Are you going off to a new college or university this fall? If so, tune to get the best advice from Shane Windmeyer, the creator and executive director of Campus Pride. Shane will have great ideas and suggestions for you on how to get off to a successful start as a gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, or transgender student. He will talk about coming out at college, joining a fraternity, and how to find your community once on campus. Shane will also talk about student housing and how to deal with a roommate who is not supportive.

We will also be talking with Shane about the upcoming New Years Cruise benefiting Campus Pride. If you don't know about this cruise yet, be sure to tune in for details. You can also find out more at www.campuspride.org/makewaves.

Tune at 8PM on Sunday, July 24, 2011, on KRCB Radio 91.1 FM, listen live worldwide at www.outbeatyouth.com

So what's your talent? Are you a poet, writer, singer-song writer? Do you have a band or just love to sing? Share your talent with the world on the Outbeat Youth Talent Show airing world-wide on May 29, 2011 only Outbeat Radio. Outbeat Radio is a weekly LGBT radio show that airs on KRCB FM in Santa Rosa, California. The program is broadcast over the Internet worldwide.

It makes no difference where you are in the world, we can record your poetry, short-story, or song over the telephone. You can make an MP3 recording and send it to us. If you live locally, you can perform on the show live. In all cases, participants will get a CD recording of the show. This is not a competition, but a real chance for you to let the world hear your voice.

Learn more and sign-up at www.outbeatyouth.com. Click on Talent Show at the top of the page.

Learn more about Outbeat Radio by checking out our website at www.outbeatradio.com.

On the next edition of Outbeat Youth radio, we celebrate being on the air one year and welcome special guests Judy and Dennis Shepard who will share their memories of their son Matthew who was died twelve years ago this month after a vicious hate crime attack. After Matthew died, the Shepard family started the Matthew Shepard Foundation with the intent of trying to prevent hate violence and to support LGBT youth. The Matthew Shepard Foundation is an educational partner of Stop the Hate.

Tune in on Sunday, October 24, 2010 at 8PM to KRCB Radio 91 FM streaming live world-wide on the Internet at www.krcb.org. For more information, go to www.outbeatyouth.com Follow us all month long on Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter. Download past shows in iTunes.

Join us on Monday, October 11, 2010 at 7PM PST for our live National Coming Out Day special radio show! We'll be featuring coming out stories form our guests, sharing advice, and encouraging everyone listening to come out and to share their truth with the world. The show streams live world-wide at www.krcb.org. Only on KRCB Radio 91.

We're having a talent show featuring poetry, short-essays, song, and musical performances from LGBT youth 12 to 25 years of age. Anyone from around the country can participate. You can record a reading of your original poetry, short-essay, or song and send it to us or join us for a live performance. The show airs on May 29, 2011 at 8PM PST. It will be broadcast on the radio as well as world-wide over the Internet. All participants will receive a CD of their performance. Sign up now at www.outbeatyouth.com

Follow us all month long on Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter. Download an iPhone app and listen to the show live or catch our past shows on iTunes. Links for everything are available at www.outbeatyouth.com

Outbeat Youth airs next on Sunday, August 22, 2010 at 8PM (PST) only on KRCB Radio FM 91 streaming at www.krcb.org. This month members of the Sonoma County Peer Outreach Coalition join us to talk about their work in promoting mental health online. While this program is located in Sonoma County, anyone with access to the Internet is welcome to learn more about substance abuse, depression, sexuality, physical health, and much more. One of the major goals of this group is to support LGBT youth.

We will also be talking about our special "National Coming Out Day" show that will air on Monday, October 11, 2010. We are giving the mic to anyone who wants to come out or to share their coming out story with the world. You can share your truth for the first time or to a special group of people in your life. We invite you to share your coming out story with the hope of inspiring others to leave the closet and to start living their lives in the truth. We can record your coming out ahead of time or arrange for you to be on the show live in person or by telephone. For more information on how to be part of this special show, email greg@outbeatyouth.com

Remember, you can listen and download our shows on our website or from iTunes. Follow us all month long on Facebook, MySpace, or Twitter. Links are available on our website at www.outbeatyouth.com.

Did you know members of the LGBT community use social networking sites more than their straight peers? On the next edition of Outbeat Youth, we are going to explore how to use social networking sites while maintaining safety and privacy. According to a recent Harris Poll, 73% of LGBT people surveyed use Facebook. We will provide listeners with a step-by-step lesson on how to set Facebook's privacy settings so that your safety and privacy will be maintained while using this social networking tool.

Outbeat Youth is one of five programs offered by Outbeat Radio, a weekly show on KRCB Radio, Santa Rosa, CA. You can tune in locally at 91.1 FM or from anywhere in the world via the Internet at www.krcb.org. The show streams in three different formats. You can follow Outbeat Youth all month long and receive daily updates on Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter. Our shows are available for download and for listening "on demand" on iTunes and on our website. For more information, go to www.outbeatyouth.com. Everyone is welcome to join us.

Join us this Sunday night as we profile Michael Huerta, an amazing young man who produced a video in celebration of his 24th birthday. Yes, 24. His message is important and truly in the spirit of Pride Month. We'll have Michael's full interview and video posted in our Show Notes at www.outbeatyouth.com

We will also be talking with Lee Wind who created the website, "I'm Here, I'm Queer. What The Hell Do I Read?" This is a one-of-a-kind resource for LGBT youth. Lee has a passion for writing and reading. He created this website specifically for LGBT youth, not so much to recommend what to read, but more to provide a central place to look for fiction and non-fiction books with an LGBT theme.

This show will be a special one as it airs the evening of the 40th Gay Pride Parade in San Francisco. We'll be there all day talking to people about why they have pride this year. It's so easy to forget during all of the celebration why we can enjoy a parade today. It's because of the sacrifices and struggles those who came before us endured. As think about why you have pride this year, take a look at some of the images in this video and think about how far we have come as a community.

April 16, 2010 is this year's Day of Silence and we want to know how you been silenced at home, school, or work? This month on Outbeat Youth, we will be sharing the stories of young people and talking about what they are doing on the Day of Silence. Send us your story and we will read it on the air. Go to www.outbeatyouth.com and click on Engage at the top of the page.

Welcome to Outbeat Youth! I am the producer and host of Outbeat Youth, a monthly radio program for and about queer youth. It is part of Outbeat Radio which airs weekly on KRCB Radio in Santa Rosa, California. You can listen live via streaming audio at krcb.org. Each month we feature stories about individual members of the LGBT youth community as well as national figures and issues that effect the LGBT youth community. I invited you to become engaged with Outbeat Youth on our website at outbeatyouth.com. You can sign-up for our mailing list and to receive text message show reminders. You can send us feedback on what you hear, ideas you have for future stories, or ask us questions. While we are live on the air, you can chat with the show hosts all from this website. Of course, we are also on Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter and I encourage you to become our friends and to follow us for the latest information about upcoming shows, contests, and host appearances.

We hope to post information on this blog monthly about our upcoming show. Join us on April 25 as we look at the Day of Silence and explore how LGBT youth have been silenced at home, school, and work. We will also talk with the founders of the "NOH8 Campaign." Join us and become part of Outbeat Youth! - Greg Miraglia