) - Summer is for tourists here in San Francisco so that means it's high season for Rick Shelton, aka "Lola Montez," your tour guide at Drag Me Along Tours. Host Marilyn Pittman talks with Rick about his two-hour walking tour and the rich San Francisco history you may not hear about on the mainstream tours. As
- [The Gay '70s: "Sex, Drugs, and Disco"](https://www.outinthebay.org/the-gay-70s-sex-drugs-and-disco/) - Take a trip back to the '70s with San Francisco author Mark Abramson and host Marilyn Pittman. His memoir, "Sex, Drugs, and Disco" chronicles the story of gay men flooding into the Castro from all over the country to find more freedom. A time of cheap drinks, cheap sex, lots of drugs, and penicillin trucks. Another chapter in
- [Harvey Milk In His Own Words](https://www.outinthebay.org/1890/) - In celebration of the U.S.Supreme Court marriage equality decision in June, we honor the first openly gay elected politician in America, Harvey Milk. Hear Harvey in his own words as scholars James Black and Charles Morris read from their book, "An Archive of Hope." It's a collection of Milk's speeches, columns, and campaign materials, including
- [Modern Families: Josh Gamson](https://www.outinthebay.org/modern-families-josh-gamson/) - Making a baby isn't easy if you're two gay men. But that's what author Joshua Gamson and his husband, Richard, set out to do. Twice. Those stories and four others are what makes up his new book, "Modern Families: Stories of Extraordinary Journeys to Kinship." Marilyn explores with him the complexities, physically, legally, and politically,
- [Our 10th Anniversary Party Show!](https://www.outinthebay.org/our-10th-anniversary-party-show/) - On April 29th, 2015 at The Oasis Cabaret and Nightclub in San Francisco's SoMa district we taped the show before a live audience. Full of the best clips from 10 years of our show, Eric and I sat onstage and had a blast. Hear from Ang Lee, John Waters, Judy Shepherd, Lesley Gore, Del Martin
- [Powerful Memoir: 'Riding Fury Home'](https://www.outinthebay.org/mom-and-daughter-riding-fury-home/) - One of Marilyn Pittman's best interviews. Chana Wilson grew up in the 1950s with a suicidal mother. She learned in adulthood that her mother had been a closeted lesbian given psychiatric treatments - including electroshock - to “cure” her. Mother and daughter developed a deep bond when both came out as lesbians in the women’s
- [The Best of Out In The Bay: Counter Culture Diva](https://www.outinthebay.org/deluce/) - One of our favorites in capturing the queer cultural history of San Francisco in the '70s and '80s. Marilyn's 2013 interview with former Cockettes member Dolores De Luce. Her memoir, "My Life, A Four-Letter Word: Confessions of a Counter-Culture Diva," made Amazon's Top 20. It's an intimate, honest look back at gay life in the
- ['Upon This Rock' Gay Mystery Author on Church, Refugees and COVID](https://www.outinthebay.org/upon-this-rock-gay-mystery-author-on-church-refugees-and-covid/) - "Upon This Rock" is a tangled-web murder mystery set in Italy and Vatican City, with Catholic corruption, hidden homosexuality, the international refugee crisis, and much more in the mix. Long-time PR maven and Rainbow Honor Walk co-founder David Perry reads from and discusses his first novel and shares his take on how Bay Area hotels
- [Queer Response to Anti-Black Violence and Systemic Racism](https://www.outinthebay.org/lgbtq-response-to-anti-black-violence-and-systemic-racism/) - How is the LGBTQ community responding to anti-Black violence? How is the Black community responding to anti-trans brutality? The recent police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and, just last Friday night, Rayshard Brooks, have brought outrage across the US and abroad. Shortly after Floyd’s killing, Tony McDade, a Black transgender man was killed by police in
- [Disabled Trans Rabbi Elliot Kukla Calls COVID Response ‘Genocide’](https://www.outinthebay.org/disposable-trans-rabbi-elliot-kukla-calls-covid-19-response-genocide/) - Are we in the midst of a national genocide? Disability activist Rabbi Elliot Kukla tells Out in the Bay that systemic racism, economic injustice and US government inaction to COVID-19 amounts to genocide against the chronically ill, disabled, elders and people of color. In a New York Times opinion piece, “My Life is More ‘Disposable’
- [Out in the Bay is Back!](https://www.outinthebay.org/out-in-the-bay-is-back/) - After 4 years away for family matters, we’re glad to be back, broadcasting and podcasting queer voices and stories! Currently, most of our “recent” podcasts below are from 2015, our last full year. Plenty of good content here, so enjoy! And know that every week we’ll post a new episode, gradually replacing the older ones. Also check out our Favorites page for some of the best from our first decade. Happy listening!
- [SF Pride at 50: Commemorate, Celebrate, Liberate!](https://www.outinthebay.org/sf-pride-at-50-commemorate-celebrate-liberate/) - It's San Francisco Pride's 50th Anniversary! But it won't be the party planners imagined a year or even four months ago. The COVID pandemic means no huge parade up Market Street and no public parties. And the continued killings of Black people—many at the hands of law enforcement -- have resulted in nationwide protests demanding racial justice and real police reform in
- ['Hate Speech' - for piano & cellphones](https://www.outinthebay.org/hate-speech-for-piano-audience-cellphones/) - New York pianist, activist and “modern music evangelist” Adam Tendler's composition "Hate Speech," for piano + audience cellphones, has its West Coast premiere Saturday. It’s a protest piece dedicated to the memory of Matthew Shepard, with whispered words culled from a Tea Party politician's Facebook page. Adam Tendler performs "Hate Speech" and other pieces Saturday
- [Sister Spit: Spewing queer culture far and wide](https://www.outinthebay.org/sister-spit-spewing-queer-culture-far-and-wide/) - Sister Spit's 2014 national tour kicks off March 19. On this week's Out in the Bay, award-winning writers Michelle Tea and Ali Liebegott (Sister Spit co-founder and long-time contributor respectively) fill us in on the San Francisco-based queer feminist writers cabaret that traverses the USA and other countries spreading queer culture. They also read from
- ['I ... do? Um, let me think about it ...'](https://www.outinthebay.org/i-do-hmm-let-me-think-about-it/) - Experts help couples weigh the pros and cons of getting married by year-end. Just because it's now legal for same-sex couples to marry in California and many other states, and the federal government must recognize those marriages, should you? There are financial advantages for some to get hitched by Dec. 31, but disadvantages for others,
- [Dance "Hemorrhage" despairs over crises](https://www.outinthebay.org/dance-hemorrhage-despairs-over-sf-world-crises/) - Evictions, Google buses, NSA spying and "climate change" pissing you off? Eric Jansen's guest this week is Krissy Keefer, artistic director of San Francisco's all-women performance troupe Dance Brigade. The company's current production, Hemorrhage: An Ablution of Hope & Despair, uses the Mission District and its eviction epidemic as a backdrop to explore local, regional
- [Chorus honors memory of cyber-bully target](https://www.outinthebay.org/chorus-honors-memory-of-cyber-bully-target/) - Tyler Clementi was an 18-year-old Rutgers University freshman. He killed himself after his roommate recorded webcam videos of Tyler’s lustful encounters with another man, then invited other students to view them. The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus premieres “Tyler’s Suite,” composed in Tyler's honor and featuring Ann Hampton Callaway, in Davies Symphony Hall Tuesday and Wednesday,
- [Del & Phyllis: A six-decade love story](https://www.outinthebay.org/del-phyllis-a-six-decade-love-story/) - The most famous lesbian couple in LGBT history got married the first time around on Feb. 12, 2004, in San Francisco City Hall after being together for 51 years. They had moved in together on Castro Street in 1953, on Valentine's Day, which they considered their anniversary. This Valentine's Day weekend, we honor pioneering activists
- [Managing Grief](https://www.outinthebay.org/grief-similar-and-different-for-lgbts/) - How do we cope with the death of a spouse or lover? Is it different if you're gay? Bereavement experts say many minorities suffer "disenfranchised grief" - grief not fully recognized by society. On this week's Out in the Bay, Eric Jansen and grief counselors Susan Casslan and Reagan Humber discuss these and other
- [Lesbian Pulp Fiction, 21st Century Style](https://www.outinthebay.org/lesbian-pulp-fiction-21st-century-style/) - San Francisco author, film editor and critic Monica Nolan just completed the fourth book in her saucy Lesbian Career Girl series. With titles like “Lois Lenz, Lesbian Secretary," “Bobby Blanchard, Lesbian Gym Teacher” and “Maxie Mainwaring, Lesbian Dilletante,” they’re spoofs of 1950s and ‘60s career primers for high school girls, and humorous homages to lesbian pulp
- [Lesbian Pulp, Career Girls, & Bruce Vilanch](https://www.outinthebay.org/lesbian-pulp-career-girls-bruce-vilanch/) - While a young housewife with kids in the 1950s and '60s, Ann Bannon wrote paperback lesbian love stories. Scorned by the literary elite then, her and other authors' pulp fiction helped build the gay rights movement, and reading them now gives us an historical glimpse into gay and lesbian life in those times. Monica Nolan
- [Destiny Arts: Helping Youth Out](https://www.outinthebay.org/destiny-arts-helping-youth-out/) - Even in the S.F. Bay Area, growing up gay is still not easy. On this week's Out in the Bay, a teen performs live-on-the-air her coming-out monologue, given onstage at Destiny Art Center's Youth Performance Company show in Oakland last month. Host Eric Jansen talks with Justine and with Princetonation, a young Destiny Arts choreographer
- [Kitka sings Sophia Parnok, "Russia's Sappho"](https://www.outinthebay.org/kitka-sings-sophia-parnok-russias-sappho/) - Uncovering censored lesbian poetry from Russia’s Silver Age. As Russia continues its anti-gay crackdown, Oakland-based women’s chorus Kitka performs "I will remember everything," a world premiere of a cappella music that gives voice to poems by Sophia Parnok, a censored lesbian poet from Russia’s Silver Age a century ago. Some call Parnok “Russia’s Sappho.” Out
- [Meet Actor & Singer Cheyenne Jackson](https://www.outinthebay.org/meet-actor-singer-cheyenne-jackson/) - Meet "AmFAR's bitch" (his words!) Cheyenne Jackson. He's an award-winning Broadway actor, movie star, songwriter and singer who Thursday and Friday (7/24 & 25) sings classic film songs in “Hello Gorgeous!” Cheyenne Jackson Goes to the Movies with the San Francisco Symphony. On this week's Out in the Bay (7pm Thursday, 91.7fm SF + KALW.org),
- [Marriage brings crisis in "Love is Strange"](https://www.outinthebay.org/marriage-brings-crisis-in-love-is-strange/) - Love is Strange is a new film starring John Lithgow and Alfred Molina as an older gay couple, together 39 years, who get married after New York legalizes same sex marriage. That's when their troubles begin in this touching, bittersweet, beautifully shot and beautifully acted movie. Hear scenes from the film and hear director and
- [Supersurvivors - Growing from Adversity](https://www.outinthebay.org/supersurvivors-growing-from-adversity/) - What does it take to bounce beyond trauma? David Feldman, co-author of Supersurvivors: The Surprising Link Between Suffering and Success, talks with host Eric Jansen about post-traumatic growth. It's a topic Feldman finds particularly relevant to LGBT people, as “so many of us have faced significant loss, trauma, and other adversity during our lives, yet
- [Sea Slugs & "Science, Neat"](https://www.outinthebay.org/sea-slugs-science-neat/) - Shayle Matsuda is a graduate student studying sea slugs at the California Academy of Sciences. Out of the lab, he creates research experiences for high school students and hosts an interactive happy hour series at San Francisco's El Rio bar called "Science, Neat." He draws by hand, water-colors, and uses digital media to make science
- [First-Hand Accounts From LGBT Africans](https://www.outinthebay.org/first-hand-accounts-from-lgbt-africans/) - With Uganda's ruling party this week proposing a new anti-gay bill many LGBT advocates say is even worse than the law struck down in August, a Ugandan civil rights leader and two activists from Cameroon appear on Out in the Bay to give first-hand accounts of the situation in their countries. Pepe Onziema, program director
- [Pussy knows all in four-part solo show](https://www.outinthebay.org/pussy-knows-all-in-four-part-solo-show/) - Maura Halloran's Pussy is clever, quirky, and full of wit and insights into human nature that only a pussycat can have. The title character is a cat owned by a lesbian whose romance is on the rocks. Writer and actor Halloran, Eric Jansen's guest on this week's Out in the Bay, plays both soon-to-be ex-lovers,
- [22nd Annual Kung Pao Kosher Comedy](https://www.outinthebay.org/22nd-annual-kung-pao-kosher-comedy/) - "What are Jews supposed to do on Christmas?" Comic Lisa Geduldig says it's an age-old question she answered 21 years ago with her now annual show Kung Pao Kosher Comedy -- Jewish comedians telling jokes in a Chinese restaurant on Christmas, Christmas Eve, and this year, Boxing Day, too. Two shows nightly this year feature
- [Shit & Champagne ... and Oasis](https://www.outinthebay.org/shit-champagne-and-oasis/) - Meet the man behind a show we can't name on the radio: Shit & Champagne - A Whitesploitation Comedy with Dance. D'Arcy Drollinger is an actor, dancer, playwright, director and choreographer of many shows, and wrote and stars in Shit & Champagne, now at San Francisco's new bar and queer performance space, Oasis. Drollinger is
- ["Passion" for LGBT Choral Music](https://www.outinthebay.org/passion-for-lgbt-choral-music/) - The SF Gay Men's Chorus presents "Passion" April 1 & 2. The group first performed in 1978 after the murders of gay San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone that morning. Three years later, they toured the USA, inspiring dozens of gay and lesbian choruses to form. These groups provided cultural voice and safe social
- [Fauns, 'Success,' cruising-spot ghosts and translating as 'erotic act'](https://www.outinthebay.org/richardhoward/) - "Success" and a Faun’s Afternoon. Richard Howard, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and translator, amuses us while musing on French fauns, ghosts of all-but-forgotten New York cruising spots, and the cultural figures he’s memorialized or channeled in verse – including painter Alice Neel, dancer Isadora Duncan and Madame Charles de Gaulle. Now in his eighties, this “living
- [Martha Wash on Sylvester, new single, AIDS](https://www.outinthebay.org/marthawash/) - Martha Wash (of “It’s Raining Men” fame) shared a sneak preview from her new album, due out in January, with Out in the Bay's Eric Jansen and Mike Smith of the AIDS Emergency Fund. First Bay Area radio airplay, not yet on any other station! You'll also hear some early hits -- from way back
- [Theatre:  Are gay rights civil rights?](https://www.outinthebay.org/theatre-are-gay-rights-civil-rights/) - Are gay rights civil rights? Is verbal gay-bashing still more acceptable than racist comments, even here in our Bay Area pro-gay bubble? A provocative play The Submission at the New Conservatory Theatre Center in San Francisco gets into these questions and more. Does the gay rights struggle deserve the same respect as the battle for
- [Queer mental health: Get some help!](https://www.outinthebay.org/bullying-is-not-just-about-kids/) - Can you say "internalized homophobia"? Mental health experts say LGBT people are more prone to depression, anxiety, substance abuse and suicide than the general population. Hear more on these challenges and solutions from Nancy Heilner and Kip Williams of Queer Life Space, a non-profit counseling center in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood, and The Trevor Lifeline, a
- [Out of Uganda: Resettling LGBT refugees](https://www.outinthebay.org/escape-from-uganda/) - Danny’s life as a singer and local gay activist in Uganda was violently interrupted after he disclosed his homosexuality - a criminal offense in Uganda - on national radio. After being kidnapped, tortured, beaten and dumped on a roadside by Ugandan security forces, he knew he had to flee his home country and the persecution
- ['Change Coming' for Mark Etheredge](https://www.outinthebay.org/change-coming-for-mark-etheredge/) - Meet Bay Area-bred singer, songwriter and keyboard player Mark Etheredge and collaborator Michael Cronin, and hear their latest music. Mark has just released his first CD, Change Coming, featuring a wide range of songs about life and love, from the upbeat and humorous "Hot Tub" and "Pimp You Out for Love" to the very personal
- ["Snow White" & Alotta Boutté](https://www.outinthebay.org/snow-white-alotta-boutte/) - Meet Timothy Seelig, Artistic Director and Conductor of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, and Beach Blanket Babylon cast member Chavé Alexander and her burlesque alter ego Alotta Boutté. Beach Blanket Babylon and the SF Gay Men's Chorus have teamed up to present "Snow White & Her Merry Men" -- the first-ever collaboration by these two iconic San Francisco performing
- [Supreme marriage arguments call-in](https://www.outinthebay.org/supreme-marriage-arguments-call-in/) - Legal experts answered listeners' live on-air questions on the marriage cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. Kate Kendell of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, just back from witnessing the Defense of Marriage Act and Proposition 8 Supreme Court arguments in person, filled us in on the proceedings with her astute insights and first-hand perspective.
- [Lambda Lit winners on Translating Fiction](https://www.outinthebay.org/queer-authors-on-translating-fiction/) - Why translate fiction? Eric Jansen’s guests are Bay Area novelists Sylvia Brownrigg and K.M. Soehnlein, who have both won Lambda Literary Awards for LGBT fiction and whose work has been translated into other languages. They share some of their own work with us and some of the great world literature that has inspired, informed and influenced them.
- [Giving "out"  -  Are we doing enough?](https://www.outinthebay.org/giving-out-are-we-doing-enough/) - Less than 5 percent of LGBT people give directly to LGBT causes. Why is that? In the midst of another tech boom, why do Bay Area non-profits, gay and straight, still struggle? How might they tap into the “new young money”? How much can social media help? Give OUT Day, a new national experiment in
- [The Boy Who Was Not A Lesbian](https://www.outinthebay.org/877/) - What makes us male or female? Or somewhere in between? Or not even on that narrow line? The Boy Who Was Not a Lesbian & Other True Stories is an unusual and beautiful book put together by Norwegian photojournalist Kristin Lyseggen in which 11 people from seven countries who define themselves as "born in the
- [Queer Life in the 'burbs: How safe, how visible?](https://www.outinthebay.org/queer-life-pride-in-the-burbs-how-safe-how-visible/) - It seems gay pride is spreading. San Mateo County holds its first-ever LGBTQI Pride Celebration June 15, joining other Bay Area communities overshadowed by San Francisco that have launched their own Pride parties. Why? How visible and how safe are gay, lesbian, bi, intersex and trans people -- and what's queer life like -- in
- [Marital Status: Itch to Hitch? Ask Experts](https://www.outinthebay.org/marital-status-itch-hitch-ask-experts/) - Caught a queer itch to hitch? On this hour-long Out in the Bay, get expert advice, analysis and reactions to the U.S. Supreme Court's decisions in the Prop. 8 and Defense of Marriage Act cases. What are the next political steps, and how will the rulings affect our lives on a practical basis? Join host
- [Sugar in Our Blood: Black & Queer Identity](https://www.outinthebay.org/sugar-in-our-blood-black-queer-identity/) - Join us for a tour of Sugar in Our Blood: The Spirit of Black & Queer Identity, on display at the African American Art & Culture Complex in San Francisco through Sept. 12. It's a set of about a dozen mixed-media, mostly fabric pieces, riffing on folk-craft rag rugs, crocheted by groups of volunteers using
- [Eli Conley sings "folk with a queer bite"](https://www.outinthebay.org/eli-conley-sings-folk-with-a-queer-bite/) - Eli Conley sings of love, prisons, coal mining, religion, homophobia and leaving Virginia on his new CD At The Seams, an album he calls "modern-day folk songs for misfits." He also describes his music as "country-tinged folk with a queer bite." Hear Eli's music and hear him tell us about his life, his songwriting and
- [Queer & homeless  --  not mostly 'youth'](https://www.outinthebay.org/queer-homeless-not-mostly-youth/) - Nearly 30% of San Francisco's homeless children and adults are LGBT. That's about double the homeless percentage of the city's general population, according to the city's latest survey. San Francisco holds its first-ever LGBTQ Connect, a targeted version of its Project Homeless Connect events that help low-income people find housing and a wide range of
- [AASK: 'Queering' Adoption for 40 years](https://www.outinthebay.org/aask-queering-adoption-for-40-years/) - Oakland adoption agency Adopt A Special Kid (AASK) was among the first in the USA to encourage LGBT, single, lower-income and older adults to adopt children. Founded in 1973, it was also the first to focus on special needs kids, including sets of siblings, older children, and queer youth neglected in foster care. Dennis Hanley
- [Making Holidays Queerly More Comfortable](https://www.outinthebay.org/making-holidays-queerly-more-comfortable/) - Queer Questions, Straight Talk: Just in time for those family holiday gatherings, civil rights attorney Abby Dees says go ahead, ask your gay relative or friend the questions burning inside you. Like "Which one of you is the man?" If you're queer, she says grin and bear it, encourage your loved ones to ask those
- [Cabarets & More for your Homo Holidays](https://www.outinthebay.org/cabarets-more-for-your-homo-holidays/) - Eric Jansen's guests are singers Russ Lorenson & Veronica Klaus. They perform in Lorenson's 8th Annual Christmas in San Francisco, taking place Friday and Saturday, Dec. 13 and 14, at Pa'ina Lounge & Restaurant, 1865 Post Street. Live in KALW studios this Thursday, we'll play some of their music, and talk about the Bay Area
- [Liberace's Spectacular Crystal Closet](https://www.outinthebay.org/liberaces-spectacular-crystal-closet/) - Recovering from our 10-year celebration and show taping last night, tonight at 7 we re-air a favorite we couldn't include any clips from last night. It's a music-rich documentary on the late "Mr. Showmanship"'s life and legacy, produced by Out in the Bay's Eric Jansen and told with love by Liberace Museum curators and a
- [Teaching Toddlers Queer History & Diversity](https://www.outinthebay.org/teaching-toddlers-queer-history-diversity/) - Psychology professor Gayle Pitman's picture book about Pride parades helps parents and teachers introduce sexual orientation concepts to very young kids. This Day in June's appended reading guide gives adults high points of LGBT culture and history. Since our June 2014 interview, it won the American Library Association's 2015 Stonewall Award, the International Reading Association's Notable Books
- [Rainbow Honor Walk Teaches Queer History](https://www.outinthebay.org/rainbow-honor-walk/) - Twenty bronze sidewalk plaques guide pedestrians on a stroll through queer history in San Francisco's Castro district. The Rainbow Honor Walk, a growing monument along the streets of San Francisco honoring LGBT pioneers, debuted one year ago. To celebrate the anniversary, Out in the Bay re-airs Eric Jansen's interview with Rainbow Honor Walk co-founder David Perry at
- ["I'm Already Disturbed Please Come In"](https://www.outinthebay.org/im-already-disturbed-please-come-in/) - Facebook screenshots figure prominently in Gabrielle Glancy's new book. That's because during her long, debilitating illness doctors couldn't diagnose, Glancy trolled Facebook but lacked enough energy to write. The award-winning poet and nationally known college admissions expert later wove the screenshots into I'm Already Disturbed Please Come In: Parasites, Social Media & Other Planetary Disturbances
- [Karen Ripley's "Oh, No! There's Men On The Land!"](https://www.outinthebay.org/karen-ripleys-oh-no-theres-men-on-the-land/) - The hilarious gay comedy pioneer Karen Ripley tells the stories of lesbian life in the '70s in her solo show, "Oh, No! There's Men On The Land!" opening May 1st at The Marsh in Berkeley. A gay stand-up before there WAS gay stand-up. Hear about the legendary Brick Hut cafe in Berkeley and all its
- [Jim Provenzano delivers "Message of Love"](https://www.outinthebay.org/jim-provenzano-delivers-message-of-love/) - Two high school boys fall in love, then grow into adults as they deal with the aftermath of a sporting accident that leaves one of them a paraplegic. Their tale is told in San Francisco author Jim Provenzano’s novels Every Time I Think of You, which won a Lambda Literary Award in the Gay Romance category,
- [New Partnership Combats Bullying](https://www.outinthebay.org/new-partnership-combats-bullying/) - People with disabilities are teaming up with LGBT folks to fight bullying. There are many similarities across groups of people in why and how we are bullied, and in how to stand up to and overcome it. Eric Jansen's guests on Out in the Bay (7pm Thursday, May 28) are Dr. Glenn Motola, CEO of
- [Gay Semiotics - a photo trip to the 1970s](https://www.outinthebay.org/gay-semiotics-a-photo-trip-back-to-the-70s/) - Gay Semiotics is a set of two dozen iconic photographs with embedded text presented as a tongue-in-cheek anthropological essay on the codes of sexual orientation and identification in 1970s San Francisco. They’re on view through June 27, for the first time in San Francisco since 1977, at Ratio 3 gallery, 2831A Mission St. Eric Jansen's
- ["Baloney" titillates and provokes](https://www.outinthebay.org/baloney-titillates-and-provokes/) - Its creators call Baloney “San Francisco’s First Gay All-Male Revue,” but this weekend in SF, women join the cast. Choreographer Rory Davis and writer and director Michael Phillis play clips and tell the tale of this humorous, sexy, thought-provoking show on this week's Out in the Bay. Baloney plays this Thursday - Saturday at Oasis
- [Straights ... in Post-Closeted Culture](https://www.outinthebay.org/straights-in-post-closeted-culture/) - How has the growing acceptance and visibility of LGBT people affected how straight Americans view sexuality and gender – including their own? How has it changed the way all of us think about sexuality and gender? Eric Jansen's guest this week is Sonoma State University sociology professor James Joseph Dean, author of Straights: Heterosexuality in Post-Closeted Culture. He argues that
- [Meet California State Senator Mark Leno](https://www.outinthebay.org/meet-california-senator-mark-leno/) - State Senator Mark Leno is the first openly gay man to serve in California’s Senate. A champion of LGBT rights throughout his career, Leno is far from a ‘single-issue’ politician. As he approaches his last year in the Senate -- he's termed out in 2016 -- hear Leno chat with Out in the Bay host Eric
- [Opera Star, Homeless Sing in "Street Requiem"](https://www.outinthebay.org/street-requiem-helps-homeless/) - Famed mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade sings in this weekend's Bay Area performances of Street Requiem, a choral contata to call attention to the plight of people living on our streets and in other insecure conditions around the globe. Australian co-creators Andy Payne and Kathleen McGuire - conductor and artistic director of the San Francisco Gay
- ['The Right Side of History'](https://www.outinthebay.org/the-right-side-of-history/) - Contrary to popular mythology, the LGBT civil rights movement did not begin with the June 1969 Stonewall Rebellion at New York's Stonewall Inn. Eric Jansen's guests this week on Out in the Bay are Adrian Brooks, essayist and editor of, and Max Wolf Valerio, essay contributor to the new anthology The Right Side of History:
- [Queer Youth Still Threatened, Even in Bay Area](https://www.outinthebay.org/queer-youth-still-threatened-even-in-bay-area/) - With recent gay rights gains, why is it still difficult for young people to be lesbian, gay, bi, transgender or “queer,” even in the San Francisco Bay Area? The Pacific Center for Human Growth, an LGBT counseling and community center in Berkeley, reports that many queer youth feel unsafe at school every day. Eric Jansen’s
- [Trans Women in Prison - "Soul Murder"](https://www.outinthebay.org/soul-murder-trans-women-in-prison/) - Author of "The Women of San Quentin" talks on Out in the Bay radio with transgender former inmate about treatment of trans women in male prisons.

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- [asylum](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/asylum/)
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- [Black Trans Lives Matter](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/black-trans-lives-matter/)
- [Symphony](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/symphony/)
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- [poet](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/poet/)
- [foster parent](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/foster-parent/)
- [foster children](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/foster-children/)
- [phalloplasty](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/phalloplasty/)
- [transition](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/transition/)
- [gender-affirming surgery](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/gender-affirming-surgery/)
- [Fayette Hauser](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/fayette-hauser/)
- [draft](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/draft/)
- [Kevin Rolston](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/kevin-rolston/)
- [Deal with the Dragon](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/deal-with-the-dragon/)
- [travel Boatslip](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/travel-boatslip/)
- [monkeypox](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/monkeypox/)
- [MLK](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/mlk/)
- [Robert F Kennedy](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/robert-f-kennedy/)
- [RFK](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/rfk/)
- [National Guard](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/national-guard/)
- [Julian](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/julian/)
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- [Open relationships](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/open-relationships/)
- [cancer](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/cancer/)
- [diabetes](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/diabetes/)
- [heart disease](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/heart-disease/)
- [Food is Medicine](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/food-is-medicine/)
- [Ruth Brinker](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/ruth-brinker/)
- [Project Open Hand](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/project-open-hand/)
- [Paul Hepfer](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/paul-hepfer/)
- [Lee Jewell](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/lee-jewell/)
- [Dining Out for Life](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/dining-out-for-life/)
- [Folsom Street Fair](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/folsom-street-fair/)
- [Race Bannon](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/race-bannon/)
- [Pete Buttigieg](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/pete-buttigieg/)
- [Paul Mason Barnes](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/paul-mason-barnes/)
- [Ashland](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/ashland/)
- [Oregon](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/oregon/)
- [Indiana](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/indiana/)
- [Edward Gunawan](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/edward-gunawan/)
- [PRESS PLAY](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/press-play/)
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- [Bad Hombres](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/bad-hombres/)
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- [Latino](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/latino/)
- [Latine](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/latine/)
- [Christoper Beale](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/christoper-beale/)
- [Itsqwere](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/itsqwere/)
- [Mighty Real](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/mighty-real/)
- [Nick Lawrence](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/nick-lawrence/)
- [Corey Antonio Rose](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/corey-antonio-rose/)
- [MPOX](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/mpox/)
- [Steamworks](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/steamworks/)
- [education](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/education/)
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- [elementary school](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/elementary-school/)
- [molestation](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/molestation/)
- [Divine](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/divine/)
- [Christian](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/christian/)
- [Howard University](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/howard-university/)
- [Dolores Chandler](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/dolores-chandler/)
- [Brown v. Board of Education](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/brown-v-board-of-education/)
- [queercore](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/queercore/)
- [punk](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/punk/)
- [Supreme Court of California](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/supreme-court-of-california/)
- [Kelli Evans](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/kelli-evans/)
- [Ann Bannon](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/ann-bannon/)
- [Alameda](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/alameda/)
- [California](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/california/)
- [Jim Van Buskirk](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/jim-van-buskirk/)
- [Final Exit Network](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/final-exit-network/)
- [right-to-die](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/right-to-die/)
- [death with dignity](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/death-with-dignity/)
- [Billys](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/billys/)
- [Nick Lawrence FTM](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/nick-lawrence-ftm/)
- [spirituality](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/spirituality/)
- [nonbinary](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/nonbinary/)
- [David Boyer](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/david-boyer/)
- [Nashville](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/nashville/)
- [Sarafina Maraschino](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/sarafina-maraschino/)
- [Shawna Love](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/shawna-love/)
- [West Hollywood](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/west-hollywood/)
- [WeHo](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/weho/)
- [Rexy](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/rexy/)
- [The One & Only Rexy](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/the-one-only-rexy/)
- [Angela Engel](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/angela-engel/)
- [Drag Story Hour](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/drag-story-hour/)
- [Bay Area Book Fest](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/bay-area-book-fest/)
- [Panda Dulce](https://www.outinthebay.org/tag/panda-dulce/)

## Podcasts

- [Out In The Bay](https://www.outinthebay.org/series/out-in-the-bay/)