Gaywaves

Queer Palestinian Empowerment Network co-founder Eyad Alkurabi joins Gaywaves

Our guest on Gaywaves is Eyad Alkurabi, co-founder of the Queer Palestinian Empowerment Network (QPEN) to react to the current genocide in Gaza from a queer perspective and to speak candidly about queer life in Occupied Palestine.  

 

The interview includes discussion as to how Israel, a country without a constitution, uses queer affirmation in cities like TelAviv as a public relations operation to western liberals to gain sympathy for tis military occupation, Aparthed and settler-colonialism, as well as the genocide we see now.  This phenomenon is known as pinkwashing.

 

This segment aired December 4, 2023

Gaywaves complete program November 13, 2023

This program aired November 13, 2023

Stonewall Democrats of Central Ohio president Marc Gofstein joins Gaywaves to explain why LGBTQ Ohioans are invested in passage of Issue 1, the state constitutional amendment for reproductive rights

 

Stonewall Democrats of Central Ohio president Marc Gofstein is a leader in the statewide campaign to pass Issue 1.

 

Issue 1 is the propsed Ohio constitutional amendment designed to protect the right to abortion and other reproductive medical treatment.

 

 

Passage of the amendment will provide safeguards for LGBTQ Ohioans as well, which is why it is important that we are involved in the effort to pass it.

 

Gofstein, in his second Gaywaves appearance discusses what you need to know and how you can get involved.

 

 

https://www.stonewalldemscentralohio.org

 

 

https://ohioansforreproductivefreedom.org

 

 

This segment aired October 2, 2023

Annise Parker, former Houston mayor and current director of the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund joins Gaywaves

In this segment the guest is Mayor Annise Parker.

 

Parker, an out lesbian, served three terms as the mayor of Houston, Texas before being term limited. During her tenure Houston was the most populous U.S. city with an out mayor until the election of Lori Lightfoot in Chicago.

 

Currently Parker directs the LGBT+ Victory Fund and Victory Fund Institute. When we caught up with her she was in Columbus for a Victory Fund event. This interview was conducted face-to-face, and the subjects covered include Texas politics, LGBTQ politics in Washington, and the overview of the Victory Fund and what it's doing.

 

 

This segment aired September 25, 2023

Gaywaves Thursday, September 14, 2023, entire show

Gaywaves Thursday, September 14, 2023, entire show

Toledo Public Schools president Sheena Barnes joins Gaywaves to discuss schools and her re-election bid

Toledo Public School Board president Sheena Barnes joins Gaywaves today to talk about why queer representation on school boards is positively consequential to LGBTQ identifying students and district employees as well as to the overall health of the community.

 

 

Barnes is the former director of Equality Toledo and has been a staunch fighter protecting the rights of transgender children in the Ohio State School Board and Ohio General Assembly.

 

Barnes faces a difficult re-election campaign, and of course, we talk about that, too.

 

https://www.facebook.com/SheenaforTPS/

 

http://www.barnesfortps.com

 

 

This segment aired September 7, 2023

Queer in Canton founder and director Abby Henry joins Gaywaves

When Canton opens an LGBTQ+ community resource center it is cause for celebration, and our guest on Gaywaves this week is Queer in Canton's founder and executive director Abby Henry.

 

This interview, conducted on-site, tells the story of how the center came about, and how it will serve and continue to grow in Ohio's smallest urban area.

 

https://www.queerincanton.com

 

https://www.facebook.com/queerincanton/

 

 

This segment aired August 31, 2023

Outsports co-founder Cyd Zeigler joins Gaywaves to discuss inclusion of transgender women in sports

Outsports co-founder Cyd Zeigler comes on Gaywaves to talk about transgender women participating in sports and attempts to segregate them.

 

This spitited interview is not one where you can predict the outcome, and it is one of the most interesting half hours we have ever aired.

 

https://www.outsports.com

 

This segment aired August 24, 2023

Gaywaves previews Akron Pride 2023 with Akron Pride chair Brian Lamoda-Genet

Akron Pride co-chair Brian Lamoda-Genet joins Gaywaves to preview this weekend's activities.

 

Akron Pride is this weekend and Gaywaves audience gets the first and most complete rundown.

 

 

https://www.akronpridefestival.org

 

This segment aired August 24, 2023

Canton Area League of Women Voters co-president Carol Canavan joins Gaywaves to talk about the importance of defeating the proposed constitutional amendment on August 8

Our guest on Gaywaves this week is Carol Canavan who is the co-president of the Canton Area League of Women Voters. She joins us for a conversation about the importance of defeating the proposed constitutional amendment on Ohio's ballot August 8.

 

 

The proposed amendment has serious ramifications for how Ohio is structured, and under represented, under funded constituencies, including LGBTQ+ Ohioans need to take notice, as those changes will affect our rights disproportionately.

 

https://www.lwvohio.org

 

 

This segment aired July 27, 2023