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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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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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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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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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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For some, Valentine’s Day is a wonderful holiday. For others, it’s a tell-tale heart of anxiety beating away under the floor boards of emotion.
Etiquette expert Steven Petrow answers all your questions on relationships for Valentine’s Day. Steven’s book “The Essential Book of Gay Manners and Etiquette” teaches you how to handle any sticky situation. Plus, Steven answers questions from the audience about love and romance.
Uh oh, Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. For some it’s a wonderful holiday to celebrate the ones they love, for others its a nagging bundle of unnecessary anxiety, a candy coated tell-tale heart beating away under the floor boards of emotion.
Valentine’s Day can often be a very confusing holiday – How soon is too soon to celebrate Valentines with a new lover? What do you when someone you love has a bad case of VD? And where do you stuff your emotions if you are all alone?
Move over Miss Manners, we’ve got etiquette expert Steven Petrow here to answer all your questions on relationships this Valentine’s Day. Steven writes a column on manners for the Huffington Post and Daily Beast and maintains his Gay and Lesbian Manners website. He’s got a great book on the subject- “The Essential Book of Gay Manners and Etiquette” on how to handle any sticky situation.
Steven offers some gift suggestions, ways to share the holiday with your social media friends and how to include the single people on this special day.
Join us as we talk about what do you do when your best friend is in a relationship with someone you hate? Who pays for dinner? Are roses are a terrible present?
And the beauty queen of mean Carrie Prejean is engaged to be opposite married to hunky quarterback Kyle Boller. What advice does Steven have for her?
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Rawr! Our friend Marisan DeLellis talks about his new one-person musical “The Bride of Wildenstein” on Jocelyn Wildenstein, the eccentric New York City socialite who surgically transformed herself into the bizarre looking Cat Lady.
Plus we all share our predictions for the coming year: which celebrities will die in 2010? Gagaholism, Peacocking, Weird Mashups, Life Swapping, DIY Healthcare and Susan Boiling.
Have you ever gone too far for love? Ask Marsian De Lellis. He wrote, The Bride of Wildenstein, an entire one-person musical dedicated to Jocelyn Wildenstein, the eccentric New York City socialite who surgically transformed herself into the bizarre looking Cat Lady to win back the affections of her millionaire game hunter husband.
Obsessed with aging, Jocelyn Wildenstein spent over 4 million dollars on plastic surgery to look like the ferocious lions and cheetahs her husband hunted in Africa.
While most would gasp in horror or laugh at the tragic story, Marsian finds the humanity in her gruesome story and embraces the shame monster that lives inside all of us.
Join us today as Marisan talks with us on the phone about Bride of Wildenstein, and we all share our predictions for the coming year.
Which celebrities will die in 2010? Will Marsian become the Lady Gaga of Puppetry? Will ugly become the new beautiful?
Plus, Gagaholism, Peacocking, Weird Mashups, Life Swapping, Do it Yourself Healthcare and Susan Boiling.
How does the FDA allow kids to eat food that chemically changes color?
And will Apple’s New iTablet save the world of publishing or destroy it?
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The last time fashion writer Terrence Chappell was on the show, he was excited about the possibilities of working as editor for a new gay magazine. He’s not working there today, what went wrong?
Listen as Terrence shares his insights into why gay print media struggles and how Chicago drag legend Chili Pepper tried to steal his man. News: The Great Chocolate Wall of China and the virtual trannie scam artist.
The last time fashion writer Terrence Chappell was on the show, he was excited about the possibilities of working as editor for a gay magazine that was just about to launch. He’s not working there today, what went wrong?
Terrence now works for UR Chicago and is excited to launch a new social event called called “Professional Young Gays” or P.Y.G. for short!
Listen as Terrence shares his insights into why gay print media in Chicago struggles so much, other hysterical acronyms P.Y.G. stands for and the saucy story of Chicago drag legend Chili Pepper and how she tried to steal his man.
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The Prop 8 trial continues in California with testimony by the Mayor of San Diego who now advocates for same sex marriage.
Bigots move to repeal Marriage Equality in New Hampshire after the state legalized it three weeks ago.
A man pretending to be a female supermodel dupes rich men out of money in Texas.
And Cuba’s state sponsored sex changes- will Fidel Castro become Fidelia Castrati?
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Start singing Hanukkah songs and it’s a slippery slope into Christmas carols, then you’ll be born again. Comedian and auteur Keith Ecker joins us to read an essay about growing up Jewish but non-religious in the ultra-conservative Dallas, Texas.
In the news: Porn star death, Prince Willy of the UK, sexy Tarzan, Smart Octopus, and Joe Lieberman steals Healthcare.
During the winter holidays people from all backgrounds come together to share in their common humanity.
Even folks like Senator Orrin Hatch. When he’s not busy fighting marriage equality earning a big fat zero in support of the gays from the Human Rights Campaign or halting health care reform, the Mormon Senator from Utah likes to record music, on his own label. And this Christmas season he has a song for the Jews!
But watch out, first he’ll have you singing about Hanukkah and then it’s a slippery slope into Christmas carols, then you’ll be born again.
Comedian and auteur Keith Ecker joins us to read an essay about growing up Jewish but non-religious in the ultra-conservative Dallas, Texas.
Listen to Keith’s story about how his family had the only house on the cul-de-sac not to have plastic Longhorn cattle dressed up in Christmas lights.
Keith is hosting Essay Fiesta, a reading series, every 3rd Monday of the month at 7 PM at The Book Cellar in Lincoln Square.
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Gay Porn star Andrew Grand dies from swollowing a plastic baggie filled with pot while being tazered by cops.
Prince Willy of England tries to pass himself off as a TV adventure personality.
Disney’s Tarzan toy is yanked from the shelves because it shows Tarzan yanking on his vine.
A research scientist discovers octopi gathering coconut shells as housing materials.
And Senator Joe Liberman as the “Grinch Who Stole Health Care.”
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Deaf since the age of 10, Terry Galloway grew up to be one of the funniest performers of her generation. Her new memoir, “Mean Little deaf Queer” recounts some of her life’s most horrific and funny moments.
Listen as we talk with Terry about laughing at your disabilities, why embracing failure in your work leads to success and why Hellen Keller is considered an S&M lesbian icon.
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Deaf since the age of 10, Terry Galloway grew up to be one of the funniest performers of her generation.
Calling herself a “modern medical accident,” Terry’s hearing loss, vision problems and childhood hallucinations came as result of an experimental antibiotic given to her mother during the Cold War in Germany. As a 10-year-old self-proclaimed “child freak,” she acted out her fury at her circumstances by faking her own drowning at a camp for crippled children.
Since then, she’s used writing and performance to reveal her queer identity and her silent, quirky world populated by many unforgettable characters.
In Austin, Texas, Terry co-founded the much loved and long-running comedy show, Esther’s Follies which was considered for a run on off Broadway by the producers of Saturday Night Live.
Her new memoir, “Mean Little deaf Queer” recounts some of her life’s most horrific and funny moments.
She’s in Chicago to kick off “Fresh Squeezed” a series of offbeat performance-based events at the Victory Gardens Biograph Theater.
Listen as we talk with Terry about laughing at your disabilities, why embracing failure in your work leads to success and why Hellen Keller is considered an S&M lesbian icon.
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