OutCasting

On this edition of OutCasting Overtime, On this edition of OutCasting Overtime, OutCaster Emma talks about coming out as bisexual to their* mother, who quickly went through all of the stages of grief except acceptance, called a psychiatrist, and told them "it's just a phase." For five years now, Emma has been forced back into the closet, and sadly, the thought of dating another girl is unthinkable to them as long as they're living at home. * Emma uses they/them pronouns

On this edition of OutCasting, youth participant Alex talks with Gilbert Baker, longtime gay activist and creator of the rainbow flag. This is one of Gilbert's last interviews: we recorded it on March 1, 2017; he died unexpectedly in his sleep on March 31. This is part 1 of a 2 part interview.

On this edition of OutCasting Overtime, OutCaster Alex of our main studio in Westchester County, NY, remembers Gilbert Baker, the creator of the rainbow flag. Gilbert died unexpectedly at 65 on March 31, 2017. Just a month earlier, he came into our studio for what was one of his last interviews. Part 1 of the interview is being released May 1; Part 2 will be released June 1.

On this edition of OutCasting OffAir, OutCaster Lucy of our bureau at Michigan State University talks about queerbaiting, a tactic used in some TV shows to hint that certain characters may be LGBTQ, and thus baiting LGBTQ viewers, only to subsequently pull the rug out, putting those characters into opposite-gender relationships, tossing in LGBTQ jokes, or denying in interviews that they ever intended the characters to be anything but straight. This can be a problem for LGBTQ youth who need to see actual LGBTQ characters.

In this program, LGBTQ youth are connected to gay history through a discussion with Christopher Z. Hobson, a gay elder. On this edition, our guest is Christopher Z. Hobson, a gay elder, talking about what it was like to be a gay teenager in the 1950s, surviving psychotherapy, joining the movement, becoming an activist, and passing down gay history. Chris's mother was the author Laura Z. Hobson, who wrote the novel Gentleman's Agreement (about antisemitism in the years following World War II and made into an Oscar-winning film in the late 1940s). She later wrote the novel Consenting Adult, about a son coming out to his parents, told mainly from the mother's point of view. Laura loosely based the character of the son in the novel on her real son -- Chris.

On this edition of OutCasting OffAir, OutCaster Lauren talks about recent political protests and how it's important, especially now, to stand up and fight for LGBTQ rights.

OutCasters Callie and Alex bring you the ABCs of being a straight ally to the LGBTQ community..

On this edition of OutCasting OffAir, Sarah, a youth participant in OutCasting's main studio in Westchester County, NY, talks about her early crushes on boys, how they never felt natural, and the role of "compulsory heterosexuality" in her life.

On this edition of OutCasting OffAir, OutCasters Dhruv, Callie, Alex, and Emma discuss their reactions to the 2016 election.

Mark, a new OutCaster in our main studio in Westchester County, NY, talks about his identity as a bisexual man in Ireland and about bisexual erasure, the mistaken belief held by some that there's no such thing as bisexuality, that it's merely a temporary self-identification before someone comes out as gay.