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Gaywaves interview with Dr. Henry Ng, Director of the Transgender Surgery and Medicine Program at the Cleveland Clinic

Dr. Henry Ng, the Director of Transgender Surgery and Medicine Program at the Cleveland Clinic, makes his second appearance on Gaywaves to talk about the biology of transgender youth.

 

This interview is critical during this time of political attacks on transgender girls in scholastic sports, where the proponents, for political gain, are deliberately spreading disinformation and outright lies about transgender athletes.

 

Dr. Ng clears up the science, and explains medical treatment, hormones, genetics and in this area.

 

This segment aired May 6, 2021.

Gaywaves coverage of Ohio House committee hearing on the pending anti-transgender "look between girls' legs bill."

Ohio has bills in the House and Senate to prohibit transgender girls from playing scholastic sports.

 

This segment airs the sponsor testimony on H.B. 61 in the House Primary & Secondary Education Committee, and analysis.

 

This segment aired April 29, 2021.

Gaywaves interview with National Center for Lesbian Rights Legal Director Shannon Minter

National Center for Lesbian Rights Legal Director Shannon Minter joins Gaywaves for the fifth time, this time to discuss the need to expand the federal judiciary and the number of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court as it pertains to protecting hard-fought LGBTQ rights long term.

 

Also discussed are the anti-transgender initiatives popping up in states, and the state of the Equality Act.

 

This segment aired April 22, 2021

Gaywaves interview with Flex Spas Cleveland general manager James Foster

Flex Spas Cleveland has been in the news recently due to it having been a crime scene.

 

General manager James Foster joins the show to talk about what happened and what his team's response has been to continue to ensure a safe experience for patrons.

 

We also discuss Flex Cleveland's ongoing protocols to deal with the COVID 19 crisis.

 

This segment aired April 8, 2021.

Gaywaves interview with Cleveland International Film Festival Associate Director Patrick Shepherd

It is Cleveland International Film Festival time, and associate director Patrick Shepherd is our guest to talk about the LGBTQ+ films and the festival's involvement with the LGBTQ+ community of Greater Cleveland.

 

The Cleveland International Film Festival has been LGBTQ+ affirming since long before it was cool, and this year, features 112 films in its Outlook sidebar.

 

The Cleveland International Film Festival is in its 45th year and runs April 7 - 20.  https://www.clevelandfilm.org/

 

This segment aired April 8, 2021.

Gaywaves interview with transgender activist Jacob Nash

March 31, 2021 was International Transgender Day of Visibility.  This segment features transgender activist Jacob Nash talking about the day and what it means today for transgender equality and quality of life.

 

Nash also talks about legislation pending in Ohio that outlaw transgender girls' participation in scholastic sports.

 

This segment is included in the April 1, 2021 show.

Gaywaves entire show April 1, 2021

This is the entire Gaywaves show from April 1, 2021.

 

Due to transmitter problems at WRUW, this probably did get transmitted.

 

Our guest is transgender activist Jacob Nash talking about International Transgender Day of Visibility and the legislative issues in Ohio.

 

We also reveal the responses to questions bout the Equality Act posed to Senator Tammy Baldwin, and report on local LGBTQ events.

Gaywaves original reporting on the conflict between actor Daniel Franzese and Walsh University

Actor and comedian Daniel Franzese has accused Walsh University in North Canton, Ohio, of firing him because he is gay.

 

There is always more to the story, and this segment is the result of Gaywaves' investigation into the matter.

 

This segment aired March 25, 2021.

Gaywaves interview with Gwen Stembridge, Statewide Civic Engagement Director, Equality Ohio

Ohio now has bills in the House and Senate that would require looking between girls' legs to determine their eligibility to play high school and college sports.  This is part of a national effort to whip up culturally conservative voting base for 2022 and 2024 in a manner similar to how marriage equality was used in 2004.

 

Stembridge talks about the danger of these bills and the need to defeat them in Ohio and around the nation.

 

This segment aired March 25.

Gaywaves interview with Dr. Jason Steidel on the latest Vatican attack on LGBTQ families

Dr. Jason Steidel is a lecturer on Religious Studies at St. Joseph's College in Brooklyn, NY.  He is also openly gay and a native of Medina County, Ohio.  In this segment he makes his second appearance on Gaywaves as "Pope Whisperer."

As the Vatican office of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, formerly known as the Inquisition, rules against blessing same-sex unions, and the families they create, Steidel unpacks what LGBTQ Catholics and allies need to know and makes suggestions as to what to do next.

 

This segment aired on March 18, 2021