Out In The Bay
119 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago -Weekly show about LGBTQ life and issues, sharing queer voices and stories with the world.
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Marilyn Mitchell melds life, politics on latest rock album
March 22, 2024 01:13 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBSinger-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... The post Marilyn Mitchell melds life, politics on latest rock album first appeared on Out In The Bay.
Learning from Asexuals About Sex & Relationships
March 13, 2024 00:21 - 29 minutes - 25.5 MBQuick, 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... The post Learning from Asexuals About Sex & Relationships first appeared on Out In The Bay.
‘Funeral Diva’ Pamela Sneed: ‘We can heal’
February 28, 2024 17:45 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBIn 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. The post ‘Funeral Diva’ Pamela Sneed: ‘We can heal’ first appeared on Out In The Bay.
Author Dwayne Ratleff on ‘Dancing to the Lyrics’
February 15, 2024 16:02 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBDwayne 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, insightful, award-winning novel – a memoir really... The post Author Dwayne Ratleff on ‘Dancing to the Lyrics’ first appeared on Out In The Bay.
Peers connect on Pacifica Pier in ‘Spell Heaven’
January 14, 2024 04:35 - 29 minutes - 39.8 MBAs we await the reopening of the storm-damaged Pacifica Pier, we bring you a poet's stories of connection on this historic pier. The post Peers connect on Pacifica Pier in ‘Spell Heaven’ first appeared on Out In The Bay.
Pagans at Xmas? Making holidays queer-comfy
December 21, 2023 19:29 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBJust 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... The post Pagans at Xmas? Making holidays queer-comfy first appeared on Out In The Bay.
25 years since Matt Shepard: Where are we now?
December 01, 2023 08:07 - 53 minutes - 73.4 MBDec. 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. The post 25 years since Matt Shepard: Where are we now? first appeared on Out In The Bay.
Veteran Lauren Hough: ‘Leaving Isn’t The Hardest Thing’
November 02, 2023 22:28 - 29 minutes - 26.4 MBFor 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. The post Veteran Lauren Hough: ‘Leaving Isn’t The Hardest Thing’ first appeared on Out In The Bay.
25 years after Matthew Shepard: where are we now?
October 07, 2023 23:29 - 48 minutes - 89.4 MBWhere are we with LGBTQ+ civil rights and safety since Matthew Shepard's brutal 1998 murder? The post 25 years after Matthew Shepard: where are we now? first appeared on Out In The Bay.
Matthew Shepard – in his mom’s words
October 04, 2023 23:32 - 28 minutes - 39.5 MB25 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... The post Matthew Shepard – in his mom’s words first appeared on Out In The Bay.
Burning Man – art and queer exploration
August 25, 2023 01:56 - 29 minutes - 67.5 MBIs 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? The post Burning Man – art and queer exploration first appeared on Out In The Bay.
Airline stewards’ sky-high impact
August 11, 2023 01:32 - 13.2 MBIs 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... The post Airline stewards’ sky-high impact first appeared on Out In The Bay.
‘Faux Queen: A Life in Drag’
August 01, 2023 11:55 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBMonique 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.... The post ‘Faux Queen: A Life in Drag’ first appeared on Out In The Bay.
Drag Storytime – VERA! reads to Oakland preschoolers
July 21, 2023 18:41 - 29 minutes - 67.5 MBSo 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. The post Drag Storytime – VERA! reads to Oakland preschoolers first appeared on Out In The Bay.
‘Grin and bear’ awkward holiday questions
December 15, 2022 00:29 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBJust 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...
Remembering The Cockettes
November 30, 2022 19:34 - 29 minutes - 54.2 MBWhile they weren’t around for long, the Cockettes left an outsized legacy that we explore this week with exclusive recordings and interviews.
‘Doubting Thomas’ probes false accusations
November 17, 2022 19:34 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBWhat 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....
Inequities in Bay Area MPOX vaccines
November 03, 2022 00:11 - 29 minutes - 54 MBReporter 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
October 27, 2022 14:27 - 52 minutes - 72.5 MBHear 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.
‘Bad Hombres’ skewers stereotypes
October 13, 2022 00:35 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBIn “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...
Breaking Mental Health Stigma with Stories
October 06, 2022 00:19 - 29 minutes - 40.6 MBIt’s Gunawan’s hope that through PRESS PLAY: Exhibition, he can reach people who are struggling and tell them, “you are good.”
Passion for politics in ‘Paul for Pete’
September 29, 2022 17:56 - 29 minutes - 40.6 MBAuthor 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
September 22, 2022 00:34 - 29 minutes - 40.7 MBThe 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’?
September 15, 2022 21:36 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBHow 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...
Project Open Hand: ‘Meals with Love’
September 07, 2022 21:02 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBRuth 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...
Born Perfect: Don’t ‘pray away the gay’
September 01, 2022 10:45 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBDespite 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...
Wrestling with Monogamy
August 24, 2022 17:36 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBThis week, we are tackling two oft-misunderstood subjects on Out In The Bay, open relationships and professional wrestling.
Monkeypox advice from health experts
August 11, 2022 23:45 - 29 minutes - 40.6 MBMonkeypox 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...
Flashback to Ptown, 2013
August 05, 2022 16:37 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBEscape 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...
Slaying Dragons with Kevin Rolston
July 27, 2022 20:22 - 29 minutes - 40.6 MB“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
July 21, 2022 16:29 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBMeet 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...
uncut: ‘Changeling’ delves deeper, sings more
July 16, 2022 15:27 - 51 minutes - 95.8 MBHere’s the longer version of our talk with fascinating transgender musician Nick Lawrence — more intense and with more music than we could cram into our half-hour radio show posted Thursday. Don’t miss “Dong Sewn...
‘Changeling’ delves deep and sings about transition
July 14, 2022 17:54 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBHear 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...
Marilyn Mitchell melds life, politics on new rock album
July 07, 2022 14:17 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBSinger-songwriter Marilyn Mitchell, who played in San Francisco’s popular 2003-2010 all-trans rock band Lipstick Conspiracy, shares new music and life stories this week – and hints that her former group may get back together. Her...
Creating Queer Punk with Pansy Division
June 30, 2022 21:51 - 29 minutes - 40.6 MBThe true story behind the first gay punk rock band today on Out In The Bay!
In ‘Spell Heaven,’ peers connect on pier
June 23, 2022 18:06 - 29 minutes - 40.6 MBHow 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...
In ‘Spell Heaven,’ pier peers connect
June 23, 2022 18:06 - 29 minutes - 40.6 MBHow 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...
‘Spell Heaven’ inspires human connection
June 23, 2022 18:06 - 29 minutes - 40.6 MBHow do we find connection and meaning? 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...
Talking Pride with Honey Mahogany & Sister Roma
June 16, 2022 22:08 - 29 minutes - 40.7 MBThis 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
June 09, 2022 23:38 - 29 minutes - 40.6 MBThis 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.
The Artists Making Castro Camera Queer AF
June 01, 2022 22:31 - 29 minutes - 40.6 MBMeet 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
May 27, 2022 00:29 - 29 minutes - 54 MBThis week we feature our discussion with late gay ambassador James C. Hormel on Out In The Bay.
Sex, drugs and drag with The Cockettes
May 19, 2022 22:03 - 29 minutes - 40.7 MBThe 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
May 05, 2022 22:57 - 29 minutes - 40.6 MBHow 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.
Honey Mahogany on Politics, Drag Race & The Stud
April 13, 2022 23:35 - 29 minutes - 40.6 MBThe 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
April 06, 2022 19:59 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBIn 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
March 30, 2022 16:00 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBWe remember style and music icon Liberace and hear the true story of a couple who met on Grindr.
Trevor Hailey & Gilbert Baker
March 23, 2022 22:26 - 29 minutes - 40.6 MBWe 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
March 16, 2022 23:09 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBThis 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...
Gay Cal. Supreme Court justice values personal struggle
February 03, 2022 19:41 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBThe 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....