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BAMMER and Me
Mike Balaban talks with remarkable individuals who have helped shape the global LGBTQ community
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)
PODCAST—EPISODE 25: Growing up in the central Asian nation of Kyrgystan, Dastan Kasmamytov had no idea he'd ever become an LGBTQ activist....
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...
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
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
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
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
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
PODCAST—EPISODE 18: Paula Harrowing, a 49 y.o. British queer activist describes what it was like coming out into London's vibrant and...
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