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Greg Miraglia
Outbeat News In Depth is a news magazine style radio show featuring a closer look at the people, events, and issues impacting the LGBT community in the California North Bay and beyond. Each show features two to four stories including the Outbeat Youth segment. The stories come from our local community and from around the country. We take a closer look at stories featured in weekly Outbeat News segments. Our goal is to keep our listeners informed of the important people, issues, and events affecting LGBT people.
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 show we will ask him to talk about 7 of the most significant events or achievements of his life and who are some of the people who helped him along the way.
To commemorate his 70th birthday, Cleve Jones is throwing a big party on Friday, October 11, 2024, to celebrate his community and benefit organizations that serve it. This event is the launch of fundraising efforts for the new Cleve Jones Community Fund. The money raised by this party will support two organizations that Cleve founded or co-founded and will be administered by the Horizons Foundation. The AIDS Memorial Quilt humanizes the AIDS crisis and shares the story of AIDS to provide a widespread understanding of the devastation caused by AIDS and the lack of response to it. The San Francisco AIDS Foundation provides essential services for people with HIV/AIDS, with a mission to end the AIDS epidemic.
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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, fitness model and social media influencer and vlogger. On his YouTube channel, he openly shares his experiences and my journey so that viewers can learn from his mistakes and discoveries. He is a remarkable young man and part of a new generation living with HIV. This month, Raif joins us to share his story and some of what he has learned along his journey.
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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 Past” for the San Francisco Bay Times. His newest book is titled, “LGBTQ+ Trailblazers of San Francisco. It’s a book full of fascinating stories that tell our community’s history, so much of which happened right here the San Francisco Bay Area.
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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 officer who served previously in the United States Secret Service protecting the Obama family. He is now married and lives here in the Bay Area. His book is titled “Breaking Free: A Saga of Self-Discovery by a Gay Secret Service Agent.” Ryan Ubuntu Olson is a globally recognized gender and human rights expert with over a decade and a half of worldwide experience related to health, human rights, gender, diversity, and inclusion. His book is titled “Finding My Humanity: I Am Because You Are.” Both men join us to share more of their stories and to discuss the process of writing a memoir.
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Breaking Free By Cory Allen
Finding My Humanity By Ryan Olson
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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 a community-based volunteer organization offering culturally relevant activities for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Native Americans, their families and friends. Two-Spirit refers to the commonly shared notion among many Native American tribes that some individuals naturally possessed and manifested both a masculine and feminine spiritual qualities. American society commonly identifies Two-Spirit People as Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual or Transgender.
Our guest this month is Angel C. Fabian, MD MNA, the executive director of BAAITS.
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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 get tickets for the May 18th performance.
“Considering Matthew Shepard is a Grammy-nominated three-part oratorio composed by Craig Hella Johnson. The work is an evocative and compassionate musical response to the murder of Matthew Shepard. On October 6, 1998, University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard was kidnapped, beaten, and left to die, in what became an infamous act of brutality, and one of America’s most notorious anti-gay hate crimes. Shepard’s murder ultimately led to the creation of the Matthew Shepard Foundation and provided a catalyst for legislation that expanded the definition of a hate crime to include sexual orientation. In 2009, Congress passed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Composer Craig Hella Johnson had a profoundly personal reaction to both the murder and its resonance. The Shepard family and Foundation engaged with Johnson in the creation of the work, and allowed the use of fragments from Shepard’s personal diary.”
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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 to the Green Center for the annual holiday show supporting Face to Face within the last two years, you’ve already seen him in action. Jake will share his personal story, some music, and some exciting news about what’s in store for the chorus this year.
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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 woman. The vote is not a “slam-dunk” and the LGBTQ+ community needs to be aware and involved in this issue. My guests this month include Alex “Lex” Lazar, an activist and long-time marriage equality advocate, and Robert Shine from New Ways Ministry, a gay Catholic organization. We’ll learn more about the Pope’s recent approval of a “blessing” for same-sex relationships.
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Lex Lazar
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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 the most senior Armenian American official at the State Department; served as legislative director to Congresswoman Barbara Lee; was a grassroots community organizer and activist; and worked in the private sector. A product of the school system in Los Angeles, he graduated from UCLA and has a doctoral degree in public health from Johns Hopkins.
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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 the comments from honorees Chasten Buttigieg and Billy Porter. We also talk with singer song-writer Randi Driscoll about her remake of “What Matters,” the song she wrote 25 years ago about Matthew Shepard.
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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+ Library, resource and referral station, and a Transformation Station. We’re proud to offer a warm, welcoming, and affirming environment for young people to explore their individual identities, develop leadership skills, and contribute to our collective community. Positive Images staff lead LGBTQIA+ Cultural Competency Trainings and presentations that educate the greater community focusing on human connection, compassion, and inclusion. We envision a Sonoma County where all LGBTQIA+ people are valued, compassionate community members, creating a just society.”
We also feature a special song commemorating the 25th year since the murder of Matthew Shepard. Singer-songwriter Randi Driscoll remastered her original tribute to Matthew, “What Matters.”
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Randi Driscoll
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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 commemoration of these events, Napa Valley College is presenting a reading of The Laramie Project on Saturday, October 7th. My guest this month is one of the play writes and actors, Greg Pierotti. He is now a professor at Arizona State University and is producing The Laramie Project there. We’ll have some of his student actors on to talk about their parts in the play.
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When We Rise
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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 that night with Charley Beal and Cleve Jones.
As we reported on Outbeat News, the tragic shooting of a store owner in San Bernardino County because she was flying a Pride rainbow flag is an example of hate at its worst. The Flag in the Map exhibit includes more than 40 images from around the world, sometimes in very dangerous places, where people are using the Pride flag for activism and visibility to show the world that LGBTQ+ people are everywhere.
Charley Beal is the president of the Gilbert Baker Foundation (Gilbert Baker created the Pride flag) and Cleve Jones is a well-known local activist and author. Cleve took part is making the actual first Pride flag along with its creator, Gilbert Baker.
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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 4, 2023 at Court House Square in downtown Santa Rosa. Sonoma County Pride organizers will be on to tell you all about the parade and festival.
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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 story and take on all of the anti-transgender rhetoric happening around our country.
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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 Driftwood aims to help LGBTQIA+ people learn more about their community, cishet people learn more about their neighbors and everyone learn more about themselves through the power of storytelling and story sharing. Increasing empathy and empowering individuals is accomplished by creating a forum for LGBTQIA+ stories from every age, race, gender, background and culture. The stories deepen our understanding of each other, preserve history, and open hearts and minds.”
Here is the I’m From Driftwood story we featured on the show
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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 ride began in 1994 and includes a 545 mile bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles. This year the ride happens on June 4 through 10, 2023. This month on Outbeat News In Depth we will talk with John Rosa, a local first-time rider, about why he is jumping on a bike this year to raise money for the fight to end AIDS.
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“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, from its early days lobbying the American Psychiatric Association to remove homosexuality as a mental illness and advocating for AIDS funding to longstanding campaigns to Queer the Census, Queer the Vote, work for trans rights, fight for reproductive justice and bring an intersectional approach to the LGBTQ movement.” The LGBTQ Task Force flagship program is the annual Creating Change conference, which is coming to San Francisco next month. We’ll talk with Pastor Nichole Garcia about the 50th anniversary and what’s on tap for this year’s conference.
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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 concerts, Bryan created and leads an organization that helps and supports LGBTQ+ baseball players to come out and live an authentic life. He shares his story and his music including some new Christmas music released this month.
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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 “provides a highly confidential avenue to assist LGBTQIA+ individuals throughout their life-long journey.”
We will also talk with our own Sheridan Gold and Dr. Dianna Grayer to learn about strategies for how to navigate the stress of this holiday season.
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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 an amazing artist who fueled the change for how the law and the courts view art.
We are also joined by Sonoma County Pride president Chris Kren-Mora and vice-president Grace Villafuerte who will give us an overview of this year’s Sonoma County Pride celebration. Yes, there will be a pride celebration this year here in the North Bay – and it’s going to be huge with events all month long. More at sonomacountypride.org
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Todrick Hall
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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 the country to prevent transgender people from particating in sports or accessing restrooms is being passed and signed into law. But why? I think all of this animus is fueled by fear and by a lack of understanding of what being transgender really means. Our guest this month is Dr. Sherman Leis, who is a leading doctor specializing in transgender related surgeries. He breaks this topic down for us and explains how the medical profession is approaching gender dysphoria today.
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Dr. Sherman Leis
The Transgender Center of Philadelphia
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Immigration has been a political, social, and media story especially during the four years of the Trump administration. Often lost in the debate are the millions of individual stories of struggle and success for those who come to this country. This month we talk with Harma Hartouni – a Survivor. Gay, Middle Eastern Male. Self-Made Entrepreneur. Proud Husband and Father. Author of Getting Back Up: A Story of Resilience, Self-Acceptance & Success. He has a new memoir that offers hope and evidence that the “American Dream” is still possible.
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Getting Back Up: A Story Of Resilience Self Acceptance And Success
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