Outright Radio: 2003 Series

Series 2003

Show Descriptions

• Living on the Fringe

Listen (Real Audio) | Read (pdf) | Read (doc)

Stories of folks who lead their lives off the well-worn path of gay life in America: Reporter Daniel Kraker takes us to the gay rodeo in Albuquerque, New Mexico; then lesbian writer Jenny Worley tells of her life in the glass box at a strip joint in San Francisco; and from Newport, Washington, writer Tim Anderson chases his dreams on the open road in his story of life as a gay trucker.

Trucker Tim Anderson
David Westman is PearlieMae
Jenny the femme
Producer Daniel Kraker

(click an image for a larger view)

• Leaving the Gay Ghettoes

Listen (Real Audio) | Read (pdf) | Read (doc)

Stories of folks who have left the large urban gay centers for smaller cities, looking to start over...and what happens when they get there: David Gilmore bolts from the Bay Area for Tucson, AZ; Barbara Bernstein profiles, the waves of lesbian immigrants to Portland, OR; and Amy Mayer has the story of Tim Albee, who left his West Hollywood A-list life for a 1-room cabin, doing dog mushing in Salcha, Alaska

Tim Albee in Alaska
David and friend homesteading
Producer Barbara Bernstein

(click an image for a larger view)

• The Gender Show

Listen (Real Audio) | Read (pdf) | Read (doc)

Jenny the butch

Elena Escalera

Stories of butches, femmes and the question of gender. This show features an interview with psychologist and gender expert Dr. Elena Escalera who explains gender markers, gender role expectations and more; writer Rob Zonfrelli, with his lengthened fricatives (lisp), can't keep the lid on his sissy; and writer Jenny Worley butches it up to get a job as a furniture mover for a day.

See the Gender Show glossary

(click image for larger view)

• Out on the Streets

Listen (Real Audio) | Read (pdf) | Read (doc)

Miracle Draven

Producer Dmae Roberts

This show features stories of queer kids abandoned by their parents to the streets. Dmae Roberts profiles the life of Miracle, a young, black lesbian living on the streets of Portland, OR and her bumpy road to recovery. Then David Gilmore introduces us to Kevyn, a counselor to HIV+ homeless gay men in Phoenix, AZ. Language advisory: this show features non-graphic descriptions of unsafe sexual practices, prostitution, and drug use.

(click image for larger view)

• Elders

Listen (Real Audio) | Read (pdf) | Read (doc)

Stories of growing old with grace in the gay community: This show profiles 2 elders: Hannah Blue Heron who was a nun and a hippy and now, at 76, lives in the desert in an underground kiva she built herself; then the story of Maurice Grossman, Tucson's bon vivant turns 75 and comes out after 2 wives and 3 kids.

Maurice at 20
Maurice at 75
Hannah Blue Heron

(click an image for a larger view)

• Why Am I Still Single/Why Am I Still Married?

Listen (Real Audio) | Read (pdf) | Read (doc)

Will gay people reinvent the institution of marriage, or will the institution reinvent gay relationships? Writer Louise Rafkin looks back at her early-life wedding fantasies and across the backyard at her lesbian neighbors' married life; then Ivan & Bonnie tell their story of being a married heterosexual couple for over 30 years before Ivan became a woman and the couple stayed married; and writer and humorist Tom Truss pops the question, "God, why can't I ever have a romantic relationship?"

Louise takes up water polo
Bonnie and Ivan
Bonnie and Ann
Tom Truss

(click an image for a larger view)

top