Gaywaves

Out school board member and candidate for Cuyahoga County Council Robert Schleper joins Gaywaves

Continuing a long line of public service, out gay Chagrin Falls Board of Education member Robert Schleper is now trying to become the first out member of Cuyahoga County Council. He is our guest on Gaywaves this week discussing what has turned out to be a significant and interesting race.

 

If elected, Schleper would be the first out Cuyahoga County Council member, and the second (behind Auditor Frank Russo) out gay Cuyahoga County official.

 

https://www.robertschleper.com

 

https://victoryfund.org/candidate/robert-schleper/

 

This segment aired August 1, 2024

James Fauntleroy of the Jaybefaunt Show and Revolutionary Blackout Network makes his second appearance on Gaywaves

Today Gaywaves is joined by James Fauntleroy of The Jaybefaunt Show and Revolutionary Blackout Network. This is James' second Gaywaves appearance, and he as always he comes in "hot" discussing the events of the last week around politics, of course, but mostly around how queer Americans need to think about this moment and the future we are shaping right now.

 

https://www.youtube.com/@_Jaybefaunt

 

https://www.revolutionaryblackoutnetwork.com

 

This segment aired July 25, 2024

Former HRC employee Alexandria Costello joins Gaywaves to talk about how the Genocide in Gaza and HRC's silence about it, is splitting the organization between its donors and employees

Alexandria Costello is a former employee of the Human Rights Campaign who left because of HRC's tacit support of the Genocide in Gaza. What she reveals is the extent to which the HRC office has been divided and paralyzed on this issue, with the staff on one side and the donors and executives on the other.

 

Alexandria came with the receipts and a strong personal conviction as to what human rights organizations need to stand for in order to have integrity in their own mission.

 

 

This segment aired July 11, 2024

Gaywaves Annual Reminder All Star Panel talks about the state of the queer community in Ohio

Jeanne Powell Ogden of TransAllies, State Representative Beryl Brown Piccolantonio, Dara Adkison of TransOhio, and State Senator Nickie Antonio, who talk about the state of our community in Ohio today. The discussion is inspiring and terrifying as well as informative.

 

https://transalliesohio.org

 

https://www.transohio.org

 

https://www.nickieantonio.com

 

https://berylforohio.com

 

This segment aired July 4, 2024

 

Small Town Pride in Celina, Ohio president and co-founder Kyle Bruce talks about this Pride event

Celina, Ohio, on Ohio's west coast, is representative of a small, conservative rural town that has a very successful annual Pride event.

 

Co-founder and president of Small Town Pride - Celina, Kyle Bruce, promotes the event on Gaywaves.  The discussion also veers into a look at queer life in areas often overlooked.

 

https://celinapride.org

 

https://www.facebook.com/smalltownpridecelina/

 

 

This segment aired June 27, 2024 

Yellow Springs Pride president Phillip O'Rourke highlights this weekend's event

Yellow Springs, Ohio has a long history of liberalism and inclusion, and its LGBTQ community reflects those traditions.

 

Yellow Springs Pride president Phillip O'Rourke joins Gaywaves to preview this weekend's event and talk about what participants should expect.

 

https://www.yspride.com

 

https://www.facebook.com/events/2174982432880877/?acontext=%7B"event_action_history"%3A[]%7D

 

This segment aired June 27, 2024

Minna Zelch of Geauga SOGI joins Gaywaves to talk about Third Annual Pride in Geauga

Gaywaves' Ohio Pride festival rounds this week take us to Burton, where the Third Annual Pride in Geauga will be held June 22.

 

This is a great example of a Pride celebration in a small, rural, religiously conservative town that came together to serve its LGBTQ and allied members.

 

This year the event has grown into a venerable Pride venue, and SOGI vice president joins us to tell the origin story and preview the events.

 

https://geaugasogi.org/news-events/#events

 

https://www.facebook.com/GeaugaSOGI

 

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This segment aired June 20, 2024

Stonewall Columbus director Densil Porteous joins Gaywaves to highlight Columbus Pride

This week the Gaywaves Ohio Pride Celebration Train pulls into Columbus for Ohio's oldest and largest, and one of the largest in the region.

 

 

Stonewall Columbus director Densil Porteous joins us for the run down, the low down, and all the goodies you should expect this weekend at Columbus Pride.

 

Columbus Pride runs June 14 and 15.

 

 

https://stonewallcolumbus.org/pride/

 

 

This segment aired June 13, 2024

 

This segment aired June 13, 2024

Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen joins Gaywaves to preview the merger between NCTE and TLDEF

It's not often that two major national LGBTQ organizations merge, but that is exactly what is happening, perhaps as early as July 1, when the National Center for Transgender Equality and Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund are coming together to form Advocates for Trans Equality (and BTW, Alana Jochum has left Equality Ohio to become the Policy Director of the new organization).

 

 

Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen will become the executive director of A for TE, and makes his first appearance on Gaywaves to talk about why the decision to merge and what they hope to achieve. He is also optimistic about the state of transgender rights long term, and shares that optimism as well as some of his personal story as a member of a family that is Republican Royalty.

 

https://transequality.org

 

https://transgenderlegal.org

 

 

This segment aired June 13, 2024

Stark Pride Entertainment Director Jonathan Becker joins Gaywaves to talk about this weekend's festival

The third annual Stark Pride festival is running in downtown Canton Saturday, June 8.

 

In his second Gaywaves appearance Stark Pride Entertainment Director Jonathan Becker tells listeners what to expect, how to negotiate downtown Canton, and everything you need to know to enjoy the event.

 

https://www.starkpride.org/#/

 

https://www.facebook.com/starkpridefestival/

 

https://cantoncentennialplaza.com/event/stark-pride-festival-6-8-2024/

 

 

This segment aired June 6, 2024