Outbeat News In Depth

This is our 2013 Pride edition of Outbeat News In Depth.  We begin by celebrating the 35th anniversary of the rainbow flag with an interview of the flag’s creator, Gilbert Baker, by long-time LGBT activist Cleve Jones.  This interview took place at the GLBT Museum last year.  They talked about why the flag was created and how it has become an international icon for gay pride and our fight fo...

We began a four-part series this month on the legal aspects of LGBT relationships with local family law attorney Kinna Crocker.  In this first segment, Kinna talks about the current laws related to domestic partnerships, marriage, and prenuptial agreements.  Future segments airing in July, August, and September will cover rental agreements, purchasing a home, adoption, and divorce. 60 years ago la...

LGBT youth account for a majority of the runaway and homeless youth living on the street today.  Tragically, some of these young people become victims of human trafficking as prostitutes working for organized groups that travel through Santa Rosa and the greater Bay Area.  This month, Santa Rosa Police Detective Chris Mahurin joined us to talk about this growing crime problem and how he is working...

On the eve of the United States Supreme Court hearings on Proposition 8 and the Federal Defense of Marriage Act, we talked with straight ally and marriage equality activist, Zach Wahls.  Zach earned world-wide attention after his passionate testimony before the Iowa Legislature.  Since that time, he’s become involved in the Boy Scouts discrimination controversy and continues to be an incredi...

The Advocate magazine is the oldest running LGBT print magazine in country.  Editor in Chief, Matthew Breen joined us this month to talk about how the magazine is evolving to keep up with the explosion of LGBT news and the Internet.  He talked about how the publication has diversified its content to provide on-demand and emerging news online while maintaining a bi-monthly print publication that ta...

This is our Outbeat News In Depth premier!  We began by introducing our Washington DC correspondent, Ryan Olson, who reported on last Sunday’s historic inauguration and speech by President Barack Obama.  We started with another segment from our Campus Pride National Voice In Action Spotlight series featuring JeShawna Wholley, programs and outreach associate with the National Black Justice Co...

This week on Outbeat Extra we take a look back at the people, events, and music that made LGBT news headlines in 2012. The Huffington Post said that it was, “the best of times and the worst of times” for the LGBT community. Celebrities and professional athletes “came out” with little or no fanfare and we saw the social conscious of the country change in November when the fi...

This is a special one-hour long Outbeat Youth segment and the last Outbeat Now! program. We welcomed back Marsha Aizumi and her transgender son Aiden who talked about Marsha’s new book “Two Spirits, One Heart.” This book tells the story of Marsha’s unconditional love for her son as he first came out as a lesbian and then transitioned to the man he is today. We also welcomed...

Our guest this month was Jason Phillips, a singer and songwriter as well as a student from the University of California at Davis. Jason talked about how he discovered his love for music and the stage. He performed two songs live for us during the show. Jason, originally from the Bay Area, is currently studying psychology at U.C. Davis. Since he was a toddler, the world has been his stage as he too...