Stereotypes

Stereotypes

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Stereotypes episodes

  • San Francisco's Drag HERstory

    Love it or hate, drag is a hot topic of conversation now. And you really can't understand how we got to this point nationally without heading to San Francisco.

    Today — in a story Christopher produced for the KQED podcast Bay Curious — we're taking a crash course through decades of drag herstory to better understand it's larger impact on San Francisco, and the country.

    Links:

    How SF's Drag Queens Shaped the City (and the World)

    Peaches Christ on Stereotypes

    Support Christopher on Patreon

    24 min
  • Inside Disneyland's Pride Nite 'After Dark'

    This June Disney hosted a collection of LGBTQIA2S-targeted 'pride nites' at Disneyland. This is only the second year in Disneyland's nearly 70 year history where the company has actually created their own pride experience…so…how was it?

    Christopher Beale reports from inside Disneyland After Dark: Pride Nite 2024, and Bethanee Bemis from the Smithsonian gives us the timeline of queer celebrations inside the happiest place on earth.

    9 min
  • Intersex - The Journey to Juleigh

    The "I" in LGBTQIA2S stands for intersex, which represents a seemingly endless list of possible combinations of our human X and Y chromosomes.

    Some intersex individuals are misdiagnosed with various other ailments in their youth — like Klinefelter's Syndrome — and ultimately have to make difficult, life and identity-altering decisions in adulthood. Like actress and intersex advocate Juleigh Mayfield, who was forced to transition to female in her forties.

    HOST: Christopher J. Beale

    9 min
  • Queer Comedy Reps Open Relationships

    Gay and bisexual men are more likely to be in open relationships, but Frank Arthur Smith says that is seldom represented in pop culture. With his queer comedy series Open To It, he aims to change that.

    Open To It is available on Out TV, Amazon, and opentoitseries.com.

    HOST/PRODUCER: Christopher J. Beale

    9 min
  • Scrappy Ohio Pride Survives

    We kick off Pride month (and season 3!) in Brecksville & Broadview Heights, Ohio. The pair of conservative small towns hosted their first LGBTQIA pride in 2023 to much success, then local residents tried to shut it down. The fight for 2024 on Stereotypes.

    HOST: Christopher J. Beale

    LINKS: Brecksville & Broadview Heights PrideStereotypesPodcast.org

    9 min
  • Drag Holiday Traditions

    My holiday gift to you, four stories about drag holiday traditions:

    "Thanksgiving with Carmella" by Christopher Beale

    "Creating Our Christmas" by Jinkx Monsoon & BenDeLaCreme

    "No Christingmas in Russia" by Katya Smirnoff-Skyy

    "Christmas Eve Eve" by J. Conrad Frank

    Happy holidays, see you in 2024!

    24 min
  • Staging Protest & Finding Family
    Elizabeth Carter is a Black, queer, mother and director raising her son among the San Francisco Bay Area's LGBTQ community. Attending drag events has always been normal for their family and when politicians began trying to pass drag bans around the country, she responded by staging a show about drag queens set in Florida. Responding to hate with authenticity, and humor this time on Stereotypes. Featuring Christopher Beale, Elizabeth Carter and J.A. Valentine. - ChristopherJBeale.com
    20 min
  • Drag Icon Peaches Christ
    Peaches Christ is a San Francisco drag icon, a self-professed cult leader, horror queen, filmmaker, activist, comedian, and a singer all rolled into one. With a drag career spanning more than 20 years her impact on queer, drag and film culture are obvious. We talk drag, activism, RuPaul's Drag Race, Jinkx Monsoon, Heklina and more with Peaches Christ on Stereotypes. - Hosted by: Christopher Beale Guest: Peaches Christ
    23 min
  • Escaping Florida
    Chris and Charles are military veterans living in Central Florida with their non-binary kid Eric. They arrived in Florida just as Governor Ron DeSantis began his outright attacks on the LGBTQ+ community and now they've had enough. They are raising money to leave Florida and an uncertain political future. - DONATE TO CHRIS & CHARLES' GOFUNDME - Find Christopher Beale online at christopherjbeale.com
    15 min

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