OUTCastMaine

30/03/2023

22/06/2022

OUT Cast, is a forum for LGBTQ+ issues broadcast on community radio every Monday.

WMPG 90.9 FM 1:00-1:30 PM (Livestream: WMPG.org)
WERU 89.9 FM 4:30-5:00 PM (Livestream: WERU.org)

Tune into OUT Cast for our FINAL SHOW on Monday, June 27th.

After 3 1/2 years and over 180 shows, we will close with a look back at the first Pride celebration in Maine.

Sive Neilan, Skip Brushaber and Steven Bull chat with Michael Rossetti, the prime mover of that initial Pride march that stepped off the pavement in Portland on June 6th, 1987.

We caught up with Michael as he returned to Portland 35 years later; a most fitting last hurrah for the OUT Cast collective.

MICHAEL ROSSETTI

Michael Rossetti hails from a large Italian family with deep roots in Maine. His grandmother built ships during WWII on the Portland waterfront. His grandfather ran the Imperial Italian restaurant just off Monument Square during the Depression. His whole family lived in the Italian quarter of Munjoy Hill.

His activism with LGBTQ+ groups includes the Chiltern Mountain Club, the Le***an and Gay Band of Boston and in 1986 he organized the “Cycle for Life”, an AIDS fundraiser. That same year Michael was the prime organizer of the first Pride March and celebration here in Maine. He was on the board of MLGPA (now Equality Maine) in the 1990’s and on the Northeast steering committee for the Stonewall International March on the U.N. in 1994.

In 1998 Michael put together a touring photo exhibit of Le***an and Gay Families that made 30 appearances around the state of Maine.

Michael now lives outside of Orlando, Florida with a coterie of rescued dogs, cats, winged creatures and a possum!

Photo of Michael Rossetti

16/06/2022

OUT Cast is a forum for LGBTQ+ issues broadcast on community radio every Monday.

WMPG 90.9 FM from 1:00 – 1:30 p.m. (Livestream: WMPG.org)
WERU 89.9 FM from 4:30 – 5:00 p.m. (Livestream: WERU.org)

Tune in to OUT Cast on Monday, June 20 to hear an interview with Carter Heyward on “Q***r Spirit,” a series of conversations exploring q***r life and the power of the Sacred hosted by OUT Cast collective members Marvin Ellison and Tamara Torres McGovern.

Carter Heyward

Carter Heyward is an educator and widely published author, an Episcopal priest, liberation theologian, and justice advocate who for many years spent summer months on Deer Isle and now lives in retirement in western North Carolina after teaching for more than thirty years at the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

In 1974 Carter was one of the eleven women ordained “irregularly” to the Episcopal priesthood, and in 1979 she was among the first religious leaders in North America to “come out” as le***an. As a priest and teacher, she has spent her life working on the boundaries of organized religion with those who live and work on borders of church and world and with groups representing different identities, ideologies, and issues. Her publications include such titles as The Redemption of God: A Theology of Mutual Relation, Our Passion for Justice, Touching Our Strength: The Erotic as Power and the Love of God, and Saving Jesus from Those Who Right: What It Means to Be Christian.

Carter’s most recent book is now in press and will be released in early September from Littlefield and Rowman. It has this intriguing title: “The Seven Deadly Sins of White Christian Nationalism: A Call to Action.” Of all her publications in her long and distinguished career, Carter describes this book as her most consequential.

Photo of Carter Heyward

08/06/2022

OUT Cast is a forum for LGBTQ+ issues broadcast on community radio every Monday.

WMPG 90.9 FM from 1:00 - 1:30 p.m. (Livestream: WMPG.org)
WERU 89.9 FM from 4:30 - 5:00 p.m. (Livestream: WERU.org)

Tune in to OUT Cast on Monday, June 13 to hear collective members Sive Neilan and Steve Bull’s conversation with Chris O’Connor for an update on the present and future plans for the new and recently opened (June 1st) Equality Community Center in Portland.

CHRIS O’CONNOR

Chris O’Connor (he/him) joined the Equality Community Center team as their first-ever manager in February of 2022. He is no stranger to LGBTQ+ organizing in Maine as he worked for EqualityMaine as their Development Director for the past seven and a half years. He is one of the co-founders of Pride Portland, and also served as a co-chair for Governor Mills’ Inaugural Ball in 2019.

Prior to his professional work in the LGBTQ+ movement, Chris worked in student affairs at the USM for 16 years, Originally from the Jersey Shore, he moved to Maine several years after his undergrad years at UMass Amherst.

He is the proud papa of a beautiful 9 month old rescue puppy named Bella, and an even prouder uncle to his niece and nephew, Madison and Preston. He enjoys music of all kinds, attending concerts, musicals, and marching band/drum corps shows, watching tv and movies, eating out and traveling. Provincetown is his happy place!

Photo of Chris O’Connor

01/06/2022

OUT Cast COMES TO AN END
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It is both with a sense of sadness and accomplishment that we announce that OUT Cast will be coming to an end after 3 1/2 years and more than 180 shows.

Our last effort will air fittingly at the end of Pride Month on June 27th.

We aspired to provide a forum for our diverse community with a weekly half-hour talk show that was q***r and Maine-centered, but which also tackled issues that intersected a broader sense of the fight for human liberation.

We assembled a collective of over a dozen people committed to bringing their unique voices to the chorus.

We are deeply appreciative of the embrace and continuing support of WMPG and WERU. Community radio is a vibrant force in the fabric of Maine life and we loved being part of that expanded family.

We hope the torch will be passed to a new generation of q***r folk who will step up and be heard. From the onset we worked with the LGBTQ+ collection at USM where all our shows are archived.
Past shows are available on the USM digital commons and by scrolling down on our page where links are provided.

We thank all our guests who shared their life experiences on air and our faithful audience which accompanied us on this journey.

Collective members will be posting their own thoughts and we encourage all others to share their OUT Cast memories.

Last August, we lost our beloved collective member, Sylvie, and have strived to honor her legacy. She remains in our hearts and minds.

The relationships we forged since our first show in December 2018 will endure and we thank our q***r community for its embrace of our mission. If you have an interest in continuing the tradition of q***r radio, come by the WMPG table at Pride Portland in Deering Oaks Park on Saturday, June 18th for more information or contact us here on our page.

For the OUT Cast collective, Steve Bull

01/06/2022

OUT Cast is a forum for LGBTQ+ issues broadcast on community radio every Monday.

WMPG 90.9 FM from 1:00 – 1:30 p.m. (Livestream: WMPG.org)
WERU 89.9 FM from 4:30 – 5:00 p.m. (Livestream: WERU.org)

Tune in to OUT Cast on Monday, June 6 to hear an interview with Rev. Christina Cataldo on “Q***r Spirit,” a series of conversations exploring q***r life and the power of the Sacred hosted by OUT Cast collective members Marvin Ellison and Tamara Torres McGovern.

CHRISSY CATALDO

Chrissy Cataldo is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ. She is a native of East Tennessee, but followed her wife to Maine, where she serves a small but soulful and scrappy congregation in Winthrop.

A graduate of the Divinity School at Wake Forest University and Chicago Theological Seminary, she serves on the Anti Racism Resource Team for the Maine Conference.

Chrissy and sees her vocation as a call to both faith and action. She says, “I am called to be present and attentive to the needs of those considered to be the least of these. In my presence and my action, I hope to accompany those whom I serve on a journey towards deeper and more meaningful faith.”

Photo of Chrissy Cataldo

11/05/2022

Due to a glitch, last week’s show with collective member Alex Thompson and Bowdoin’s Dr. Theo Greene was not aired on WMPG. It is rescheduled to air next Monday, May 23rd at 1:00 p.m.

OUT Cast is a forum for LGBTQ+ issues broadcast on community radio every Monday.

WMPG 90.9 FM 1:00-1:30 PM (Livestream: WMPG.org)
WERU 89.9 FM from 4:30 – 5:00 p.m. (Livestream: WERU.org)

Tune in to OUT Cast on Monday, May 23rd to hear Out Cast collective member Alex Thompson as he welcomes back to the program, Dr. Theo Greene, Professor of Sociology at Bowdoin College, for the 3rd in the series: The Intersection of the African American & Q***r Experience. Alex will be leading a discussion on racism in the LGBT+ community.

As professional gay black men, Alex & Theo will disclose their shared experiences at the intersection of their race, gender and orientation. Our listeners will be introduced to the sociological terms, Representational Racism, referencing the lack of diversity in the LGBT+ media and Sexual Racism, exploring racism in the selection of romantic or intimate partners.

The pair has deemed this conversation less of an interview and more of a “fire-side chat” in which they casually and humorously talk many things gay and black. You, the listening audience, are treated to a rare opportunity to eavesdrop into their unfiltered experiences, opinions and even emotions. This will be one you don’t want to miss.

Photos of Alex Thompson and Dr. Theo Greene

05/05/2022

OUT Cast, is a forum for LGBTQ+ issues broadcast on community radio every Monday.

WMPG 90.9 FM 1:00-1:30 PM (Livestream: WMPG.org)
WERU 89.9 FM 4:30-5:00 PM (Livestream: WERU.org)

Tune in to OUT Cast on Monday, May 9th to hear OUT Cast collective member Sive Neilan’s discussion with Annella Linton.

In the news we hear much about economic immigrants and political refugees but not a great deal about people who come to this country for cultural reasons – frequently individuals who come to be more fully who they are in ways that would be unacceptable or stymied in their home countries.

Today Sive, an immigrant from (southern) Ireland, interviews Annella Linton, who comes from Northern Ireland about the reasons she chose to come to the US and settle in Portland, Maine.

Annella is the Development Director at WMPG and is host of “Something for the Weekend” on Fridays at 1.30pm.

Annella grew up in Northern Ireland during “the troubles”. She lived in Belfast and experienced firsthand, the problems of the conflict in her home country. She moved to London in the early 90’s where she completed her degree in Communications and Audio-Visual Production at Guildhall University. Partial to the London nightlife, Annella DJ’d in bars and clubs, ran live music and q***r club nights and produced a couple of women’s music festivals.

In London, Annella met her partner Holly who is from the U.S and they made the move to the US in 2013. They live in Portland, Maine with their dog Dylan and cats, Samson and Bama.
Annella serves on the board of directors at Portland Media Center and is on the organizing committee of Maine Women Fly Fishers. When not at the radio station, she can be found fly fishing on the Maine rivers, scooting about on her Stella scooter or machining wood projects with her friend Eve.

Photos of Annella Linton

27/04/2022

OUT Cast, is a forum for LGBTQ+ issues broadcast on community radio every Monday.

WMPG 90.9 FM 1:00-1:30 PM (Livestream: WMPG.org)
WERU 89.9 FM 4:30-5:00 PM (Livestream: WERU.org)

Tune in to OUT Cast on Monday, May 2nd as the host, Alex Thompson, presents the 2nd in the series, The Intersection of the African American & Q***r Experience.

In this episode Alex will explore the intersection of white gay men and adoption of African-American children. Alex’s guest will be Randy & Paul Johnson-Campion who are educators, authors, trailblazers, philanthropist but most importantly, white same-gender parents of four African-American children.

The couple met in 1991 and immediately began talking about their desire to be fathers. Within six months, Paul, a teacher, and Randy, a nurse, moved in with each other having their most significant bonding conversations revolve around their views on family.

Over the course of the next decade, the couple worked to build their family. After many twists and turns in the complicated adoption process, in which their state did not favor same-sex couples, they were finally proud parents to twin black boys, and soon after, they welcomed a little girl into their lives. Four years later, they decided to be foster parents to a 7-year-old who Paul met through his work as a school counselor. Shortly after they became foster parents, they certified a final adoption of the child. Their happy family of six was now complete.

Randy and Paul joined a federal lawsuit seeking respect for their 2008 California marriage and the marriages between same-sex couples legally performed in other states by their home state. In February 2014, they celebrated as the judge ruled in their favor, and although on November 6, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit ruled on the wrong side of history, they did not give up the fight and found themselves standing in front of the Supreme Court of the United States. In June, 2015, the Supreme Court ruled in their favor, making same-sex marriage the law of the land.

Randy & Paul join Alex to share their unique experiences as white gay men raising four black children in the early 90s into adulthood. They discuss the social and legal stereotypes of white gay parents with black children, the challenges of raising young black men during the era of the Black Lives Matter/pre & post Trump’s America as well as raising their teenage daughter following the shooting death of Breonna Taylor.

You do not want to miss this riveting and thought provoking conversation about the intersection of race and family. You can read more about the family and their triumphs and challenges in their book, Higher Love: The Miraculous Story of a Family.

Photos of Alex Thompson & the Johnson-Campion family.

13/04/2022

OUT Cast, is a forum for LGBTQ+ issues broadcast on community radio every Monday.

WPMG 90.9 FM from 1:00 to 1:30 p.m. (Livestream: WMPG.org)
WERU 89.9 FM from 4:30 to 5:00 p.m. (Livestream: WERU.org)

Tune in to OUT Cast on Monday, April 18th for the latest LGBTQ+ local and world news. Hosted by OUT Cast collective member Daralyn (Dal) Maxwell.

Daralyn (Dal) a devotee of alternative music since before her teens, has developed a love of radio. As the music scene evolved, so did Dal's musical tastes and today she finds herself very multi-dimensional in her appreciation for different genres.

Among her credentials are radio stints in upstate New York, Vermont, and at WMPG here in Portland Maine. Although her affiliation with WMPG has not been constant owing to life and medical issues, the fire within still burns bright for alternative/community radio.

As an out and proud trans woman, Dal currently brings to WMPG two things very close and important to her.......her life-long passion for contemporary Celtic music and timely LGB and especially T-centric news of the day from around the world.

06/04/2022

OUT Cast, is a forum for LGBTQ+ issues broadcast on community radio every Monday.

WMPG 90.9 FM 1:00-1:30 PM (Livestream: WMPG.org)
WERU 89.9 FM 4:30-5:00 PM (Livestream: WERU.org)

Tune into OUT Cast on April 11th for Part 2 of OUT Cast collective member, Steve Bull’s conversation with Peter Prizer.

(Part 1 of the conversation aired on Monday, April 4th.)

Peter Prizer

Peter lived in Portland, Maine from the early 1970s through the late 1990s. He discusses growing up in Pennsylvania, going to a private boys’ school, and then to Penn State before moving to Maine. In Portland, he worked on the Portland Pier from 1971 to 1977.

His first act of publicly coming out occurred at a panel event of local gay activists at Bowdoin College in the early 1970s. As a response to a homophobic comment by an audience member, he got up and joined the panelists on stage.

He was a founding member of the Gay Rights Organization of Portland (GRO) along with Tim Bouffard. He also helped organize a protest of the Freedom Train (1976 – bicentennial commemoration of the nation’s founding) in Portland.

He was centrally involved with the Maine Gay Taskforce and helped produce their newsletter. The newsletter later became “Mainely Gay” which he worked on with Stan Fortuna, among others.

In 1977, along with Lois Reckitt, Nan Stone, StephenLeo, Richard Steinman and Susan Henderson, he worked on an outline for what would be the first gay rights bill submitted to the legislature in Maine. He also served as a lobbyist, together with Stephen Leo and Nan Stone, to try to secure passage of the bill after it was introduced by Gerald Talbot (D-Portland) and Larry Connolly (D-Portland). The proposed law, one of the first in the country, was defeated – though it received significant support.

Peter now lives in Bisbee, Arizona.

Photo of Peter Prizer in 1977

30/03/2022

OUT Cast, is a forum for LGBTQ+ issues broadcast on community radio every Monday.

WMPG 90.9 FM 1:00-1:30 PM (Livestream: WMPG.org)
WERU 89.9 FM 4:30-5:00 PM (Livestream: WERU.org)

Tune into OUT Cast on April 4 for Part 1 of OUT Cast collective member, Steve Bull’s conversation with Peter Prizer.

Part 2 of the conversation will air on Monday, April 11th.

Peter Prizer

Peter lived in Portland, Maine from the early 1970s through the late 1990s. He discusses growing up in Pennsylvania, going to a private boys’ school, and then to Penn State before moving to Maine. In Portland, he worked on the Portland Pier from 1971 to 1977.

His first act of publicly coming out occurred at a panel event of local gay activists at Bowdoin College in the early 1970s. As a response to a homophobic comment by an audience member, he got up and joined the panelists on stage.

He was a founding member of the Gay Rights Organization of Portland (GRO) along with Tim Bouffard. He also helped organize a protest of the Freedom Train (1976 – bicentennial commemoration of the nation’s founding) in Portland.

He was centrally involved with the Maine Gay Taskforce and helped produce their newsletter. The newsletter later became “Mainely Gay” which he worked on with Stan Fortuna, among others.

In 1977, along with Lois Reckitt, Nan Stone, StephenLeo, Richard Steinman and Susan Henderson, he worked on an outline for what would be the first gay rights bill submitted to the legislature in Maine. He also served as a lobbyist, together with Stephen Leo and Nan Stone, to try to secure passage of the bill after it was introduced by Gerald Talbot (D-Portland) and Larry Connolly (D-Portland). The proposed law, one of the first in the country, was defeated – though it received significant support.

Peter now lives in Bisbee, Arizona.

Photo of Peter Prizer in 1977

23/03/2022

OUT Cast, is a forum for LGBTQ+ issues broadcast on community radio every Monday.

WMPG 90.9 FM 1:00-1:30 PM (Livestream: WMPG.org)

It’s BEGATHON time!

Tune in to WMPG on Monday, March 28th from 1:00 to 1:30 p.m. for our special Begathon version of OUT Cast.

Mary Holt introduces a portion of our interview with Lois Reckitt about her lifetime fight for the Equal Rights Amendment here in Maine and nationally which includes a great Lily Tomlin story.

Alex Thompson and Steve Bull muse about their series on the intersection of the Black and q***r experience which features our interview with Bowdoin professor Theo Greene. Theo brings us the story of William Dorsey Swann which is not to be missed.

Marvin Ellison and Tamara Torres-McGovern talk about their journey putting together the Q***r Spirit series and what lies ahead for them.

All of this has been brilliantly edited by our engineer, Michael Margolies.

The OUT Cast collective urges all of our listeners to do what you can to support the unique programming of WMPG.

Begathon runs from March 23 thru March 29; go to WMPG.org and click on the DONATE button.

A big thank you from the OUT Cast collective.

16/03/2022

OUT Cast, is a forum for LGBTQ+ issues broadcast on community radio every Monday.

WMPG 90.9 FM 1:00-1:30 PM (Livestream: WMPG.org)
WERU 89.9 FM 4:30-5:00 PM (Livestream: WERU.org)

Tune in to OUT Cast on Monday, March 21 to hear OUT Cast collective member Skip Brushaber’s interview with Brenda Buchanan.

Brenda Buchanan

Brenda served for six years on the Board of Directors of the Maine Writers and Publisher's Alliance. A former journalist, since 2015 she has published three mystery novels set in Maine.

Her three Joe Gale books–Quick Pivot, Cover Story and Truth Beat–are about a newspaper reporter who covers the crime and courts beat. She’s currently writing a new series featuring a le***an criminal defense lawyer who’s establishing a blue-collar practice in her hometown of Portland after veiled homophobia cost her a partnership bid at a high flying Boston firm.

After earning a journalism degree at Northeastern University in Boston she moved to Maine where she became a reporter and columnist for the York County Coast Star.

She also was a member of the Our Paper collective.

Brenda is a graduate of Maine Law and is a partner in the Portland firm CurrierBuchanan.

Photo of Brenda Buchanan

09/03/2022

OUT Cast is a forum for LGBTQ+ issues broadcast on community radio every Monday.

WMPG 90.9 FM from 1:00 – 1:30 p.m. (Livestream: WMPG.org)
WERU 89.9 FM from 4:30 – 5:00 p.m. (Livestream: WERU.org)

Tune in to OUT Cast on Monday, March 14 to hear an interview with Myke Johnson on “Q***r Spirit,” a series of conversations exploring q***r life and the power of the Sacred hosted by OUT Cast collective members Marvin Ellison and Tamara Torres McGovern.

Myke Johnson

Myke Johnson, author of Finding Our Way Home: A Spiritual Journey into Earth Community, describes herself as a le***an mystic, earth activist, and retired Unitarian Universalist minister, who lives in Portland Maine with her partner Margy and two cats.

She blogs at https://findingourwayhome.blog.

Photo of Myke Johnson

02/03/2022

OUT Cast, is a forum for LGBTQ+ issues broadcast on community radio every Monday.

WMPG 90.9 FM 1:00-1:30 PM (Livestream: WMPG.org)
WERU 89.9 FM 4:30-5:00 PM (Livestream: WERU.org)

Tune in next Monday, March 7 to hear collective members Sive Neilan, Mary Holt and Steve Bull’s interview with Rep. Lois Galgay Reckitt.

For 50 years women have pursued equality under the law both nationally and in the state of Maine. Today Outcast is interviewing our great warrior Rep. Lois Galgay Reckitt, who has been engaged in this struggle from the beginning.

Once again this year Lois is the prime sponsor of the bill designed to send the ERA out for referendum. In this interview she speaks of the long history of this struggle, and the equally enduring opposition - who they are and what motivates them.

Lois Galgay Reckitt

Lois Galgay Reckitt graduated from Brandeis University in the midst of the turbulent 60’s with a degree in biology. In 1968, she moved to Maine and took her first job at SMVTI teaching marine science.

She spent the decade of the 70’s at the YWCA in Portland where her day job was directing the operations of the swimming program. It was then that she discovered her passion for activism – both in the feminist – and then the LGBT movements.

By the 80’s she was director of Family Crisis Services where she served for 37 years abused women and their children. In this same period, she co-founded the Maine Women’s Lobby, lobbied for passage of Maine’s first civil rights law for the LGBT community.

Nationally, she co-founded The Human Rights Campaign Fund and served two terms as Executive Vice President of the National Organization for Women (NOW).

Lois represents the ocean end of South Portland in the Maine State Legislature and has since 2016.

Photo of Rep. Lois Galgay Reckitt

23/02/2022

OUT Cast, is a forum for LGBTQ+ issues broadcast on community radio every Monday.

WMPG 90.9 FM 1:00-1:30 PM (Livestream: WMPG.org)
WERU 89.9 FM 4:30-5:00 PM (Livestream: WERU.org)

Tune into OUTCastMaine on Monday, February 28 to hear collective members Alex Thompson and Steve Bull welcome Dr. Theo Greene, Professor of Sociology at Bowdoin College, as they began discussions in the first of a series entitled: The Intersection of the African American & Q***r Experience.

Alex & Theo will discuss their shared experiences as African American men navigating unique challenges within the Q***r community as Steve gives a historical political perspective on the convergences of two communities.

This series will explore such hard hitting topics like racism within Q***r communities, our cultural sexualization of the black body, the rise & fall of Critical Race Theory and so much more.

In conjunction with Theo’s book “Not in MY Gayborhood: Gay Neighborhoods and the Rise of the Vicarious Citizen”, one broadcast will examine the national phenomenon of gentrification of African American neighborhoods often by LGBT+ persons.

This series is expected to be filled with insight and humor for all. DON’T MISS IT!

THEO GREENE

Theo Greene is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Bowdoin College. His research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of sexuality, urbanism, and culture. His research broadly uses sexual communities to understand how urban redevelopment shape and reconfigure how individuals conceptualize, identify to, and participate in local communities.

His current book project, entitled Not in MY Gayborhood: Gay Neighborhoods and the Rise of the Vicarious Citizen (under contract with Columbia University Press) explores the persistence of iconic gay neighborhoods in Washington, DC through ephemeral acts of placemaking by nonresidential community actors (vicarious citizens).

In addition to his research and teaching, Greene also serves on the boards for the Equality Community Center and the Frannie Peabody Center, as well as The Corner, The Whitman-Walker Health Cultural Center.

Photo of Theo Greene

15/02/2022

OUT Cast, is a forum for LGBTQ+ issues broadcast on community radio every Monday.

WPMG 90.9 FM from 1:00 to 1:30 p.m. (Livestream: WMPG.org)
WERU 89.9 FM from 4:30 to 5:00 p.m. (Livestream: WERU.org)

Tune in to OUT Cast on Monday, February 21st for the latest LGBTQ+ local and world news. Hosted by OUT Cast collective member Daralyn (Dal) Maxwell.

Daralyn (Dal) a devotee of alternative music since before her teens, has developed a love of radio. As the music scene evolved, so did Dal's musical tastes and today she finds herself very multi-dimensional in her appreciation for different genres.

Among her credentials are radio stints in upstate New York, Vermont, and at WMPG here in Portland Maine. Although her affiliation with WMPG has not been constant owing to life and medical issues, the fire within still burns bright for alternative/community radio.

As an out and proud trans woman, Dal currently brings to WMPG two things very close and important to her.......her life-long passion for contemporary Celtic music and timely LGB and especially T-centric news of the day from around the world.

09/02/2022

OUT Cast, is a forum for LGBTQ+ issues broadcast on community radio every Monday.

WMPG 90.9 FM 1:00-1:30 PM (Livestream: WMPG.org)
WERU 89.9 FM 4:30-5:00 PM (Livestream: WERU.org)

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Tune in to OUT Cast on Monday, February 14 to hear a special tribute to Sylvie Markiewicz.

Sylvie was an OUT Cast Collective member and poet who passed away in August of 2021.

Poetry readers will include Maya Williams, Jason Dionne, Marvin Ellison, Dal Maxwell, and her partner Skip Brushaber.

Photo of Sylvie Markiewicz

03/02/2022

OUT Cast, is a forum for LGBTQ+ issues broadcast on community radio every Monday.

WMPG 90.9 FM 1:00-1:30 PM (Livestream: WMPG.org)
WERU 89.9 FM 4:30-5:00 PM (Livestream: WERU.org)

Tune in to OUT Cast on Monday, February 7th to hear OUT Cast Collective member Frank Brooks’ interview with Bobbi Keppel, MSW, LCSW.

BOBBI KEPPEL

Bobbi Keppel is a social work activist and a leading advocate for bisexual people/copmmunities in Maine, the US and internationally. She is also a social work educator, author of many articles and chapters in books addressing the needs of bisexual people of all ages and older bisexual people in particular.

Her contribution to bisexuality visibility includes chapters in two groundbreaking works on bisexuality, Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the world and the now classic Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak out.

In addition, during her social work career, she has been a leader in establishing HIV prevention programs for people over 50 and In the 1990’s she and Alan Hamilton developed the Sexual Orientation and Affectional Scales. These scales helped further deepen our understanding of the complexity of human sexuality and the interplay of emotional, social, and affectional aspects on how human beings function in intimate relationships.

In the past and recently, she has been a member of the LGBT Parent Support Group in Portland and has two adult children.

She lives in Portland and is a musician and fiber arts practitioner.

Photo of Bobbi KEPPEL

26/01/2022

OUT Cast is a forum for LGBTQ+ issues broadcast on community radio every Monday.

WMPG 90.9 FM from 1:00 – 1:30 p.m. (Livestream: WMPG.org)
WERU 89.9 FM from 4:30 – 5:00 p.m. (Livestream: WERU.org)

Tune in to OUT Cast on Monday, January 31 to hear an interview with Lynn Bujnak on “Q***r Spirit,” a series of conversations exploring q***r life and the power of the Sacred hosted by OUT Cast collective members Marvin Ellison and Tamara Torres McGovern.

REV. DR. LYNN BUJNAK

Rev. Dr. Lynn Bujnak is an ordained United Church of Christ pastor who currently serves as the Vermont Conference Minister serving UCC congregations throughout the Green Mountain state.

Before her move to Vermont with her wife Peg, Lynn served several congregations in Maine and continues to spend time in Vacationland whenever she can, bringing along her kayak and looking for opportunities for fly fishing.

Photo of Lynn Bujnak