Jul

1

Misbehaving at Chicago Pride

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She Said, She Said is a podcast featuring lesbian couple Genia and Andrea. Genia is the host of SistersTalk Radio and Andrea is the assistant producer.

In this segment:

*More fun stuff from BackLot Bash/Chicago Pride 2010 (see pictures here)
*Our world tour
*Jealousy issues
*Is homosexuality a choice?

All music featured in this episode performed by indie musician Billie Myers

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May

23

Standup Florida’s Harvey Milk Day Celebration Wrap Up

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I was in Tampa, FL this weekend celebrating Harvey Milk Day with StandUp Florida, a new volunteer-based grassroots LGBT equality organization. StandUp organized a Harvey Milk Day remembrance dinner in Tampa, FL – my new favorite US-based gay mecca. SistersTalk Radio was on location, broadcasting live and enjoying the opportunity to meet fellow equality activists.

Other than two delayed flights (Tampa inbound delayed by 6 hours and Tampa outbound delayed by 5 hours), I had a great time. My hosts, Anthony Farver (Executive Director, StandUp Florida) and Bryan Arnette (State Director, StandUp Florida), were gracious hosts who waited for me to arrive Friday night before they would eat dinner. So sweet! Hampton Inn and Suites in Ybor has a great staff who took very good care of me during my brief stay in Tampa.

I have to pause here to thank my partner, Andrea Kleinheksel, for tolerating me during all my bitchy rants about delayed flights. She was also very accommodating and drove to Milwaukee to pick me up from the airport after my Chicago flight was delayed and I was bumped to a Milwaukee flight that arrived hours later than planned. Just say no to AirTran.

Anyway, the weekend’s events are worth writing home about – or at least posting a blog about. I met Romaine Patterson, creator of Angel Action and co-host and producer of the radio show Derek and Romaine. I had an opportunity to interview her; you can listen to that interview here. I also met Alex Nicholson, the founder and Executive Director of Servicemembers United. An interview with Alex is available here.

The Harvey Milk Remembrance Dinner was quite moving. Activists young and old gathered at Streetcar Charlie’s to honor the memory of Harvey Milk, of one of the LGBT community’s greatest heroes. Romaine Patterson reminded us that every single one of us can make a difference. Alex spoke about DADT’s affect on gay servicemembers even after they’ve been discharged from the military and Eddie Marti-Kring told a touching story about a German-American family who adopted him after his own mother kicked him out when she learned he was gay.

After dinner, those of us who were gathered to honor Harvey Milk did a candlelight vigil/walk, complete with Romaine Patterson, Alex Nicholson, Edward Mart-Kring and a few angels in tow. Along the route, we met up with religious anti-gay protesters who insisted gay people would get what’s coming to us. Instead of arguing with them, we paused long enough to sing Amazing Grace. When we finished the song, we continued our walk. A rather ambitious group of kids (about 16 – 18 years old) followed us and insisted on discussing the Bible with us, until Bryan Arnette informed them that we were gathered to honor the memory of someone who had died fighting for our rights. The confrontation ended without incident and we finished our walk – in honor of Harvey Milk.

After the walk, Drea (StandUp Florida’s new Creative Director) took yours truly to a Tampa dance club called Honey Pot. Hands down, it’s absolutely the best dance club I’ve ever stepped foot in. I’m not sure who voted in MTV/LOGO’s Best Gay Bar contest. Obviously, they’ve never seen the likes of Honey Pot! If they had, The Abbey (located in Los Angeles, CA) would NOT be considered the best gay bar in the country. Honey Pot’s diversity was amazing: lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people, straight people, try-sexual people, homo-flexible people, liquor-lesbians, Black people, white people, Hispanic people, you name it. The music kept bumpin’ and the attendants knew every word to every song. The dance floor never emptied. The sweat kept pouring. The drinks kept comin’. If you’re ever in Tampa, FL, Honey Pot (and G Bar, their sister bar) should be on your must-experience list.

StandUp Florida plans a repeat of this year’s Harvey Milk Day celebration in 2011. It’s an event you don’t want to miss. Head on over to their web site and sign up for their newsletter. Tell ‘em Genia sent ya.

Mar

15

Staceyann Chin Performs at the Unite+Fight Midwest Conference

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I had the pleasure of hearing poet Staceyann Chin speak at the Unite+Fight Midwest Conference at Columbia College in Chicago (March 13, 2010). Here’s about 16 minutes of her amazing performance.

Feb

27

Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence

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Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence is a collection of stories told by ex nuns. Readers hear stories from ex nuns who discuss their short stay in convents all across the United States. Each woman left the convent for various reasons and each of them is living a full life as an out lesbian.

Co-author Nancy Manahan joined us on SistersTalk Radio to discuss the book. We also discussed the challenges spiritual people often feel as they attempt to reconcile their religious beliefs with their sexual orientation.

Listen to the interview here.

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Feb

6

How Sexual Liberation is Connected to LGBT Equality; Transgender Issues and the Census – #CC10

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I had an interview with the NGLTF’s Executive Director Rea Carey on my agenda this morning, but it was canceled because Rea wasn’t feeling well. I hope to get that interview rescheduled before I leave #CC10, but all was not lost.

I had an opportunity to speak with Dr. Jaime Grant, the NGLTF’s Director of the Policy Institute. Dr. Grant was able to answer a burning question for me: What’s with all the sexual liberation workshops at the Creating Change conference? We also spoke about transgender issues and the importance of the census.

http://sisterstalk.net/jaimegrant.mp3

More #CC10 updates to come. I’m tweetin’ #CC10, so follow me if you’re interested in all the great things going on at #CC10 in Dallas, TX.

Feb

5

Interview with Willow from Join the Impact & socialist activist Sherry Wolf – #CC10

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It’s been a particularly moving day for me at Creating Change (#CC10) today. I sat in on two workshops: (1) Telling: Knights Out and (2) Strengthening the Connection: Racial Justice and LGBT Rights (presented by The Applied Research Center). I was mostly pleased with the DADT workshop, until I sat in the Racial Justice workshop that mentioned a key fact about DADT that was ignored (not mentioned? forgotten?) in the DADT workshop.

The President & Executive Director of The Applied Research Center stated that Black female service members are affected by DADT more than any other group of service members. I found it a tad bit annoying that I didn’t hear that statistic in the DADT workshop – especially since 2 of the 3 presenters were women (white women, but women nonetheless).

Anyway . . . after leaving the Racial Justice workshop I felt extremely energized and, quite frankly, extremely sexually turned on. There’s something about passionate people who work diligently to secure equality for all people that’s a major form of pseudo-foreplay.

Enough about that.

I had an opportunity to speak with Willow (from Join the Impact) and socialist LGBTQ activist Sherry Wolf. I planned to remove the background noise but decided against it because I wanted the interviews to maintain their authenticity. Hope you enjoy hearing these two phenomenal activists speak about their passions as much as I did.

Willow’s interview:
http://sisterstalk.net/willow.mp3

Sherry Wolf’s interview:
http://sisterstalk.net/sherrywolf.mp3

More #CC10 commentary coming throughout the weekend. Stay tuned. And, if you’re on Twitter, follow the #CC10 tweeters.

Feb

4

Interview with Kit Yan at #CC10

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Today was day 2 of the NGLTF’s Creating Change conference. I sat in the New Media Training Institute and received a lot of great refresher information about how the LGBTQ community is using new media. My tweets for today have a lot of commentary posted during the training session.

I totally paparazzi’ed Kate Clinton today and introduced myself. She was gracious enough to pose for a picture with me. I snagged a picture with Kit Yan (from the Good Asian Drivers) as well, right after I recorded the following interview.

http://sisterstalk.net/KitYanCC10.mp3

More #CC10 updates to come. I’m heading home on Sunday. I miss my sweetie; she gives the best backrubs.

Jan

6

Interview with Helen Boyd Kramer, Author of ‘My Husband Betty’

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Helen Boyd Kramer is the author of My Husband Betty and She’s Not the Man I Married. Both books focus on being the partner of a transgender person. Kramer currently teaches Gender Studies at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin.

http://sisterstalk.net/show_852266.mp3

In this interview, we discuss:

*Kramer’s professional background
*Her work teaching Gender Studies at Lawrence University
*How she learned her partner was transgender
*Her first thought after learning her partner was transgender
*Why she didn’t end the relationship when she learned her partner was transgender
*How/when they told her family that her partner was transgender
*People questioning her sexual orientation after learning her partner was transgender
*Support groups for people who have a transgender partner

Jan

4

Best LGBT Web Sites 2009; ‘I Hate Fags’ Facebook Page

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She Said, She Said is a podcast featuring lesbian couple Genia and Andrea. Genia is the host of SistersTalk Radio and Andrea is the assistant producer.

http://sisterstalk.net/STR30.mp3

In this segment:

*The ‘I Hate Fags’ group on Facebook
*NH lesbians rushing to get married JUST because they can
*NYE recap
*SistersTalk Radio’s Best Lesbian Web Site of 2009
*SistersTalk Radio’s Best Gay Web Site of 2009
*SistersTalk Radio’s Best Bisexual Web Site of 2009
*SistersTalk Radio’s Best Transgender Web Site of 2009
*Lesbian-themed films
*SistersTalk Radio’s best episodes of 2009
*Bisexuality panel discussion

Oct

5

Blow Up Twitter This Weekend With NEM Updates

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