Queery on WORT-FM

01/24/2024

Tonight (January 24) Host Bill Kingsbury will be speaking with Jamie Butler, organizer of the Q***r Joy Book Club, and Jamie Pacton, author of The Absinthe Underground and other funny, swoony, magical books across genres. The Absinthe Underground is the next featured book of the QJBC, scheduled for Tuesday, February 6 at A Room of One's Own Bookstore. Tune in to WORT tonight at 7pm for the magical conversation!

12/13/2023

On Wednesday December 13 host Bill Kingsbury will be speaking with Mayor Satya-Rhodes Conway, Madison's 58th Mayor, second female mayor and the first out LGBTQ person to serve as Mayor of Madison. Tune in at 7pm CST at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org.

11/15/2023

Tonight (Nov. 15) host Bill Kingsbury will be speaking with Wisconsin State Representatives Melissa Ratcliff and Ryan Clancy, co-chairs of the Transgender Parent and Nonbinary Advocacy Caucus (TPANAC). Here is a clip of Rep. Clancy testifying regarding a recent anti-trans bill introduced in the Wisconsin Assembly.

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11/05/2023

This Wednesday November 8th Q***ry will feature guests from the Dane County LGBTQ Archives.

09/24/2023

Host Bill Kingsbury interviewed former State Assembly member David Clarenbach about Wisconsin's historic, first in the nation gay rights law and how it came about with an eye toward how similar protections could be legislated for Trans people.

On this September 13 edition of Q***ry, host Bill Kingsbury speaks with David Clarenbach, a former Dane County Supervisor and state Representative, where he’d serve nine terms, including as that […]

09/13/2023

Tonight (Wed Sept 13) on Q***ry host Bill Kingsbury will be talking with former State Assembly member David Clarenbach, author of Wisconsin's first-in-the-nation human rights law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Tune in for what is sure to be a fascinating conversation!

08/09/2023

Tonight (August 9) Host Bill Kingsbury will be featuring music by (mostly) living Q***r Artists! More info in comments.

08/02/2023

Tonight (Aug 2) on Q***ry, host Bill Kingsbury will be speaking with poet H Warren about their new book "Binded", discloses their reality of living nonbinary in the rural context of Alaska. H will read from Binded at 6pm, Monday, August 7 at A Room of One's Own Bookstore. More info in comments. Bill will also share a brief tribute to the late Sinead O'Connor.

07/04/2023

On July 5th's Q***ry host Bill Kingsbury will be discussing Dane County's Transgender Sanctuary Resolution and its future implications with Dane County Supervisor Rick Rose and Outreach LGBTQ+ Community Center Program Director Dr. AJ Hardie.

08/16/2022

Tune in this Wednesday, August 17. In the first segment, Bill Kingsbury interviews Jenny Kalvaitis and Kristen Whitson about their book, "We Will Always Be Here" a guide to exploring and understanding the history of LGBTQ+ Activism in Wisconsin. After that, Bill talks with Steve Starkey of Outreach about this weekend's upcoming Outreach Magic Pride Festival!

03/21/2022

Folks, this was an absolutely amazing conversation, relevant to our community. I highly recommend listening to it. ~Bill K.

"We need to help each other figure out how we're going to survive the unsurvivable world."

03/17/2022

On this March 16 edition of Q***ry, host Bill Kingsbury interviews veteran activist Judy Greenspan, who may have been the first out Le***an in the United States States to run for public office when they ran for the Madison School Board in 1973. Greenspan’s school board run was motivated by the banning of gay and le***an speakers from Madison public schools in 1972. Greenspan was not elected to the school board, but their candidacy demonstrated the power of the election campaign platform to educate the public about the discrimination facing le***ans and gay men at the time.

Greenspan has continued with activism throughout their life including serving as National Logistics Coordinator for the 1987 March on Washington for Le***an and Gay Rights. In 1991 Greenspan moved to California, joining San Francisco ACT UP, the AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power. Greenspan later founded the HIV/AIDS in Prison Project of Catholic Charities of the East Bay, an advocacy group working on behalf of women with HIV and AIDS. The group was critically important in improving medical care in the prison system and was instrumental in making the Vacaville medical prison a model for HIV health care.

https://www.wortfm.org/queery-activist-judy-greenspan-then-and-now/

On this March 16 edition of Q***ry, host Bill Kingsbury interviews veteran activist Judy Greenspan, who may have been the first out Le***an in the United States States to run […]

02/14/2022

Happy Monday! This coming Wednesday at 7:00pm, join KJ Bursian as they host Q***ry. Their guests this week will be Luchina Fisher and Gloria Allen. KJ will be discussing the award-winning and 2022 GLAAD Media Award-nominated film, "Mama Gloria."

Gloria Allen is the subject of the film. She is a Black, transgender woman who has been out and proud since the 1960's. The film takes a look at her life through the lens of Director Luchina Fisher. The film's website is below and also includes links to watch it on PBS.

Please tune in Wednesday night and take a listen!

www.mamagloriafilm.com

11/11/2021

Q***rs are in a new level of danger in Afghanistan. We listeners of Q***ry know that. But how to help? Listen to Out In The Bay about the challenges Afghan qu**rs face, what U.S. and Canadian govs should be doing, and how we can support ***rAfghan ***rRadio

Q***r people in Afghanistan are in deadly danger. The world watched in shock as the Taliban swiftly took control in August after 20 years of US-led occupation. More than 120,000 people were evacuat…

10/28/2021

On the next Q***ry, join host Karoliina Bursian as she interviews Jen Winston, author of “Greedy: Notes From A Bisexual Who Wants Too Much.” The book is a wonderful read recalling Winston’s journey of coming out and what it means to her to be bisexual. The next Q***ry airs on Wednesday, November 3rd at 7pm. Catch it on your radio at 89.9 on the dial, or online at www.wortfm.org. It will also be available to stream or download soon after it airs.

WORT-FM is a non-commercial, listener-sponsored, member controlled community radio station broadcasting to South-Central Wisconsin.

10/06/2021

Join Karoliina tonight at 7:00 when she hosts Wisconsin State Journal columnist Esther J Cepeda on this week’s episode of Q***ry! Esther is a Q***r, non-binary Latina with a sharp wit and a great sense of humor. Don’t miss this episode!!