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An Intimate Look at Lesbian Bed Death:  What is 'lesbian bed death' and how do you combat it? Is there a 'gay men
bed death?' Or 'straight couple bed death?' What causes a breakdown in sexual intimacy among lesbian and other couples? The idea was first identified and named back in the '90's by author JoAnn Loulan in her groundbreaking book,
"Lesbian Sex." Now, with a more detailed look into the lives of lesbians it  touches, is Atlanta psychotherapist Dr. Glenda Corwin. Marilyn talks with her about her work and her book, "Intimacy For Women: A Guide for Same-Sex Couples."
- air date Apr 12, 2012

‘Success’ and a Faun’s Afternoon: Richard Howard, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and translator, muses (and amuses us!) on French fauns, ghosts of all-but-forgotten New York cruising spots, and the cultural figures he’s memorialized or channeled in verse – including Alice Neel, Isadora Duncan and Madame Charles de Gaulle. Now in his eighties, this “living legend” shares his poems and reflects on gay life before many of you were born. Eric Jansen hosts. - air date Apr 19, 2012

Caring for Queer Elders: Are lesbian, gay and transgender seniors getting proper and respectful care in nursing homes, day-care centers and in their own homes? A ground-breaking state-funded study in Alameda County showed very encouraging trends, but with room for improvement. Dan Ashbrook of the non-profit group Lavender Seniors conducted a series of care-giver trainings also funded by the government grant. He fills us in on current LGBT elder care issues, along with Dianna Garrett of the Center for Elders’ Independence and Gilbert Carrasco of Salem Lutheran Home, two prominent East Bay senior health care providers. Eric Jansen hosts. - air date Apr 26, 2012
 

"It’s All The Rage" How does a comic deal with personal tragedy? Out in the Bay hosts Marilyn Pittman and Eric Jansen play excerpts from her solo show about her parents’ 1997 murder-suicide and talk about rage, PTSD, gender roles, and how humor, friends and her wife helped her survive.

"It's All the Rage" won Best One-Woman Show at The United Solo Festival off-Broadway in New York last fall. Now it's back at The Marsh in San Francisco through April 15th. Click here for tickets. More information about Marilyn can be found here. - air date Mar 8, 2012

Queerly Classical:
Spring into summer with the Bay Area Rainbow Symphony (BARS)! Eric Jansen's guests are BARS principal clarinetist Susan Barnes; and San Francisco Opera violinist and Oakland East Bay Symphony co-concertmaster Dawn Harms, who is featured guest soloist for BARS' March 24 concert. They'll play selections from upcoming BARS concerts and tell us about this four-year-old LGBT community orchestra that's been called "a breath of fresh air" in the Bay Area classical music scene.
- air date Mar 15, 2012

Queer Histories in Dance: Queer histories are featured in two Bay Area dance productions the last weekend of March. In "LandHome" Great Uncle Billy was killed 30 years ago in Cleveland for how he dressed. “The Secret History of Love” delves into the speakeasies, cabarets and other meeting places of decades past when queer love was even more illegal than now. Choreographers and dancers Sean Dorsey, Sheena Johnson, and Ateasiea (aka Kenneth Ferguson) share their stories and their work with host Eric Jansen and you.

"LandHome" is at Temescal Arts Center, 511 - 48th St., Oakland, Friday and Saturday, March 30 - 31. More info here. "The Secret History of Love" is at Dance Mission Theater, 3316 - 24th St., San Francisco, Thursday - Sunday March 29 - April 1. More info here. - air date Mar 22, 2012

Taxes: Why Queers Pay More: Inequality hits LGBT couples right in the assets. Remember all the hype about the “marriage penalty”? Well actually, most of the penalties come if you canNOT marry. Legal inequities allow or even require discrimination in taxes, pensions, health care, real estate and much more. Financial advisor Mark Grace and estate planning attorney Susan von Herrmann fill us in on the extra steps queer people must take to protect themselves and their families financially. They also give practical tips for anyone – including straight folks – in a relationship not recognized by the U.S. government. Eric Jansen hosts.
- air date Mar 29, 2012

 

Ghost Light and The Right to Love: Jonathan Moscone, gay son of slain San Francisco Mayor George Moscone – assassinated along with Supervisor Harvy Milk – speaks with Eric Jansen about his play “Ghost Light” at Berkeley Rep and how its creation has helped him come to terms with the murder of his very public and gay-supportive father. Also hear from the two-dad, two-kid Sonoma County family that’s the subject of The Right to Love: An American Family, a documentary world-premiering at The Castro Theatre Feb. 6, and from the film's director, a former evangelical Christian straight gal.

Click here to purchase tickets. A trailer for the film and more details, can be found here. - air date Feb 2, 2012

Fabulous Faggotry: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, editor of the new queer anti-assimilationist anthology "Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots?," is back for another "delicious conversation" on Out in the Bay. This time, he -- oops, I mean she -- brings Harris Kornstein, one of his/her San Francisco-based contributors with her/ him. Join them, with your host Eric Jansen, for a thought-provoking conversation sure to "mess" with your gender preconceptions. - air date Feb 9, 2012

Two Gay Comics: The Pioneer and The New Guy: Casey Ley can hardly believe it wasn't always cool to be gay in San Francisco comedy clubs. Scott Capurro was there, back in the early 90's during the AIDS crisis, when being openly gay onstage--yes, even in San Francisco--was not safe or accepted, nor could you get a booking. Scott has become widely well-known in the U.K and lives in London most of the year, while Casey is getting lots of opportunities in San Francisco. Marilyn was there with Scott doing comedy. She brings 'out' the whole, funny, painful truth of the past and looks at the present zeitgeist for gay comics. - air date Feb 16, 2012

Golden States of Grace: Documentary photographer Rick Nahmias spent more than three years researching, photographing, and taking oral histories of 11 California faith communities outside the religious mainstream -- including transgender sex workers in San Francisco's Tenderloin who worship Santa Muerte, felons who practice Zen meditation inside San Quentin, and an AIDS ashram in West Hollywood. The result is a touching multi-media traveling exhibit and book, Golden States of Grace: Prayers of the Disinherited. Meet Rick and hear inspiring words and song from the exhibit. Eric Jansen hosts.

Click here for information about the San Francisco Bay Area exhibit showing at Santa Clara University's deSaisset Museum January 13 - March 18. - air date Feb 23, 2012
 

Click here for more information about the San Francisco Bay Area exhibit showing at Santa Clara University's deSaisset Museum January 13 thru March 18. - air date Jan 5, 2012

The Women's Building:  A space owned by and for women created in San Francisco's Mission district over 30 years ago. Find out the history of the lesbians, women of color, and other women's groups in Marilyn's interview with Sushawn Robb. Her book, "The Mothering Movement," details the history of this amazing institution from materials archived at the GLBT Historial Society. - air date Jan 12, 2012

Lawyers and taxes and bonds – oh my!: Inequality hits LGBT people right in the assets. Remember all the hype about the “marriage penalty”? Well, most of the penalties come if you cannot marry. Legal inequities allow or even require discrimination in taxes, pensions, health care, real estate and much more. Financial advisor Mark Grace and estate planning attorney Susan von Hermann fill us in on the extra steps queer people must take to protect themselves and their families financially. They’ll also give practical tips for anyone – including straight folks – in a relationship not recognized by the U.S. government, whether or not it is recognized by your state. Eric Jansen hosts. - air date Jan 19, 2012

Judy Rickard: Every day LGBT couples are denied the same rights as heterosexual couples when it comes to immigration. Fighting for their lives instead of being free to live them, these couples are subject to the homophobia of antiquated immigration laws. Marilyn talks with author and long-time activist Judy Rickard about her book, "Torn Apart," a chronicle of over 20 couples struggling with this punishing policy. - air date Jan 26, 2012
 

Christmas, Golden Girls Style!:  "The Golden Girls: The Christmas Episodes" is non-stop holiday hilarity all month at The Victoria Theatre in San Francisco's Mission district with Trannyshack creator, Heklina, and her band of merry drag stars. Marilyn visits with Heklina, who plays the Bea Arthur role, and Cookie Dough, who plays her mother. Marilyn saw the opening night which was a benefit for Project Open Hand and guffawed throughout. What a way to start the festivities! Leave it to the queens, honey! - air date Dec 8, 2011

Jim Hormel – ‘Fit to Serve':  Remember the 1960s comic character Richie Rich, The Poor Little Rich Boy, who had no friends because he lived in an isolated compound? Well, little Jimmy Hormel, heir to the SPAM fortune, had that problem and more in real life. Born in Austin, Minnesota, in 1933, he was also gay in a place and time long before being gay was in the public consciousness. After marrying, fathering five kids and becoming a law school dean, all while still in the closet, he eventually found himself and went on to become a political activist, Ambassador to Luxembourg -- the USA’s highest-ranking gay official at the time, over the heinous and hateful objections of the religious “right” – and one of the world’s most effective gay civil rights activist-philanthropists. His memoir, Fit to Serve, full of insider political anecdotes from the tumult of the 1960s through today, tells his intriguing story. He shares it with host Eric Jansen and you, on this special edition of Out in the Bay. - air date Dec 15, 2011

Pariah: Pariah is the new film heading for awards season about a young black girl's coming out experience. She doesn't fit into the feminine role her mother wants her to assume and she doesn't fit into her butch friend Laura's queer world. This movie is a beautifully shot, funny, poignant, and dramatic story that we have rarely seen in film. Marilyn interviews the writer-director, Dee Rees, who studied with Spike Lee at NYU, and got him onboard as an Executive Producer. The film premiered at the 2011 Sundance Festival.
- air date Dec 22, 2011

Lea Delaria:  "The Last Butch Standing" is Lea Delaria, one of the pioneers of San Francisco gay comedy and a Broadway star and jazz singer. She's bringing her show to The Victoria Theatre on 16th Street in the Mission District for New Year's Eve. Brash, loud, funny, wild, and very talented, Lea suffers no fools gladly and stands out from the usual mainstream gay entertainment. - air date Dec 29, 2011