Visiting a strip club when you first come out can be a very liberating as it validates your desire to look at other men.
For Craig Seymour, he was so fascinated by his experience at the strip club, he did his college thesis on the subject of stripping and interviewed many male dancers and their clients. He eventually became one himself. Listen as Craig talks about his tell all book: “All I Could Bare: My Life in the Strip Clubs of Gay Washington, D.C.”
Visiting a strip club when you first come out can be a very liberating experience as it validates your desire to look at other men. For Craig Seymour, he was so fascinated by his experience at the strip club, he did his college thesis on the subject of stripping and interviewed many male dancers and their clients. He eventually felt that if he was really going to know what it’s like to be one of them he’ll have to take it all off and work the pole.
The seedy clubs where Craig worked were famous for full-on nude men and he would spend hours working the crowd in his birthday suit to get just the right angle for his thesis. Now that’s research!
Craig put it all in his book “All I Could Bare: My Life in the Strip Clubs of Gay Washington, D.C” and he’s here today to talk about his experiences as a stripper, a professor and journalist.
Listen as Craig chats with us about the escalating costs of higher education, the changing face of LGBT journalism and why digital media is making it harder for conservative closeted politicians to lead double lives.
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His relationship with the conservative blogger Matt Drudge and why Matt wears those awful hats.
And how Luther Vandross almost came out to Craig during an interview but never quite got there
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To many, the Middle East is a tantalizing mix of danger and desire. To a gay travel writer it’s an adventure to a world where same-sex affection blurs in the sand.
Today Michael Luongo joins us to talk about his book tour through the Middle East to promote “Gay Travels in the Muslim World” a collection of true stories of men sexually attracted to other men in places like Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan.
To many, the Middle East is a tantalizing mix of danger and desire. To a gay travel writer it’s an adventure to a world where same-sex affection blurs in the sand.
Today, Michael Luongo joins us to talk about his book tour through the Middle East to promote “Gay Travels in the Muslim World” a collection of true stories of men sexually attracted to other men in places like Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan. It’s the first gay American book ever translated into Arabic and was the first gay themed book ever presented at an Arabic language book fair.
Listen as Michael shares with us his how his controversial book got translated into Arabic, the difficulty of being in one of the world’s largest book fairs and why it was so hard to do a reading in Israel.
Michael also shares with us some safety issues for Westerners when traveling to the Middle East, his experience meeting Queen Rania of Jordan and why some men fetishize Middle Easterners.
Plus a heart-wrenching letter from a Muslim listener who left an abusive environment in Tajikistan to live as an openly gay man in America.
And what you can do to help gay refugees from the Middle East- International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Campaign and Human Rights Watch.
Read more about Michael’s travels on the Huffington Post.
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A gay youth revolution is underway as young people connect with a mass audience by telling their coming out stories on Youtube. One such video blogger, Chris Rushton shares with us his tips on video blogging, being stalked by his fans and all the steamy details of his one night stand with American Idol finalist Adam Lambert.
Plus: Robert Pattinson offered to pose nude for Details magazine but they declined!
A gay youth revolution is taking over the internet as young people are connecting with others on a mass scale by telling their coming out stories on Youtube in order to make sense of the world.
One such video blogger, Chris Rushton, came out during high school, then dropped out. Today he’s back in college pursuing a nursing degree, but his popular video blog Chris Rustonable continues to be a meaningful part of his life.
Chris initially asked us to come on our program two years ago when he was 16 years old, but he declined when we insisted he bring his mom along.
Listen as Chris shares with us his tips on video blogging, making the most of iMovie, creating a group video channel and being stalked by his fans.
And, Chris also shares the steamy details of his one night stand with American Idol finalist Adam Lambert.
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A baby survives being shot in the chest by his parents in a global warming suicide pact.
Robert Pattinson offered to pose nude for Details magazine, and they declined.
And further proof that the earth is spinning faster than ever: Chile’s earthquake may have tipped the Earth’s axis, no joke.
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We met the hilarious Kate Carolan of the Lavender Menace blog at a cocktail party where she was trying to seduce Candace Jordan, the 1979 Playboy Centerfold. Listen as Kate fills us in on all the drama as the gay bar SPIN gets into hot water with lesbian party promoters.
Plus: Yelp faces a lawsuit, the lesbo-licious Law & Order episode with Kathy Griffin, real Housewife of Atlanta Kim Zolciak comes out, and warning! Big Red Gum mixed with urine may create a powerful chemical reaction.
Beware the dangerous woman- she hunts, she fences, she reads books, has ideas, wears trousers, and longs to cut her hair. Beware when she falls passionately in love with another woman.
Today we have the hilarious Kate Carolan, known for her blog Lavender Menace where she writes about lesbian to-do’s as Katherine Winfrey-King, the secret love child of Oprah and Gayle King.
We met Kate at a cocktail party for Chicago bloggers where she was trying to seduce Candace Jordan, the 1979 Playboy Centerfold now turned Chicago socialite.
Listen as Kate fill us in on all the drama of Chicago gay bars behaving badly as SPIN gets itself in hot water over a dispute with lesbian party promoters, with the manager allegedly saying “We would really prefer not to bring in the urban lesbian.”
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Yelp faces a lawsuit- the social review site is accused of extorting businesses to remove negative reviews if they advertise on their site.
The lesbo-licious Law & Order episode airs tonight with Kathy Griffin playing a gay rights activist who falls madly in love with Mariska Hargitay, or is it Hard-to-Go-Gay?
Real Housewife of Atlanta Kim Zolciak comes out as a lover of the labia.
And warning- Big Red Gum mixed with urine might create a powerful chemical reaction!
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Group blogs can be a vital tool for making political activism more effective, so how do you use them to get your message out?
Today we continue our series of interviews with top GLBT bloggers with the Bilerico Project’s Editor in Chief, Bil Browning. Bill works with hundreds of writers to bring about change by pressuring companies and politicians to stop their hateful practices.
For gay, lesbian, bi and trans folks the internet has become a vital tool for making political activism more effective. How can you leverage the power of group blogs to get your message out?
Today, we continue our series of interviews with well-known bloggers with long-time LGBT activist and political writer, Bil Browning. He’s the founder and Editor in Chief of the Bilerico Project, one of the nation’s top LGBT community blogs.
Bill works with hundreds of writers to inform and bring about social change by pressuring companies and politicians to stop their hateful practices.
One powerful moment came last year as the Bilerico Project came under attack by the lawyers for RockStar Energy drink for posting an opinion piece about the companies ties to radio hatemonger Michael Savage.
Instead of backing down, Bilerico opened up a can of gay whoop ass, launching a successful boycott of the sugary caffeinated beverage which lead to the company cutting its financial ties to the talk radio host and donating overt 100,000 dollars to further LGBT causes. That’s how you do it!
Listen as we chat with Bil about why bloggers and musicians stay in the closet, the blog swarm targeted at HRC and when to pull the plug on a hot discussion that goes too far.
Plus, what will happen to the Indiana seat now that Senator Bayh has decided not to run for re-election? Also, the changing face of journalism and we even manage to get out of Bil his drag name!
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We’re all excited for our live podcast from Steamworks with live performances by some of Chicago’s funniest comedians including Fausto in a low-budget Lady Gaga outfit and Cameron Esposito!
Plus: British meat chips, Sarah Palin and Jamie Foxx cross the Tonight Show picket line, a man becomes HIV-free after a stem cell transplant, Smith students cheer wildly over Rachel Maddow and Shaquille O’Neil takes a turn as an art curator.
We’re all excited for our up and coming live podcast taped from Steamworks gym, sauna and baths right here in the heart of Boystown, Chicago.
Instead of imagining our audience in their underwear to gain confidence, we’ll be imagining them with their clothes on!
The show includes live performances by some of Chicago’s funniest comedians, Fausto in a low-budget Lady Gaga outfit and Steamwork’s first female performer and today’s guest, comedian Cameron Esposito! How will Cameron deal with doing stand-up in a men’s only club?
Join us as we talk about the upcoming live event and all the hot news.
A British food company applies for patent to make potato chips out of meat.
Sarah Palin and Jamie Foxx cross the picket line to be one of Jay Leno’s first Tonight Show guests.
A man appears to be free of HIV after a dangerous stem cell transplant.
Thousands of young women cheer Smith College’s announcement that Rachel Maddow will deliver the commencement speech.
And Shaquille O’Neil, basketball star and razzie award-winning actor takes a turn as an art curator featuring a show of large art, mostly about him.
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Former Naval Petty Officer, Second Class Sean Niven talks about the tragic stories of two men who suffered and died under Don’t Ask Don’t Tell and his own personal loss with the unjust policy.
Plus: Susan Sarandon is puked on by drag queen, Apple cracks down on sexy apps from the iTunes music store, and Betty White may host SNL.
A recent poll by the New York Times shows that 71 percent of the American public support “gay men and lesbians” to serve openly in the military. President Obama has vowed to repeal the ban and even Admiral Mike Mullen the Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff supports the lift, saying that service members should not be forced to “lie about who they are.”
Even Colin Powell, who as former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1993 advocated for “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” now supports the lift saying “attitudes and circumstances have changed.”
Everyone except conservative politicians want to repeal the military’s ban. So why is progress on this issue moving so slowly? And more importantly what are the human costs to our service men and women?
Today we’re talking to former Naval Petty Officer, Second Class Sean Niven. We first spoke to Sean anonymously, under the name “Joel,” five years ago while he was serving in the navy on the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) the original nuclear-powered aircraft vessel that inspired the name of the starship Enterprise in the popular TV and movie series Star Trek.
Sean joins us to tell us some tragic stories of two men who suffered and died under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and his own personal loss with the unjust policy.
Listen to this an all the hot news:
Susan Sarandon is puked on by a New York City drag queen.
Apple cracks down on sexy apps from the iTunes music store, pulling over 5000 apps in one week for what they call “overtly sexual content.” Male physique apps like Hunk du Jour are gone while more explicit “Playboy” and PlayGirl apps are still available. Why the inconsistency? What’s wrong with the Parental Controls?
The Tickle Cock Bridge is saved
And another win for a Facebook groups- rumors are flying that Betty White may host a Women of Comedy special on Saturday Night Live.
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We had a blast talking all things Madonna with Melissa in September 2009 that we thought might enjoy hearing it again. Singer Melissa Young joins us to take a look at the Madonna the entertainer, the woman and the iconoclast. A touching and colorful promise to a dead solider and hot celebrity news.
We had a blast talking all things Madonna with Melissa in September 2009 that we thought might enjoy hearing it again-
For almost three decades, Madonna has captured the imagination of the public by identifying where we needed to be pushed and ooh ooh, taking us there like a prayer.
Whether you’re crazy for her or annoyed by her expressing herself, you can’t deny the impact this beautiful stranger has had on all of us.
Today we dedicate the first part of our show to Madonna- the woman, the iconoclast, the musician.
Cabaret singer and Madonna expert Melissa Young joins us before she sets off on her own “Lucky Star” tour- a one woman show dedicated to the life and music of Madonna.
Madonna’s new video for her song “Celebration” does it right, featuring her die-hard fans videotaped at her concerts dancing to the beat. But the big highlight is the pop diva’s baby girl, Lourdes, all grown up and wearing the wedding dress big momma wore in her 80s video “Like a Virgin.”
Plus, Madonna’s gay brother Christopher Ciconne insults her latest hairstyle on TV- is he keeping it real or is he just really jealous?
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Terrible Patrick Swayze, Kanye West joke that’s involves Michael Jackson that’s making the rounds online
The touching and colorful promise to a dead solider.
True Blood Hunk for gay marriage.
Hollywood gay gossip from the 1950s.[via]
Nicole Kidman set to play a transsexual artist.
And we mourn the loss of musician Mary Travers and comedian Henry Gibson.
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Today we kick off our series of interviews with well known bloggers who know how make it happen.
Pop culture expert Trish Bendix & blog editor for AfterEllen.com joins us to chat on the costs of coming out, slacktivism, celesbians and how to ignite a passionate discussion on your site without getting burned.
Plus: the 13 year old blogger who’s taking the fashion world by storm and more.
For gay, lesbian, bi and trans folks visibility is key to our progress towards equality.
Through the internet, with blogs, youtube, podcasts and twitter- our voices are being heard like never before, and it’s fabulous!
But for some it may not be so obvious how to join in on the discussion. Even worse, they feel may intimidated or lost after they’ve begun.
Today we kick off our series of interviews with well known bloggers who know how make it happen. We’ve got pop culture expert Trish Bendix who works as blog editor for AfterEllen.com – one of the largest sites about lesbian and bisexual women in the media.
Listen as we chat with Trish about the costs of coming out, slacktivism, celesbians, how to avoid getting your site blocked, and how to ignite a passionate discussion without getting burned.
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“The Devil Wears Prada,” in middle school?! Tremble before the adorable Tavi Gevinson, the 13 year old blogger who’s taking the fashion world by storm.
A British Filmmaker is arrested for assisting in the suicide of his lover many years ago during the AIDS crisis.
And an Italian TV chef is suspended for talking about a succulent recipe for cat casserole.
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Interview with Project Runway designer Jack Mackenroth.
On the fourth season of the reality tv show Project Runway- mens designer Jack Mackenroth abruptly withdrew from the show due to a serious staph infection completely unrelated to his HIV status.
A real life jack-of-all-trades, he is now working on a design-inspired TV show pilot with Kevin Christiana.
He’s in Chicago to promote his Merck sponsored HIV Education Campaign Living Positive by Design– as an honorary guest of Design for a Cure.
And, he’s training to compete in Men’s Swimming at the Out Games in Copenhagen. How does he do it all?
We’ve got the sexy, fashion savvy Jack Mackenroth in the home studio. He’s taking your questions through Facebook and he’s telling it all!
Listen as Jack talks about how he manages to stay healthy, muscular and sexy, how serious he got with fellow reality TV star Dale from Top Chef and what it was like playing a dead body on the TV show Law and Order. Plus, what are the fashionistas REALLY like? Find out on today’s show.
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