Out in the Bay
released Thursdays or Fridays
Queer histories, herstories, theirstories and issues are explored with insight, sensitivity and often a bit of humor on Out in the Bay. Now broadcast occasionally during Queer Power Hour editions, 6 p.m. Thursdays, on KALW, 91.7 fm, SF Bay Area. Find past shows and staff favorites on Out in the Bay’s website (https://www.outinthebay.org/) Copyright for all Out in the Bay material is held by individual Out in the Bay producers © 2023 or most recent broadcast or distribution date. All rights reserved.
Latest Episodes
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Pump up the volume! In part as a “joyful antidote” to the escalation of anti-LGBTQ laws across the USA, San Francisco’s all-transwomen rock band is back together after 12-plus years. -
Dwayne Ratleff grew up Black, poor and gay in 1960s Baltimore. As a youngster, his loving grandma taught him: “Don’t explain yourself, be yourself.” The long-time San Franciscan has written an impressive, insightful, award-winning novel about his childhood. -
Quick, what’s your sexuality? Most of us know roughly where we fall on the Kinsey scale that goes from zero (totally straight) to six (flaming fag or butchest of dykes). But have you considered another continuum, the asexual – allosexual one? -
‘Doubting Thomas’ probes false accusationsWhat would you do if falsely accused of molesting a child? And you see your career crumble. Matthew Clark Davison’s novel “Doubting Thomas,” about a gay school teacher, challenges assumptions about guilt, innocence and more. -
As a young girl, future Supreme Court of California Associate Justice Kelli Evans was more excited about the bookmobile coming through her Denver neighborhood than the ice cream truck. -
While a young housewife and mom in the 1950s and ’60s, Ann Bannon wrote lusty lesbian love stories. Scorned by the literary elite then, her and other authors’ “pulp fiction” paperbacks helped advance queer rights and now offer a glimpse of gay and lesbian life in those times. -
On our last Out in the Bay of 2022, hear about the amazing life and accomplishments of a Black queer civil rights pioneer left out of history books: Pauli Murray. -
Just in time for potentially awkward holiday gatherings, we present a holiday fave: Author and civil rights lawyer Abby Dees tells our allies to go ahead, ask LGBTQ relatives or friends your burning questions. -
While they weren’t around for long, the Cockettes left an outsized legacy that we explore this week with exclusive recordings and interviews. -
What would you do if falsely accused of molesting a child? And you see your career crumble. Matthew Clark Davison’s novel “Doubting Thomas,” about a gay school teacher, challenges assumptions about guilt, innocence and more.
