Monday Morning Politics; Albany Post-IDC; Prejudice and Pride: LGBT Movement...
Coming up on today's show:Vox senior correspondent Zack Beauchamp discusses the latest national news.Jessica Ramos, New York State Senator (D 13, Queens: Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, Woodside, Corona and...
View ArticlePrejudice and Pride: The March for Lesbian and Gay Rights in 1979
Esther Newton, cultural anthropologist who helped establish the field of LGBTQ studies, retired professor at the University of Michigan and author of My Butch Career: A Memoir discusses how the LGBT...
View ArticleWhat to Do About the Border; Queens D.A. Primary Day; Prejudice and Pride:...
Coming up on today's show:Kathleen Kingsbury, deputy editorial page editor at The New York Times, talks about the current situation at the border and The Times’ editorial urging action by...
View ArticleWill the Debate Become a 'Circular Firing Squad'?; New Jersey Budget Impasse;...
Coming up on today's show:Holly Otterbein, Politico reporter covering the 2020 presidential race, talks about what to expect at the first Democratic debates, plus fears from some that the media will...
View ArticleFirst 2020 Democrats’ Debate Reactions and Analysis; Prejudice and Pride: The...
Coming up on today's show:Hear analysis of the first-night's debate from Donna Brazile, Fox News analyst, former Democratic National Committee chair and author of Hacks: The Inside Story of the...
View ArticlePrejudice and Pride: The New American Family
Heath Fogg Davis, director of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies and professor of political science at Temple University, and author of The Ethics of Transracial Adoption (Cornell University Press,...
View ArticleSecond Night of Dems 2020 Debates; Prejudice and Pride: The Non-Binary...
Coming up on today's show:Juan Williams, political analyst for Fox News and the author of What the Hell Do You Have to Lose?: Trump's War on Civil Rights (Public Affairs, 2018) and Alicia Garza, Black...
View ArticlePrejudice and Pride: The Non-Binary Generation
For the final installment of our Prejudice and Pride Stonewall anniversary series, AnnTravers, associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Simon Fraser University and author...
View ArticleFrom Wall Street to Walmart, Businesses Embrace Pride
This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots and the birth of the modern gay rights movement in this country. Over the intervening years as attitudes towards LGBTQ people have...
View ArticlePrejudice and Pride: 1989 and the AIDS Epidemic; LGBT Visibility in the...
On this Summer Friday, here are some of our favorite recent conversations:Peter Staley, HIV/AIDS activist, former member of ACT-UP NY and founder of the Treatment Action Group, discusses his work as an...
View ArticlePrejudice and Pride: The New American Family; The Non-Binary Generation; Why...
On this Summer Friday, here are some of our favorite recent conversations:Heath Fogg Davis, professor of political science at Temple University and Director of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies,...
View ArticleWhat Does Celebrating Pride Month Look Like at This Moment?
Last week marked the start of Pride Month, the annual celebration of the LGBTQ community throughout the month of June.Usually a time of parades, parties, and rainbow flags, Pride has taken on a more...
View ArticlePride Month Event Picks
WNYC Arts and Culture Editor Jennifer Vanasco joins us to discuss the best events to check out during Pride Month.
View ArticleRevisiting 'Paris is Burning'
[REBROADCAST: FEBRUARY 25, 2020] Director Jennie Livingston joins us to discuss the legacy of the 1990 documentary, “Paris Is Burning.” The film is now available in a new restoration on Blu-ray and DVD...
View ArticleHollywood Reporter's LGBTQ Power Issue
Hollywood Reporter Deputy Editor Degen Pener discusses the first ever "LGBTQ Power Players" Pride edition of the magazine and other Pride related events.
View ArticleJill Soloway's Memoir
[REBROADCAST FROM OCTOBER 6, 2018]Jill Soloway, creator of “Transparent” and “I Love Dick,” joins us to discuss their new book, She Wants It: Desire, Power, and Toppling the Patriarchy. In this memoir,...
View Article'DISCLOSURE'
Director Sam Feder joins us to discuss his Netflix documentary "DISCLOSURE" premiering on June 19.
View Article'Disclosure,' 'Paris Is Burning,' 'Nationtime-Gary,' Hollywood Reporter LGBTQ...
Director Sam Feder joins us to discuss his Netflix documentary "DISCLOSURE" premiering on June 19. [REBROADCAST: FEBRUARY 25, 2020] Director Jennie Livingston joins us to discuss the legacy of the...
View ArticleHow Pop Music Broke the Gender Binary
Sasha Geffen joins us to discuss their book, Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Broke the Binary.
View Article'Welcome to Chechnya'
Director David France discusses his new documentary,“Welcome to Chechnya,”which tells the story of underground activists combating anti-LGBTQ persecution in Chechnya. The film premieres tonight on HBO...
View Article'My Sister: How One Sibling's Transition Changed Us Both'
Actor Selenis Leyva and her sister, transgender activist Marizol Leyva, discuss their new joint memoir,My Sister: How One Sibling's Transition Changed Us Both.
View Article'My Sister,' 'Glitter Up the Dark,' LGBTQ Activists in Chechnya, Ty Herndon,...
Actor Selenis Leyva and her sister, transgender activist Marizol Leyva, discuss their new joint memoir, My Sister: How One Sibling's Transition Changed Us Both.WNYC planning editor Kate Hinds joins us...
View ArticleExamining Depictions of Trans People in Film and Television
[REBROADCAST FROM JUNE 18, 2020] Director Sam Feder joins us to discuss his Netflix documentary "Disclosure," which discusses the history of depictions of trans people in Hollywood throughout the...
View ArticleFollowing Transgender Teen Athletes
Director Michael Barnett joins us to discuss the new documentary, "Changing the Game,"which follows three transgender teens as they navigate the world of high school athletics. Barnett is joined by...
View Article'Mare of Easttown' Finale, Afghan Recipes, 'Last Summer at the Golden Hotel,'...
This weekend, the finale of the hit HBO miniseries "Mare of Easttown" aired. Vulture staff writer Kathryn VanArendonk joins us to break down the finale, discuss Kate Winslet's performance, and talk...
View Article'Pride' Docuseries
In celebration of Pride Month, we take a look at LGBTQ history throughout the decades with the help of an FX and Hulu documentary series. Christine Vachon, an executive producer of the six-part series...
View Article'ACT UP' Book, 'Pride' on Hulu, Quitting Your Job Call-In, The History of...
A new book chronicles the history of the ACT UP activist movement in the fight against AIDS in New York City. Author Sarah Schulman joins us to discuss this history, recounted in her new book, Let the...
View ArticleNYC's Primary Election Results; Infrastructure, Voting Rights & More in DC; A...
Coming up on today's show: While there probably won't be a final result in the race to be the Democratic nominee for mayor for several weeks, Brigid Bergin, WNYC's senior political correspondent, and...
View ArticleWho Gets To Be An Openly Gay Athlete?
On Monday, the Las Vegas Raider's Carl Nassib announced on Instagram that he is gay.On Today's Show:Jane McManus, director of Marist's Center for Sports Communication and Deadspin sports columnist,...
View ArticleFirst Ranked-Choice Tally Results; What Happens to Bad Airbnbs; Juneteenth...
Coming up on today's show:Errol Louis, political anchor of Spectrum NY1 News, host of Inside City Hall, Daily News columnist and host of the podcast "You Decide," joins to discuss the latest on the...
View ArticleThe Corporatization of Pride Month
Zach Stafford, MSNBC contributor, the former editor-at-large of BuzzFeed and the first Black editor-in-chief of The Advocate, the oldest and largest LGBT publication in the United States, discusses a...
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Pants Roles: Gender Fluidity and Queer Undertones in Opera
Take anyone to an opera for the first time, and they will instantly notice that some men are sung by women. “Is this because of gender equality?” a friend whispered recently after a performance of...
View ArticleFrom Homophobia to Transphobia; NYC Health Commissioner; NYS Legislators Rush...
Coming up on today's show: To kick off Pride Month, William Eskridge, Yale Law School professor and author of many books, including (with Christopher Riano) Marriage Equality: From Outlaws to In-Laws...
View ArticleCheers for Queers in Rom-Coms
On June 3, 'Fire Island' will be released on Hulu. The film is a queer rom-com that's loosely based on 'Pride and Prejudice' directed by Andrew Ahn, and written by and starring Joel Kim Booster, and...
View ArticleA Pride Month Check-In Amid New Anti-LGBTQIA+ Policies
Kate Sosin (they/them), LGBTQ+ reporter at the 19th*, focusing on transgender rights, incarceration, politics and public policy, discusses policies targeting LGBTQIA+ people around the country, and...
View ArticleThe New Standards For Gender Affirming Care
Amid discourse about whether gender affirming care should be available to kids who identify as trans, we wanted to hear what trans health advocacy organizations are actually advocating for.On Today's...
View ArticleA Pride Month Check-In Amid New Anti-LGBTQIA+ Policies; 51 Council Members in...
Coming up on today's show:Kate Sosin, LGBTQ+ reporter at the 19th*, focusing on transgender rights, incarceration, politics and public policy, discusses policies targeting LGBTQIA+ people around the...
View ArticleQueer Families: Identical Twins Talk About Pride
Brenda Rae is one of the most sought-after singers in opera today–a regular at the Met and other leading opera houses. She’s also an identical twin–and she and her transgender twin, Drew, speak with us...
View ArticleWhat it's Actually Like to be Transgender
The news is full of stories about things happening to the transgender community, but it's not often that we hear about what every day life is like as a trans person in the United States. Tuck...
View ArticlePride Month Kickoff; 3-K and UPK Funding; Philosopher Peter Singer; Supreme...
Coming up on today's show: The news is full of stories about things happening to the transgender community, but it's not often that we hear about what every day life is like as a trans person in the...
View ArticleShould We, and Can We, Put the Brakes on Artificial Intelligence?
Sam Altman, the C.E.O. of OpenAI, which created ChatGPT, says that artificial intelligence is a powerful tool that will streamline human work and quicken the pace of scientific advancement. But ChatGPT...
View ArticleA Gay Russian, Exiled in Ireland
Evgeny Shtorn and Alexander Kondakov were living together in St. Petersburg when Vladimir Putin began his crackdown on the L.G.B.T.Q. movement in Russia, passing laws that prevented gay “propaganda.”...
View ArticleBilly Porter Doesn’t Need a Month to Celebrate Pride
He’s got an Emmy, a Grammy, a Tony. But early in his career, Billy Porter was relegated to roles of comic relief. Things didn’t change until he figured out how to show up authentically in every space....
View ArticleSchool Funding; The Obstacles of Health Insurance; Understanding Nonbinary...
Coming up on today's show:Rita Joseph, New York City Councilmember (District 40) and chair of the Council Education Committee, talks about education funding as the City's budget deadline...
View ArticleSpotlighting Banned and Challenged Books for Pride Month
This Pride Month, in light of the increase in book banning around the nation, particularly of books featuring LGBTQIA+ characters or themes, All Of It spent the month spotlighting authors of these...
View ArticleFighting Against HIV/AIDS Budget Cuts
As Pride Month starts, Nia Nottage and Brandon Cuicchi, organizers at ACT UP NY, advocate against the mayor's proposed budget cuts to HIV/AIDS spending.
View ArticleJune 4, 2024: Midday News
A 19-year-old man is still awaiting official charges for allegedly shooting two police officers in Queens on Monday. WNYC’s Brittany Kriegstein spoke to his mother in Colombia. Meanwhile, Senator Bob...
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