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09/02/20119 OUT cast
WMPG 90.9 FM
A conversation with Maine-born Eric Scharf, co-founder of Center Global, a program of the DC Center for the LGBT Community which welcomes and supports LGBT asylum-seekers in the Washington DC area. Can this groundbreaking work inspire a similar effort by our community here in Maine?
Eric Scharf is the retired President of Kelsey Consulting, which focused on assisting nonprofit organizations with issues of business process improvement and governance issues. He has more than thirty years of experience in association management and a background in health policy and human rights advocacy. During his career he served as Executive Director of five professional and trade associations addressing issues in substance abuse addiction, maritime transportation, international trade facilitation, nursing profession and financial services. In this retirement Eric has maintained an active schedule of volunteer commitments on both the local and national levels. He is a co-founder of Center Global, a program of the DC Center for the LGBT community which welcomes and supports LGBT asylum seekers in the Washington, DC area and the Treasurer of the LGBT-Freedom and Asylum Network. He is active in the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance National Capital Area Chapter and serves as Advocacy Advisor for the DBSA National Office. Additionally, Eric serves on the Board of Capitol Clubhouse, a mental health clubhouse; Vice Chair of and recently stepped down as Vice President of both the Mt. Pleasant Library Friends and the Federation of Friends of the DC Library. A Washington, DC resident, Eric currently lives in Columbia Heights. He is native of Maine, having grown up in Yarmouth and graduated from the University of Southern Maine with a degree in Political Science. While at USM he was the Chairman of the Student Senate and served as a student representative of the University of Maine Board of Trustees.
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08/28/2019 OUT cast
WMPG 90 FM
A discussion with Skip Brushaber and Jamie Melanson, about their years with Our Paper; our community’s newspaper for most of the 1980’s.
Skip Brushaber is retired a nurse/social worker who is political activist committed to social change. He was one of the founding members of the Our Paper Collective and The AIDS Project in Portland. He is currently on the Board of Directors of the Westbrook Food Pantry which supplies food to 90 to 100 households every Tuesday. Skip is a published writer and artist who lives in Westbrook with his husband, two rescue canines and one enormous cat.
Jamie Melanson is a Maine native, and they have worked and volunteered extensively here as a political activist. Among their various political endeavors over the years, Jamie worked as a co-facilitator and peer counselor at the Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Alliance at USM; volunteered as a writer for Portland's queer newspaper "Our Paper"; and co-founded ACT UP Portland, Queer Nation, and Feminists Against Rape. Jamie has also volunteered for SARSSM, and after returning to USM to finish their degree, proudly graduated with a Women's Studies Degree. This past year, Jamie volunteered with Pride Portland, to help with Pride's celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall rebellion. Jamie lives with Peter, their partner in crime for 31 years, and with their two beloved cat babies, Dolly and Boo.
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08/19/2019 OUT cast
WMPG 90.9 FM
A conversation with Muriel Pierce, president of PFLAG Portland.
Muriel grew up in a small town in Western Washington State and attended the University of Washington. She worked as a Reading Specialist during her time as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Turkey and she lived in Berlin, Germany for 3 1/2 years during the time that the Berlin Wall was torn down.
She is the mother of 3 adult children, the youngest of whom is transgender.
Muriel currently tutors a Syrian woman through Learning Works and she is in awe of the good fortune she has of spending time with her grandchildren.
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08/12/2019 OUT cast
WMPG 90.9 FM
A conversation with Lois Johnson and Sheri Barden, co-presidents of the Boston chapter of the Daughters of Bilitis for twenty years.
Lois and Sheri were featured in the Stu Maddux groundbreaking 2010 documentary, Gen Silent, about LGBTQ+ elders. Lois and Sheri’s more than 50 years of activism includes work with the Boston Lesbian and Gay Political Alliance, Gay Community News and the Gay Speakers Bureau. They led workshops at the first Maine Gay Symposium in 1974 and have had a lifetime love affair with the state of Maine. Don’t miss this edition of OUT Cast with this devoted couple of 56 years.
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08/05/2019 OUT cast
WMPG 90.9 FM
Part two of interview with Dale McCormick, the first open lesbian elected to a State Senate in the United States.
Dale was the first openly gay member of the Maine State Legislature, having been elected in 1990 to the first of three terms in the Maine Senate. A Democrat, she represented a largely rural district that included her then-residence in Hallowell. After narrowly losing a congressional bid, she served as state treasurer and as director of the Maine State Housing Authority.
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07/29/2019 OUT cast
WMPG
Hosts Steve, Stan & Dal talk sheep, carpentry, and feminism with guest Dale McCormick.
Dale was the first openly gay member of the Maine State Legislature, having been elected in 1990 to the first of three terms in the Maine Senate. A Democrat, she represented a largely rural district that included her then-residence in Hallowell. After narrowly losing a congressional bid, she served as state treasurer and as director of the Maine State Housing Authority.
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07/22/2019 OUT cast
WMPG
Hosts Steve and Dal interview Mary Bonauto, a lawyer working with GLAD (GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders) on current U.S. Supreme court cases of interest to the LGBTQ+ community. She successfully argued the historic 2015 Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges, which established the freedom to marry for same-sex couples nationwide.
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07/15/2019 OUT cast
WMPG
Hosts: Steve & Dal
Guests Diane Elze and Barb Wood talk about the history of the LGBTQ+ movement in Maine.
For more information on topics discussed in this interview, you can...
Hear Diane Elze's interview for Querying the Past (be sure to check out Ms. Elze's MLGPA timeline while you're there)
Hear Barb Wood's interview for Querying the Past
Hear host Steve Bull's interview for Querying the Past
Brouse digitized issues from the full run of Our Paper...
as well as periodicals published by the MLGPA.
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07/08/2019 OUT cast
WMPG
Hosts: Steve, Stan & Dal
Guests Bishop and David talk about the River of Pride flag, and Pride 2019.
To see a video of the River of Pride flag in action (as discussed in this episode) click HERE.
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07/01/2019 OUT cast
WMPG
Hosts: Steve, Stan & Dal
Guest Rev. Cindy Maddox discusses religion and the LGBTQ+ community.
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06/24/2019 OUT cast
WMPG
Hosts: Steve, Stan & Dal
Guest Lisa Bunker returns to talk about her latest middle-grade novel Zenobia July.
You can hear a longer interview with Ms. Bunker which was part of the Querying the Past Oral History Project HERE.
You can find her previous appearance on OUT cast HERE.
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06/17/2019 OUT cast
WMPG
Hosts: Steve, Stan & Dal
The guest this week is "YOU"! Steve, Stan & Dal talk Pride 2019 and take calls from listeners to learn more about how people celebrated Pride.
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06/10/2019 OUT cast
WMPG
Hosts: Steve, Stan & Dal
Guests: Carolyn Gage and Elizabeth Freeman discuss Carolyn's play Lighting Martha about innovative queer theatrical lighting designer Jean Rosenthal. The play was featured during the annual PortFringe Festival.
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06/03/2019 OUT cast
WMPG
Hosts: Steve and Dal
Pre-recorded interview by Steve and Stan with Larry and Steve from the Maine Gay Men's Chorus.
Episode highlights include a discussion of local news and upcoming local Pride 2019 events
For more about the history of the Maine Gay Men's Chorus, please visit Special Collections.
This episode also mentions Querying the Past Oral History Project. For more information, please click HERE.
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05/27/2019 OUT cast
90.9 WMPG FM
OUT cast co-hosts Steve and Dal interview Ren and Sebastian from Portland Pride about the plans for the 2019 celebration.
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05/20/2019 OUT cast
90.9 WMPG FM
OUT cast co-hosts Steve and Dal interview Kelly, Ann, and Lisa from Dykes on Bikes about the history and present of the organization.
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05/13/2019 OUT cast
90.9 WMPG FM
OUT cast co-hosts Steve and Dal interview Susan Maasch, founder and director of the Trans Youth Equality Foundation.
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05/06/2019 OUT cast
90.9 WMPG FM
OUT cast co-hosts Steve, Madeline, and Dal interview Bishop McKechnie about the River of Pride flag.
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04/29/2019 OUT cast
90.9 WMPG FM
OUT cast co-hosts Steve, Stan, and Dal interview Donna Galluzzo, executive director of the Frannie Peabody Center; they discuss the Frannie Peabody Center's annual fundraiser, held May 4, 2019 in Ogunquit.
More information on Frannie Peabody can be found here.
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04/22/2019 OUT cast
90.9 WMPG FM
OUT cast co-hosts Steve, Stan, and Madeline interview Mark Fairman and Mikayla Reynolds of Out & Allied Youth Theatre in Waterville.
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04/15/2019 OUT cast
90.9 WMPG FM
Weekly Pride Update.
OUT cast co-hosts Steve, Dal, and Stan talk to guest Allen Young about his book Left, Gay, and Green: A Writer's Life.
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04/08/2019 OUT cast
90.9 WMPG FM
Begathon Edition!
OUT cast co-hosts Steve, Madeline, and Stan join engineer Dal Maxwel engage in a fast paced discussion of queer issues, both local and international.
Please note that the Begathon is currently over, but you can learn more about how you can support WMPG by visiting WMPG.org
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04/01/2019 OUT cast
90.9 WMPG FM
OUT cast co-hosts Steve and Stan talk to guest Dick Harrison about the founding and history of Northern Lambda Nord.
For further information see
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03/25/2018 OUT cast
90.9 WMPG FM
Weekly Pride Update
OUT cast co-hosts Steve, Madeline, and Stan interview guest Wendy Chapkis about Querying the Past.
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03/18/2019 OUT cast
90.9 WMPG FM
Weekly Pride Update
OUT cast co-hosts Madeline and Stan interview guest Gia Drew and Chris O'Connor about Equality Maine.
