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This month Napa Valley College received the donation of the “Freedom to Love” sculpture honoring Gilbert Baker and his two close friends Tom Taylor and Jerome Goldstein. The artist Dina Angel Wing joins us to talk about her inspiration and reason for creating this life-size tribute. We'll talk with Charley … Continue reading → The post Show Notes – April 27, 2025 appeared first on Outbeat Radio News.

The executive orders targeting transgender people are coming out from Washington faster than we can keep up with, but the impact on transgender people, especially young people, is hard to accurately describe. This month we talk with journalist and author Nico Lang. He's an award winning writer with a new … Continue reading → The post Show Notes – Mar 23, 2025 appeared first on Outbeat Radio News.

This month we welcome the filmmakers of the new documentary, “Sally!” the story of Sally Gearhart, the firebrand lesbian feminist who played an irrefutable role in the ascent of San Francisco city supervisor Harvey Milk. Our guests, Deborah Craig, Jorg Fockele, and Ondine Rarey, will share their experience and talk … Continue reading → The post Show Notes – Feb. 23, 2025 appeared first on Outbeat Radio News.

In 2012, California Fair and Inclusive Education Act required the state's schools to incorporate LGBTQ+ history and related topics into grades 2, 4, 5, 8, and 11. The textbooks for this curriculum were only recently published and many of the state's school districts have yet to train teachers on how … Continue reading → The post Show Notes – Jan. 26, 2025 appeared first on Outbeat Radio News.

This month we will host an Outbeat Extra edition of Outbeat News In Depth featuring a tribute to Ted Olson, one of the two attorneys who took on Proposition 8 and restored marriage equality here in California. Mr. Olson passed away in November. We will air an interview we did … Continue reading → The post Show Notes – Dec. 29, 2024 appeared first on Outbeat Radio News.

2024 marks the 15th anniversary of the signing of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. This is the law that expanded federal hate crimes law to include sexual orientation and gender identity. It is also the last year of the annual Matthew Shepard Foundation gala. … Continue reading → The post Show Notes – Dec. 22, 2024 appeared first on Outbeat Radio News.

World AIDS Day is on December 1st and this month we are checking in with our local HIV and AIDS organization, Face to Face. For 41 years, Face to Face has been caring for people living with HIV and offering programs and services to stop the spread of this still … Continue reading → The post Show Notes – Nov. 24, 2024 appeared first on Outbeat Radio News.

October is LGBTQ+ History month! We talk this month with author Michael Lee about his new biography of Randy Shilts that was officially released on  October 8, 2024. “When the Band Played On” tells the story of the trailblazing journalist and author Randy Shilts. Michael started his national book tour … Continue reading → The post Show Notes – Oct. 27, 2024 appeared first on Outbeat Radio News.

This month we are celebrating Cleve Jones and his 70th birthday! Cleve is an amazing champion and activist for the LGBTQ+ community. He arrived in San Francisco in the early 1970's and worked for Harvey Milk. Cleve's achievements are to long to list on this page, so on our next … Continue reading → The post Show Notes – Sept. 22, 2024 appeared first on Outbeat Radio News.

In 2012, Raif Derrazi discovered on his 22nd birthday that he was diagnosed with AIDS. Since then he has fought hard to reshape his entire life…starting by changing his toxic ‘victim mentality.' He went from ‘victim' to ‘VICTOR.' Raif is now HIV undetectable (untransmittable), a Pro natural competitive physique bodybuilder, … Continue reading → The post Show Notes – Aug 25, 2024 appeared first on Outbeat Radio News.

The Bay Area is an epicenter of LGBTQ+history. You can often find our guest this month, Dr. William Lipsky, at the GLBT Museum in San Francisco sharing stories with visitors about gay life in San Francisco. He's authored seven books and writes a monthly column titled “Faces From Our LGBT … Continue reading → The post Show Notes – July 28, 2024 appeared first on Outbeat Radio News.

Happy Pride! This month we are celebrating the stories of two of our former guests who both published memoirs recently with the intent of sharing the stories of their lives as inspiration for others to come out and to live an authentic life. Cory Allen is a federal law enforcement … Continue reading → The post Show Notes – June 23, 2024 appeared first on Outbeat Radio News.

This month we introduce you to the Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits community. Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAITS) exists to restore and recover the role of Two-Spirit people within the American Indian/First Nations community by creating a forum for the spiritual, cultural and artistic expression of Two-Spirit people. BAAITS is … Continue reading → The post Show Notes – May 26, 2024 appeared first on Outbeat Radio News.

On May 18th, choirs from Napa Valley College and Napa High School will team up to perform “Considering Matthew Shepard.” This month, student members from both choruses talk about the oratorio and their experience learning and performing the music. We will also have all the details about how you can … Continue reading → The post Show Notes – April 28, 2024 appeared first on Outbeat Radio News.

This month we talk with Jacob Stensberg, the almost-new artistic director and conductor of the San Francisco Gay Mens Chorus.  Jake is has been with the chorus now for almost two years and has already began sharing his vision for the next generation of this world-famous chorus. If you've been … Continue reading → The post Show Notes – March 24, 2024 appeared first on Outbeat Radio News.

This month we continue our look at some of the issues at stake in this year's election cycle and the upcoming initiative on the November ballot to remove the language in California's Constitution put there by Proposition 8 back in 2008, defining marriage as being between one man and one … Continue reading → The post Show Notes – Feb. 25, 2024 appeared first on Outbeat Radio News.

We start the new year looking ahead to the November election and at some of the critical issues facing the most risk. We begin this month with HIV/AIDS. Jirair Ratevosian has spent his entire career working on the political side of the pandemic. Jirair was appointed by President Biden as … Continue reading →

October marked 25 years since the murder of Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyoming. Since that time, Judy and Dennis Shepard have lead the Matthew Shepard Foundation. This month on Outbeat News In Depth we will share highlights from this year's 25th commemoration which took place in Denver, Colorado. We'll share … Continue reading →

This month we introduce you to some of the new leadership at Positive Images, Sonoma County's oldest LGBTQ+ youth organization. “Positive Images is a grassroots nonprofit organization serving Sonoma County since 1990. Our LGBTQIA+ Community Center hosts multiple weekly support groups, a youth leadership development program, mentorship opportunities, an LGBTQIA+ … Continue reading →

This October marks 25 years since the murder of Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyoming. It also marks a quarter century since the Techtonic Theater Project created “The Laramie Project” – a play that recounted for the world how the people of the town reacted to this horrific hate crime. In … Continue reading →

This month Charley Beal and Cleve Jones return to our show to talk about the Flag in the Map exhibit coming to Napa Valley College on October 6, 2023. This is going to be a free event open to the general public and will feature a speaking program at 7:30PM … Continue reading →

Sonoma County has become a destination for fine dining, wine and fresh food.  This month we talk with Clark Wolf, a local gay man, who has more than 25 years of experience in the food industry and is the founder and president of Clark Wolf Company, a New-York based food … Continue reading →

For this year's Pride show, we are sharing the story of a proud gay man who served in the United States military, as a local deputy sheriff, and as a Secret Service agent assigned to protect the Obama family. His new memoir titled, “Breaking Free: A Saga of Self-discovery by … Continue reading →

Natalie Thompson from InterPride joins us for an in-depth look at the oppressive laws targeting LGBTQ+ people in Uganda. You might be surprised where the incentive to create these laws is coming from. Get all the details you need for this year's Sonoma County Pride celebration happening June 2 through … Continue reading →

There are over 400 pieces of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation pending in state legislatures across the country. Many of these bills are targeting transgender people and specifically transgender youth.  This month we talk with attorney Michel René Huff, a transgender man and the current president of Oakland Pride. He shares his personal … Continue reading →

Nathan Manske, founder and creator of “I'm From Driftwood” returns to Outbeat Radio for an update on his work and to share some of the highlights of the 14 years worth of coming out videos he has collected since being inspired by Harvey Milk to create this collection. “I'm From … Continue reading →

In celebration of Valentine's Day this month, we will talk with Tammy Shaklee, an LGBTQ+ match maker who will share some great advice for finding that special someone in today's dating world. She will also share important personal safety advice when meeting someone for the first time. The annual AIDS … Continue reading →

“The National LGBTQ Task Force – the country's oldest LGBTQ advocacy group – celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2023, honoring 50 years of advancing freedom, justice, and equality for LGBTQ people. ​​This milestone year will recognize and celebrate the Task Force's rich history of driving progress within the LGBTQ community, … Continue reading →

Our guest on this special Christmas Day show is Bryan Ruby, one of Out magazine's “Out 100” of 2022.  Bryan is a professional baseball player and a professional country music singer-song writer.  He is also an openly gay man. Aside from traveling 75,000 miles last year playing baseball and performing … Continue reading →

The holidays are upon us! These can be particularly stressful times for LGBTQ+ people. This month we'll introduce you to a young gay man who is doing something to help LGBTQ+ navigate coming out and living an authentic life. Kollyn Conrad is the founder of Publicly Private, an organization that … Continue reading →

This week we have a special Outbeat Extra edition of Outbeat News In Depth celebrating LGBTQ history month.  LGBT author and historian, Eric Marcus, is our guest.  He is the founder of the Making Gay History podcast and MakingGayHistory.com. You might remember him from our special series last year featuring … Continue reading →

Zander Moricz was the class president of Pine View High School in Sarasota, Florida when the state's “don't say gay” bill was passed and signed into law. His graduation speech was censored by the school principal and so Zander decided to fight back and is now leading huge effort to … Continue reading →

Coming out as transgender it tough enough, but imagine coming out as a transgender woman in the fire department. Bobbie Scopa did just that years before most others and ended up having a hugely successful 45 year long career! Her new memoir titled, “Both Sides of the Fire Line” comes … Continue reading →

Monkeypox is the latest health emergency in the United States and men who have sex with men seem to be among a large group being infected. This month we will share the facts and myths about Monkeypox with Lorie Violette, Prevention Director at Face to Face here in Sonoma County. … Continue reading →

With the recent Supreme Court decision taking away the right to an abortion comes worry that LGBTQ+ civil rights could be next. This month we talked with Dr. Jack Drescher, past President of the Group for Advancement of Psychiatry and a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), … Continue reading →

This month we talk with Michael Roberts about his new book, “Behind Sacred Walls.”  Roberts, a gay man, tells his own story of how he was groomed and sexually and psychologically abused by Catholic priests for more than a decade starting when he was just a teenager.  Roberts talks about … Continue reading →

This week we conclude our series of interviews with the candidates for Sonoma County Sheriff.  This June voters will elect the next Sheriff and the person who will lead law enforcement in Guerneville and all of the other unincorporated areas of Sonoma County.  This month we introduce you to Dave … Continue reading →

We continue this month introducing you to the candidates running for sheriff in Sonoma County.  As the chief law enforcement officer of the county, the sheriff is responsible for overseeing the deputies who interact and serve Sonoma County's huge LGBTQ+ population including Guerneville and the cities the sheriff contracts with, … Continue reading →

Our conversations with the candidates for Sonoma County Sheriff continue this month with Carl Tennenbaum. He is one now only three candidates left in the race.  We are asking all of the candidates about their experience working with the LGBTQ+ community and their thoughts about things like having an LGBT … Continue reading →

In June Sonoma County voters will select the next County Sheriff.  There are four candidates competing for the job and we've invited all four to be guests on our show over the next four months.  This is your chance to get to know the candidates so you can make the … Continue reading →

Last year two stories of racism and homophobia in Bay Area fire departments made headlines.  This month we take an in depth look at these issues.  Our guests include Kevin Mallison, author of “Alarm In The Firehouse and first “out” firefighter in the nation.  Ed Senatore returns to talk about … Continue reading →

We're wrapping up 2021 with an in depth look at one of the most important issues of the year – immigration.  In more than 70 countries, being LGBTQ+ is a capitol offense and those found “guilty” can face the death penalty. Seeking asylum in the United States is a matter … Continue reading →

Meet Sebastopol's new police chief, Kevin Kilgore.  He and his husband are new to the North Bay moving here from southern California where Chief Kilgore previously worked as a police lieutenant at the UCLA Police Department.  He will share his story growing up and talk about some of the pressing … Continue reading →

This month we are celebrating the work of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence!  Sister Roma from the San Francisco Order is known as “the most photographed nun in the world!”  We'll talk with her about her 34 years of service to our community and learn what drives her to keep … Continue reading →

There is a movement in the Castro neighborhood to replace the giant rainbow Pride flag with the newer progress flag. The flag pole and rainbow flag was installed near Market and Castro by the rainbow flag's creator Gilbert Baker and stands there both as a landmark and as a tribute … Continue reading →

As law enforcement continues to struggle with building trust with the communities they serve, the District Attorney in Napa County has created an innovative partnership with the local LGBT center to locate services in the center in order to build trust and to make services more accessible to members of … Continue reading →

June 5, 2021 marked 40 years since AIDS first emerged in the gay community. After the government and most of society ignored the growing epidemic, ACT UP formed in 1987 to change the course of the country's response.  ACT UP was one of the successful and unconventional activist organization in … Continue reading →

Happy Pride!  We love celebrating Pride Sunday with our listeners every year and this year is no exception.  We are partying with singer, song-writer Stephen Scaccia.  He shares his personal story and some of his music.  We discovered him a few months back and featured his rendition of “Rise Up” on … Continue reading →

On this Outbeat Extra edition of Outbeat News In Depth, we celebrate the start of Pride month 2021 and the 6th anniversary of the marriage equality decision with the lead plaintiff in the case, Jim Obergefell.  Jim has become an amazing activist.  Jim was recently featured in the Netflix docu-series, … Continue reading →

This month we begin by talking with film maker and screen writer Ondi Timoner who just this month released “Mapplethorpe – The Director’s Cut.”  You may have seen the original film, but you really didn’t see the film because much of it was cut out, until now.  Robert Mapplethorpe was … Continue reading →

The animus toward the transgender community in this country continues to be disturbing. We’ve reported on the Outbeat News segment the alarming number of transgender people murdered each year and as we shared last month, the violence is targeted equally at transgender men and women. New legislation in states across … Continue reading →