Queer Voices

Send us Fan Mail LGBT rights with Equality Rights Advocates -- Legacy's HIV Fundraiser Mint Julep We speak with folks from the Equal Rights Advocates about the threat to LGBT rights coming from the Supreme Court. Equality Rights Advocates works to solve our country’s most pressing challenges — poverty, violence, discrimination —by transforming our communities into places where every woman and...

Send us Fan Mail Big Queer Picture Show -- History of Pride in Houston We speak with Michael Robinson and Kyle Ferguson about the Big Queer Picture Show. The Big Queer Picture Show hosts monthly screenings of queer films in different venues across Houston to connect audiences to the larger historical and contemporary significance of queer cinema. This month the film will be "Neptune Frost&quo...

Send us Fan Mail Rainbow on the Green -- Monica Roberts Resource Center We speak with Barry Mandel about Rainbow on the Green, the large pride event held downtown at Discovery Green. Discovery Green presents its annual citywide LGBTQ celebration with electrifying entertainment. This year, Rainbow on the Green presented by Legacy Community Health will honor the courageous families who have spoken o...

Send us Fan Mail Texas State Senate candidate -- Ernie Manouse Pride Special We speak with Josh Tutt, a candidate for Texas State Senate. He is running against a notoriously anti-LGBT state senator to challenge her in the general election for Texas State Senate district 18. We discuss what motivates him to take on this election and run for office. Josh is a seventh generation Texan and attended Te...

Send us Fan Mail Rebranding Pride Houston to Pride 365 -- Pride Chorus Houston Concert We speak Heather Jones Taylor and Andrea Simonton about the rebranding of Pride into Pride 365. We discuss the process that went into this rebrand and we discuss Heathers activism in the community. As the owner of a marketing firm and LGBT owned business, we learn how she got started and what motivates her. GUES...

Send us Fan Mail Out Professionals Houston -- Pride 365 Presidents We speak with representatives from the Out Professionals. The newly formed LGBT networking organization that has chapters around the country. Listen to find out what sets it apart from other professional organizations and their launch event.  GUEST: Charlie Conard and Pete Beausoliel https://www.outprofessionals.org/ Then we speak...

Send us Fan Mail 2022 Honorary Grand Marshal Brandon Wolf -- Community Activist Brian Keever We speak with the 2022 Houston pride honorary grand marshal, Brandon Wolf. We discuss his body of work and activsm over 45 years in Houston. Over the years, Brandon has written several articles for OutSmart magazine. GUEST: Brandon Wolf https://www.outsmartmagazine.com/2022/05/pride-houston-365-announces-2...

Send us Fan Mail Supreme Court threat to LGBT rights -- Loss of a Houston icon Crystal Rae Lee Love We speak with ACLU staff attorney Brian Klosterboer about the threat to LGBT rights coming the Supreme Court with the recent opinion overturning Roe v. Wade. The ACLU of Texas is dedicated to securing and defending constitutional and civil rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LG...

Send us Fan Mail Montrose Center's Housing Our Future Gala -- Record Breaking Bunnies on the Bayou We speak with the Chief Development Officer Kennedy Loftin about the upcoming Montrose Center gala Housing Our Future. Housing Our Future Gala to provide help, hope, and a second chance to LGBTQ youth in Houston who are experiencing homelessness. The rental assistance program sets up each youth...

Send us Fan Mail Alley Theater "Dead Man's Cellphone" -- Lesbian activist Ginny Berson We speak with Todd Waite about the Alley Theater's production of "Dead Man's Cellphone". An incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet café. A stranger at the next table who has had enough. And a dead man. So begins Dead Man’s Cell Phone, a wildly imaginative comedy by MacArthur...

Send us Fan Mail Black Queer AF Festival -- Annise Parker LGBTQ Victory Fund We speak with Ian Haddock, the executive of the Normal Anomaly Initative Inc.about the organization and its up coming Black Queer AF Music Festival . The festival is a music festival that meets all of Black, queerness in Houston. An innovative event that includes immersive games and recreations, lots of outside space, the...

Send us Fan Mail Houston Pride Grand Marshal finalists We speak with the finalists for Houston Pride Grand Marshal. They include:  Kailey Posterick (Ally),  Matty Gracia (non binary),  Juliann Losey (non binary),  Chip Ware (non binary) and  Isabel Longoria (female).  Voting continues until Friday April 15th at 5pm. For more information on the nominees, visit the website. https://pridehouston.org/...

Send us Fan Mail Grand Marshal Nominee -- Resurrection MCC 50th anniversary -- Houston LGBTQ Political Caucus event We speak with Houston LGBTQ Pride Grand Marshal nominee, Courtney Sellers. Courtney serves as the executive director of Montrose Grace Place. A native Houstonian, Courtney started as a Direct Mentor and Treasurer with Montrose Grace Place in 2015. In 2017 she took over as MGP Executi...

Send us Fan Mail Pride Grand Marshal nominees -- New Play at Stages We speak with two candidates for Pride grand marshal, Andrew Edmonson and Melissa Vivanco. Andrew is one of the male identifying candidates while Melissa is a finalist for female identifying candidates. We speak the work each has done in Houston’s LGBTQ community as well as how they came out. Voting for grand Marshal is restricted...

Send us Fan Mail LGBTQ Comedian/Author Judy Carter -- Transmasculine Alliance of Houston We speak with comedian Judy Carter. Judy has had quite the career, from being a magician, to a stand up comic, a motivational speakers and author of a number of books (Including The Comedy Bible). Her play Death Defying Escape will open April 2 in LA at the Hudson Guild Theatre and will be available for stream...

Send us Fan Mail LGBTQ Activist Phillip Schnarrs Ph. D. -- Past GM KPFT -- National Leather Association Houston We speak with LGBT activist, Phillip Schnarrs. We speak the work he is doing to improve the lives of LGBT Texans. Phillip W. Schnarrs, Ph. D., is an associate professor of community-based participatory research in the Department of Population Health. He is an applied health researcher an...

Send us Fan Mail The flight for Gender Affirming Care in Texas -- Montrose Center's Bringing in the Green -- Out Candidate for Harris County Commisioner's Court We speak with Brian Klosterboer, staff attorney for the ACLU Texas about the recent letter from the governor calling gender affirming care as child abuse. We discuss what the ramifications are of this letter and what is being don...

Send us Fan Mail Bunnies on the Bayou -- Houston LGBTQ+ Political Caucus president We speak with folks from Bunnies on the Bayou about their 2022 main event which will return to downtown Houston Easter weekend. We speak with president, Steven Duckett and Vice President Div Kumar. Bunnies on the Bayou, Inc. is a 501(c)3, all volunteer organization dedicated to the raising and distributing of funds...

Send us Fan Mail LGBT candidate for Justice of the Peace-- Time Magazine Kid of the Year finalist/trans advocate -- Pride Houston update First, we speak with Steven Duble and his candidacy for Justice of the Peace(JP). Steven currently shares a home with his husband and their two adorable rescue dogs in Precinct 1. He's lived his entire life in Houston, where he raised three incredible childr...

Send us Fan Mail Trans activist Eden Torres -- Emperor and Empress of ERSICSS -- Don Kelly LGBT Historian We speak with Eden Torres. Eden Rose Torres is a content creator, trans activist, public speaker, photographer & writer. Eden is the Founder & President of PridePortraits.org. She has photographed & interviewed seven thousand LGBTQIA+ community members & allies across the count...

Send us Fan Mail Lesbian Judicial candidate -- LGBT tikToker -- New Legacy CEO We speak with Porscha Natasha Brown. Porscha grew up with her mother and father in North Austin and is one of five siblings. She grew up playing sports, attending church, and began working at a young age. Her mother immigrated from Trinidad and Tobago when she was young and remained a legal permanent resident for more t...

Send us Fan Mail Lesbian comedian Fortune Feimster -- Activist Ginny Z Berson We speak with lesbian comedian Fortune Feimster. Stand-up comedian, writer, and actor, Fortune Feimster, is one of the busiest women working today. She first became known as a writer and panelist on E's hit show Chelsea Lately, and then starred as a series regular on The Mindy Project for Hulu and Champions for NBC....

Send us Fan Mail LGBT comedian Matteo Lane -- 2021 predictions  We speak with openly gay comedian Matteo Lane. MATTEO LANE is a New York-based comedian whose stand-up special can be seen on Netflix’s THE COMEDY LINEUP. He has performed stand up on THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT, LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS, Comedy Central’s ADAM DEVINE’S HOUSE PARTY, THIS WEEK AT THE COMEDY CELLAR and THE COME...

Send us Fan Mail 2022 Creating Change Conference -- Trans Health in Transgender Men -- Alley Theater "A Christmas Carol" We discuss the upcoming Creating Change conference to be held virtually at dates to be announced. The 34th annual Creating Change conference, slated for January 12-16 at the Hilton Riverside in New Orleans, will now be held virtually. The virtual conference will not be...

Send us Fan Mail Queer Christmas Music Part 2 We play Christmas music from JD Doyle's "Queer Music Heritage".  From January 2000 until March 2015 "Queer Music Heritage" was both a radio show and a website, and the goal of both was to preserve and share the music of our culture. It has become the resource on the net for the history of LGBT music. Each month's page give...