Thousands of LGBTQ activists from around the United States will descend upon San Francisco for the National LGBTQ Task Force’s 35th annual Creating Change conference.
This week on the Queer Power Hour: we hear from a couple of funny ladies about the funny and not-so-funny realities of being lesbian comedians. Out in the Bay sat down in 2015 with Karen Ripley , who came out as a queer comic in the 1970s. And Making Gay History shares an interview from 2001 with Ellen DeGeneres, whose coming our in 1997 shaped queer history.
This week on the Queer Power Hour: we talk to two queer pioneers who weren’t afraid to raise their voices. Out in the Bay sits down with Jon Ginoli from Pansy Division and Making Gay History shares and interview Edythe Eyed, who launched a lesbian magazine and sang queer-positive songs in the 1940s and 1950s.
This week on the Queer Power Hour: we’ll look at the connection between the fight against employment discrimination and the fight for LGBTQ rights. Out in the Bay looks at the history of male flight attendants. Then, Making Gay History talks with Frank Kameny, a leader of the early gay rights movement.
This week on the Queer Power Hour: we meet two queer women whose music mixes the personal with the political. Out in the Bay talks with trans rocker Marilyn Mitchell about her path. Then, Making Gay History shares a story about Meg Christian, who helped ignite the women’s music movement of the 1970s.