The next edition of Outbeat Youth airs at 8:00PM on
Sunday, April 24, 2011

KRCB Radio - 91.1 and 90.9 FM - Santa Rosa, California

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.

Northampton, Massachusetts is doubtlessly the lesbian mecca of the Northeast. Possibly even the planet, but this assumption is based on my rather unworldly knowledge of international queer hotspots. In any case, Smith College resides there. So you can probably already imagine that their pride parade is fierce.

OPEN and I took a convoy out to the festivities. It was a great time, despite the hot sun and the resulting sunburns. A good field trip is definitely one of the best ways to keep a club close. My personal favorite moments were the Raging Grannies and the high school kids chanting, “We’re here! We’re queer! And our parents think we’re studying!” Here are some pictures from the day:

Saturday, February 6, 2010
8:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.

Sheraton Dallas Ball Room
400 North Olive Street
Dallas, TX 75201

The 2010 Creating Change Youth Hospitality Subcommittee Presents Mas-Queer-Ade Ball headlining Vidur Kapur and Kit Yan. OUTmedia honors your activism and brings you: international comedy sensation, Vidur Kapur and internationally renowned trans slam poet Kit Yan. Vidur's credits include MTV LOGO, NBC's Stand Up for Diversity. Vidur has moved South Asians and LGBTQ students from the margins and into the campus core. Kit is a Curve Magazine favorite, OUTmusician of the Year nominee, and a speaker at the National Equality March.

Kit will premiere OUTmedia's "Be Queer Buy Queer!" national video contest. Bring your cameras and be the first to enter!

The event will also feature local queer youth artists, singers, and dancers. This is an alcohol and drug free event for all ages. A dance party for guests under age 24 will follow the performance.

Creating Change is the nation's pre-eminent political leadership and skills-building conference for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) social justice movement.

This event is free and open to the public. RSVP here for the event.

Click here to register for the Creating Change Conference.

My name is Ernesto Dominguez; my friends call me “E.” I am a 21-year-old youth living in Portland, Oregon. I was born in Guadalajara, Mexico and grew up in the beautiful city of Salt Lake. If I had to define my sexual orientation today, I would say Queer – I tend to mostly just think of myself as a sexual being that is attracted to other sexual beings. If I had to define my gender identity today, I would say I consider myself cisgender, but also gender queer. At its core, what that means is, my gender expression tends to fluctuate (sometimes dramatically) from month to month, or sometimes day to day. On the other hand though, I have always really enjoyed my male body and never felt a need to change it in any way.

My coming out experience was different from my non-people of color (POC) peers for a number of reasons, thus making it quite different than other youth’s experiences. Because I was not white, my mother would always tell me to try and fit in, instead of standing out – that simply by being gay, I was making myself stand out from the rest of the population and subsequently was making my family stand out. My sexual orientation was a reflection not just on myself, but also on the rest of my family. Our family already had a “strike” against us for being from another country, and my sexuality only served to give my family another one.

The opportunity to volunteer at Trevor came to me at the end of a quest for something that would have a deep and lasting meaning for me and for others. I was seeking an enriching experience that would be of use to those who are in need. I was looking for an outlet and a source of nourishment for the nurturing side of my personality – an aspect that finds little employment in my line of work. Besides, I wanted to be in the company of people who are sincere believers in a worthwhile cause; who are warm, passionate, and compassionate; who are able to suspend their needs - even just for a few hours to take care of the needs of others. After 20 or so shifts over the last few months, I still cannot believe my good fortune at having found all this at The Trevor Project.