John Selig Outspoken

Episode 21 - Terry O'Connell, Auto Racing Driver with over 500 national titles who went through gender reassignment surgery in 1994 and is and restarting her racing career. Terri has raced everything from go-karts to being a driver in the prestigious NASCAR Nextel Cup. She has received international media attention. Terri share her life story as she faces her gender issues, explains the fascinating world of auto racing and describes her strategy for reentry as a award winning racing car driver.

Episode 20 - Part 2 of 2 parts, Fernie Sanchez, Co-Founder and President of Valiente and Sergio Chapa, reporter and documentarian discuss the LGBT Latino/Latina community. Sergio recently produced documentary "Fuera del Closet: Gay Hispanic Immigrants in Dallas." Jesus Chairez, host of Sin Fronteras, talks about media for the Latino LGBT community and July 2007 Gay Pride Parade in Mexico City. My commentary is titled, "We must all face our own prejudices."

Episode 19 - Part 1 of 2 parts, Fernie Sanchez, Co-Founder and President of Valiente and Sergio Chapa, reporter and documentarian discuss the LGBT Latino/Latina community. Sergio recently produced documentary "Fuera del Closet: Gay Hispanic Immigrants in Dallas." Bob McCranie reads more of his poetry.

Episode 18 - Kevin Cathcart, Executive Director of Lambda Legal which is the national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of LGBT people and those living with HIV by working to change laws, policies and ideas. My commentary is titled, "I Am Tired of Fighting for Gay Rights."

Episode 17 - Amity Pierce Buxton, Ph.D., Founder of the Straight Spouse Network and author of "The Other Side of The Closet: The coming-Out Crisis for Straight Spouses and Families" discusses the process straight spouses go through when their gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender spouse comes out.

Episode 16 - Paul Scott, Executive Director of Equality Texas discusses lobbying the Texas State Legislature on behalf of the LGBT Community. 90% of laws impacting the LGBT community takes place on the state level. Paul provides suggestions on how gays in all states can get involved in meeting with their state legislators.

Episode 15 - Part 3 of 3 of Skip Allen continues his family's crisis as covered by The New York Times, Dateline NBC & ABC's 20/20; Skip, who is gay, is the son of Former President of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Episode 14 - This is part 2 of 3 parts - Skip Allen continues his family's harrowing story. Skip, who is the gay, is the son of the former President of the Southern Baptist Convention. Skip's dad was the personal pastor to President Jimmy Carter, before, during and after President Carter was in the White House. This story was covered by the "New York Times," "Dateline NBC" and ABC's "20/20." Our 3 hour interview is broken into 3 episodes. I first heard this story at a Dallas PFLAG meeting in 1997. There wasn't a dry eye in the audience and the story has haunted me ever since. I am being somewhat vague in expressing details so as not to spoil the story. Be Sure to listen to Part 1 (Episode 13) before listening to this episode.

Episode 13 - This is part 1 of 3 parts - Skip Allen shares his family's harrowing story. Skip, who is the gay, is the son of the former President of the Southern Baptist Convention. Skip's dad was the personal pastor to President Jimmy Carter, before, during and after President Carter was in the White House. This story was covered by the "New York Times," "Dateline NBC" and ABC's "20/20." Our 3 hour interview is broken into 3 episodes. I first heard this story at a Dallas PFLAG meeting in 1997. There wasn't a dry eye in the audience and the story has haunted me ever since. I am being somewhat vague in expressing details so as not to spoil the story. You don't want to miss this one!

Episode 12 - Charles Flowers is the Executive Director of the Lambda Literary Foundation, which is the country’s leading organization for LGBT literature. Lambda’s mission is to celebrate LGBT literature and provide resources for writers, readers, booksellers, publishers, and librarians – the whole literary community. The Lambda Literary Foundation presents the annual Lambda Literary Awards and publishes the quarterly Lambda Book Report.