MusiQueer! - QueerMinded 9/25/2014

Hello Queer World!

Dayton-area band SKURT joins us on this edition of QueerMinded!
Photo courtesy of Facebook.

This week, co-hosts Orie, SaRea and Brandon explored queer music and packed the show with great queer artists!

This episode includes an interview with founder Lynn Casper of the website Homoground, a queer-oriented music podcast and website. She'll tell us what it's like to promote and find queer artists, and give us some great suggestions on queer music you'll love.

We also talked to Ash from the Dayton, Ohio band SKURT. Their homoerotic rock music will make you dance the night away, and Ash gives us the info on being a queer musician.

Follow the link to listen to our MusiQueer episode. 

And here are links to our music from this week!

Splashin' Safari

http://splashinsafari.bandcamp.com/

Skurt

http://skurtdayton.bandcamp.com/

Katherine

http://katherine.bandcamp.com/

Join us next week for Queers on the Mic!

Top 10 LGBTQ Artists in Music

This Thursday, we will be sitting down with Lynn Casper of Homoground.com to discuss her efforts to unite the queer community with music. Homoground is giving queer artists a voice in her online podcast - broadcast out of Brooklyn, New York! In honor of the amazing weekly podcasts compiled by Homoground (available to listen here), we put together a list of some of the best LGBTQ artists in music today!

1. Angel Haze

Website / Facebook / Twitter / Youtube

2. SIA


Website / Facebook / Twitter / Youtube

3. THEESatisfaction

Website / Facebook / Twitter / Tumblr

4. Zebra Katz

Website / Facebook / Twitter / Youtube

5. Beth Ditto

Website / Facebook / Twitter / Youtube

6. Frank Ocean

Facebook / Youtube / Tumblr

7. JD Samson

Website / Facebook / Twitter / Youtube

8. Tegan & Sara

Website / Facebook / Twitter / Youtube

9. Yo! Majesty

Facebook / Twitter / Myspace 

10. Le1f

Facebook / Twitter / Tumblr

Queers in the Classroom - QueerMinded 9/18/2014

Co-host Brandon Walker (r) and studio guests Tony Gatto (l)
and Richard Albeit (center) get ready to discuss LGBTQ
issues in school. Photo by SaRea Surmon. 

Hello Queer World! 

School time is upon us, and that time can be challenging for any youth - but our queer youth face even more obstacles while trying to get an education. 

Co-hosts Orie, SaRea and Brandon look at all sides of the queer school experience - from how one mother and child is working through the process of gender transition to how a Central-Ohio school is creating an inclusive culture inside and outside of the classroom. 

And we hear from representatives of the GSA network telling their story about helping schools become equal spaces for all students. 

Take a listen by following this link. 

This Week's Music

White Stripes - We're Going To Be Friends

Ke$ha - We R Who We R

Sara Bareilles - Brave 

The Jackson 5 - ABC 

Stevie Nicks - Edge Of Seventeen 

Queer Arts! - QueerMinded 09/11/2014

Hello QueerWorld!

This week's episode explores Queer-themed arts in Central Ohio. Co-hosts Orie, SaRea and Brandon talked with co-host emeritus and show founder Dwayne Steward about the changes in Queer film over the years.

And we dish with comedian Brooke Cartus, who shares her story of being a queer comic and tells us what happened when she took her girlfriend to Piada. Make sure to listen, because it's hilarious. As always we give you the latest news from the LGBTQ community around the country and around the world.

 Listen to the show here, and check out this week's music below.

Take Me or Leave Me - RENT 

If You Were Gay - Avenue Q Soundtrack

Body Beautiful - Salt N Pepa

Queers on the Mic "Da Remix!" - QueerMinded 9/4/2014

QueerMinded was back on the air live this week, and we decided to do things a bit differently. Orie and SaRea brought in a group of queer millennials to talk about some of the big stories of the summer.

And we put them on the spot with our version of the show One Girl, Five Gays called Queers on da Mic. Do you prefer hairy or smooth partners? What was your funniest date? Our panel shared answers to those questions and more, and so did the hosts!

This is a show full of laughs and fun that you won't want to miss. Grab a cocktail, relax and get QueerMinded!

Listen to this week's show here!

This Week's Music

Tear the house up by Hervé x Zebra Katz



Q.U.E.E.N by Janelle Monáe featuring Erykah Badu

Forever by HAIM

BANG BANG by Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj

Let's Go To The Games - QueerMinded 8/14/2014

The Opening Ceremony of Gay Games 9, presented
by The Cleveland Foundation, rocked the Quicken
Loans arena on 9/9/2014 - Photo by Orie Givens

It's game time, and QueerMinded is ready to play! We showed our spirit this week and roadtripped to Gay Games 9, happening right up I-71 in Cleveland, Ohio.

The seven-day event features sports, exhibits, a downtown outdoor festival, cultural competitions and more. Co-hosts Orie and SaRea traveled to the games during opening weekend to check out the opening ceremony, mingle with spectators and participants and check out the nightlife. We talked to Clevelanders at Festival Village, the heart of the games, and we popped in to the Old School Iron Gym in Brook Park, Ohio to check out the power lifting competition. We'll bring you the story of a woman who overcame breast cancer to participate in lifting at the games. And she has a pretty cool motorcycle.

We also talk to Co-Host Emeritus Deo and Guest Reporter Jason Bourde, live from Cleveland, about their adventures to Gay Games events around the region. And we have an interview with gold medalist Mason Caminiti who participated in Bodybuilding. Caminiti shares his personal story on becoming a bodybuilder and participating the games.

Then, we expand the discussion on LGBT people and sports with a crosstalk featuring New York Daily News Sports Reporter Madison Hartman. Hartman discusses some of the key figures in LGBT sports news, LGBT players in professional sports and more.

Plus, the latest LGBTQ news from around the nation and around the world.

Follow the link to listen, and be sure to check out this week's music...from these three Queens!

RuPaul - Champion 

Queen - We Are The Champions

Gloria Estefan - Reach 

Next week, we're exploring violence toward and inside our community. It's a show you won't want to miss. Until then, enjoy this week's show!

Orie & SaRea

Post Opening Ceremony Reaction Gay Games 2014

Part sporting event, part pride festival, all queer - that's the sentiment after launch day of Gay Games 9 in Akron/Cleveland, Ohio.  SaRea and Orie took the show on the road to bring you the sights and sounds of the event.



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