Out in the Bay

“I love looking like a fool," Drag Race contestant Rock M. Sakura told Out in the Bay. She stuck Sharpies up her nose, described her zany new TV series ... we laughed! But she got serious talking about anti-Asian and anti-sex-worker violence.

How has COVID – and the political and societal turmoil of the past year – affected our mental health? And how are we coping? (Our discussion applies generally, with particular attention to LGBTQ aspects.)

Casper Cendre started writing letters to queer people in prison when they were in high school. Cendre wanted to know what queer life was like from the inside. Since then, he’s received thousands of letters and artwork.

Big Freedia is famed for her music and twerking; her life story and anti-gun activism are less well known. She was shot in 2004, her brother killed in 2018 and years earlier, her cousin "over a 10-speed bike." Big Freedia talks about her life, her documentary Freedia Got A Gun , and her memoir Big Freedia: God Save the Queen Diva! on this week's Out in the Bay. She shares twerking tips, too, and some of her bounce music, including her new single, “Platinum.”

Big Freedia is famed for her music and twerking; her life story and anti-gun activism are less well known. She was shot in 2004, her brother killed in 2018 and years earlier, her cousin "over a 10-speed bike."

In his best-seller debut novel, Robert Jones, Jr., describes the romantic and tragic relationship between two enslaved young men on a Mississippi cotton plantation in the early 1800s. The Prophets explores gender and sexuality, race, power, toxic religion and masculinity, and viscerally connects the dots from slavery to today’s racial disparities and from Missionary Christianity to the slave trade, homophobia, transphobia and misogyny.

In his best-seller debut novel, Robert Jones, Jr., describes the romantic and tragic relationship between two enslaved young men on a Mississippi cotton plantation in the early 1800s. The Prophets explores gender and sexuality, race, power, toxic religion and masculinity, and viscerally connects the dots from slavery to today’s racial disparities and from Missionary Christianity to the slave trade, homophobia, transphobia and misogyny.

Tonight at 10pm (Tuesday) on KALW : In his debut novel, Robert Jones, Jr., describes the romantic and tragic relationship between Samuel and Isaiah, two enslaved young men on a Mississippi cotton plantation in the early 1800s. The Prophets explores gender and sexuality, race, power, toxic religion and masculinity.

Lines are being drawn for the decennial mapping of Congressional, state legislative, and county and city districts based on the prior year’s census. This decade, there are more LGBTQ members on the California citizens’ panel that draws those lines than in 2011. Meanwhile, an effort to recall Governor Gavin Newsom – a long-time LGBTQ ally – seems to have a good chance of qualifying. 10 pm tonight (Tuesday) on Out in the Bay, hear the implications for the Golden State’s queer residents from Bay

Lines are being drawn for the decennial mapping of Congressional, state legislative, and county and city districts based on the prior year’s census. This decade, there are more LGBTQ members on the California citizens’ panel that draws those lines than in 2011. Meanwhile, an effort to recall Governor Gavin Newsom – a long-time LGBTQ ally – seems to have a good chance of qualifying.