Episodes 274
Avg. Duration 31m
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Apple Rating 4.6 (660)
Since Sep 2016
Latest Episode Oct 2025

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*Nominated for Outstanding Podcast at the GLAAD Awards* Weekly interviews with the most interesting LGBTQ+ people in the world. Recent guests include Laverne Cox, Janelle Monáe, Pete Buttigieg, Brandi Carlile, Alok Vaid-Menon, and Angela Davis. LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters.

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Miss Major Griffin-Gracy: Was At The Forefront of Trans Liberation Since Before Stonewall (1946-2025)

Oct 14, 2025 20m

The legendary transgender elder and activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy died yesterday. She was 78. A veteran of the Stonewall uprising, Miss Major dedicated her life to the transgender movement. She…

Inner Voice with Jeffrey Marsh: Why "It's All My PARENTS' Fault" Is NEVER An Excuse

Sep 15, 2025 59m

Please enjoy this episode of Inner Voice, a new podcast from Jeffrey Marsh and Zaq Latino. Jeffrey Marsh is a Zen teacher, Oprah-endorsed author, and social media phenomenon. In this episode, they…

Robert Suttle: The Case for Ending HIV Criminalization

Aug 19, 2025 37m

Across 32 states, outdated HIV criminalization laws continue to punish people living with HIV. Robert Suttle shares his story of being prosecuted in Louisiana after a former partner accused him of…

Darryl Stephens: Noah's Arc Returns! Celebrating 20 Years of the Groundbreaking Gay TV Show

Jun 16, 2025 24m

In 2019, almost 15 years after the beloved TV show, Noah's Arc, cemented itself into queer history, its star, Darryl Stephens, was considering shifting his focus away from acting. His subsequent…

Edmund White: Remembering the Groundbreaking Gay Writer

Jun 04, 2025 38m

“I'm at an age when writers are supposed to say finally what mattered most to them—for me, it would be thousands of sex partners." Edmund White died this week at the age of 85. Earlier this year, I…

Susan Stryker: Trump's War on Transgender People, A Historian's View

Apr 26, 2025 44m

Why is the world so threatened by the existence of trans people? Historian Susan Stryker joins us to break it all down. She talks about how she's thinking about the onslaught of attacks targeting the…

Edmund White: The Loves of My Life (X-Rated)

Feb 26, 2025 36m

Edmund White talks about his groundbreaking 1982 novel, A Boy's Own Story, co-writing The Joy of Gay Sex, his evolving relationship with sex now that he's in his 80s, and his new book, The Loves of…

Bob Mackie: 60+ Years of Iconic Costumes, From Cher to Miley

Jan 28, 2025 30m

Throughout his decades-long career, Bob Mackie has designed costumes and gowns for some of the most legendary names in entertainment history: Cher, Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, Whitney Houston,…

Randy Wicker: Marsha P. Johnson, The Mattachine Society, and Early Gay Protests

Jan 03, 2025 32m

Randy Wicker talks about joining the Mattachine Society in 1958, one of the first gay rights groups in the U.S. He also talks about leading what's considered the first pro-gay protest in the U.S.,…

Mark Segal: Stonewall Lasted 365 Days

Jun 18, 2024 28m

Mark Segal moved to New York City in May of 1969 and a month later found himself at The Stonewall Inn as the now-infamous police raid began."The police came in, pretended that they were doing their…

Laverne Cox: The Transgender Tipping Point Turns 10

Jun 11, 2024 24m

Laverne Cox talks about being on the cover of Time magazine ten years ago, the pressure she's faced as one of the most visible members of the trans community, and how the Bostock v. Clayton County…

Barney Frank: The Gay Agenda, Then and Now

Apr 30, 2024 32m

Rep. Barney Frank served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 to 2013. He talks about being one of the first members of Congress to come out, how the AIDS crisis forced Congress to act, and…

Gigi Raven Wilbur: Talking BDSM With the Bisexual Intersex Elder

Apr 23, 2024 29m

(This interview contains explicit sexual content.) Gigi Raven Wilbur talks about learning that they were intersex in college, the transformational power of BDSM in their life, and how they're feeling…

Lesbian Nation: Martha Shelley and Audre Lorde (Bonus Episode!)

Apr 16, 2024 11m

Martha Shelley talks to poet Audre Lorde in an episode of her radio show, Lesbian Nation. This was originally recorded in 1972 and is a part of Martha's archive at the Lesbian Herstory…

Martha Shelley: Gay Activism Before Stonewall

Apr 09, 2024 31m

Martha Shelley began her life as a gay activist before the Stonewall uprising. She talks about joining the Daughters of Bilitis, co-founding the Gay Liberation Front, the first pride march, and her…

Mia Yamamoto: The Trans Lawyer 'Liberating' The Judicial System

Apr 02, 2024 37m

Mia Yamamoto talks about her work as a criminal defense attorney, the racism she faced growing up as a Japanese-American after World War II, and coming out as trans later in life. LGBTQ&A is an…

Bob 'Rose' Levine: Has Been Doing Drag in Fire Island Since 1955

Mar 26, 2024 31m

Bob "Rose" Levine talks about his first trip to Cherry Grove in 1955, being a part of the original drag "Invasion of the Pines" in 1976, and how the AIDS crisis changed Fire Island in the…

Ma-Nee Chacaby: 'I'm Old, But So What?' Says The Two-Spirit Elder

Mar 19, 2024 22m

Ma-Nee Chacaby talks about learning that she was Two-Spirit as a kid, her rural upbringing, and the challenges of being an out indigenous lesbian in Thunder Bay, Canada in the 1980s. Ma-Nee is the…

Sandy Stone: From Lesbian Separatist to Trans History

Mar 12, 2024 39m

Sandy Stone talks about working with the lesbian separatists of Olivia Records, why the attacks on the trans community today mirror the attacks from the 1970s, and the moment that led her to write…

Joan Jett Blakk: The Drag Queen Who Ran for President

Mar 05, 2024 22m

Joan Jett Blakk (a.k.a. Terence Alan Smith) talks about her historic 1992 presidential campaign, why the AIDS crisis influenced her run, and what it was like to be an out gay teenager in the…

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