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    Gay Mountaineer Outed on TV in Islamic Kyrgyzstan (Part 2)
    • Apr 20
    • 1 min

    Gay Mountaineer Outed on TV in Islamic Kyrgyzstan (Part 2)

    PODCAST—EPISODE 26: Dastan Kasmamytov, a 30 y.o. Krygyzstani, is an LGBTQ activist and founder of Pink Summits, a mostly queer...
    Gay Mountaineer Outed on TV in Islamic Kyrgyzstan (Part 1)
    • Mar 9
    • 1 min

    Gay Mountaineer Outed on TV in Islamic Kyrgyzstan (Part 1)

    PODCAST—EPISODE 25: Growing up in the central Asian nation of Kyrgystan, Dastan Kasmamytov had no idea he'd ever become an LGBTQ activist....
    Stirrings
    • Jan 25
    • 1 min

    Stirrings

    Each of us can recall our earliest awareness of affectional and then sexual attraction to others. Gay men often have a clearer...
    Andy Tobias: Noted LGBTQ author and former Democratic Party Treasurer
    • Jan 12
    • 1 min

    Andy Tobias: Noted LGBTQ author and former Democratic Party Treasurer

    PODCAST-- EPISODE 24: Andy Tobias' journey from being the "Best Little Boy in the World" (the title of the best-selling coming out memoir...
    Dating a Married Man
    • Dec 5, 2021
    • 3 min

    Dating a Married Man

    In the summer of 1999, when I was 27, I was visiting a friend in Mexicali, Mexico. One day while I was there, he suggested we go to...
    Kevin Jennings: LGBTQ Activist, Author, and Historian
    • Sep 6, 2021
    • 1 min

    Kevin Jennings: LGBTQ Activist, Author, and Historian

    PODCAST— EPISODE 23: Kevin Jennings grew up in a southern trailer park, son of a homophobic itinerant Baptist preacher, was the first in...
    Jim Fouratt: From Civil Rights to Gay Rights
    • Aug 8, 2021
    • 1 min

    Jim Fouratt: From Civil Rights to Gay Rights

    PODCAST— EPISODE 22: Jim F ouratt has been in the right place at the right time: he co-founded the leading anti-Vietnam war group in the...
    Khalleed Ahmed: The Journey of a Gay Somalian Refugee, Part 2
    • Jul 14, 2021
    • 1 min

    Khalleed Ahmed: The Journey of a Gay Somalian Refugee, Part 2

    PODCAST—EPISODE 21: Khalleed Ahmed and his family fled civil war in Somalia, spent eight years in Kenyan refugee camps, and finally were...
    David Mixner: Longtime Civil Rights, Anti-war, and LGBTQ Rights Activist
    • Jun 24, 2021
    • 1 min

    David Mixner: Longtime Civil Rights, Anti-war, and LGBTQ Rights Activist

    PODCAST—EPISODE 20: David Mixner has been an author, political strategist, and civil rights activist for more than a half-century. He was...
    Khalleed Ahmed: The Journey of a Gay Somalian Refugee, Part 1
    • Jun 16, 2021
    • 1 min

    Khalleed Ahmed: The Journey of a Gay Somalian Refugee, Part 1

    PODCAST—EPISODE 19: Khalleed Ahmed and his family fled civil war in Somalia, spent eight years in Kenyan refugee camps, and finally were...
    Paula Harrowing: British queer activist
    • Jun 2, 2021
    • 1 min

    Paula Harrowing: British queer activist

    PODCAST—EPISODE 18: Paula Harrowing, a 49 y.o. British queer activist describes what it was like coming out into London's vibrant and...
    Michela Griffo: A Pioneer in Women's and LGBTQ Rights Movement, Pt. 2
    • May 9, 2021
    • 1 min

    Michela Griffo: A Pioneer in Women's and LGBTQ Rights Movement, Pt. 2

    PODCAST—EPISODE 17: Michela Griffo talks about the battle for LGBTQ civil rights from the first NYC Pride March in 1970 onward, the...
    Michela Griffo: A Pioneer in Women's and LGBTQ Rights Movement, Pt. 1
    • Apr 26, 2021
    • 1 min

    Michela Griffo: A Pioneer in Women's and LGBTQ Rights Movement, Pt. 1

    PODCAST—EPISODE 17: Mike talks with Michela Griffo about her life as an early and active member of the National Organization for Women in...
    The Gay Bachelor
    • Apr 26, 2021
    • 5 min

    The Gay Bachelor

    COMMUNITY: In my humble opinion, Colton Underwood, the TV bachelor who recently came out as gay, is no role model for gay youth...
    I Feel Ya
    • Apr 15, 2021
    • 2 min

    I Feel Ya

    STORY: The evening was warm and moonless. The only light was the odd firefly bobbing about as we three slipped into the cool waters of...
    Dave Kopay: First NFL Player to Come Out of the Closet
    • Apr 12, 2021
    • 1 min

    Dave Kopay: First NFL Player to Come Out of the Closet

    PODCAST—EPISODE 16: Mike talks with old friend, Dave Kopay, who in 1975, was the first prominent athlete to come out and the first male...
    Jolly Roger!
    • Apr 6, 2021
    • 2 min

    Jolly Roger!

    BAMMER47: I recently was sent an article on the concept of matelotage, a common rite among pirates and some other sailors on the open...
    Re-introducing Hook-ups Post-COVID
    • Apr 6, 2021
    • 2 min

    Re-introducing Hook-ups Post-COVID

    BAMMER47: How do you expect to recommence hooking up, or at least having sex with someone outside your COVID pod, once conditions permit?...
    The One that Got Away?
    • Apr 6, 2021
    • 2 min

    The One that Got Away?

    BAMMER47 (1976): Have ever felt like you missed a golden opportunity for a relationship with the person you were meant to be with? The...
    A Typical Manhattan Evening
    • Apr 3, 2021
    • 2 min

    A Typical Manhattan Evening

    STORY: 1981—After my intense three-month affair with Bill Masi, a successful male model, had run its course in early 1981, we became...
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