Come meet photographer Lindsay Morris along with two kids (now adults) from Camp I Am as we come together to celebrate Pride month in The Locher Room.

Lindsay Morris, like all mom’s, took photos of her son at summer camp. At the time in 2007 she had no idea that those images would be the beginning of a more than decade-long photo project that would chronicle LGBTQ and gender-fluid children coming into their own.

Those kids—including Morris’s son, Milo—were among the first to attend Camp I Am in rural Wisconsin created for LGBTQ and gender-fluid young people. At the time the camp was created, it was perhaps the only camp in the nation for gender fluid or gender expansive children who, regardless of their gender identity, don’t want to be confined in their clothing and play by society’s prescribed boundaries.

Joining Lindsay today are Elias Matso and his mom Karen along with Zachary Davis and his mom Lori. Elias, now 20, attended Camp I Am for four years, starting at age 5. At camp, Elias could dress any way he liked without judgement and today he lives in New York City, where he studies fashion at Parsons School of Design. Elias is a self-proclaimed vintage fashion fanatic. Check out his Instagram to see his fabulous looks and creations.

Zachary, now 22, grew up in a Mormon family in Utah. His faith, which everyone knew, considers “homosexual behavior” a transgression. Zach realized he was different in first grade and hid his gender fluidity until he was in ninth grade, when he befriended some non-Mormon theater kids who accepted him for who he is. He came out as gay. Zach’s mother had to go outside her faith to find support and educate herself which led her and Zach to Camp I Am when he was eight years old. Zach's parents, who have always supported him, oppose Mormon ideas about homosexuality and gender roles, and they volunteer at Pride parades.

Please join us on to hear how these moms came together to bring their sons to Camp I Am where the boys were allowed to be themselves, feel safe and most importantly dress in whatever made them comfortable.

Original Airdate: 6/2/2022

Emmy Award-winning actor Greg Rikaart will join me in The Locher Room.

Greg joined the cast of the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless in 2003 where he has played the oft misguided, yet lovable Kevin Fisher ever since. In 2005, Greg won the Daytime Emmy for his work and has been a multiple Emmy nominee in years since. In addition to his role on Y&R, Greg has a Daytime Emmy-nominated stint on Days of Our Lives as “Leo Stark” making appearances on both Days of Our Lives and the Peacock limited series, Beyond Salem.

In addition to his work in daytime, he has had a recurring role on Dawson’s Creek as well as Major Crimes and appeared on other series including Modern Family, Bones and The Closer.

Greg is very proud to be a recipient of the Human Rights Campaign Visibility Award for his advocacy work and has hosted fundraisers for GLSEN (Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network) helping to ensure that any LGBTQ adolescent has a safe space in school free of bullying.

Join Greg and I as we look back at his career, fatherhood and so much more.

Original Airdate: 6/1/2022

Singer and songwriter Trey Pearson will join me for a sit-down interview in The Locher Room. Trey, an independent artist, will be here to discuss his new music and album, Somebody You Knew due out July 1.

With his band Everyday Sunday Sunday, Trey has sold hundreds of thousands of records, and amassed millions of streams. He has scored 5#1 U.S. singles and 20 Top 10 hits. His song, “Wake Up! Wake Up!” earned the title of most-played Christian rock song of the year, and “Best Night of Our Lives,” broke into the coveted Billboard 200 chart. Trey has toured performing his music in all 50 states and 20 countries.

In 2016, Trey, the founder, and owner of Everyday Sunday came out of the closet to make national news. His announcement started a national conversation with his television appearance on ABC’s The View. Trey has been covered by The New York Times, Billboard Magazine, CNN and more, as his story became the #1 trending topic worldwide on Facebook.

Trey was nominated for 2017 GLAAD Award for his appearance on The View. Trey performed at Pride Festivals all around the country with Kesha and Betty Who. He released his debut solo solo single, “Silver Horizon,” and premiered the music video on Teen Vogue. Billboard Magazine did a feature on Trey for his debut solo album and premiered the title track, “Love is Love.”

Trey released, Can’t Go Back,” the first single off his new album on April 22 and the second sing Piedmont Park was released on May 3.

Original Airdate: 5/25/2022

Actor Glenn Scarpelli has been in the entertainment business for over 40 years and he will join me to look back at his incredible career.
Glenn is best known for his role of “Alex” on the long running hit CBS prime-time series, “One Day At A Time.” Glenn is a native New Yorker who got his first break on Broadway at age eight in “Golda” starring Anne Bancroft. His next stint on Broadway was at age 12 in “RICHARD III” starring Al Pacino.
Glenn’s favorite film role was playing Audrey Hepburn’s son in the Peter Bogdanovich film, “They All Laughed” also starring John Ritter. He also appeared in the 1980’s Steven Spielberg anthology Series, “Amazing Stories,” toured on stage in “Brighton Beach Memoirs,’’ guest starred on three “Love Boat” episodes and co-hosted an NBC daytime series called “Fantasy” alongside Leslie Uggams and Peter Marshall.

Glenn came out publicly in 2004 and has been an advocate for LGBTQ rights. He donates much of his time to HIV/AIDS charities. One of the organizations that is nearest and dearest to his heart is The Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS.

For the past several decades, Glenn has been a resident of Sedona, AZ and is the founder/owner of Channel 18, Sedona NOW TV. He has been nominated for 4 Rocky Mountain Emmys for his directorial work on Sedona NOW. The station just celebrated its 20th anniversary.

I am so looking forward to meeting Glenn to look back at his incredible career and hear about his current role running Channel 18.

Original Airdate: 5/24/2022

Actress Esta TerBlanche will join me in The Locher Room to look back at her time playing Gillan Andrassy-Lavery on ABC’s All My Children.

Esta was born and raised in South Africa and was crowned Miss Teen South Africa in 1991. Esta started working as an actress in South Africa, but she wanted to further her career in the U.S. She moved to the United States in 1995 and two years later landed her role on All My Children. Her other credits include Spin City and hosting the South African youth program K-T.V.

Original Airdate: 5/20/2022

Taylor Miller will join me in The Locher Room to look back at her career and time playing Nina Cortlandt on All My Children.

Taylor landed the role of Nina two ½ months after she arrived in the Big Apple. Taylor’s pairing with Peter Bergman (Dr. Cliff Warner) was one of the first supercouples on the soap. Taylor was voted one of the sexiest women on daytime TV by none other than Oprah Winfrey.

Taylor left her 30-year career behind and made a transition into the health and wellness field.

Original Airdate: 5/18/2022

Actress and writer Florencia Lozano will join me in The Locher Room to discuss her most recent film project, Life After You. Florencia made her television debut as Tea Delgado on ABC’s One Life to Live in January of 1997 and brought her character over to General Hospital in May of 2012.

Life After You centers around a suburban family's struggle with the death of their 19-year-old son, following an overdose of heroin that was laced with fentanyl. The movie explores the questions of who and what is responsible for this tragedy and follows their journey to answer these questions as their family unravels from grief, guilt, and anger. The film is inspired by the book, “Life After You: What Your Death From Drugs Leaves Behind” by Linda Lajterman.

Florencia Lozano, along with Sarah T. Schwab, wrote the screenplay to shine a light on the opioid crisis that is on the rise in our country and killing so many individuals. In 2019, nearly 50,000 people in the U.S. died from opioid-involved overdoses.

Come catch up with Florencia to hear about this important and timely project in The Locher Room on May 13th.

Original Airdate:

Please join Mariann Aalda ( Didi Bannister), Sandy Faison (Dr. Beth Correll), Karen Needle (Poppy Johnson) and Jennifer Taylor (Detective Chris Egan) who met on the set of The Edge of Night live in The Locher Room to look back at their time on this ABC daytime drama. All four actresses met there and have remained friends over these almost five decades since they worked together on this soap opera. Don't miss the chance to catch up and hear from these talented four actresses.

Original Airdate: 5/12/2022

Please join actress Susan Scannell Gilbert live in The Locher Room to look back at her career and time working in daytime television.

Susan is well-known for her roles on Search For Tomorrow (Kristen Carter Emerson), Ryan’s Hope (Gabriel Dubujak) and appearances on One Life to Live and All My Children. Susan is also known for her debut role on the soap opera Another Life (Becky Hewitt) produced by the Christian Broadcasting Network where she wrote songs to be performed by her character. Daytime soaps led to a contract role on the ABC hit prime-time series, Dynasty, and guest starring roles on episodes of The A-Team and Remington Steele.

While acting, Ms. Scannell Gilbert kept her love of music alive by appearing at nightclubs such as: Dangerfields, Maxims, The Silver Lining, Carlos & Charlie’s and others, as well as performing her original songs on The Merv Griffin Show. She also sang the National Anthem at Shea Stadium. Scannell Gilbert ’s love of singing and writing led to writing a one-woman musical called “Love Jokes” which received a grant from Queens Public Television.

She is a three-time winner in Joel Selmeier’s New York One Minute Play Competition, which led to her scripts being published in “Rosebud Magazine”. She is also the winner of DramaLogues 1988 Critics Award for outstanding achievement in theater for her comedic performance in Dream Girl by Elmer Rice.

From 2001 – 2005 she served as the Founding Executive Director of the award-winning Astoria Performing Arts Center in Astoria, NY, where along with producing popular shows for the public, she was able to create musical theater programs for youth (“Summer Stars”) and Seniors (“Senior Stars”) which are free to all participants. She left APAC in good hands, and it is a thriving theater to this day. Susan can be found on the stage in Massachusetts where she enjoys performing roles that “tickle her mind and heart.”

Original Airdate: 5/10/2022

Please join us as we celebrate the life of the beloved and talented Lisa Brown live in The Locher Room. Lisa created not one, but two iconic daytime characters that fans have laughed with, cried with and most importantly never forgotten. In 1980, Lisa entered Springfield creating the imaginative, irrepressible Nola Reardon, one of the all-time great soap opera heroines. In 1985, Lisa moved to Oakdale where she brought the character of Iva Snyder to life.

Helping to honor Lisa will be her dear friend, co-star and on-screen daughter Martha Byrne along with some of Lisa's co-stars, writers and producers who had the privilege of working with her on both shows. Joining Martha will be Guiding Light's Maeve Kinkead (Vanessa Chamberlin) and John Wesley Shipp (Kelly Nelson), As the World Turns actors William Fichtner (Josh Landry) and Anne Sayre (Mitzi Matters) with Emmy-winning producer Michael Laibson and Emmy-winning writer Patrick Mulcahey.

Original Airdate: 4/29/2022