LGBTQ

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on Transgender People in the Military and John Pilger on the Brexit Vote

Airs at: Fri, 07/01/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Today on Flashpoints: We take an in depth look at the recent Brexit vote, with award winning filmmaker and activist, John Pilger. Also, a conversation with Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on the decision to allow transgender people to serve openly in the military. Read more

Remembering Stonewall

Airs at: Wed, 06/29/2016 at 9:30am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Each June we rebroadcast the 1989 radio documentary "Remembering Stonewall," by David Isay. This documentary, broadcast on the 20th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, is the first documentary -- in any medium -- about the riots. Hearing the voices of participants, fr... Read more

Report On the Oregon Community Foundation

Airs at: Thu, 06/23/2016 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: Evening News

The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy has released a report on The Oregon Community Foundation, the state's largest charitable foundation. While the report praised its rural approach, it was critical of the foundation’s outreach to Oregon's marginalized commu... Read more

Central Oregon LGBT community celebrates Pride

Airs at: Fri, 06/24/2016 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm

Produced for: Evening News

This Saturday, the central Oregon LGBT community is celebrating pride. The festival has taken on notes of grief and an increased sense of awareness of safety for LGBT Oregonians in the wake of the shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Leila Yao of KBOO News, i... Read more

John Corey Whaley on "Highly Illogical Behavior"

Airs at: Thu, 08/04/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

Host Bethany Grabow talks with John Corey Whaley, author of the new book Highly Illogical Behavior. The novel, peppered with Star Trek: The Next Generation references, tells tale of Solomon, a teen with a severe anxiety disorder who hasn’t left the house in over three... Read more

Positively Revolting on 06/17/16

Airs at: Fri, 06/17/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Positively Revolting

Rocked by the heaviness and outrages of the last few weeks, Lyn and Ani make room for a community discussion. The recent mass shooting at an LGBTQ disco during Latin@ night is horrifying. And as horrifying as it is, it's also really complicated, and deserves a pause fo... Read more

Racist Sandwich

FOOD x RACE x GENDER x CLASS What is it like to be a chef of color cooking in America’s whitest major city? Chef Soleil Ho and journalist Zahir Janmohamed tackle this question and many more in their bi-weekly podcast from Portland, Oregon that examines the intersectio... Read more

Questions about the Orlando Shooter

Airs at: Wed, 06/15/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Today on Flashpoints: Why is the Orlando shooter branded as a Muslim instead of a homophobe? Also, Professor Vijay Prashad talks about the confused declarations of support by the shooter: which group did he really support: Hezbollah, Al-Qaeda, or the Islamic State: co... Read more

Bread and Roses

Airs at: Fri, 06/17/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Bomb Ass Pussy joins the Bread and Roses conversation; they are transplants from Los Angeles, transplants from drag, transplants from another planet of fierce queer creatures- the trioBomb Ass Pussy tells stories of queer identity and celebration through hip hop. Their m... Read more

Talking Pride: Portland Trans Unity, Black Pride, & Two Spirit Society

Airs at: Tue, 06/14/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Preference

Talking Pride! in the face of hate, violence, and terror, we'll be talking with folks who are celebrating community, resistance, visibility, and love. We'll hear first from sometimes-Portlander amira caluya, who is program co-director at stonewall youth, in olympia washi... Read more