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Send us Fan Mail Queer Christmas Music 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 gives the p...

Send us Fan Mail Out male candidate for Texas Legislature -- Author Robert Steele We speak with the out candidate Texas House district 51, Mike Hendrix. Mike Hendrix, an experienced public policy, health, and prominent LGBTQ+ activist, has announced his decision to seek the Democratic nomination to represent Austin in the Texas State House. If elected, Hendrix would be the only openly gay man in t...

Send us Fan Mail Executive Professional Association of Houston -- Houston LGBTQ Political Caucus We speak with Jack Berger, president of the Executive Professional Association of Houston (EPAH). The Executive and Professional Association of Houston (EPAH) was formed in April 1978 in Houston, Texas. It was established to provide a non-political forum for discusssion of business and community affair...

Send us Fan Mail Out actor Ivan Leung in the George Clooney directed movie "The Tender Bar" -- LGBT artist Zachari Logan and his new exhibit We speak with openly LGBT actor, Ivan Leung about his upcoming movie, "The Tender Bar". Starring alongside Ben Affleck in the upcoming George Clooney directed film THE TENDER BAR, actor Ivan Leung stars as Jimmy The film is set to be relea...

Send us Fan Mail Banning books in the Texas legislature -- Houston Pride Band hosts World Wide band concert We speak with Ken McLeod, veteran psychotherapist in Houston and Anna Eastman, mother of a transgender child who was elected to the Board of Trustees of HISD in 2009, and selected as the 2015 Allied Grand Marshal of the Houston Pride Parade. We discuss State Rep. Matt Krause, a candidate for...

Send us Fan Mail Texas HB 25 - Banning transgender student athletes -- Documentary "North by Current" We speak with local transgender activist Diamond Stylz about Texas House Bill 25, the bill banning transgender participation in student sports. We discuss her experience and how this bill will affect LGBT Texans. The Texas House passed HB 25, an anti-transgender sports ban targeting inno...

Send us Fan Mail Retiring Legacy CEO Katy Caldwell —-Author of “Mission Possible : The story of repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Dixon Osburn We speak with the outgoing President/CEO of Legacy Community Health, Katy Caldwell. Legacy Community Health CEO Katy Caldwell is retiring after 25 years of leading the organization. Caldwell will retire from her position on December 31, Legacy said in a stat...

Send us Fan Mail Americans United for Separation of Church and State -- Bill Arning exhibition, Lovie Oilva Andrew Edmonson speaks with representatives from Americans United for Separation of Church and State to discuss Proposition 3, a proposed constitutional amendment that would bar any government entity from prohibiting or limiting religious services of a religious organization? There are no ex...

Send us Fan Mail Special Session Update - Q Fest Memories --Lovie Olivia exhibition -- Part 2 Alicia Long We discuss the progress the Texas third special session in Austin. This session is especially anti-trans in scope. Then, we discuss the memories of Q-Fest's 25 years. After 25 years, this will be the last year of Q-fest, which is ending because of the economic impact of the pandemic. Gues...

Send us Fan Mail Anti-Trans Texas Legislature -- 25th Annual Q-Fest -- Author Alecia P. Long We speak with Andrew Edmonson about the upcoming special session that Governor Greg Abbott called. We talk about the particularly anti-trans legislative priorities. GUEST: Andrew Edmonson https://www.equalitytexas.org/special-session-legislative-bill-tracker/ Q-Fest is Houston’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, tra...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Robb Kelly Addiction Expert -- Jody Randall Texas Pride Impact Funds Vice President We speak with Dr. Rob Kelly addiction expert about the LGBT community and this disease. Robb has overcome homelessness, alcohol dependency, trauma, PTSD, and MDD and a whirlwind of events to be the "Gordon Ramsay" of the addiction treatment world. Before Robb succumbed to addiction an...

Send us Fan Mail Texas A&M University's First LGBT Exhibit --- New General Manager KPFT We speak with Dr. Francesca Marini, Programming and Outreach Librarian at Texas A&M University, about the exhibit, "Coming Out Together to Share Our History: LGBTQIA+ Collections in College Station, Houston and Beyond". In its first large-scale collaboration with the LGBTQ community, Texa...

Send us Fan Mail LGBTQ+ Discussion at the Rothko Chapel -- Remembering Houston LGBTQ advocate Frank Campisi -- LGBTQ persons of color you should know We speak with folks from the Rothko Chapel regarding the moderated conversation, "The Struggle for Equality: LGBTQIA+ Rights, Beyond the Rhetoric: Civil Rights & Our Shared Responsibility Series" The conversation will be on the state of...

Send us Fan Mail Ian Haddock, Queer People of Color's response to COVID -- Annise Parker talks record number of LGBTQ people elected to office We speak with Ian Haddock about the queer people of color's response in the times of COVID. Ian L. Haddock is the Executive Director of The Normal Anomaly Initiative, Inc. With a wealth of knowledge in the public health field and community activis...

Send us Fan Mail Transgender Healthcare in Houston -- Gov. Abbott's anti-trans executive order's effect on families We speak with Lou Weaver about the state of Transgender healthcare in Houston. We discuss the current state of healthcare and the options available in the community. We also discuss what can be done to improve this important service to the transgender community going forwar...

Send us Fan Mail LGBTQ Life in El Paso TX -- “Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters". co-creator We speak with the executive director of the Borderland Rainbow Center about the LGBTQ life in far West Texas. In October of 2015, Dr. Brenda Risch began co-facilitating a support group for the families of transgender youth. When she realized the hosting agency was going to close...

Send us Fan Mail Alzheimer's in the LGBT community - - Number's the nightclub documentary We speak to the Alzheimer's Association of Southeast Texas about the disease in the LGBT community and about an upcoming awareness event highlighting the services available specifically to the LGBT community. Currently, more than 400,000 Texans living with Alzheimer’s disease, and over 1,449,00...

Send us Fan Mail Hate in the State Legislature - Supreme Court Case Part 2 We speak with Brad Pritchett, field director for Equality Texas, about the Texas legilative session about the potetntial impact on the LGBT community. Brad details plans for the fight against these damaging bills. GUEST: Brad Pritchett https://www.equalitytexas.org/ Then we feature the second part of an interview with attor...

Send us Fan Mail Anti Trans Texas Special Session -- Religious Freedom in the Supreme Court Andrew Edmonson discusses the special session of the Texas legislature and what is at stake for the LGBT community. We discuss the anti transgender bill banning athletes from competing and its likelihood of passage.  GUEST: Andrew Edmonson https://www.equalitytexas.org/special-session-legislative-bill-track...

Send us Fan Mail Author Stef M. Shuster - "Trans Medicine: The Emergence and Practice of Treating Gender" -- Tori Williams Oral History Project Guest co-host Alexis Melvin interviews author Stef M. Shuster regarding the non fiction work, "Trans Medicine: The Emergence and Practice of Treating Gender". Surfacing in the mid-twentieth century, yet shrouded in social stigma, transg...

Send us Fan Mail History of Houston Pride Parades - Tennessee and Truman biopic We discuss the history of Pride Parades in Houston with LGBT historian JD Doyle. We discuss how the parade originated and its move to a night time event. GUEST: JD Doyle http://www.pridehouston.org Then we speak about the film "Tennessee and Truman: An Intimate Portrait". The work, lives, and personal journey...

Send us Fan Mail Museum of Fine Arts exhibit "Hockney/Van Gogh: The Joy of Nature" -- "Pride" the TV show  We discuss the Museum of Fine Arts exhibit,"Hockney – Van Gogh: The Joy of Nature". This exhibition examines the common ground between British artist Hockney (born 1937) and Dutch artist Van Gogh (1853–1890). Both expressed their profound love of nature through b...

Send us Fan Mail Texas Legislative Nastiness -- Pose the TV Show and its Impact Today on Queer Voices, We speak with Brad Pritchett and discuss the Texas state legislature and the multiple pieces of legislation filed against the transgender community. These bills were unsuccessful in the regular session but the Lieutenant Governor has lobbied for a special session to take up these bills. We discus...

Send us Fan Mail Texas State Legislature -- LGBT Senior Center We discuss the Texas state legislature and the multiple pieces of legisation filed against the transgeder community. These bills were unsuccessful in the regular session but the Lieutenant Governor has lobbied for a special session to take up these bills. We discuss these and other bills that are being pushed in Austin. GUEST: Andrew E...

Send us Fan Mail Trans murders in Texas -- Anna Eastman fights anti-trans legislation We talk with local activist Diamond Stylz about the murder of Iris Santos. Santos, a 22-year-old Latina transgender woman killed in Houston, Texas, on April 23, 2021. Iris’ death is at least the 18th violent death of a transgender or gender non-conforming person in 2021. We discuss her life and the rise in trans...