[grc] LGBTQ+ Content on your stations?

[OutCasting - Media for the Public Good]

I'm a longtime member of the GRC list and I'm aware of the general idea 
that this list should not be used, at least on a regularbasis, for 
dissemination of information about programming.  I also followed the 
recent discussion about making an exception, perhaps on a once-a-year 
basis. But I'm responding to Mike Elmore's request for information on 
LGBTQ+ programming.  If you don't want to see information about the 
programming we produce, please disregard this e-mail.

OutCasting is LGBTQ+ youth radio, a 29:00 program thatstarted at the 
departed WDFH FM 90.3, just north of NYC, and has continued to be heard 
on Sprouts on Pacifica since March 2013.

We can also make the program available to other stations that might want 
to carry it, so if you're interested, please contact us (contact info 
below).

Reporting on OutCasting, The Advocate said:

  * /"In-depth, well researched, and punchy in the right ways...
    NPR-level production values....  What makes all this remarkable is
    that most of the people working on the show... are barely old enough
    to drive."/

GLAAD said:

  * /"... some of the most honest and accurate representations of LGBT
    and allied youth in the media"/

More at http://mfpg.org/index.php/press

OutCasting is issue-oriented and looks deeply, not broadly.  Some of our 
better-known guests have included:

  * Evan Wolfson, president of Freedom to Marry and a key architect of
    the marriage equality movement
  * Bishop Gene Robinson, the first openly gay man elected as a bishop
    in the Episcopal Church (the church had a worldwide split over the
    issue of homosexuality when Bishop Gene was elected)
  * Greg Louganis, Olympic diver
  * Chris Mosier, transgender athlete
  * Dan Savage, author, activist, and co-founder of the It Gets Better
    Project
  * Michelangelo Signorile, authorand journalist
  * Gilbert Baker, creator of the rainbow flag, in one of his last
    interviews (he died on March 31; our interview was recorded on
    March1, and the first part of the two part program is scheduled for
    May 1, with the second part following on June 1)

Issues covered include:

  * Connecting LGBTQ youth with history
  * Asexuality
  * LGBTQ teen suicide
  * Transgender identities and issues
  * "Reparative" or "conversion" therapy
  * Marriage equality

More at http://mfpg.org/index.php/listen

Last spring, we also started creating shortform programs called 
OutCasting OffAir, normally 3-6 minutes long.  These are often more 
personal essays; topics have included:

  * Gender fluidity and dysphoria
  * Why LGBTQ youth have to lie and the toll that takes
  * Reaction tothe Pulse massacre in Orlando
  * Gender norms
  * Bisexual erasure
  * How to be a good ally to the LGBTQ community

We spoke recently with Ursula at Pacifica and she suggested that 
stations might want to broadcast these OffAir pieces as drop-ins, so 
we're renaming the series OutCasting Overtime.  More at 
http://mfpg.org/index.php/outcasting/87-outcasting/outcasting-episodes/193-outcasting-offair 



WDFH has been gone for almost four years, sadly, so we don't have a 
platform for the programming of others. OutCasting's main studio is the 
previous WDFH studio; we also have a fledgling bureau at Michigan State 
University and plan to open other bureaus around the country.  I have 
the kids in our home studio only for one three-hour session each week, 
so our production capacity is limited, but we're currently taking a run 
at monthly production.

We're happy to offer both the OutCasting broadcast episodes and the 
OutCasting Overtime pieces to your station.  If you're interested, 
please contact us(marc at wdfh.org or 914-315-9030).

Thanks for considering OutCasting.

Marc







On 4/1/2017 6:20 PM, Mike Elmore via grc wrote:
> Greetings all, I was interested in connecting our LGBTQ+ programming with other queer content on other stations as a way for network, share ideas, etc. What queer content do you have on your stations?
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