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In honor of The New Yorker's centennial this year, the magazine's staff writers are pulling out some classics from the long history of the publication. Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker's sports correspondent, naturally gravitated to a story about baseball with a title only comprehensible to baseball aficionados: “Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu.” The essay was by no less a writer than the author John Updike, and the “Kid” of the title was Ted Williams, the Hall of Fame hitter who spent nineteen years on the Boston Red Sox. By happenstance, Updike joined the crowd at Fenway Park for Williams's last game before his retirement, in 1960. Thomas, looking at subtle word changes that Updike made as he was working on the piece, reflects on the writer's craft and the ballplayer's. “Marginal differences really matter,” she says. “And it's those marginal differences that are the difference between a pop-up, a long fly, and a home run. Updike really understood that, and so did Williams.”Plus, a visit with one of the great modern practitioners of the earworm, Charles Strouse, who wrote music for “Bye Bye Birdie” and “Annie,” and the theme to “All in the Family.” Strouse died this month at ninety-six. In one of his last interviews he gave, in 2023, he spoke with the Radio Hour's Jeffrey Masters about his rivalry with Stephen Sondheim. “Stephen and I were friendly enemies. He didn't like me much. I didn't like him less.” 

“The Thanksgiving Play” is a play about the making of a play. Four performers struggle to devise a Thanksgiving performance that's respectful of Native peoples, historically accurate (while not too grim for white audiences), and also inclusive to the actors themselves. A train wreck ensues. “First it's fun. . . . You get to have a good time in the theatre. I would say that's the sugar, and then there's the medicine,” the playwright Larissa FastHorse tells the staff writer Vinson Cunningham. “The satire is the medicine, and you have to keep taking it.” FastHorse was born into the Sicangu Lakota Nation, and was adopted as a child into a white family. She is the first Native American woman to have a play produced on Broadway. “When I was younger, it was very painful to be separated from a lot of things that I felt like I couldn't partake in because I wasn't raised on the reservation or had been away from my Lakota family so long,” she says. “But now I really recognize it as my superpower that I can take Lakota culture . . . and contemporary Indigenous experiences and translate them for white audiences, which unfortunately are still the majority of audiences in American theatre.”This segment originally aired on April 14, 2023. Plus, earlier this year, the author and essayist Ayelet Waldman wrote an essay for The New Yorker about taking up a new hobby. Trying to cope with intensely stressful news, Waldman dove head first into teaching herself how to quilt. “I would get up in the morning, I would go to the sewing machine. I would quilt all day and then I'd go to sleep. It wasn't like I was checking out; I was still very much involved and invested in what was going on,” she told the producer Jeffrey Masters. “But somehow I could tolerate it while I was using my hands, and I decided I want to know how and why.” Waldman talked with neuroscientists about the reason that certain brain activities seem to relax us. And to her surprise, it wasn't hard to find hours each day, in the life of a busy writer, to pursue a new vocation. “Honestly,” she admits, “I was literally spending that time on the Internet.”

Brontez Purnell is a Renaissance man. He's a musician, a dancer, a filmmaker, and the author of a number of books. His latest is “Ten Bridges I've Burnt,” a departure from the traditional memoir form. It's written in verse, downplays major life events like testing positive for H.I.V.,  explicitly depicts sex in a frank and unromanticized way, and playfully embellishes the truth throughout. “Memoir is fiction—I don't care what anyone says,” Purnell tells The New Yorker Radio Hour's Jeffrey Masters. “You [or] I could both write down our lives as true as we know it. But the second our mom reads it, or one of our siblings reads it, or anybody else peripherally in the book, they can easily say, ‘What are you talking about? That never happened like that.' ” Purnell, who came of age in the underground punk scene in Oakland, California, during the early two-thousands, is no stranger to hard knocks, but that doesn't mean he needs to divulge everything. “If you write about your life, you have to protect the wicked; namely, yourself,” he says. “So there is this game of pulling and punching.”

Right back in ye olde podcasting days, I listened to just three shows – RuPaul and Michelle Visage's What's the Tee?, the BBC's Desert Island Discs, and the interview series LGBTQ&A, presented by Jeffrey Masters. A GLAAD Award-winning broadcaster, Jeffrey's compassionate and curious nature shines through in his conversations with a ludicrously long list of queer legends, but it's his turn to take the interviewee seat for Tracks of Our Queers.  We discuss music by Little Big Town, Nancy Wilson, and the Indigo Girls. You can follow LGBTQ&A wherever you listen to podcasts, or find Jeffrey on Instagram here.  Listen to all previous guest choices in one handy Spotify playlist, Selections from Tracks of Our Queers and follow the pod on Instagram.Support the showHelp keep Tracks of Our Queers ad-free by shouting me a coffee right here. Thank you for your support.

When Amy Ray first started playing music with her Indigo Girls bandmate, Emily Saliers, her "head felt like it was going to explode". She remembers thinking, "This is amazing. Not, we sound amazing. But this feels amazing. It was always about, This feels amazing." They've been playing together for over 35 years now and it's their music that the queer community (and Greta Gerwig in the new Barbie movie) continues to return to again and again. Amy joins us to talk about the band's legacy, coming out publicly in the '90s, and the lasting power of "Closer to Fine". LGBTQ&A is hosted and produced by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1 Want to recommend a guest for our new season? I'm currently interviewing LGBTQ+ elders for our upcoming season and would love to know if there's anyone you've been wanting to hear from. You can send me a message here: www.lgbtqpodcast.com

Over the past several years, as more democratic institutions and norms have come under attack, many journalists have raised the question of whether it is ethical to adhere to journalism's traditional principles of non-bias, objectivity, and political neutrality. In May, A. G. Sulzberger, the publisher of the New York Times, staked out his position in the traditionalist camp in an essay for the Columbia Journalism Review. “The traditionalists in the ranks have long believed that their long-standing view speaks for itself. I became increasingly convinced that the argument doesn't make itself,” he tells David Remnick. Sulzberger shies away from the term objectivity, instead describing the “posture of independence” as one that prizes “an open mind, a skeptical mind,” and a clear-eyed pursuit of truth––even if it leads to uncomfortable conclusions. Sulzberger, whose family has owned the paper since 1896, says he wants to push back on a culture of “certitude” in journalism. “In this hyper-politicized, hyper-polarized moment, is society benefiting from every single player getting deeper and deeper, and louder and louder, about declaring their personal allegiances and loyalties and preferences?” he asks. Plus, this week's issue of The New Yorker features a new poem by Paul Tran, a young writer whose début collection was named one of the best books of 2022. The poem, “The Three Graces,” takes its name from a rock formation near Colorado Springs. “I was curious: what would these three rocks have to say about the nature of love,” Tran tells the producer Jeffrey Masters. Tran's poetry explores their personal history—their family immigrated to the United States from Vietnam—as well as their trans identity. 

Darcelle XV (Walter Cole), the world's oldest drag queen, died on March 23, 2023. She was 92. Since 1967, Darcelle has been performing and running the Portland drag venue, Darcelle XV Showplace, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2020. I had the opportunity to speak with Darcelle and her friend and collaborator, Poison Waters (Kevin Cook) a few weeks before her death. This is part of our special series, the LGBTQ+ Elders Project. You can listen to previous interviews with LGBTQ+ elders like Angela Davis, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, André De Shields, and Dr. Charles Silverstein. LGBTQ&A is hosted and produced by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1

Dr. Charles Silverstein died this week at the age of 87. Best known for making the 1973 presentation before the American Psychiatric Association that led to the removal of homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual's list of mental illnesses, he was also a co-author of the landmark book The Joy of Gay Sex. More than simply a sex manual with graphic drawings (though there was plenty of that), The Joy of Gay Sex, first published in 1977, was a first-of-its-kind guidebook for every aspect of the gay experience. This interview was originally recorded in August 2021 and was one of Silverstein's last. LGBTQ&A is hosted and produced by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1

Shatzi Weisberger died this week at the age of 92. A lifelong activist, Shatzi was a fixture at marches and protests here in NYC and was affectionately known as The People's Bubbie. "I was a political lesbian for many years. I just loved being around lesbians...one of my earlier demonstrations was here in New York City and we did a die-in along with other people lying on the ground. And I started to cry because I felt that I was in the right place, doing the right things with the right people. I felt very together about it. I have been an activist ever since." In the later part of her life, Shatzi became a death educator and helped people to dismantle their fears and worries around dying. This interview was originally recorded in April 2022 and was one of her last. We wanted to reshare it today to help honor her and remember her remarkable life. Click here to listen to the full interview with André De Shields that is excerpted at the end of the episode. LGBTQ&A is hosted and produced by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1

"I totally support the politics of coming out, but at the same time, I'm critical of the assumption that one's identity has to be the major driving force that determines one's politics." For the final episode of our season, Angela Davis joins us to talk about how to keep pushing movements forward, why her incarceration was crucial in shaping her political journey, and why we must challenge the notion that there is only one important revolutionary struggle. Angela's newest book, Abolition. Feminism. Now., is out now. Click here to listen to our recent interview where the historian Hugh Ryan breaks down the queer history of The Women's House of Detention. LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters and produced by The Advocate magazine, in partnership with GLAAD. A condensed transcript of each week's interview is posted on The Advocate's website. Follow us on Twitter: @lgbtqpod And for more, check out: lgbtqpodcast.com

"Prior to Hadestown, I played The Magical Negro. I have no regrets about that. But all the while...and this is going to sound corny, but it's true. All the while I was saying, 'Why doesn't someone cast me for my mind? For my intellect? Am I really just another pretty face?' And it came together in Hadestown." André De Shields talks about the five decades he's spent working on Broadway, being a long-term survivor of HIV, and arriving in New York City during the sexual revolution of the 1970s. André can be seen on Broadway this fall in the newest revival of Death of a Salesman. LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters and produced by The Advocate magazine, in partnership with GLAAD. A condensed transcript of each week's interview is posted on The Advocate's website. Follow us on Twitter: @lgbtqpod

Please welcome to the stage, Miss Memory Lane! Colton Haynes talks about the barriers that queer actors still face in Hollywood, why he went back into the closet while acting on hit shows like Teen Wolf and Arrow, and his new memoir, Miss Memory Lane. LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters and produced by The Advocate magazine, in partnership with GLAAD. A condensed transcript of each week's interview is posted on The Advocate's website. Follow us on Twitter: @lgbtqpod

"They all cheat at cards and the checkers are lost My cellmate's a killer, they make me do push-ups in drag But nobody cares if you're losing yourself Am I losing myself?" - You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison / My Chemical Romance Featuring Bert McCracken Bobby and Jim have something to say about the current state of the world. They discuss gun violence, graduation speeches, and dumb politics all dressed in emo wigs and having an emo attitude. Graduation speeches are usually cheesy and trite. They're full of clichéd phrases like "you are the master of your own destiny" and "anything is possible with hard work." Well, we're not going to lie - ours are a little bit different. In fact, we wouldn't be surprised if some of them were turned into movie quotes! Here's a sampling of our updated and current graduation written in our own satirical and humorous style to our younger self. Only we improv instead of writing anything down.  OUR YOUTUBEKeywords and topics: graduation speechesweed journalemo lifeChristians bad christianscrazy christiansohio columbus ohiograduation speech as a guest speakeremo likewhat not to say in a graduation speechgraduation speeches and quotestypes of graduation speechesthe best college graduation speecheswhat type of speech is graduation speechgraduation speech and examplesweed journalbest emo songs 2020journal of weed researchare weed killers dangerousemo quotes about deathweed technology journalthe emo lifeemo is lifeemo life spanwill weed affect my runningemo songs about lifeemo life wallpapersgacha life emo clothesemo locationscan emowhat's emo liferaccordement emo lifeemo adams live showsjournal of weed biology and managementwill weed actorwhat's the most emojournal of weedemo life fr chappeeweed grow diary templatehow long does an emo phase lasthow many emos does it take to change a lightbulbwhy weed illegalweed science journal of pakistanstill life emo bandweed creative journalbest weed journalhow to keep a weed journalemo life updatejournal weed researchwhat's being emodoes weed affect jointswhat weed is thishow much emo am iwho invented emo lifewhy do i like emo musicweeds journal articlesemo gacha life editsis weed really a weedbring me to life emowhy eThings I HateNew Entertainment/Comedy podcast discussing things we HATE. Listen Now.Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Daily Comedy News: comedians, comedy and what's newSportscenter for Comedy covering Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Joe Rogan, Jim Gaffigan,...Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Rebel 4EverUnfiltered segments regarding unlimited topics such as sports, politics, religion,...Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show

Gloria Allen is a legendary figure in Chicago's trans community. The 76-year-old joins us to talk about coming out as trans in the 1960s, why her family's support was so transformational, and the extraordinary impact that her charm school had on LGBTQ+ youth in Chicago. Mama Gloria, a new documentary by Luchina Fisher, is now streaming on PBS. LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters and produced by The Advocate magazine, in partnership with GLAAD. A condensed transcript of each week's interview is posted on The Advocate's website. Follow us on Twitter: @lgbtqpod

The history-making politician shares every inspiring, heartbreaking, and drunken moment that led her to become the first openly trans person to serve in a state legislature in the United States. Danica Roem's new memoir, Burn The Page, is out now.  Kate Kelly (who you also hear from in the episode) and Danica co-authored this recent piece in Teen Vogue about why the Equal Rights Amendment is a gender-inclusive document, one that won't be defeated by anti-trans scare tactics. Kate Kelly is the author of the new book, Ordinary Equality. LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters and produced by The Advocate magazine, in partnership with GLAAD. A condensed transcript of each week's interview is posted on The Advocate's website. Follow us on Twitter: @lgbtqpod

Janelle Monáe (!!!) joins us to talk about her journey to becoming a queer icon, new music, and her debut book, The Memory Librarian. “One of the main points that's super important is about the threat of censorship, memory censorship. Because as we know, memories are essentially our stories that we tell ourselves to survive.” LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters and produced by The Advocate magazine, in partnership with GLAAD. A condensed transcript of each week's interview is posted on The Advocate's website. Follow us on Twitter: @lgbtqpod

Grab your best friend and give them the tightest possible hug: this episode is a celebration of platonic queer intimacy. R. Eric Thomas joins us to talk about being married to a pastor (it's fun!), the importance of queer community (also fun!), and his new YA novel, Kings of B'more. LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters and produced by The Advocate magazine, in partnership with GLAAD. A condensed transcript of each week's interview is posted on The Advocate's website. Follow us on Twitter: @lgbtqpod [This interview was originally recorded in January 2020.]

Today's episode is a special one! Jeffrey Masters, Friend of the Pod and host of LGBTQ&A, brings us a special one-on-one interview with fan favorite Denne Michele Norris! Looking for the show notes? Everything we talk about each episode — books, shows, sex toys, resources — can finally be found in our *free* Substack. Or, if you wanna support the pod, become a Zaddy or Queen Mother subscriber and get even juicier content while becoming a patron of our work

As of today, a Black lesbian is now the voice and face of the United States government. Karine Jean-Pierre, the newest White House press secretary, joins us to talk about why there is a place for all of us in politics, no matter what you might think of as the typical background or narrative for a politician. If a queer woman of color who immigrated to the U.S. as a kid could make it in politics, she says, then so can you. LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters and produced by The Advocate magazine, in partnership with GLAAD. A condensed transcript of each week's interview is posted on The Advocate's website. Follow us on Twitter: @lgbtqpod [This interview was originally recorded in November 2019.]

With his crucial new book, historian Hugh Ryan restores The Women's House of Detention to its rightful place in LGBTQ+ history. "It was one of the Village's most famous landmarks: a meeting place for locals and a must-see site for adventurous tourists. And for tens of thousands of arrested women and transmasculine people from every corner of the city, the House of D was a nexus, drawing the threads of their lives together in its dark and fearsome cells." Hugh Ryan, author of The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison joins us on the podcast to talk about how years before the Stonewall Uprising, the House of Detention changed queer history. In the interview, we play a clip of Jay Toole talking about her time in prison. Click here to listen to the full interview with Jay. And click here to check out a picture of The Women's House of Detention on our Instagram. LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters and produced by The Advocate magazine, in partnership with GLAAD. A condensed transcript of each week's interview is posted on The Advocate's website. Follow us on Twitter: @lgbtqpod

Don Bachardy talks about the 33-years he spent with Christopher Isherwood (author of A Single Man and The Berlin Stories, which became the musical, Cabaret) and what it was like being an out gay couple in the 50s and 60s. Born in 1934, Don has gone on to become of the most respected portrait artists of our time.  This is part of our new LGBTQ+ Elders Project. Click here to listen to our recent interview with the 73-year-old titan of trans history, Jamison Green. LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters and produced by The Advocate magazine, in partnership with GLAAD. A condensed transcript of each week's interview is posted on The Advocate's website. Follow us on Twitter: @lgbtqpod [This interview was originally recorded in January 2019.]

Spoiler alert: You are going to die. Shatzi Weisberger works with people to dismantle their fears and worries around dying, helping them to approach their deaths with intentionality. A lifelong activist and former nurse, Shatzi was born in 1930. This is part of our new LGBTQ+ Elders Project. Click here to listen to our recent interview with the 87-year-old trans elder, Barbara Satin. LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters and produced by The Advocate magazine, in partnership with GLAAD. A condensed transcript of each week's interview is posted on The Advocate's website in the afternoon (or earlier, if I get enough coffee). Follow us on Twitter: @lgbtqpod

"When I was in the pool, HIV/AIDS didn't exist. That was a sanctuary for me. It was a place that I could go to, really to seek refuge from the stress of the HIV diagnosis." Four-time Olympic gold medal winner, Greg Louganis joins us to talk about his infamous concussion at the Seoul Olympics in 1988, sharing his HIV status with the world in 1995, and what life's been like since retiring from diving. This is part of our new LGBTQ+ Elders Project. Click here to listen to our recent interview with the titan of trans history, Jamison Green, Greg's bestselling memoir, Breaking The Surface, was co-written by Eric Marcus, host of the Making Gay History podcast. LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters and produced by The Advocate magazine, in partnership with GLAAD. A condensed transcript of each week's interview is posted on The Advocate's website in the afternoon (or earlier, if I get enough coffee). Follow us on Twitter: @lgbtqpod

Alexandra Billings is redefining what is possible for our community. Before making a name for herself in the Chicago theatre scene and landing her breakout role in the TV show, Transparent, Alexandra was a showgirl and sex worker struggling with addiction. "I ate, I breathed oxygen, I had sex, and I did drugs, all with great, reckless abandon." There is zero precedent for Alexandra's remarkable career—she is currently starring in The Conners on ABC and just completed a run as Madame Morrible in Wicked on Broadway—and she joins us on the podcast to talk about recording it all in her new memoir, This Time For Me. This is part of our new LGBTQ+ Elders Project. Click here to listen to our recent interview with the 87-year-old trans elder, Barbara Satin. LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters and produced by The Advocate magazine, in partnership with GLAAD. A condensed transcript of each week's interview is posted on The Advocate's website in the afternoon (or earlier, if I drink enough coffee). Follow us on Twitter: @lgbtqpod

After being discovered at a casting for Italian Vogue, Tracey "Africa" Norman's modeling career skyrocketed. In 1975, she memorably appeared as the face on a box of Clairol hair dye sold in drugstores across the U.S. In the middle of this formidable rise, Tracey was outed while on a shoot for Essence magazine. "And that's the day my career ended," she says. "Because the next day I called my agency and there was nothing." Tracey joins us to look back on her legendary modeling career, talk about how being outed affected her relationship with both the Black and LGBTQ+ communities, and says the fashion world has still not fully embraced women of color. "I'm not seeing anyone of color do the things that I have done and sign contracts. It's only been my white counterpart who are working, who are doing the shows, who are on the covers of major magazines."  This is part of our new LGBTQ+ Elders Project. Click here to listen to our recent interview with the 87-year-old trans elder, Barbara Satin. LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters and produced by The Advocate magazine, in partnership with GLAAD. A condensed transcript of each week's interview is posted on The Advocate's website. Follow us on Twitter: @lgbtqpod [This interview was originally recorded in December 2020.]

Jamison Green has spent his career fighting to make the healthcare industry a safer, more accessible place for transgender people. He gives the best explanation I've ever heard for why people feel threatened by gender nonconformity, talks about his work as the past president of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (formerly the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association), and talks about coming into his bisexuality in his 50s.  Jamison is the author of the very excellent memoir, Becoming A Visible Man. This interview is part of our new LGBTQ+ Elders Project. You can also listen to our recent interview with Harvey Fierstein here. LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters and produced by The Advocate magazine, in partnership with GLAAD. A condensed transcript of each week's interview is posted on The Advocate's website in the afternoon (or earlier, if I get enough coffee). Follow us on Twitter: @lgbtqpod 

As a complement to our episode featuring Ann Northrop, meet Peter Staley, another seminal member of ACT UP, in this 2021 interview courtesy of the LGBTQ&A podcast, hosted by Jeffrey Masters and produced by The Advocate in partnership with GLAAD. Listen to the LGBTQ&A podcast here or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ruthie Berman shares her epic, decades-long love story with her wife, Connie Kurtz. She talks about how they fell in love in the 1970s, successfully sued the New York City Board of Education for domestic partner benefits in 1988, and reflects on how much has and hasn't changed for LGBTQ+ people since she came out 50 years ago. "I deserve better in my golden years than what I have now. The world sucks. America is in the worst place in my history that it's ever been and I'm concerned about my community." This is part of our new LGBTQ+ Elders Project. You can also listen to our recent interview with Harvey Fierstein here. Ruthie Berman was born in 1934. The full video of Ruthie and Connie's appearance on The Phil Donahue Show can be seen on our Instagram page here: @jeffmasters1 Ruthie And Conne: Every Room In The House is a fantastic documentary (streaming for free on Vudu) that you can watch to learn more about Ruthie Berman. LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters and produced by The Advocate magazine, in partnership with GLAAD. A condensed transcript of each week's interview is posted on The Advocate's website in the afternoon (or earlier, if I get enough coffee). Follow us on Twitter: @lgbtqpod

When Torch Song Trilogy opened on Broadway in 1982, Harvey Fierstein became the first and, at the time, only out gay leading man on Broadway. He made further history by winning the Tony Award for Best Play and Best Actor in a Play for Torch Song Trilogy. One year later he won a third Tony Award for La Cage aux Folles and 20 years after that he won a fourth for playing Edna Turnblad Hairspray. Harvey joins us to talk about his unexpected life in theatre, his lifelong "gender issues", and his new memoir, I Was Better Last Night. This is part of our new LGBTQ+ Elders Project. You can listen to our interview with the 87-year-old, Barbara Satin. You can also listen to recent interviews with ACT UP's Peter Staley and Dr. Charles Silverstein.  A condensed transcript of each week's interview is posted on The Advocate's website in the afternoon (or earlier if I get enough coffee). Come find us on Instagram (@lgbtqpod) to see the photos that Harvey shared with us, including one with his friend, Marsha P. Johnson.   LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters and produced by The Advocate magazine, in partnership with GLAAD. Follow us on Twitter: @lgbtqpod

Jeffrey Masters is the creator and host of the long-running interview podcast, LGBTQ&A (recommended by The New York Times!). Here he has interviewed such guests as John Cameron Mitchell, Laverne Cox, and Melissa Etheridge, and over 200 others. Back when he was a baby-gay, and after an earlier three-month stint over summer holidays, he packed his bags and plonked himself down in LA, where he lived for several years. it was here that he was exposed to the magical world of West Hollywood, which is like a gay Disneyland (and, depending on who you are, you either got excited or winced at that description, which is pretty much the perfect response). We caught up to talk about the bar Eleven, the obliviousness of some human beings, and the shallowness of LA. Do you have any memories of the West Hollywood, or clubbing from your own queer scene that you want to share? Well, if you have please get in touch - I want to create the biggest online record of people's memories and stories - go to www.lostspacespodcast.com and find the section 'Share a Lost Space' and tell me what you got up to! Bonus points for embarrassing photos! You can also find me on Facebook (www.facebook.com/lostspacespod), Instagram (www.instagram.com/lostspacespod) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/lostspacespod) Follow Jeffrey on Twitter as either his personal account www.twitter.com/jeffmasters1 or his podcast account www.twitter.com/lgbtqpod... and listen to the LGBTQ&A podcast wherever you stream podcasts! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/k-anderson/message

Tanya Asapansa-Johnson Walker talks about serving in the military in the '80s before Don't Ask, Don't Tell, survival sex work, living with HIV, and the immense barriers she's faced trying to access trans-affirming healthcare in the U.S. This is part of our new LGBTQ+ Elders Project. You can listen to our interview with the 87-year-old, Barbara Satin here. A condensed transcript of each week's interview is posted on The Advocate's website in the afternoon (or earlier if I drink enough coffee). You can watch the full U.S. House Financial Services Committee hearing "There's No Pride in Prejudice: Eliminating Barriers to Full Economic Inclusion for the LGBTQ+ Community" with Tanya here. LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters and produced by The Advocate magazine, in partnership with GLAAD. Follow us on Twitter: @lgbtqpod

We love a good vampire love story! Get ready to sink your teeth into an all-new episode of Two Sentence Horror Stories The Podcast! On this episode, hosts Danielle Radford and Megan Rosati chat with GLAAD award-winning journalist— and host of the LGBTQ+A Podcast— Jeffrey Masters as well as culture critic Clarkisha Kent about the tired trope of "killing your queers" in entertainment and the latest episode of the season. Plus, season 3 showrunner and writer of the episode, Lisa Morales, joins us to talk about the wild night that inspired the story behind “Teeth.” Watch Two Sentence Horror Stories season 3 on The CW and cwtv.com, and catch up on seasons 1 & 2 on Netflix. Follow Instagram.com/twosentencehorrorstories for the latest updates. Links: Lisa Morales: https://twitter.com/lisamorales1111 Jeffrey Masters: https://www.jeffrey-masters.com Clarkisha Kent: https://clarkishakent.com Follow Danielle @ https://twitter.com/danielleradford   Follow Megan @ https://twitter.com/meganrosati  Watch 2SHS on The CW: https://www.cwtv.com/shows/two-sentence-horror-stories/  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The introduction to this episode contains discussions of transphobia. This entire show is JUST about Gaby's gender and Allison's ex-fiance! Despite this holy truth, the duo attempt to answer a listener's email about a friend's obnoxious boyfriend. (To intervene or not to intervene! That is the question!) They're then joined by interview expert extraordinaire Jeffery Masters to dissect the art of interviewing and how to get guests comfortable enough to open up. Meta! And finally: our comedic voices. What's shaped them? What's changed them? And are we even funny anymore?  Transcription: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RaEup2g8JjZAQiefqUlzW-bcWpbI_fGiRBLa-UnbNMY/edit?usp=sharing   This has been a Forever Dog production  Produced by Melisa D. Monts Executive produced by Brett Boham, Joe Cilio and Alex Ramsey To listen to this podcast ad-free  Sign up for Forever Dog Plus at foreverdogpodcasts.com/plus Check out video clips of our podcasts on Youtube at youtube.com/foreverdogteam And make sure to follow us on Twitter, instagram and Facebook at ForeverDogTeam to keep up with all of the latest Forever Dog NewsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/just-between-us/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Being yourself. Shouldn't it be easier than it is? In this episode, you'll hear one brave gay Black woman's journey to showing up in the world as her full, authentic self — even when society, family, and her boss make it anything but easy. A Special Note About This Episode:I'm so honored that Sasha chose to share her story here on Invisible Lions. The mission of this podcast is to tell everyday people's brave stories — especially the kind you wouldn't hear in a casual conversation. When I invite people to tell their stories on Invisible Lions I make them two promises: I will never divulge their true identity (I change their names on each episode).  They get to listen and approve the episode before I publish it. I do my best to honor their sacred stories, and tell it in the way I think they would want me to. But on this episode in particular, my storytelling abilities are limited by my lived experience as a straight white woman. When Sasha talks about her experience as a gay Black woman, expect me to miss some important points or say things in a way that doesn't do this story or the topics covered justice. In fact, I'll probably listen to this episode a year from now and cringe at what I did or did not say. That said, I still have faith that you'll get a lot out of this story. Because it's an important one and deserves to be listened to. I hope you enjoy this episode, and if you want to hear more stories from LGBTQ storytellers and Black men and women, here are some podcasts to check out:12 LGBTQ Podcasts You Should be Listening to, Advocate — In this list, Jeffrey Masters doesn't just give you names of podcasts to listen to, he also pinpoints the best episodes. So if you're the type that likes to jump around from podcast to podcast, this article is a must-read.1619 by Nikole Hannah-Jones — This New York Times podcast is deeply powerful and dives into the history of American slavery. The storytelling and sound engineering are masterful, and you'll walk away with a deeper understanding of this country's beginnings.Code Switch by NPR — If you're a fan of NPR-style podcasts, I highly recommend this. It covers all kinds of topics on race and culture, as well as the broad perspectives around them.There are literally thousands of podcasts created every day — many of them by talented LGBTQ and Black folks. This very short list encompasses what I'm listening to now, but a simple Google search will give you many more options.Thanks so much for listening :).— Laura

"It's vital that we hear about supportive black parents." Mila Jam talks about how growing up with a supportive family changed her life, what it's like to date as a trans woman in NYC, and her new single, "Number One" (available now!). LGBTQ&A is hosted and produced by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1

After making a name for himself starring as Emmett in the groundbreaking television series, Queer As Folk, Peter Paige moved his talents behind the camera. Two of the series he co-created, The Fosters and Good Trouble, both on Freeform, set the gold standard for queer and trans representation on TV. With The Thing About Harry, Paige continues that winning streak. On top of writing, directing, and executive producing the new film, Paige also plays the roommate of Jake Borelli (Grey's Anatomy), supplying him with the "earnest, loving, pep-talk" he needs to ultimately make sure the movie has a happy ending. Peter, as well as Jake, and co-star Niko Terho, join us to talk about the groundbreaking film, the network's response to its steamy sex scene, and how Peter convinced Grey's Anatomy to write Jake off the show for three weeks in order to shoot The Thing About Harry. LGBTQ&A is hosted and produced by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1

"Everything good that has happened to me is because I am gay," Richie Jackson writes in his new book, Gay Like Me. "Everything I think, believe, crave, create, conquer comes from being gay." To be gay is cause for great celebration, one of the self-defining features of Richie Jackson's life — all of which exist in direct contrast to Jackson's son who is also gay and seems to exhibit a nonchalance toward his sexuality. His son describes being gay as not a big deal, and in that way, Gay Like Me serves as a course correction, a splash of cold water against this younger generation's face. It's a necessary reminder that despite where you live or how supportive your local community might be, LGBTQ people have not yet made enough progress that we can let our guards down. LGBTQ&A is produced and hosted by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1

Originally making a name for themself as the lead singer of the glam rock band, Semi Precious Weapons, Justin Tranter has transitioned to a behind-the-scenes role, effortlessly becoming one of the most successful songwriters working today. They've written for the biggest names in pop music including Selena Gomez, Britney Spears, Janelle Monae, Justin Bieber, Halsey, Ariana Grande, Gwen Stefani, and Kelly Clarkson. They join us this week to talk about why their "femme queerness" is so overwhelming to people, how the opportunity to write pop music happened by accident, and why we need to stop calling straight women "gay icons." LGBTQ&A is hosted and produced by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1

The LGBTQ community's favorite astrologer, Chani Nicholas talks about how our modern, digital world is changing astrology, how it can be used as a tool for "radical self-acceptance", and her new book, You Were Born For This. LGBTQ&A is hosted and produced by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1

Zach Stafford joins us for our big gay holiday spectacular. You'll also hear from Margaret Cho, Roxane Gay, Don Bachardy, Cyrus Grace Dunham, and Ivy Bottini. LGBTQ&A is hosted and produced by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1

Just like the queer experience, what it means to be Jewish is dramatically changing. TV writer and comedian H. Alan Scott has a new documentary, Latter Day Jew, that captures this change as Scott, a former Mormon, converts to Judaism, prepares for their bar mitzvah, and tries to figure out exactly what being Jewish looks like for them on a personal level. On this week's episode, H. Alan Scott talks about surviving cancer, why they're uncomfortable with how gendered Judaism is, and how that gendering is something that will hopefully fade away. LGBTQ&A is hosted and produced by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1

In her new memoir, Camgirl, Isa Mazzei writes about just how much work goes into being a camgirl, calling it the hardest job she's ever had. On top of coming up with and executing fresh show ideas to make sure regular viewers were never bored, Mazzei's energy was focused on the online community she was building: remembering viewer's birthdays, checking in after job interviews, and responding to emails and private messages, playing the role of a de facto therapist. "There's so much work that goes in for it to look so effortless." Mazzei talks on the podcast about what she learned about herself as a camgirl, how transformative it was to finally feel a sense of control over her body, and how it reshaped her views on consent in sexual relationships. LGBTQ&A is hosted and produced by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1

After more than five years, Mary Lambert's second full-length album, Grief Creature, is here. She talks about the highs and lows of "Same Love" with Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, coming out in the church, growing up with a bisexual mom, and the life-saving importance of talking about your trauma. LGBTQ&A is produced by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1

LGBTQ+ people — all people, really — often turn to porn to make up for the failures in sex education. "We copy what we see," says Davey Wavey, the YouTube personality and creator of Himeros.tv. And that creates problems. With Himeros.tv, Wavey is creating a more intentional and carefully crafted type of porn. Videos are created by a team of sex coaches, tantric instructors, and sexologists to make sure that you get turned on while also learning something constructive about the ways in which queer men have sex. LGBTQ&A is hosted and produced by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1

Cyrus Grace Dunham has written a complicated, necessary addition to the trans literary canon. A Year Without A Name, Dunham's debut book, recontextualizes gender dysphoria as something that is not solely exclusive to binary trans people. Readers get to know Cryus as Dunham gets to know Cyrus, and the memoir makes clear that one's journey to figuring out their gender is a messy, life-long process. He joins us this week to talk about how his experience of gender is still evolving, how it's affected by privilege and whiteness, and why using he/him pronouns feels "scary and erotic." LGBTQ&A is hosted and produced by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1

Hayley Kiyoko grew up watching the other girls around her as they'd fawn over pop stars; singers who were always male. Kiyoko resolved to be just like those pop stars one day. "I've always loved the attention of women and I never had the attention of women." She wanted that validation, to experience the unrestrained enthusiasm Justin Timberlake inspires. And now she's achieved just that. Women throwing their bras on stage are a permanent feature of a Hayley Kiyoko show. The singer, known as "Lesbian Jesus" to her fans — a nickname whose origin is unknown, even to her — joins us to talk about feeling unwanted as a youth, how the music industry talks about her queerness, and why it was her fans that helped her fully come out of the closet. LGBTQ&A is hosted and produced by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1

It wasn't until she found out her character would be returning for the second season of Transparent that Trace Lysette was able to quit her job at Scores, the infamous New York City strip club made newly famous in the movie Hustlers. Lysette was working at Scores and other clubs, taking acting classes, and booking small roles on shows like Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She was only open to a few people about being trans because, as she says, that's just what you were told to do at that time. "If you can pass, girl, just live your life. That's what we were taught to survive. And so it wasn't until the trans movement became a national conversation that I felt like I was doing a disservice to my community by not saying anything." The national conversation around trans people changed in part because of shows like Transparent and characters like Trace Lysette's Shea. Trace Lysette talks on this week's episode about working at Scores, the financial realities of a being an actress, and why she's still figuring out her place in Hollywood. LGBTQ&A is hosted and produced by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1

For Travis Coles, coming to terms with their gender has been a lifelong process, one that's been accelerated with their new role on David Makes Man, the new TV show written by Moonlight's Tarell Alvin McCraney and executive produced by Oprah Winfrey and Michael B. Jordan. Coles, like their character, Mx. Elijah, is genderqueer, Black, and brings a sense of fun and play to their gender performance. LGBTQ&A is hosted and produced by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1

Live from the Big Queer Pod Fest in NYC, Shakina Nayfack talks about how subversive it can feel to be a trans woman learning to embrace herself as a sexual being who is worthy of love. She also talks about Manifest Pussy, the musical she wrote about her gender confirmation surgery, having to learn how to have sex again after transitioning, and why watching porn that stars trans women has been so life-changing for her. LGBTQ&A is hosted and produced by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1