KALW-FM: Out In The Bay Podcast

Plane Queer - Airline stewards

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:03:38 -0400

Plane Queer: Labor, Sexuality and AIDS in the history of male flight attendants. Is it true that most airline stewards are gay? Was it ever? How did their legal battles with airlines help advance not only gay rights, but workplace gender equity? Is the tale of “Patient Zero” – a flight attendant accused of being the initial transcontinental spreader of HIV – accurate? Stow your tray tables and put your seats in their fully upright and locked positions for a quick flight through the history of airline flight attendants. Eric Jansen's guest is Philadelphia University history professor Phil Tiemeyer, author of the fascinating new book, Plane Queer: Labor, Sexuality and AIDS in the history of male flight attendants, published by University of California Press.

Pollo del Mar - Amusement park "gay days"

Fri, 10 May 2013 02:03:31 -0400

Pride is just around the corner so let's have some fun! Marilyn takes a look at "Gay Days" in amusement parks. Disneyworld was first in '91 and the right wing boycotted them for 8 years. Do we still need them? Her guest is drag star Pollo Del Mar, who's producing "Pride Night" at Great America Friday, May 24th, in Santa Clara, CA. She's got TV host Wendy Williams, Glee's Alex Newell ("Unique"), and lots of other entertainment and fun planned. Broadcast live, Thursday, May 9th, 2013, at 7pm Pacific.

Giving "Out": Are we enough?

Fri, 03 May 2013 03:53:43 -0400

Less than 5 percent of LGBT people give directly to LGBT causes. Why is that? In the midst of another tech boom, why do Bay Area non-profits — gay and straight — still struggle? How might they tap into the “new young money”? How much can social media help? Give OUT Day, a new national experiment in online giving for LGBT causes, debuts May 9. Eric Jansen's expert guests on Out in the Bay are Jodi Schwartz of LYRIC, a non-profit serving queer and questioning youth in San Francisco for more than 20 years; Roger Doughty of Horizons Foundation, the Bay Area’s LGBT foundation; and Noris Chavarría of Bolder Giving, creator of Give OUT Day. (Broadcast live 7pm Pacific time Thursday, May 2)

Donate to Out in the Bay May 9 via Give Out Day: www.GiveOutDay.org/BayArea (You can schedule your donation in advance to occure May 9)

"The End of San Francisco" - Mattilda B. Sycamore

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:53:22 -0400

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, the provocative, angry, queer anti-assimilationist writer, is back on Out in the Bay, 7pm Thursday, with her latest ... manifesto? Or memoir? (Even though she’s only 40-ish.) In The End of San Francisco, Mattilda deals with family, incest, gay sex work, the digital ruination of our City by the Bay, political correctness and its stifling effect on activism and even simple conversation, and much more. Join Mattilda and host Eric Jansen for what we hope you find, in Mattilda’s words, another “delicious conversation” about life, struggles, triumphs — ours and the cities we live in.

"Out" at Work - Selisse Berry

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:33:22 -0400

For the first time, top corporate executives are telling their stories of being out in the workplace in a new anthology, "Out and Equal at Work: From Closet to Corner Office." Some of these contributors lost their jobs, family, friends and some nearly their lives. But by being their authentic selves at work, many saw their careers – and companies – blossom. Marilyn Pittman interviews Selisse Berry, the founder of Out And Equal Workplace Advocates and editor of the book.

Out In The Bay 41113 Lambda Literary Award-winning Novelists

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 04:13:19 -0400

Interview with two winners of the Lambda Literary award Sylvia Brownrigg and K.M.Soehnlein.

Out in the Bay 40413 Comedian Karinda Dobbins

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:03:24 -0400

Interview with African-American comedian Karinda Dobbins

Supreme Ct. Marriage Arguments

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 02:03:30 -0400

Out in the Bay breaks format for a live, hour-long call-in on the marriage cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. Kate Kendell of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, just back from witnessing the Defense of Marriage Act and Proposition 8 Supreme Court arguments in person, fills us in on the proceedings with her astute insights and first-hand perspective. Internationally-known same-sex relationship lawyer Fred Hertz gives practical advice on what the potential rulings could mean for couples. Hear an eyewitness account of these historic U.S. Supreme Court proceedings, and hear two articulate experts answer callers' questions. Eric Jansen hosts. (Aired Thursday, March 28.)

"Snow White" & Alotta Boutt?

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 22:25:01 -0400

Meet Timothy Seelig, Artistic Director and Conductor of the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, and Beach Blanket Babylon cast member Chavé Alexander and her burlesque alter ego Alotta Boutté. Beach Blanket Babylon and the SF Gay Men’s Chorus have teamed up to present Snow White & Her Merry Men — the first-ever collaboration by these two iconic San Francisco performing arts groups — at Davies Symphony Hall Monday and Tuesday nights, March 25 & 26. Alotta Boutté performs at the S.F. LGBT Community Center’s “Studio 11”gala soirée this Saturday night, March 23. Seelig and Alexander take us behind the scenes to talk about how the chorus and Beach Blanket Babylon have merged their talents to create Snow White & Her Merry Men. You'll also hear some music from Snow White, and about the LGBT Center and some of the highlights of “Studio 11.” Eric Jansen hosts. (Broadcast 7pm PDT Thursday, March 21, 2013, on 91.7 FM Bay Area / www.KALW.org globally.)

Out In The Bay 32113

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 04:03:32 -0400

Interview with Time Seelig with the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus and Chave with Beach Blanket Babylon