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 →

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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, … Continue reading →

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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 … Continue reading →

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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 … Continue reading →

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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 … Continue reading →

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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 … Continue reading →

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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 … 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 →

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