Podcast
LGBTQ&A
Hosted by Jeffrey Masters · EN
*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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Karla Jay: The Lesbian Stonewall That History Forgot
1w ago00:43:31Tap to summarizeLongtime activist Karla Jay recalls the early days of the Gay Liberation Front, the all-women's dance that ended in a mafia raid, and the Lavender Menace's 1970 takeover of the Second Congress to Unite Women that produced The Woman-Identified Woman manifesto: "A lesbian is the rage of all women condensed to the point of explosion."LGBTQ&A is an independent, listener-supported podcast. Click here to check out our Substack to see photos of Karla and to learn about how to support our work.LGBTQ&A features interviews with the most interesting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people in the world. Hosted and produced by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1
Transcribe →Duane Michals: Jump First, Ask Questions Later (Remembering the Gay Pioneer)
2w ago00:31:24Tap to summarize"Because I didn't learn the photo rules it was very easy for me to abandon them." The pioneering photographer Duane Michals talks about discovering his love for photography in the 1950s, not looking down on commercial work, his half-century-long relationship with his partner, and why talking about "art" makes him want to vomit. Duane died last week at the age of 94. LGBTQ&A is an independent, listener-supported podcast. Click here to check out our Substack and learn more about how to support our work.LGBTQ&A features interviews with the most interesting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people in the world. Hosted and produced by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1[Recorded in 2024]
Transcribe →Alan Shayne: At 100, Looking Back on a Gay Life in Hollywood
3w ago00:36:06Tap to summarizeAt 100 years old, Alan Shayne's life has spanned the entirety of the modern LGBTQ rights movement. He got his start acting on Broadway in the 1940s, then became a casting director (casting Barbra Streisand, Diane Keaton, Cicely Tyson, and Dustin Hoffman in many of their earliest roles) before becoming president of Warner Bros. Television. Alan did this all while living a gay life that defies simple labels. Alan's new book, And It Only Took 100 Years, is out now. LGBTQ&A is an independent, listener-supported podcast. Click here to check out our Substack and learn more about how to support our work.LGBTQ&A features interviews with the most interesting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people in the world. Hosted and produced by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1
Transcribe →Avram Finkelstein: "Silence = Death" and the Image That Defined the AIDS Crisis
Jun 100:53:18Tap to summarize"Silence = Death" has become the defining image of ACT UP and the AIDS crisis. Avram Finkelstein, co-creator of the Silence = Death poster and a founding member of ACT UP, takes us back to where it all began: how the image came together months before ACT UP was even formed, how the artist collective Gran Fury created the visual language of the AIDS crisis, and why he believes ACT UP was a far more radical group than history remembers.LGBTQ&A is an independent, listener-supported podcast. Click here to check out our Substack and learn more about how to support our work.LGBTQ&A features interviews with the most interesting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people in the world. Hosted and produced by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1
Transcribe →Barney Frank: We Are Change Agents (1940-2026)
May 2000:29:38Tap to summarizeRep. Barney Frank, the Massachusetts Congressman who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for over thirty years, died at the age of 86. The first member of Congress to voluntarily come out as gay, Frank became one of the most consequential openly gay politicians in American history. He was instrumental in repealing Don't Ask Don't Tell, passing the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act, and advocating for marriage equality. In our interview, we talk about his career, his legacy, and what it meant to be an openly gay lawmaker at the height of the AIDS crisis.LGBTQ&A is an independent, listener-supported podcast. Click here to check out our Substack and learn more about how to support our work.LGBTQ&A features interviews with the most interesting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people in the world. Hosted and produced by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1[This interview was originally recorded in April 2024.]
Transcribe →Miss Major Griffin-Gracy: Was At The Forefront of Trans Liberation Since Before Stonewall (1946-2025)
Oct 1400:20:14Tap to summarizeThe 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 worked for multiple HIV/AIDS organizations and spent a decade at the Transgender, Gender-Variant, and Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP), which works with and advocates for trans people of color inside of prisons, jails, and detention centers in California. [This was originally recorded in February 2021.] LGBTQ&A is an independent, listener-supported podcast. Click here to check out our Substack and learn more about how to support our work.LGBTQ&A features interviews with the most interesting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people in the world. Hosted and produced by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1
Transcribe →Inner Voice with Jeffrey Marsh: Why "It's All My PARENTS' Fault" Is NEVER An Excuse
Sep 1500:59:41Tap to summarizePlease 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 speak with the hosts of Transparently Speaking about how to best parent a trans kid when the world is seemingly on fire. LGBTQ&A is an independent, listener-supported podcast. Click here to check out our Substack and learn more about how to support our work. LGBTQ&A is hosted and produced by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1
Transcribe →Robert Suttle: The Case for Ending HIV Criminalization
Aug 1900:37:58Tap to summarizeAcross 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 not disclosing his status and he explains why these laws are based on bad science. LGBTQ&A is an independent, listener-supported podcast. Click here to check out our Substack and learn more about how to support our work.LGBTQ&A features interviews with the most interesting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people in the world. Hosted and produced by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1
Transcribe →Darryl Stephens: Noah's Arc Returns! Celebrating 20 Years of the Groundbreaking Gay TV Show
Jun 16, 202500:24:29Tap to summarizeIn 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 roles were often met with the same response, fans expressing variations of "You'll always be Noah to me" and questions of "When's Noah going to come back?" If he couldn't do anything but remind people of Noah's Arc, Darryl thought, maybe he would do something else. "It had its impact. That's not a terrible legacy."Imagining a career focused behind-the-scenes coincided with the beginning of a new chapter in his personal life: the decision to become a parent. "And then interestingly enough, when we decided to have the kid, work picked up." The groundbreaking show returns with Noah’s Arc: The Movie on June 20th, streaming on Paramount+. LGBTQ&A is an independent, listener-supported podcast. Click here to check out our Substack and learn more about how to support our work.LGBTQ&A is hosted and produced by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1[This conversation with Darryl was originally recorded in 2021.]
Transcribe →Edmund White: Remembering the Groundbreaking Gay Writer
Jun 4, 202500:38:17Tap to summarize“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 got to speak with him at his home in N.Y.C. about his latest novel, "The Loves of My Life: A Sex Memoir", co-writing "The Joy of Gay Sex" with Dr. Charles Silverstein, and his evolving relationship to sex. LGBTQ&A is an independent, listener-supported podcast. Click here to check out our Substack and learn more about how to support our work.LGBTQ&A is hosted and produced by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1
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