You saw him at the Oscars, now on today’s show we have longtime gay rights activist Cleve Jones talking about what it was like to walk the red carpet at the Academy Awards, dance with Madonna at the after-party and hold Dustin Lance Black’s hand during the momentous evening. The Oscar wi...

Change is on the way! Obama’s health care leadership dramatically departs from the Bush days of dogma and ideology and moves forward into science-based decision making. Today we have Jim Pickett, AIDS activist and cheeky writer behind Lifelube.org, the gay men’s health and sexuality blog...

How far have we come in the fight for gay, lesbian, bisexual ans transgendered rights since the 1970s? Gus Van Sant’s new biographic film MILK brings forth a chilling timeliness with parallels to the anti-gay measures passed in the last election. Have we come a long way baby, or have we only ...

It’s not easy being pink, especially when you’re a gay Republican, or part of the Pink Elephant party, as I like to call it. You’re an outsider both in gay circles and in the Republican party, a stranger in a strange land. I’ve really been enjoying reading about Barbara Walte...

Cute, funny, sexy and single- that’s Bradon Toussaint from Tuscon, Arizona, one of our loyal lovely listeners! He’s one a smart sexy guy. As a microbiology student at the University of Arizona, Brandon spent much of his free time educating and demonstrating students on how to use condoms...

How do you get off and have a good time on the internet superhighway without a fender bender? On today’s show we have the recording of the live forum that Marc Felion and I, Fausto Fernós, moderated at the Center on Halsted last month. The forum was developed and sponsored by our friends at L...

The Rev. Charles Straight was there when it happened. In the eighties he was a flobotomist as the AIDS crisis exploded, when it was still called GRID or Gay Related Immune Disorder. Today he’s the assistant pastor of Wesley United Methodist Church and preaches about how we must address our fea...

Brace yourself, you’re about to get a stunning! Calpernia Addams, the Peabody Prize winning writer, actress and activist, best known lately for her single “Stunning” joins us today to talk about the genesis of that fabulous dance song. “Stunning” came out one of the epi...

What is life like for gay teens in America today? Although we’ve made incredible gains in the past decade in bringing about social gains, political and religious acceptance still drag far behind. Ten years ago three filmmakers aired on HBO a dark comedy short called “Trevor” about ...

Shirley Phelps’ God is angry at you. Why? Because you are gay or you accept gay people. Shirley Phelps is the spokesperson, matriarch and part-time lawyer for the controversial Westboro Baptist Church out of Topeka, Kansas. Gay folks have known about them for years since they first protested a...