Mar

6

Gay Erotica Author Geoffrey Knight on SistersTalk Radio

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Geoffrey Knight, author of the gay adventure series ‘Fathom’s Five’  joined us on SistersTalk Radio to discuss his career and his book ‘The Riddle of the Sands’ (volume 2 of the ‘Fathom’s Five’ series).

Hear Geoffrey discuss:

* His career as a writer

*The very first book he wrote: he was 21 and the book was 700 pages long!

*The series ‘Fathom’s Five

*Why he doesn’t believe writing for a gay audience has hurt his career

Mar

6

Reality TV Star Dani Campbell Heats Up SistersTalk Radio

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Dani Campbell is a reality TV personality, speaker, firefighter and activist who became America’s next lesbian superhero as a contestant, and eventually the final woman standing on MTV’s mega hit reality show ‘A Shot At Love With Tila Tequila.”

Dani has launched a successful new clothing company ‘Futch Apparel,’  a fashion forward line of clothes for women and men who don’t necessarily fit the everyday “mold.”

Hear Dani discuss:

*Her life since ‘A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila’

*Where she wants to see her career go

*Her clothing line ‘Futch Apparel’

*Her move into activist work

Mar

6

Indie Musician Toshi Reagon on SistersTalk Radio

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Indie musician Toshi Reagon joins us on SistersTalk Radio. The New Yorker said ”…her live shows shower retro funk, urban blues, and folk on the audience with evangelical fervor. To hear her is to believe.”

Toshi joined us on SistersTalk Radio to discuss:

*Her musical influences

*Her impressive discography

*The time she spent touring with Lenny Kravitz

*Her legendary mother, Bernice Reagon

*Her feelings about the word “nigger”

*How she feels about President Obama

*Her recent performance at the White House

Feb

27

Award Winning Indie Musician Avi Wisnia

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Avi Wisnia is the winner of the 2009 OutMusic Awards Outsanding Jazz Song award.

Avi presents an eclectic mix of refreshingly original songs, finding inspiration in classic Brazilian bossa nova, acoustic American folk, 1950’s west-coast jazz, and contemporary pop. A wordsmith as well as a composer and performer, Avi’s clever lyrics give a knowing nod to those that came before, while his smooth vocals and deft piano skills assure you that this is truly something new.

Listen to our interview with Avi here.

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Jan

23

Indie Musician Jasper James on SistersTalk Radio

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For the past five years,  Jasper James  has graced the stages of well-known music venues like CBGB’s and Crobar Miami. She’s participated in the prestigious CMJ Music Festival and she recently performed at New York based clubs Vandam and Touch Nightclub and UK based night clubs Heaven and Duckie.

Jasper’s most recent accomplishment:  Her song It’s On is featured in the 2011 Kia Sorento NBA sponsorship ad.

http://sisterstalk.net/JasperJamesInterview.mp3

Jasper joined us on SistersTalk Radio to discuss:

*How she defines her music

*Her musical influences

*Her childhood

*Her song It’s On being featured in the 2011 Kia Sorento NBA sponsorship ad

*Her career and how it’s been affected by her race and sexual orientation (if at all)

*Why she refuses binary gender definitions

Jan

21

Sue Hyde Discusses NGLTF Creating Change Conference

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For two decades, Sue Hyde has inspired and nurtured organizers and led community members to participate in democracy with the goal of securing freedom, justice and equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people and their families.

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She is a seasoned community organizer and advocate whose issue portfolio at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force has included repeal of sodomy laws, rescission of the military’s ban on openly gay, lesbian and bisexual servicemembers, passage of local and state civil rights laws, training leaders to effectively oppose right-wing incursions in their communities, directing the annual Creating Change Conference, and securing marriage equality for same-sex couples.

Sue joined us on SistersTalk Radio to discuss the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s 22nd annual Creating Change conference being February 3 – 7, 2010 in Dallas, TX.  Hear her discuss:

*The NGLTF’s mission

*The conference agenda

*Changes made to the conference in its 22 year history

*What a new conference attendee can expect

*Kate Clinton and other guests speakers at the conference

*How to secure a scholarship so you can attend the conference

Jan

14

Child Prostitution – The Plight of Throwaway Queer Youth

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Justin Reed Early spent his childhood as a homeless youth on the streets of Seattle and was a credited participant in the Academy-nominated movie STREETWISE (1984). Justin is an avid supporter of homeless youth and human rights issues and currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.  He joined us on SistersTalk Radio to discuss:

http://sisterstalk.net/justinreed.mp3

*His childhood; how he ended up homeless at the age of 10

*Why homeless kids turn to prostitution to survive

*Statistics associated with homeless queer youth

*Areas of the country where homeless youth are more prevalent

*What’s happening with social service programs for homeless youth

*The importance of mentors, how they can help homeless kids

*His book, STREETCHILD

You can learn more about Justin Reed Early on his web site.

Jan

10

Gay Students and Gay Educators: Coming Out at School

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Dr. Chris Freeman earned his Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University and teaches in the English Department at the University of Southern California.

http://sisterstalk.net/chrisfreeman.mp3

He is a Monette-Horwitz Trust Prize Winner and a Lambda Literary Award-winning writer and editor of several books including Love, West Hollywood: Reflections of Los Angeles and Under the Rainbow: An Intimate Memoir of Judy Garland and Rock Hudson and my Life in Old Hollywood.

He is one of the foremost Christopher Isherwood scholars and has appeared in numerous documentaries including Chris & Don: A Love Story.

Dr. Freeman joined us on SistersTalk Radio to discuss coming out in the classroom. What are the risks? What is the value in showing that we are “everyone?”

Jan

9

Lesbian Indie Musician Angela Leo on SistersTalk Radio

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Indie musician Angela Leo joined us on SistersTalk Radio to discuss her debut album, Cognitive Dissonance.

http://sisterstalk.net/show_855056.mp3

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

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