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Passion for politics in 'Paul for Pete'
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg in January 2020 at a supporter’s home in Denver, Colorado., Credit: Leslie Ginsburg
With crucial midterm elections underway, how can individuals make an impact? “Paul for Pete” author Paul Mason Barnes, a key volunteer on Pete Butt...

Bought by WORT


  • Added: Oct 05, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
SCOTUS abortion case leak shows queer rights at risk too
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: Out in the Bay's federal courts analyst details how the US Supreme Court's anticipated decision in Mississippi abortion case jeopardizes LGBTQ rights., Credit: Courtesy ACLU/AP
How deeply are LGBTQ civil liberties threatened by abortion cases now before the conservative-led U.S. Supreme Court? Federal courts journalist Lis...

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  • Added: May 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Decolonizing Dewey
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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A lot had changed since Melvil Dewey came up with a classification system to organize all known and not-yet-known knowledge into a string of number...

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 28, 2022
  • Length: 24:50
  • Purchases: 1
Don’t ‘pray away the gay’ - we’re ‘Born Perfect’
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: Freedom March, a current “ex-gay” group, co-opts queer imagery and holds rallies against conversion therapy bans. Cropped film still from “Pray Away” documentary., Credit: Multitude Films/Netflix
Canada's nationwide ban on conversion therapy took effect January 7. Why no national ban in the US? Despite clear evidence that conversion therapy ...

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  • Added: Jan 07, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
When LGBTQ people are politically conservative
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting Overtime
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OutCaster Tim considers why many LGBTQ conservatives don’t feel at home in the LGBTQ community.

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Dec 31, 2021
  • Length: 09:16
  • Purchases: 1
August 2020 – Black Lives Matter protest
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting Overtime
Caption: Woman holding a rainbow flag with BLM, Credit: OutCaster Justin
Gay teenager attends a Black Lives Matter protest in a suburb of NYC.

  • Added: Jul 31, 2020
  • Length: 08:15
OutCasting 0072 - The Covid-19 and AIDS pandemics - Part 1
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting
Caption: Jay Blotcher and OutCaster Lucas, Credit: Jay Blotcher photo by Bill Bytsura
The Covid-19 and AIDS epidemics - similarities and notable differences

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  • Added: Apr 30, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
OutCasting 0064 - GENDA - New York State's new Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting
Caption: OutCasting youth participant Alex and Juli Grey-Owens
OutCaster OutCaster Alex talks with the longtime transgender activist Juli Grey-Owens about GENDA, which was finally enacted in January after almos...

Bought by Radio Catskill and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Aug 30, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
August 2019 - "Straight Pride." Yes, really.
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting Overtime
Caption: "Straight Pride"
August 1, 2019 - OutCaster Alex takes a humorous look at the "Straight Pride" parade planned for later this month in Boston.

  • Added: Jul 31, 2019
  • Length: 05:59
Interview with psychologist Ritch Savin- Williams about his book "Being Who I am: Young Men on Being Gay"
From: Out of Bounds
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Lively interview w/ Savin-Williams after years of research about young gay men and how they navigate their lives in the 21st century.

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Got me on my knees Laila
From: Aleks Babic
Caption: Laila & Aleks at a house show in May, 2013
This is a story of a white immigrant troublemaker from Eastern Europe, a black revolutionary musician from New York and how one of them saves the o...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2015
  • Length: 13:56
Episode 16 - Writer Sarah Schulman Interview
From: Andy Moore
Series: Andy's Treasure Trove
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Episode 16 features an interview from 2009 with the noted writer Sarah Schulman, the author of After Dolores, Shimmer, People in Trouble, Rat Bohem...

  • Added: Jan 08, 2014
  • Length: 35:31
Caitlin Cary of NC Music Love Army PODCAST/No Music
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock PODCASTS
Caption: NC Music Love Army We Are Not For Sale, Credit: Skillet Gilmore
Caitlin Cary may be known for her days in Whiskeytown, but the songwriter has forged strong bonds in North Carolina and recently joined with a scor...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2013
  • Length: 17:21
Gay and Puerto Rican: Three Voices of Change
From: Kelly Cogswell
Series: Activist Voices
Caption: A student ID that Luis Santiago found years later in his police file.
In conversations with Kelly Cogswell, founder of early feminist and gay groups in Puerto Rico, former New York City councilmember Margarita Lopez d...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 29, 2013
  • Length: 05:48
  • Purchases: 1
Sex Ed Debate
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
Caption: Opponets of the new curriculum hold up signs during a recent school board meeting , Credit: Emilie Ritter
A new sex education curriculum is creating a controversy in the Rocky Mountain town of Helena, Montana

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Jul 16, 2010
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 1
Standing Up To 377
From: Abbie Fentress Swanson
Caption: Humsafar Gay Men's Health Clinic, Credit: (c) 2009 Abbie Fentress Swanson
A documentary examining the politics of homosexuality in India

Bought by KZYX and WRNC-LP


  • Added: May 08, 2010
  • Length: 09:40
  • Purchases: 2
Voting Against Our Family
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This past November, Maine voters repealed a law legalizing gay marriage. Supporters on both sides of the issue were backed by strong religious con...

Bought by PRX Remix and WRNC-LP


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 2
'Gays Need Not Apply'
From: Dick Meister
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Although much media attention is being paid to "Milk," the movie about gay rights hero Harvey Milk, we shouldn't forget that not long ago media co...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2008
  • Length: 04:13
Leviticus 20:13 by Jesse Welsh
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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His fourth year in the competition, Jesse says this piece is about the bible's opinion on homosexuality. Jesse Welsh is 17 years old and a member ...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 1
The Pink Triangle by Tim "Toaster" Henderson
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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His fourth year in the competition, Tim says this piece is about the origin of the pink triangle. Tim "Toaster" Henderson is 18 years old and a me...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 02:26
Professor Ritch Savin-Williams in conversation about important book "The New Gay Teenager."
From: Out of Bounds
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Savin-Williams discusses his book "The New Gay Teenager."

Bought by CKMO


  • Added: Apr 03, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
War activists and LGBT Rights
From: Radio Arte
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Interviews with anti and pro war activist on the second aniversary of the war on Irak on issues of LGBT rights.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Sep 07, 2005
  • Length: 26:32
  • Purchases: 1