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Our Show:
"Out In The Bay" is a weekly half-hour radio show broadcast
on NPR affiliate KALW, 91.7 FM and streamed live worldwide on
KALW.org Thursdays at 7:OO PM Pacific Time. We
interview community leaders, newsmakers, authors, artists and
interesting personalities. Entertaining, informative, inspiring,
educational, "Out In The Bay" is the sound of our culture -- our
lives, our voices. Produced by Eric
Jansen, Marilyn Pittman. |
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January 2010:
OUR RAINBOW FLAG -
Why did the queers
appropriate the rainbow
for their flag? How dare
they! It started at the
San Francisco Freedom
Day Parade in 1978 when
Harvey Milk was leading
the way. Marilyn talks
with Gilbert Baker, the
creator of the Rainbow
Flag, about how it came
to be the ubiquitous
symbol of Pride for the
LGBT movement.
- air date Jan 7, 2010

Michelle Matlock - She's
one of the stars of the
new Cirque du Soleil's
OVO show, now appearing
in San Francisco under
the big top, but she's
also a celebrated solo
performer and comedian
in her own right.
Marilyn interviews
Michelle Matlock about
OVO, her show, "The
Mammy Project",
about the history of the
black mammy in our
culture, and being an
out gay black woman.
- air date Jan 7, 2010

AIDS, Cancer and
the Shanti Model:
It started in San
Francisco 35 years ago,
and has become a global
model for compassionate
care. Hear how Shanti
has helped tens of
thousands locally, and
indirectly -- through
its compassionate care
model -- perhaps
millions worldwide, cope
and thrive with cancer,
AIDS and other
life-threatening
diseases. Join host Eric
Jansen with Shanti staff
and clients for a story
of courage and hope in
the face of huge, tragic
challenges.
- air date Jan 21, 2010

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December 2009:
Queer Refugees - We’ve
heard about the horrific
anti-gay violence in Jamaica,
the Middle East and other parts
of the world. Now hear how those
who’ve fled their homelands fare
as refugees, usually with no
resources and in neighboring
countries just as homophobic.
Longtime immigratoin lawyer Neil
Grungras founded the
Organization for Refuge, Asylum
and Migration (ORAM) to help
them out.
- air date Dec 3, 2009

Michelle Matlock -
She's one of the stars
of the new Cirque du
Soleil's OVO show, now
appearing in San
Francisco under the big
top, but she's also a
celebrated solo
performer and comedian
in her own right.
Marilyn interviews
Michelle Matlock about
OVO, her show, "The
Mammy Project",
about the history of the
black mammy in our
culture, and being an
out gay black woman. - air date Dec
10, 2009

Michael Feinstein
- What's it like for a
gay man to channel
straight-laced Frank
Sinatra? Find out from
Eric Jansen's guest,
4-time Grammy-nominated
balladeer Michael
Feinstein(www.MichaelFeinstein.com).
We'll hear selections
from "The Sinatra
Project," Feinstein's
latest CD; about
his life in the music
industry; and his
optimism about same-sex
marriage.
- air date Dec
17, 2009

Meet Lt. Dan Choi
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He chose to come
out on "The Rachel
Maddow Show" on MSNBC in
March, and one month
later he was discharged
from the U.S. Army, even
though he is an Arabic
translator, a West Point
graduate, and has served
in Iraq. Meet Lt. Dan
Choi, a Christian, a
first generation
Korean-American, and a
brave and unapologetic
leader of the push to
repeal "Don't Ask, Don't
Tell." He talks with
Marilyn Pittman about
his ordeal, his ideals,
and his new role as a
gay leader. - air date Dec
31, 2009

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November 2009: Gay 'minstrel' Daniel
Mandel - Meet
San Francisco Bay Area
musician and songwriter
Daniel Mandel and hear
selections from his solo
show, Brave Open Love,
and his latest album,
"Jongleur." (That's
medieval French for
'traveling minstrel')
Yep, gay music that's
far from the "dance club
mix," with host Eric
Jansen. - rebroadcast air date
Nov 5, 2009; show originally
aired Jul 23, 2009

A conversation with
Judy Shepard -
In October 1998, her
21-year-old son Matthew
was beaten, tied to a
Wyoming fence and left
to to die. Judy Shepard
speaks frankly with host
Eric Jansen about her
loss, her activism, and
her book, The Meaning
of Matthew: My Son's
Murder in Laramie and A
World Transformed.
- air date Nov 12, 2009

An Intimate Chat with
Corey Johnson:
He was the captain of his high
school football team in northern
Massachusetts and he decided to
come out, much to the shock of
his community. That was in 1999,
just two years after Ellen came
out, and long before it was a
common occurrence. Marilyn talks
with Corey Johnson, the
political director of the gay
blog site, towleroad.com about
his political ambitions, sports
and gays, and the work he does
with Safe Schools.
- air date Nov 19, 2009 
Does our
money buy us civil
rights?
Test case:
Las Vegas:
Las Vegas has
aggressively gone after
LGBT travelers, and it's
paid off -- more queers
now go there for
vacation than to
San Francisco! (The
Convention & Visitors
Authority even has a new
gay web page:
Visit Las Vegas - LGBT)
While the gambling
industry's courting of
gay dollars has brought
more acceptance to
Nevada, queer life
there is still no bed of
roses. Join host Eric
Jansen on a tour of "gay
Sin City."
- - rebroadcast air date Nov
26, 2009; show
originally aired
Jun 18, 2009
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October 2009:
The Sower:
What if sex -- homosex
-- was an act of pure
joy, love and health,
instead of shame,
fear and risk. What if
sex -- rather than
spreading disease
-- cured
disease? The hero of
Kemble Scott's new
sci-fi spy thriller
novel, The Sower,
has been infected with a
new supervirus that
cures AIDS and other
ailments. But it's only
transmitted by
unprotected sex. Join
host Eric Jansen and
author Kemble Scott for
a provocative,
fantastical and
entertaining look at
politics, capitalism,
religion, morality, sex
... and even love! - air date
Oct 1, 2009

Sex & Religion -
Meet Rev. Lea
Brown – not your typical
minister. She had to leave her
military chaplain training
program when she realized she
was gay. 20 years later, she’s
Senior Pastor at San Francisco’s
primarily gay Metropolitan
Community Church and a big,
butch, leather dyke. In fact,
she’s writing her ministry
doctoral thesis on reclaiming
pleasure as a spiritual value.
- air date Oct 8, 2009
 Meet Lt. Dan Choi -
He chose to come out on
"The Rachel Maddow Show"
on MSNBC in March and
one month later he was
discharged from the U.S.
Army. Even though he is
an Arabic translator, a
West Point graduate, and
has served in Iraq. Meet
Lt. Dan Choi, a
Christian, a first
generation
Korean-American, and a
brave and unapologetic
leader of the push to
repeal "Don't Ask, Don't
Tell." Dan talks with
Marilyn about his
ordeal, his ideals, and
his new role as a gay
leader.
- air date Oct 15, 2009

The Rainbow Flag -
How did the Rainbow Flag come to
be associated with the gay
rights movement? Well, it
started in San Francisco at the
Freedom Day Parade in 1978 when
Harvey Milk was leading the way.
Gilbert Baker designed it and,
though he hasn't made a dime
from any of the Pride flag
products, he has a fascinating
story to tell of the flag's
creation and the many iterations
of it over the 30+ years. A true
icon in the movement, Gilbert is
a passionate hippie activist
whose work continues to
celebrate our fight for
equality.
- air date Oct 29, 2009
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September 2009:
Taking Woodstock's Ang
Lee: "Maybe I'm gay" -
Host and producer Eric Jansen's
guests are movie director Ang
Lee, screenwriter James Schamus,
and actor Demetri Martin. As
they discuss their new film,
Taking Woodstock --about the
historic 1969 music festival --
Lee tells us about his gay
sensibilities. Actor Liev
Schrieber also chimes in on how
his tranny character, Vilma,
helps central character Elliot
Tiber come out.
- air date
Sep 3, 2009

Kitty Rose, Rockabilly
Cowgrrrl - What?!
Lesbian rockabilly cowgirls in
Mendocino County?!? That's
right, folks, meet
singer-songwriter-bandleader
Kitty Rose! She'll fill us in on
gay and lesbian life north of
the Bay Area, how horses and
women are different and alike,
and we'll hear from her latest
CDs AND a cut from her
hard rock days. - air date
Sep 10, 2009

“Making It
Legal” call-in special
Our topic: Making It
Legal, all about the confusing
social and legal morass in which
unmarried couples, gay and
straight – and also married
same-sex couples -- find
themselves these days.
Attorneys Fred Hertz and Emily
Doskow, authors of "Making It
Legal: A Guide to Same-Sex
Marriage, Domestic Partnerships
and Civil Unions", will be
live in the studio for a full
hour to talk about the legal
limbo unmarried couples find
themselves in nowadays, how the
growing acceptance of same-sex
unions (whether or not called
“marriage”) is affecting
straight relationships, what we
can expect from courts as they
wade through the mess of
conflicting relationship law,
and what we might expect from
the Obama administration on
marriage equality and other LGBT
civil rights issues. They’ll
take your questions, live on the
air, about these topics in
general and your relationship in
particular. - air date
Sep 17, 2009

Trannyshack - She
is a San Francisco punk drag
provocateur, creator and
producer of the internationally
celebrated, Trannyshack
show. Marilyn talks with Heklina
about her latest
projects--taking Trannyshack
to other cities, being in the
NBC TV drama, "Trauma," and the
SS Trannyshack boat ride around
the Bay this Saturday night.
- air date
Sep 24, 2009

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August 2009:
THE FAR RIGHT -
The Far (from) Right is
finally getting what
they deserve: a scathing
film expose on closeted
politicians whose voting
records are shameful on
gay civil rights.
Marilyn talks with Kirby
Dick, the 'ungay'
Oscar-nominated
documentary filmmaker,
about his newest film,
"Outrage." They also
talk about two of his
most recognized films,
"This Film Is Not Yet
Rated," and "Twist of
Faith," plus, his 1997
groundbreaking Sundance
award-winning film,
"Sick: The Life and
Death of Bob Flanagan,
Supermasochist."
- rebroadcast air date
Aug 6, 2009; show originally
aired May 14, 2009

Liberace! and his glass
closet - He was one of
the most popular, successful and
‘gayest’ entertainers of the
20th century. Known for his
spectacular flamboyance,
Liberace was actually a child
prodigy classical pianist who
became the world’s highest-paid.
His TV show aired in 20
countries, and he broke
attendance records at premier
concert halls from the 1950s
through the '80s. "Mr.
Showmanship" vigorously denied
allegations that he was gay, but
he died of AIDS in 1987.
Join host Eric Jansen to hear
about his life, hear his music,
and tour his outlandish
costumes, cars, pianos and
jewelry in Las Vegas' Liberace
Museum. - rebroadcast air
date Aug 13, 2009; original air date
Apr 23, 2009 
Nan Alamilla Boyd:
What made San Francisco such a
gay mecca? Was it The Summer of
Love? The repressed 1950s? You
may be surprised when you hear
historian Nan Alamilla Boyd talk
to host Marilyn Pittman about
her book, "Wide Open Town: A
History of Queer San Francisco
to 1965." Hear how the bars
helped make history, who the
movers and shakers were, and
about the tourist literature
used to market the new scene.
Professor Boyd also talks about
the early history of the LGBT
movement.
- air date
Aug 20, 2009

WE'RE GOING TO THE
BEACH...BEACH BLANKET
BABYLON THAT IS:
He died of AIDS in 1995
twenty-one years after
he created San
Francisco's must-see hit
show, "Beach Blanket
Babylon." it's now the
35th anniversary of the
show, the longest
running musical revue in
theatre history, and
Steve's wife, Producer
Jo Schuman Silver, has
kept it running strong.
Marilyn Pittman talks
with her about those
years with Steve and the
colorful history of this
San Francisco
institution. -
rebroadcast air date Aug 27,
2009; original air date
Jun 11, 2009

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