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Willa Schneberg | Award winning and widely published poet, on her latest 'poetry of witness' called "Storytelling in Cambodia" (8/19/06) |
Alicia Goranson & Peggy Munson | Queer writer from the Boston area and author of the novel "Supervillainz", & disabled queer femme writer and author of the novel "Origami Striptease" (8/5/06) |
Chris Diani | Gay film producer, on his first feature-length film, a campy romp around the gay horror set titled "Creature from the Pink Lagoon" (7/29/06) |
Emily Metcalfe | Trans poet and activist, talks about a new trans support group, and reads some of her poetry (7/22/06) |
Kate Bornstein | On her latest work, a book entitled, "Hello Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks, and other Outlaws" (7/8/06) |
Andrea James & Calpernia Adams | Trans activists, actresses, and entrepreneurs, on their part in the movie TransAmerica and their trans education and advocacy work (4/15/06) |
Dan Hunt | Co-producer of a new documentary film "Cruel and Unusual" that reveals the merciless entrapment of transgender individuals at the intersection of our gender and penal systems (4/1/06) |
Bradford Louryk | Creator and performer of an impressive new show titled "Christine Jorgenson Reveals", which provides a profound view into the life and character of this trans pioneer (4/1/06) |
Jennifer Jordan | Writer, producer and former news anchor for NPR's All Things Considered, on the "Women of K2" (2/4/06) |
Jill Dolan | Professor of theater, about the transformative nature of performance, and how it can serve as both an incubator and a vehicle for gender and social change. (1/28/06) |
Tranny Music | On the night before Christmas, Nancy & Gordene share some of their favorite trans-produced and tranny-themed music. (12/24/05) |
CC Saint Claire | Australian English teacher by day, and by night, the writer of lesbian romance novels with a penchant for social justice, on her new novel about a female-to-male transsexual (8/6/05) |
Michelle DuMaresq, Diana Wilson & Karen Duthie | The story of how Michelle became the first openly transgender person to represent her country in world championship competition, and the making of the documentary "100% Woman" about her journey from first competition to world championship participation (1/31/05) |
Paul Kivel | Author of a new book titled "You Call This a Democracy? Who Benefits, Who Pays and Who Really Decides", on the ruling class in the US (11/29/04) |
Paul Loeb | Editor of a new collection titled "The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear" (11/22/04) |
Julie Novak | Author, on two coloring books that aim to change the way that children view girls and women (10/04/04) |
Maureen Sullivan | Author of "The Family of Woman: Lesbian Mothers, Their Children, and the Undoing of Gender", on her study of more than 30 lesbian families and the role of gender in their lives (9/6/04) |
Gunner Scott | Founder of "Gendercrash", a monthly open-mic event that provides an opportunity for Boston-area poets, writers, songsters and other creative gender rebels to strut their stuff; plus trans writers Alicia Goranson, Nathan Levitt and Flynn May read some of their work and chat with us about the role of art in their lives (8/16/04) |
Wayne Besen | Columnist and author, on unmasking the scandals and lies behind the ex-gay myth (7/19/04) |
Amy Hoff | Writer and anthropologist talks about her Scottish pirate trilogy featuring a female pirate and a male character critics have said is not masculine enough(7/05/04) |
Dee MacLachlan &
Patricia Church |
Producer and director of "M2F: A Journey in Gender Identity", a wise and visionary documentary about Male to Female transgenderism (6/14/04) |
James Nadeau | Coordinator of the Gay & Lesbian film festival at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts (5/3/04) |
Sam Zolten | Producer of an award-winning documentary about a 16 year old female to male transsexual living in Tucson, Arizona (4/26/04) |
Imani Henry | Transman, writer, activist and performance artist, on theatre, activism, and intersections between the two (4/5/04) |
Jim Marks | Lambda Literary Foundation executive director, about the withdrawal of Bailey's "Man Who Would Be Queen" from their awards nomination list (3/15/04) |
Rachel Pollack | Prolific trans writer of award-winning science fiction, whose latest book is a trans detective novel, and whose interest in Tarot has led to her design of a new Tarot deck (3/15/04) |
Kate Bornstein &
Gail Leondar-Wright |
On the ongoing controversy over the Lambda Literary Foundation's award nomination of a transphobic book (3/1/04) |
Gypsey Teague | Editor of a new anthology of works by and about transgender people in the 21st century (3/1/04) |
Andrea James &
Calpernia Adams |
On the first all-transgender performance of the Vagina Monologues in Los Angeles (2/16/04) |
Jim Marks | Lambda Literary Foundation director, responds to complaints about his organization's nomination of a trans-stigmatizing book for an award (2/9/04) |
Julia Serano | Trans poet, musician, organizer and educator, on her poetry and other artistic endeavors (2/9/04) |
Lee Thornhill | Trans poet and founder of Conviction Books, publisher of the trans anthology "Pinned Down by Pronouns", on his poetry and publications (2/9/04) |
Laurie Kahn-Leavitt | Her documentary about the Tupperware story reveals how the drive and determination of the woman who made that company a huge success broke gender role stereotypes in the 50s (1/26/04) |
Toni Amato | Transgender writer, performance artist and creative writing teacher, and co-editor of the forthcoming transgender anthology called "Pinned Down by Pronouns" (12/29/03) |
Rosalyne Blumenstein | Respected transactivist, therapist and writer, on her new book "Branded T" (12/22/03) |
Kate Moses | Author of the novel "Wintering" based on the real-life struggles of Poet Sylvia Plath, on Sylvia's writing and events leading up to her suicide (12/1/03) |
Steven Riel | Poet whose words speak uniquely to the free spirit that gives our souls and our gender their lifeblood (10/20/03) |
Ellen Bass | Poet, therapist and co-author of "The Courage to Heal," a lifeline for many survivors of child sexual abuse, on her newest work, a book of poems called "Mules of Love" (10/20/03) |
Donna Rose | Transsexual author of a memoir entitled "Wrapped in Blue: a Journey of Discovery", on the more human elements involved in a gender transition (10/13/03) |
Molly Hurley Moran | Author of "Finding Susan", about the murder of her sister in 1994, leading to her advocacy for victims of domestic violence (10/13/03) |
Pearl Cleage | Popular black feminist author whose new book considers the effects of the participation of black women in political leadership (9/29/03) |
Bob Shanke | Author of a new biography titled "That furious Lesbian: The story of Mercedes de Acosta" (9/15/03) |
Diana Bryer | New Mexican painter whose art marries a brilliantly colorful aesthetic with loving environmental consciousness (9/1/03) |
Linda Phillips | Transwoman who has authored a fascinating new book - under her former male name - on the art of automotive antiques and the people who love them (8/4/03) |
Jennifer Boylan | Highly respected professor of English, on her new transsexual memoir entitled "She's Not There" (7/28/03) |
Sharon Bridgeforth | African American artist, on lesbian parenting and the beauty of life with her daughter, whose music mixes gracefully with her mom's poetry on their new CD (7/28/03) |
Calpernia Addams | Transsexual whose romance with murdered soldier Barry Winchell has been made into a movie adaptation titled "A Soldier's Girl" (6/9/03) |
Melissa Regan | Director and creator of the award-winning short documentary film "No dumb Questions," about three young girls whose uncle is becoming their aunt (6/2/03) |
Barbara Jones | Anthropologist and author of "Bike Lust: Harleys, Women and American Society", on women and motorcycling (5/26/03) |
Peter F. Murphy | Author of "Studs, Tools, and the Family Jewels: Metaphors Men Live By", on how the language of masculinity shapes men's experience (5/12/03) |
John DeVito | Film scholar who has partnered with a local film critic to teach a course on Transgender Cimena in Cambridge (4/21/03) |
Noelle Howey | Author of "Dress Codes" and daughter of a man who changed his sex, shares some of her criticisms of the HBO film "Normal" (3/24/03) |
Dean Kotula | Photographer and author of a new book called "The Phallus Palace: Female to Male Transsexuals" (3/24/03) |
Tina Sievers | Transsexual advisor to the HBO film drama "Normal" which portrays the experience of a married couple whose male half comes out as a transsexual woman. (3/17/03) |
Valerie Boyd | Author and editor, on the life of Zora Neale Hurtston, one of America's great writers and a groundbreaking African-American woman (2/3/03) |
Andrea Holley | Human Rights Watch Director of Outreach and Public Education and manager of their International Film Festival, on a few good documentary films (1/27/03) |
Zach Nataf | Director of the first International Transgender Film Festival in 1997, on representations of transgenderism in the media (1/20/03) |
Thea Hillman | Acclaimed poet and intersex activist, on her poetry, intersexuality, and activism (12/30/02) |
Malka Drucker | Author of "White Fire: A Portrait of Women Spiritual Leaders in America" on the roles of women in traditional and non-traditional religion (12/30/02) |
Melissa Hart | Author of a book about her experience as a child taken from her loving mother by a court of law solely because her mother is lesbian (11/25/02) |
Kari Edwards | Award-winning transgender poet and artist, on her art and activism (11/11/02) |
Ellen Cooney | Novelist and professor of creative writing, on her scripting of lesbian characters (10/7/02) |
T Cooper | Performer and author of "Some of the Parts" a novel that redefines the concept of what constitutes a family (9/30/02) |
Susan Stryker | Queer historian, artist, and executive director of the GLBT Historical Society of Northern California, on bay area GLBT (heavy on the trans) history. (9/9/02) |
Dréd Gerestant | Performance artist, on her innovative onstage gender shape-shifting (9/2/02) |
Cat Grant &
Boyd Kodak |
Trans video artists and producers of "Counting Past 2," Totonto's trans film festival (8/19/02) |
Gina Kamentsky | Creator of "T-Gina," a comic strip about a transsexual woman -- and life in general (7/15/02) |
Imani Henry | Female-to-male writer, activist and performer whose powerful new play chronicles struggles around gender issues (6/10/02) |
Letta Neely | Lesbian activist slam poet, author of two books and a new play entitled "Hamartia Blues" (5/6/02) |
Murray Hill | Popular NYC drag king performer (4/22/02) |
Freddie Fagula | Drag king & co-director of a documentary on the radical nature of drag (4/22/02) |
Andrew Matzner | "O Au No Keia," a book about Hawaii's Mahu and Transgender Communities (4/8/02) |
Eloise Klein Healy | Award-winning lesbian poet, speaks candidly and wisely about her lifelong relationship with poetry (3/4/02) |
Jim Gladstone | Author of a novel about the complexities of growing up gay and developing a gay identity (2/4/02) |
Adam Mastoon | Photographer on his new book featuring the 'coming out' stories of GLBT youth (8/27/01) |
Lisa Davis | "Under The Mink," a mystery-thriller about '40s drag workers in Greenwich Village nightclubs (7/23/01) |
Sharon Hartman Strom | History professor & author of "Political Woman", on US feminist activism history (7/2/01) |
Jyl Felman | Teaching as performance & her book "Never a Dull Moment" (6/25/01) |
Amy Sonnie | Editor of "Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology," on radical queer youth art and writing (6/18/01) |
Alix Olson | Feminist lesbian performance poet performs two gender-oriented works (6/4/01) |
Samuel R. Delaney | Renowned science fiction author, on gender, sexual & racial themes in SF & his work (6/4/01) |
Kate Bornstein &
Barbara Carellas |
Their play "Too Tall Blondes in Love" and relationship issues (5/28/01) |
Greg Herren | Year 2001 Lambda Literary Award finalists. (4/30/01) |
Carolyn Latteier | Award-winning author of "Breasts: The Women's Perspective on an American Obsession." (3/5/01) |
Amy Schutzer | Lesbian novel "Undertow" (10/23/00) |
Barbara Wilson | Lesbian novelist discusses her latest (10/16/00) |
Laetitia Kore | How poetry and song saved her life (10/9/00) |
Drew Campbell | FTM TS author of "The Bride Wore Black Leather..." (7/3/00) |
Marijane Meaker | Pioneering young adult GLBT-content novelist (7/17/00) |
Shawn Hayward | Shares some of hir poems and gender journeys (6/19/00) |
Chris Bohjalian | Novel "Trans-Sister Radio" discusses love through transition and SRS. (6/5/00) |
Shelley Bindon | The 2000 Lambda Literary Award nominees (5/01/00) |
Mia Anderson | Gender, race, and her theatre production "Drag Kings, Sluts and Goddesses" (4/10/00) |
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