OutCasting

Series produced by Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media

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Public radio's LGBTQ youth program.

Public radio's LGBTQ youth program, created by young LGBTQ people and straight allies. Broadcast episodes are 29:00 and cover a wide range of issues with highly authoritative guests. Guests have included Evan Wolfson (key architect of the marriage equality movement); Bishop Gene Robinson (first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church, whose election prompted a worldwide split in the church; Michelangelo Signorile (author, activist, journalist); Gilbert Baker (longtime LGBTQ activist and creator of the rainbow flag); and Dan Savage (activist, author, co-founder of the It Gets Better Project).

See also OutCasting Overtime.


72 Pieces

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Caption: OutCasting youth broadcaster Dante
His early depression gave way to acceptance when he came to understand what made him different.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Apr 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Goodman family, Credit: The Goodman family
Before it was declared unconstitutional, the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) caused many binational same-sex couples to either break up or ...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Mar 31, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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March 2023 — Youth broadcaster Juliana talks with a California state senator and LGBTQ youth advocates in Tennessee in this edition that was origin...

Bought by KZYX, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and KECG


  • Added: Feb 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:06
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Christopher Z. Hobson
February 2023 — The gap that LGBTQ youth experience when their people’s history is suppressed. Originally presented in 2017.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and KECG


  • Added: Jan 31, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: OutCasting youth broadcasters Alex and Amalee
There's a movement in a number of states to ban medical transition for transgender youth. And in the media -- even media you would expect to be LG...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Dr. John Steever, Dr. Matthew Oransky, Mt. Sinai Hospital, NYC
What are the factors to consider when young transgender people want to medically transition? OutCaster Lauren talks with Dr. John Steever, a physi...

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  • Added: Nov 30, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dr. John Steever, Dr. Matthew Oransky, Mt. Sinai Hospital, NYC
What are the factors to consider when young transgender people want to medically transition? OutCaster Lauren talks with Dr. John Steever, a physi...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Oct 31, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: OutCasting youth broadcasters Carys and Andrew
Transgender people face many obstacles in life. One of the most pressing is the difficulty they can find in getting appropriate healthcare. In th...

Bought by KMUN and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Sep 30, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Jennifer C. Pizer, OutCaster Isha, Credit: Jennifer Pizer image - Lambda Legal
Should the constitutional right of LGBTQ people to be equal under the law be denied in order not to offend some people’s religious beliefs?

Bought by Radio Catskill and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jul 31, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2

  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3

  • Added: May 27, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Jennifer C. Pizer, OutCaster Isha, Credit: Jennifer Pizer image - Lambda Legal
LGBTQ people face more discrimination than many realize, and the arc of the moral universe doesn’t bend toward justice all by itself.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Radio Catskill, and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Apr 30, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Jennifer C. Pizer, OutCaster Isha, Credit: Jennifer Pizer image - Lambda Legal
The Biden administration’s work to undo the anti-LGBTQ policies of the Trump administration; current status of the Equality Act; growth in inclusiv...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Radio Catskill, and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Mar 31, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Jennifer C. Pizer, OutCaster Isha, Credit: Jennifer Pizer image - Lambda Legal
The wall between church and state is disappearing, and many new state laws are targeting LGBTQ people for unequal treatment. How do these laws aff...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Radio Catskill, and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Feb 28, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Jennifer C. Pizer, OutCaster Isha, Credit: Jennifer Pizer image - Lambda Legal
The Supreme Court reconsiders abortion. How could this reverberate into hard-won LGBTQ rights, especially as the Court erodes the separation betwe...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Radio Catskill, and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Jan 30, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3

  • Added: Dec 31, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Jennifer C. Pizer, OutCaster Isha, Credit: Jennifer Pizer image via Lambda Legal
The bill of rights and the vehemence of Justices Thomas and Alito on religious liberty vs. LGBTQ equality.

Bought by RADIOLEX and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Nov 30, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Jennifer C. Pizer, OutCaster Isha, Credit: Jennifer Pizer image via Lambda Legal
The wall between church and state has been eroded. What will it take to rebuild it? And what’s the role of the Supreme Court and its newest justi...

Bought by Radio Catskill, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Oct 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Jennifer C. Pizer, OutCaster Isha, Credit: Jennifer Pizer image via Lambda Legal
The Fulton case: The Supreme Court unanimously agrees with a Catholic adoption agency’s claim of religious liberty claim to justify discrimination...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Radio Catskill, and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Sep 30, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Jennifer C. Pizer, OutCaster Isha, Credit: Jennifer Pizer image via Lambda Legal
The Fulton case: The Supreme Court unanimously agrees with a Catholic adoption agency’s claim of religious liberty claim to justify discrimination

Bought by Radio Catskill, RADIOLEX, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Aug 30, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3