Helping Queer Youth Through COVID
How are young LGBTQ people coping with COVID-19? Especially as it becomes more clear that most schools and colleges will be online-only this fall. When schools and colleges closed in the spring, many queer youth…
How Will Queer Non-Profits Survive COVID-19?
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…
‘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…
Civic Engagement & Counting Queer COVID Cases
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…
Disabled Trans Rabbi Elliot Kukla 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 amounts to genocide against the…
Meet queer artist twins Sal & 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…
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…
Queer 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…
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!
Trans Women in Prison – “Soul Murder”
Photojournalist Kristin Lyseggen profiles nine current and former inmates in “The Women of San Quentin: Soul Murder of Transgender Women in Male Prisons.” Surrounded by convicted murderers and rapists, she writes, they are often forced to fight for their lives on their way to womanhood inside some of the world’s most dangerous prisons for men. She and Daniella Tavake, one of those profiled in the book, share intimate parts of their stories with host Eric Jansen on Out in the Bay.