“An unlikely revolution is stirring among Pakistan’s transgender community. Over the past six months the supreme court has issued a series of ground-breaking judgments in favour of hijras, who have long lived under a cloud of…
It’s a big day for trans folks as the International Olympic Committee decided to allow for nuance with sexually ambiguous athletes, trans man Scott Moore announces he’s pregnant and blind Texas drag queen Alexis Nicole Whitney puts on quite a show.
Hot news: Apple’s new tablet computer may change publishing, Prop 8 trial continues, Pope tells priests to blog and our review of the touring production of Dreamgirls.
It’s a big day for trans folks as the International Olympic Committee met with the research scientists at Anacin and they’ve decided to allow for nuance with sexually ambiguous athletes and to treat their gender variance as a medical issue and not one of fairness in competition.
Move over Thomas Beatie, the bears having babies! Trans man Scott Moore announces he’s pregnant! (Check out a web cam of a recent live bear birth- the animal bear, not the man)
Meanwhile, San Antonio native Ruben Valerio may be blind but that doesn’t stop him from putting on a show as drag queen Alexis Nicole Whitney from the House of Whitney.
Hot news:
Apple is rumored to announce today a new tablet computer, new iPhones and a new version of their iLife software suite that may revolutionize the publishing industry. Will gay newspapers take advantage of the new platform or simply ignore it like the rest of new media?
Lukewarm anti-gay testimonies at the Proposition 8 trial.
Pope tells priests to go forth and blog.
And our review of the touring production of Dreamgirls, now in Chicago, plus backstage gossip!
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Just in time for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, the International Olympic Committee has taken on the issue of intersexed athletes. Their determination? That each case should be viewed individually and as a medical…
Just in time for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, the International Olympic Committee has taken on the issue of intersexed athletes. Their determination? That each case should be viewed individually and as a medical condition, not as an issue reagarding fairness or advantage in competition.
The ruling comes after controversy surrounding Caster Semenya of South Africa who won a gold medal at last summers World Athletics Championships as a woman then challenged by competitors who insisted she was a man baby!
I’m proud of the I.O.C. taking a measured and approriate response to the issue.
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Move over Thomas Beatie! Scott Moore along with his also trans, bearish hubby Thomas are planning to be the next power couple to have a baby.
The case is similar to that of Thomas…
Move over Thomas Beatie! Scott Moore along with his also trans, bearish hubby Thomas are planning to be the next power couple to have a baby.
The case is similar to that of Thomas Beatie, from Oregon, who made headlines in 2008 when he gave birth to a girl.
I’m all for it, but doesn’t this look like a hoax? I can’t tell you how many times we all have pulled out our bellies and said “here’s my baby.” Now it’s all come true! Will they name their newborn “baby bear”?
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Don’t mess with the trans folks David. Earlier this week David Letterman pulled off a cheap gag when he announced Obama’s newest appointee, trans Amanda Simpson.
One of the guys on the show screamed “She…
I have to hand it to these Venezuelan drag queens that they just come out and use the word “fat” instead of euphemisms like “plus.”
The link has a great video and article about being…
I have to hand it to these Venezuelan drag queens that they just come out and use the word “fat” instead of euphemisms like “plus.”
The link has a great video and article about being a fat drag or trans person in Venezuela.
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In response to the murder of an erotic masseuse who advertised on Craigslist, the classified ad site announced plans to eliminate its “erotic services category” and screen all submissions before they are posted.
So what’s your momma going to do for work now ?
Today our pal Michael Lehet joins us to talk about his fabulous trip to the Netherlands and the listener meet-up they had at the Soho Cafe in the gay district. (The photo above is by our friend Jason Smith.)
The Netherlands is a country well known for it’s liberal views on marijuana, sex workers and tulips- did you know that 80 percent of the world’s tulips come from Holland?
The Addams Family Musical to debut in Chicago in November with Nathan Lane as Gomez and Bebe Neuwirth as Morticia.
Wanda Sykes gets blasted for stating the obvious: Rush Limbaugh a lazy, drugged out terrorist. Why does Rush need a gold plated microphone?
Donald Trump keeps Carrie Prejean and while Miss California USA co-executive director Shanna Moakler resigns over the uproar.
The Japanese “Husband Hunting Bra.”
Man is married to a trans woman for three years and didn’t know it.
Aretha’s Hat is now a Christmas Ornament.
David Geffen to buy The New York Times and turn it into Streetwise.
Cheerios to be labeled as a drug by the FDA.
A solution to every drag queen’s nasty rat ass wig.
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Get ready for some fierceness as we have the delicious Candi Stratton on today’s show!
Chicago’s own Candi Stratton practically went overnight from being a well known drag queen to an airline flight attendant after her sex change surgery. After a long career in air, she fell in love and later married an Australian man and moved to the land down under.
From Australia, it’s just a short hop to Bangkok, Thailand where Candi got a regular gig working at the Bed Supper Club. Funny thing about the Bed Supper Club is that people would actually sit on beds to watch her dazzling Cher impersonations. While living in the Thai capital, she worked six days a week as a liaison for Westerners seeking sex changes at a Thai hospital.
Candi, along with a partner, runs a wonderful website specializing in glittery garments called Sequin Queen. Even if lavish, beaded costumes isn’t your thing, it’s still fun to browse around and look at all these elaborate gowns made in cruelty-free Thai garment shops.
Got all that? Hold on tight as Candi shares with us the life lessons we all can learn from women like her- facing your fears, embracing yourself and living your best life.
Sarah Palin manages to get a $150 thousand dollar shopping spree, courtesy of the Republican Party.
Mayor Daley puts the Chicago GLBT high school on hold pending further discussion on how to best fight homophobia in the entire public school system.
Actor Gary Busey admits to snorting cocaine off his dog.
And a magical pink cloud floats over the city of London- was it a UFO? a natural phenomenon or a gay ghost?
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Ever wonder what Amanda Steinstein was like in high school? Pretty much the way she was today. Surprise surprise!
Join us for a very special Feast of Fools as Amanda is reunited twenty years later with her high school gal pal Louise who has since become a man named Lukas.
Lukas compares discovering what his true gender to being hit by a truck. A bit violent perhaps, but we get his drift- it was a irreconcilable life changing awakening that he really had to be a guy.
We talk with Lukas about what happened to the butch dykes and sissy nellies of yesteryear? Is trans just a better way of explaining the same idea or what? We laugh when Lukas calls bull dykes antiques as thought the term has become obsolete.
Of course, Amanda is still hung up about the pregnant man and thinks that is strange to be pregnant and be called a man.
Did Louise have a crush on Amanda in high school and does Lukas have one on her today?
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
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Only crazy people, beauty pageant winners, drag queens and royalty wear tiaras- when it comes to the folks of the Windy City Empire, you can check “all the above.”
It’s always such a nutty delight to see them out and about in your local gay bar holding court and raising money for a wide variety of charities.
Officially called the Windy City Court of the Prairie State Empire, they are part of the Imperial Court System, one of the world’s oldest gay organizations which draws its roots back to San Francisco in the 1970s.
Every year these courts all around the country raise money for charities through large fancy fundraisers which mainly consist of court members and their friends hanging out in royal attire and bestowing upon each other large colorful royal-sounding names.
On today’s show, Alexandra St. James joins us to shed some light on the Imperial Court System. Are they for real? Is this mostly tongue in cheek or do some people truly believe themselves to be royalty?
Alexandra’s full name is: Her Imperial Majesty the Ruby Phoenix Sorceress of Radiance Renewal and Redemption the Empress Prima Alexandra Saint James. What a mouthful!
At coronation time, many court members pick their names after monuments in the city where they live in and Alexandra named herself after Chicago’s Buckingham Fountain, don’t ask us why.
Alexandra is busy these days pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music studying Opera, where she hopes one day to sing among the best of them in theaters around the world.
And what a set of pipes this diva-in-training has! The Lady Alexandra can easily imitate many of the famous women of music, stage and screen. You will be floored by her effortless take on Tina Turner, Gladys Night and the powerhouse Patti LaBelle.
Listen as we talk with her majesty about the Cinderella Syndrome and what’s the matter with young kids today.
Did you hear? A recent survey of GLBT youth suggests most of them want to be married with kids by the age of 30. That’s a lot to chew on. When I was younger, many of my female friends thought having a kid in their youth would be a disastrous blow to their futures but now many young people think of getting married and having kids as their future.
Is this just the romanticism of youth or are we seeing a fundamental change in queer identity here?
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