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25 years since Matt Shepard: Where are we now? from 2023-12-01T08:07

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 an...

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Veteran Lauren Hough:‘Leaving Isn’t The Hardest Thing’ from 2023-11-02T22:28

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-...

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‘Funeral Diva’Pamela Sneed:‘We can heal’ from 2023-10-20T01:18:44

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. Fune...

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25 years after Matthew Shepard: where are we now? from 2023-10-07T23:29:59

Where are we with LGBTQ+ civil rights and safety since Matthew Shepard's brutal 1998 murder?

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Matthew Shepard–in his mom’s words from 2023-10-04T23:32:04

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...<...

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Burning Man–art and queer exploration from 2023-08-25T01:56:09

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?

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Airline stewards’sky-high impact from 2023-08-11T01:32:27

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” e...

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Honey Mahogany on Politics, Drag Race&The Stud from 2022-04-13T23:35:33

The chair of the San Francisco Democratic Committee, and RuPaul's Drag Race alum Honey Mahogany is our guest on Out In The Bay.

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An early COVID-19 story + Remembering Sylvester from 2022-04-06T19:59:50

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 po...

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A Grindr love story + Remembering Liberace from 2022-03-30T16:00

We remember style and music icon Liberace and hear the true story of a couple who met on Grindr.

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Trevor Hailey&Gilbert Baker from 2022-03-23T22:26:05

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 or...

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Queens Read Celebrity Autobiographies from 2022-03-16T23:09:41

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 litera...

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‘Faux Queen: A Life in Drag’ from 2022-02-09T15:58:22

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 t...

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Gay Cal. Supreme Court justice values personal struggle from 2022-02-03T19:41:14

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....

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Marilyn Mitchell melds life, politics on new rock album from 2022-01-27T01:17:44

Singer-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...

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Why we ALL should care about SCOTUS abortion cases from 2022-01-12T17:58:20

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, hav...

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We’re‘Born Perfect’–don’t‘pray away the gay’ from 2022-01-04T23:57:28

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’...

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Keep queer radio&podcasts coming! from 2021-12-31T15:16

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 ...

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Their name was Pauli Murray from 2021-12-30T17:25

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 a...

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Pagans at Xmas? Making holidays queer-comfy from 2021-12-21T03:04:09

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...

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Queers v. religion? + ‘Lives Aligned’ from 2021-12-08T17:50:53

“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 wh...

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Home for the Holidays? Or out and about? from 2021-12-02T02:42:55

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 a...

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‘Real Life’ from a queer Black point of view from 2021-11-25T02:42:44

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....

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Talking politics with B.A.R. columnist Matthew Bajko from 2021-11-17T18:20

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...

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LGBTQs stuck in Afghanistan risk execution from 2021-11-09T20:31:58

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 Septe...

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Family Acceptance is Caitlin Ryan’s Project from 2021-11-03T15:55:40

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...

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Meet the USA’s first out transgender bishop from 2021-10-28T16:50:39

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, makin...

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‘Marijuana Minister’ committed comforting crimes from 2021-10-13T15:40:21

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...

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Utah prof: ‘Gender is queer for everyone’ from 2021-10-06T12:02

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 defini...

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Big Freedia: No guns, more ass-shakin’! from 2021-10-01T20:36:42

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...

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Coming out on ‘Stereotypes’ from 2021-09-22T09:58

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 bri...

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Gay Cal. Supreme Court Justice Values Struggle to be Authentic from 2021-09-08T20:23

The first-ever 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....

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Honoring the late James Hormel — in his own voice from 2021-08-31T10:04:13

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 die...

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‘Funeral Diva’ Pamela Sneed says ‘We can heal’ from 2021-08-24T15:14

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...

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‘The Prophets’ Unveils Black Queer Ancestors from 2021-08-17T21:23

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 Proph...

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‘The Guncle’ heals grief with laugh-out-loud humor from 2021-08-10T18:58

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...

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OUT of Site revives Haight-Ashbury’s queer history from 2021-07-13T21:34:56

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 ...

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Queers in Comics: How are we portrayed? from 2021-06-29T21:34:31

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...

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SF Pride Grand Marshals encourage ‘tough conversations’ from 2021-06-22T18:20:38

“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 vision...

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Lauren Hough: ‘Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing’ from 2021-06-08T23:00:17

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...

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After COVID hiatus, trans soprano to perform in person from 2021-06-01T23:57:45

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 ...

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Bikinis for trans girls; Gay mystery novel from 2021-05-11T21:49:56

“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 found...

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The Bay Area Reporter queer news outlet turns 50! from 2021-05-04T21:49:25

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” retrospec...

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How to support your LGBTQ child from 2021-04-21T15:58:55

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 ...

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Drag’s Rock M Sakura on superpowers, hate crime from 2021-04-07T01:23:11

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 ...

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A year into COVID, how are we coping? from 2021-03-23T18:38:53

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 especial...

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Queer Comix From Prison Depict Incarcerated Life from 2021-03-16T18:30:04

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 ...

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Big Freedia — no guns, more twerking! from 2021-03-09T01:25:54

“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...

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Drawing Political Lines; Challenging Marriage-Equality Governor from 2021-02-17T00:20:16

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...

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Learning from Asexuals About Sex & Relationships from 2021-02-10T00:34:35

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 consi...

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SF’s sole gay supervisor on queer culture, housing, COVID recovery from 2021-02-03T03:21:30

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 int...

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The Freezer Door mourns ‘the dream of queer’ from 2021-01-27T05:26:57

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore’s new book, The Freezer Door, mourns losing “the dream of queer” — a “world without borders and hierarchies” — that she says consumer...

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Manny’s revives civil discourse from 2021-01-18T00:08:25

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 “peo...

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Blackmail, My Love shows SF’s sordid homophobic past from 2021-01-13T01:15:21

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 rai...

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