OutCasting Overtime

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

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Additional shorter-form content from OutCasting, public radio's LGBTQ youth program.

Additional shorter-form content from OutCasting, public radio's LGBTQ youth program. Often personal in nature, these essays and discussions have covered the Pulse massacre in Orlando, bisexual erasure, coming out, gender norms, and why young LGBTQ people often have to lie. Typically 3-6 minutes.


70 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
December 2020 – LGBTQ candidates, LGBTQ youth
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting Overtime
Caption: OutCaster Justin
OutCaster Justin talks about what it means to LGBTQ youth, especially struggling youth, to see LGBTQ people elected to public office.

  • Added: Nov 30, 2020
  • Length: 07:00
January 2021 - Support systems for LGBTQ teens who are dating
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting Overtime
Caption: OutCaster Vivian
Challenges faced by LGBTQ teens who are dating and how straight friends, teachers, and hopefully parents can support them.

  • Added: Dec 31, 2020
  • Length: 11:56
February 2021 -- A cisgender teenager explores different ways of expressing his gender
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting Overtime
Caption: OutCaster Justin
Does that make him "a little bit" transgender?

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 1
March 2021 – An LGBTQ youth considers rainbow capitalism
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting Overtime
Caption: OutCaster Vivian
Is it enough when businesses fly rainbow flags?

  • Added: Feb 27, 2021
  • Length: 05:52
April 2021 – Bullied gay seventh grader
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting Overtime
Caption: OutCasting youth participant Justin
How did he deal with it? Was his school helpful? What did he learn from it?

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 31, 2021
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 1
May 2021 – The pope's change in direction?
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting Overtime
Caption: OutCasting youth participant Isha
In March, the Vatican released a statement that appears to be at odds with Pope Francis's apparently supportive attitude toward LGBTQ people. Isha...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2021
  • Length: 06:56
June 2021 – Pride and the LGBTQ community
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Series: OutCasting Overtime
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June means LGBTQ Pride in much of the world, but are there issues within the community?

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  • Added: May 31, 2021
  • Length: 12:54
  • Purchases: 1
July 2021 – HIV at 40
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting Overtime
Caption: OutCaster Lil
What's lost when kids don't learn about the homophobic context in which the pandemic unfolded?

  • Added: Jun 30, 2021
  • Length: 08:37
August 2021 -- The male gaze and performative bisexuality
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting Overtime
Caption: OutCasting youth participant Isha
Real-world consequences for the media's objectification of women

  • Added: Jul 28, 2021
  • Length: 07:29
September 2021 – Slurs against LGBTQ people
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting Overtime
Caption: OutCaster Chris
Where did they come from, and is it OK for people to use them today?

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Aug 30, 2021
  • Length: 06:04
  • Purchases: 2
The lack of LGBTQ inclusive sex education
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting Overtime
Caption: OutCaster Justin
What happens when these topics are left out?

  • Added: Sep 30, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
LGBTQ youth in school locker rooms
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting Overtime
Caption: OutCaster Brian
Who’s really threatened – kids who are assumed to be cisgender and heterosexual or LGBTQ students?

  • Added: Oct 29, 2021
  • Length: 03:30
“The most wonderful time of the year!”
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting Overtime
Caption: OutCaster Sarah
The OutCasting team reflects on how the holidays can be stressful and even excruciating for LGBTQ teenagers.

  • Added: Nov 30, 2021
  • Length: 07:03
When LGBTQ people are politically conservative
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Series: OutCasting Overtime
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OutCaster Tim considers why many LGBTQ conservatives don’t feel at home in the LGBTQ community.

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  • Added: Dec 31, 2021
  • Length: 09:16
  • Purchases: 1
Desmond Tutu and the continuing importance of youth activism
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting Overtime
Caption: Archbishop Desmond Tutu
February 1, 2022 – A young straight ally considers his own place in activism

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  • Added: Jan 30, 2022
  • Length: 08:05
  • Purchases: 1
Gatekeeping within the LGBTQ community
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting Overtime
Caption: OutCasting youth participant Carol
March 1, 2022 – Should you have be very visibly gay, or if you're trans, undergo medical transition to “earn your place”?

  • Added: Feb 28, 2022
  • Length: 13:01
Florida’s misguided new “Don’t Say Gay” law
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting Overtime
Caption: OutCaster Tomás
April 1, 2022 – Are schools actually "grooming centers of gender identity radicals"? And what do Florida Republicans mean by “grooming,” anyway — ...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2022
  • Length: 09:15
Straight teenager embraces equality
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting Overtime
Caption: OutCasting youth broadcaster Tomás
May 1, 2022 – What does a straight teenager do when he sees a lesbian schoolmate being taunted – and why?

  • Added: Apr 30, 2022
  • Length: 09:10
An LGBTQ teenager’s evolving relationship with NYC Pride
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting Overtime
Caption: OutCasting youth broadcaster Shoshana
What has she learned along the way?

  • Added: May 27, 2022
  • Length: 04:10
What happens when parents are unaccepting
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting Overtime
Caption: OutCasting youth broadcaster Carys
The emptiness left behind can be devastating.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 11:44