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Standup comedy from LA-based comic Nina Nguyen, plus her take on representing transness in her comedy, and performing as a Trans woman in the male-dominated business of standup.
Recorded at the San Francisco Eagle during Safewords Comedy Showcase “Laughs In Trans Nation” on August 28, 2024.
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"This is the city's backyard. An early morning walk will take a visitor past dozens of small businesses: metal benders, plastic molders, even casket makers. At five, they set down their tools and return to the suburbs. A few hours later men in black leather will step out on these same streets to fill the nearly thirty gay bars, restaurants and sex clubs." - Mark Thompson, 1982
Ringold Street, or Ringold Alley in San Francisco’s SoMa or South of Market neighborhood, helped to start a kinky sexual revolution in the city by the bay. Ringold played host to the first two “Up Your Alley” street fairs before the moved to Dore Alley in 1987, but not many know the history of this once popular gay cruising spot in San Francisco’s leather district.
Gay author, activist, writer and leather educator Race Bannon takes us cruising and shares stories of the Ringold Alley that was, and what it’s inspired in today’s LGBTQIA2S+ community.
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Race Bannon on Substack
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The 2024 Paris Olympics just concluded and this year’s games were possibly the gayest ever, from Lady Gaga and Celine Dion in the opening ceremony, to an astounding number of queer athletes crushing the competition in every sport imaginable.
Jim Buzinski from OutSports.com breaks down the medal haul from Team LGBTQ, plus we chat bulges, divas and Tom Daley’s retirement this time on Stereotypes.
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The full interview with Jim Businski on Patreon
OutSports.com
Christopher J. Beale
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This November, Americans will vote in possibly the most important election of our lifetimes between the Republican nominee former President Donald Trump, and Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris.
This time on Stereotypes, I’ll talk to political experts from the Political Breakdown podcast about just what is at stake for LGBTQIA2S people in the 2024 election.
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The full conversation on Patreon
Political Breakdown from KQED
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Ellen Scanlon, host of the the How To Do The Pot podcast shares the story of how cannabis served as a major source of comfort for AIDS patients in the eighties and early nineties.
You’ll learn about Meridy Volz, the woman behind Sticky Fingers Brownies, and her daughter Alia Volz, who witnessed the transformative power of compassion and community from a young age. Discover how delivering cannabis brownies to AIDS patients provided relief and hope, and learn about the pivotal role this played in sparking a national legalization movement for medical cannabis.
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Hear the extended interview with Christopher Beale and Ellen Scanlon on Patreon. Connect with us at StereotypesPodcast.org.
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The queer community turned out and turned up this weekend for the 2024 San Diego Pride Parade & Festival. Learn the history of pride events in San Diego, meet the founder of Play Catch With A Dad and Mr. San Diego Pride 2024 Eric de la Torre. Plus hear music from KoGee Soul Reprise on this week’s Stereotypes.
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This time on Stereotypes, a group of queer creators of color who noticed something missing in entertainment, “what was missing was us,” and they set out to do something about it. Join Christopher Beale and guests, executive producer Tony Taylor, and Ashley Jaye, she is directing this summer’s “Mighty Real: A Sketch Variety Show” created by and for LGBTQIA2S people.
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It’sQwere
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There’s a little historic riverfront town in Northern California that queer people flock to each summer. It started as a logging town, but today tourism is the primary business in Guerneville.
Learn how the queer community saved this little town from ruin after a devastating flood, and became a thriving queer destination.
HOST: Christopher J. Beale
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Love it or hate, drag is a hot topic of conversation now. And you really can’t understand how we got to this point nationally without heading to San Francisco.
Today — in a story Christopher produced for the KQED podcast Bay Curious — we’re taking a crash course through decades of drag herstory to better understand it’s larger impact on San Francisco, and the country.
Links:
How SF's Drag Queens Shaped the City (and the World)
Peaches Christ on Stereotypes
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This June Disney hosted a collection of LGBTQIA2S-targeted ‘pride nites’ at Disneyland. This is only the second year in Disneyland’s nearly 70 year history where the company has actually created their own pride experience…so…how was it?
Christopher Beale reports from inside Disneyland After Dark: Pride Nite 2024, and Bethanee Bemis from the Smithsonian gives us the timeline of queer celebrations inside the happiest place on earth.
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The “I” in LGBTQIA2S stands for intersex, which represents a seemingly endless list of possible combinations of our human X and Y chromosomes.
Some intersex individuals are misdiagnosed with various other ailments in their youth — like Klinefelter's Syndrome — and ultimately have to make difficult, life and identity-altering decisions in adulthood.
Like actress and intersex advocate Juleigh Mayfield, who was forced to transition to female in her forties.HOST:
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Gay and bisexual men are more likely to be in open relationships, but Frank Arthur Smith says that is seldom represented in pop culture. With his queer comedy series Open To It, he aims to change that.
Open To It is available on Out TV, Amazon, and opentoitseries.com.
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We kick off Pride month (and season 3!) in Brecksville & Broadview Heights, Ohio. The pair of conservative small towns hosted their first LGBTQIA pride in 2023 to much success, then local residents tried to shut it down. The fight for 2024 on Stereotypes.
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My holiday gift to you, four stories about drag holiday traditions:
“Thanksgiving with Carmella” by Christopher Beale
“Creating Our Christmas” by Jinkx Monsoon & BenDeLaCreme
“No Christingmas in Russia” by Katya Smirnoff-Skyy
“Christmas Eve Eve” by J. Conrad Frank
Happy holidays, see you in 2024!
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Elizabeth Carter is a Black, queer, mother and director raising her son among the San Francisco Bay Area's LGBTQ community. Attending drag events has always been normal for their family and when politicians began trying to pass drag bans around the country, she responded by staging a show about drag queens set in Florida. Responding to hate with authenticity, and humor this time on Stereotypes. Featuring Christopher Beale, Elizabeth Carter and J.A. Valentine. - ChristopherJBeale.com
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Peaches Christ is a San Francisco drag icon, a self-professed cult leader, horror queen, filmmaker, activist, comedian, and a singer all rolled into one. With a drag career spanning more than 20 years her impact on queer, drag and film culture are obvious. We talk drag, activism, RuPaul’s Drag Race, Jinkx Monsoon, Heklina and more with Peaches Christ on Stereotypes. - Hosted by: Christopher Beale Guest: Peaches Christ
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Christopher J. Beale presents Stereotypes: Straight Talk from Queer Voices
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Chris and Charles are military veterans living in Central Florida with their non-binary kid Eric. They arrived in Florida just as Governor Ron DeSantis began his outright attacks on the LGBTQ+ community and now they’ve had enough. They are raising money to leave Florida and an uncertain political future. - DONATE TO CHRIS & CHARLES' GOFUNDME - Find Christopher Beale online at christopherjbeale.com
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Tre'vell Anderson is an author, journalist and observer of pop culture. Over the years, as they moved through their own coming out journey, Tre'vell noticed a problem with the way Trans people are portrayed in media.
Are negative representations on screen causing violence off screen?
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Support Christopher's work on Patreon to hear the full 70 minute conversation behind this episode, details at christopherjbeale.com
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“The most famous gay movie theatre in the world.” - Gerard Koskovich
In San Francisco’s gay neighborhood there is an ornate, historic movie Palace called the Castro Theatre. It towers over the Castro neighborhood with its bright neon blade sign, and art deco marquee. But lately, the marquee hasn’t shown much of anything, and the theater seems as deserted now as it did during the pandemic.
The Castro Theatre’s new managers want to renovate the space, saying the very future of the theater depends on its flexibility, and resulting financial viability. This would involve some changes to the traditional movie theater layout that have the LGBTQ and film communities divided. The arguments have reached San Francisco City Hall, and the fight is getting ugly.
This time on Stereotypes — in a piece I made for the KQED podcast Bay Curious — I’ll show you why this little theater plays such an important role in LGBTQ history, and take you inside the fight for the future of the Castro Theatre.
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Support my work on Patreon and receive early access to Stereotypes and hours of bonus content! That, and all of my work are at christopherjbeale.com. - Christopher Beale
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