Queer Voices

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...

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...