LGBTQ+ Stories: The Creative Process: Gender, Equality, Gay, Lesbian, Queer, Bisexual, Homosexual, Trans Creatives Talk LGBTQ Rights
Episodes
Building Bridges, Breaking Cycles: Personal Stories of Healing, Social Justice & Activism
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do our personal relationships affect political movements and activism? What can we learn from Native American tradition to restore ecological bala...
We Grow the World Together: Parenting Toward Abolition with MAYA SCHENWAR & KIM WILSON
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Speaking Out of Place podcast Professor David Palumbo-Liu talks with Maya Schenwar and Kim Wilson on their new book, We Grow the Wo...
How to Build Relationships, Hook Up & Raise Hell Together: Conversation w/ DEAN SPADE - Highlights
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“This book has a lot of the wisdom of things that feminists and queers have learned in the community about sexuality, but the book is really for any...
LOVE in a F*cked-Up World: DEAN SPADE on How to Build Relationships, Hook Up & Raise Hell Together
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why is it that we find the courage to boldly confront mainstream societal norms and structures, yet are so often unable to treat romantic partners wit...
Making Impactful Films with Oscar & Emmy-winning Director SHARMEEN OBAID-CHINOY - Highlights
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“As a filmmaker, I've always made films about extraordinary women whose lives are faced with extenuating circumstances who've had adversity thrown a...
DIANE VON FURSTENBERG: Woman in Charge w/ Oscar-winning Director SHARMEEN OBAID-CHINOY
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How can we free ourselves from fear and social barriers to live more fulfilling and meaningful lives? What does it take to overcome trauma and turn it...
How Can Music Heal Trauma & Foster Identity? - Highlights - MATTIA MAURÉE
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“So for me, it just kind of removing a lot of the shame and then a lot of the energy that I was wasting trying to fit myself into a neurotypical pro...
Exploring the Sensory World of Autism, ADHD & Non-Binary Artists with MATTIA MAURÉE
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How can we learn to flourish because of who we are, not in spite of it? What is the sensory experience of the world for people with autism and ADHD? H...
Creating Safe Spaces: ITA O’BRIEN & the Art of Intimacy Coordination - Highlights
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"That production was really close to my heart because I was a musical theater dancer in the eighties and so that whole storytelling was something that...
Intimacy Coordinator ITA O’BRIEN on It's a Sin, Sex Education & Creating Safe Spaces
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How can intimate scenes be brought to the screen in ways that respect the emotional well-being and privacy of the artists themselves? How do we make s...
Championing LGBTQ Stories Amidst the AIDS Crisis and Breaking TV Barriers - Highlights - LISA EDELSTEIN
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"I had the first ever lesbian makeout scene on network television on a short-lived show called Relativity. That was another role where I felt really h...
LISA EDELSTEIN - From Acting to Directing, Writing & Visual Art
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How can the arts help us examine and engage with social issues? How do our families shape our views, memories, and experience of the world?From her ro...
Spirituality & Selfhood: TARA ISABELLA BURTON - Author of The World Cannot Give, Here in Avalon, & Strange Rites
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What are we willing to give up to find meaning, connection, and a sense of belonging? What happens if we don't self-promote, self-create, and self-bra...
Forty years of Bringing LGBTQ+ Stories to the Screen - Highlights - ALAN POUL
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“I was fortunate to be able to be out in Hollywood in the 90s and to be able to work early on seminal LGBT-presenting shows like Tales of the C...
ALAN POUL - Emmy & Golden Globe-winning Producer/Director - Tokyo Vice - Six Feet Under - Tales of the City - My So-Called Life
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What does learning another language and living in another culture do for your humanity and creative process?Alan Poul is an Emmy, Golden Globe, DGA, a...
Highlights - DEAN SPADE - Professor at SeattleU’s School of Law - Author of Mutual Aid, Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“The legal system is a colonial legal system that is designed to preserve capitalist extraction and all the racial dynamics required to produce raci...
DEAN SPADE - Author of Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dean Spade is an organizer, speaker, author, and professor at Seattle University's School of Law, where he teaches courses on policing, imprisonmen...
Speaking Out of Place: SARA AHMED discusses The Feminist Killjoy Handbook
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu and Azeezah Kanji talk with Sara Ahmed about her new book, The Femin...
Highlights - SHEHAN KARUNATILAKA - Booker Prize-winning Author of The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
29 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"I think when the novel went through many revisions and reiterations, a lot of Richard de Zoysa's biography got shared, and Maali Almeida emerged as a...
SHEHAN KARUNATILAKA - Booker Prize-winning Author of The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
29 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when we die? What happens to our memories and consciousness when our bodies cease to be? In the end, is it the things we did and th...
Speaking Out of Place: CHING-IN CHEN & KATE HAO discuss the cancellation of the Asian American Literary Festival 2023
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu interviews Ching-In Chen & Kate Hao about the cancellation of th...
Highlights - JERICHO BROWN - Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet - Editor of How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill
21 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"So you're afraid to change cause you don't want people to call you strange. So I sort of get that. But I grew up in a very different situation. I'm a...
JERICHO BROWN - Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet - Editor of “How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill”
21 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do you find your voice? As a writer, how do you take what you know and what you believe to share your stories with the world? How do we let young ...
ELLIOT LEE - Alt Pop Singer/Songwriter, LGBTQIA+ Openly Non-binary - Autism Awareness Advocate
27 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever experienced the feeling of being alone and not having a community? How can we build an atmosphere of inclusion and greater understanding...
Highlights - DAVID J. LINDEN - Professor of Neuroscience - Author of “Unique” “The Accidental Mind” “The Compass of Pleasure” “Touch”
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"So there is a small genetic but significant genetic component to sexual orientation. And it's slightly different in males and females. And interestin...
DAVID J. LINDEN - Author of “Unique:The New Science of Human Individuality” “The Accidental Mind” “The Compass of Pleasure” “Touch”
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
David J. Linden is a Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is the author of Unique: The N...
Highlights - MICHAEL BEGLER - Showrunner of PERRY MASON starring Matthew Rhys, Juliet Rylance - THE KNICK starring Clive Owen, dir. Steven Soderbergh
06 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Creators Ron Fitzgerald and Rolin Jones and Team Downey, this was a sort of a thing that they came up with, but I think what we wanted to explore i...
MICHAEL BEGLER - Showrunner of PERRY MASON starring Matthew Rhys, Juliet Rylance, Shea Whigham, Hope Davis
06 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Begler is showrunner, writer, and executive producer of Perry Mason, which debuted as HBO’s most-watched series in nearly two years upon its...
Highlights - Amanda E. Machado - Writer, Public Speaker - Founder of Reclaiming Nature Writing
18 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“So after coming out, I went to Mexico, which is where my mother's from, and spent most of my time there interacting in queer communities and queer ...
AMANDA E. MACHADO - Writer, Public Speaker, Facilitator - Founder of Reclaiming Nature Writing
18 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Amanda E. Machado is a writer, public speaker and facilitator whose work explores how race, gender, sexuality, and power affect the way we travel and ...
Highlights - Fury Young - BL Shirelle - Co-Executive Directors of DJC Records
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"So when you go into parole, like when you're on your way, your friends will tell you, the ones who have been there, "Don't let them like upset you. D...
Fury Young - BL Shirelle - Co-Executive Directors of DJC Records
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Fury Young and BL Shirelle are the powerhouse team behind Die Jim Crow Records, the first non-profit record label in United States history for cu...
Highlights - Aniela Unguresan - Champion of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion in the Workplace - EDGE Cert
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"I think that what is really important on this journey is to understand when we talk about gender and intersectional equity - and yes, gender is that ...
Aniela Unguresan - Co-founder, Economic Dividends for Gender Equality - EDGE Cert. Foundation
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Aniela Unguresan is Co-founder of EDGE Certification, the leading global assessment methodology and business certification standard for gender equalit...
Highlights - Sonnet L’Abbé - Poet, Songwriter, Editor of “Best Canadian Poetry in English”
26 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"You know, when we were in undergrad, gender or orientation around being bi or straight or gay was what we felt empowered to explore. And that even as...
Sonnet L’Abbé - Award-winning Poet, Songwriter, Author of “Sonnet’s Shakespeare”
26 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sonnet L'Abbé is a Canadian poet, songwriter, editor and professor. They are the author of A Strange Relief, Killarnoe, and Sonnet's Shakespeare. Son...
Highlights - Cynthia Daniels - Grammy - Emmy Award-winning Producer, Engineer, Composer
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"We all are looking for a little magic in our lives, and I think that's what art and the creative process allow for, above all. In a world that can be...
Cynthia Daniels - Grammy and Emmy Award-winning Producer, Engineer, Composer
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cynthia Daniels is a Grammy and Emmy award-winning producer, engineer and composer working extensively in film, television, and music. Her career has ...
(Highlights) Mario Alberto Zambrano · Dancer, Writer, Assoc. Dir. of Dance, The Juilliard School
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mario Alberto Zambrano is the Associate Director of Juilliard Dance. He was born in Houston, danced for Batsheva Dance Company, Hubbard Street Dance C...
Mario Alberto Zambrano - Dancer, Writer, Assoc. Director of Dance, The Juilliard School
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mario Alberto Zambrano is the Associate Director of Juilliard Dance. He was born in Houston, danced for Batsheva Dance Company, Hubbard Street Dance C...
Highlights - Isabel Sandoval - Director of "Lingua Franca" - “Under the Banner of Heaven”
12 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“With Lingua Franca, I think maybe the radical idea in centering a film about this minority character, a trans Filipina immigrant...I think a lot of...
Isabel Sandoval - Director of “Lingua Franca” - “Under the Banner of Heaven”
12 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Redefining being a multi-hyphenate for artistic control and representation, Sandoval made her television debut directing the 6th episode for the new F...
(Highlights) Tey Meadow · Author of “Trans Kids: Being Gendered in the Twenty-First Century"
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“So while there is no kind of one size fits all story, there are plenty of times when...kind of like clusters of activity. And some kids don't come ...
Tey Meadow · Author of “Trans Kids: Being Gendered in the Twenty-First Century"
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tey Meadow is an assistant professor of sociology at Columbia University, where she teaches courses on gender and sexuality, queer theory, qualitative...
(Highlights) Courtney Peppernell · YA Writer & Poet · Author of “Pillow Thoughts”
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“I really hope that kindness is preserved. I really think manners and being polite can go a long way. People are in such a rush these days. Everybod...
Courtney Peppernell · YA Writer & Poet · Author of “Pillow Thoughts”
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Best-selling author Courtney Peppernell is from Sydney, Australia. Her poetry collection Pillow Thoughts was a worldwide success. Her Young Adult nove...
(Highlights) TREVA B. LINDSEY
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“We have to be unwavering in our commitment to principles of justice and freedom and be harbingers of hope. It's what can feel like regression that’...
TREVA B. LINDSEY
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Treva B. Lindsey, PhD is a Black feminist historian and Associate Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at The Ohio State University. ...
(Highlights) CARMEN MARIA MACHADO
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“I would say that I write liminal fantasy. I write surrealist work and literary fiction. I write horror. Horror is probably the genre that speaks to...
CARMEN MARIA MACHADO
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Carmen Maria Machado is the author of the bestselling memoir In the Dream House and the award-winning short story collection Her Body and Other Partie...
(Highlights) SEAN CURRAN
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“I do feel that we are infinite choice makers. You make millions of choices all the time. Make the right choice and if you make the wrong choice, un...
SEAN CURRAN
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Seán Curran began his dance training with traditional Irish step dancing as a young boy in Boston, Massachusetts. He went on to make his mark on the ...
(Highlights) ALI SCHOUTEN
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“In developing Harper’s character, it felt like just very realistic. We’re in a major city that's very liberal, that’s very creative, that thi...
ALI SCHOUTEN
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ali Schouten is a showrunner, executive producer, and writer who is quickly establishing herself as a creative on the rise as her formidable talent an...
DR. G. SAMANTHA ROSENTHAL
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. G. Samantha Rosenthal is an Associate Professor of History and Coordinator of the Public History Concentration at Roanoke College in Salem, Virgin...
MARK SELIGER
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Seliger was born in Amarillo, Texas. He was Rolling Stones chief photographer for 20 years, where he shot over 150 covers silica shoots frequentl...
(Highlights) ROXANE GAY
14 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Roxane Gay’s writing appears in Best American Mystery Stories 2014, Best American Short Stories 2012, Best Sex Writing 2012,&nbs...
ROXANE GAY
14 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Roxane Gay’s writing appears in Best American Mystery Stories 2014, Best American Short Stories 2012, Best Sex Writing 2012,&nbs...
NEIL PATRICK HARRIS - Tony & Emmy Award-Winning Actor, Comedian, Magician, Writer - Highlights
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Neil Patrick Harris is a Tony and Emmy award-winning stage and screen performer, famous for his roles as Barney Stinson in the popular CBS sitcom ...
NEIL PATRICK HARRIS
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Neil Patrick Harris is a Tony and Emmy award-winning stage and screen performer, famous for his roles as Barney Stinson in the popular CBS sitcom ...
(Highlights) JERICHO BROWN
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“I just want to make the poems like a living being…There are moments that I’m not at the desk, but I’m living life. And living life is actuall...
JERICHO BROWN
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jericho Brown is author of the The Tradition (Copper Canyon 2019), for which he won the Pulitzer Prize. He is the recipient of fel...
(Highlights) REBECCA WALKER
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"The idea of writing memoir is about listening carefully. The way to find a story or, at least the story that needs to be told is that moment that you...
REBECCA WALKER
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Writer and producer Rebecca Walker has contributed to the global conversation about race, gender, power, and the evolution of the human family for thr...
(Highlights) GAVIN JAMES CREEL
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“To not honor that we are all creative, beautiful, interesting deep, rich individuals. We’re not zeros and ones on a spreadsheet. We’re not scie...
GAVIN JAMES CREEL
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Most highly noted for his stunning work in musical theater, Gavin James Creel is a Tony & Olivier Award-winning actor, singer and songwriter. On...
(Highlights) DR. FRANÇOIS CLEMMONS
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“I always find it an ironic thing to think about the fact that Fred Rogers was colour-blind. He could barely tell a blue from a grey. I was young an...
DR. FRANÇOIS CLEMMONS
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. François Clemmons is perhaps best known as Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’s Officer Clemmons. He made history as the first African American acto...
(Highlights) JOHN BENJAMIN HICKEY
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"If you are thinking about too much, you're probably not doing it right. Some nights you do it and you're just like, that just felt like it was ten mi...
JOHN BENJAMIN HICKEY
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
John Benjamin Hickey is a veteran of the stage and screen, with a Tony Award-winning performance as Felix Turner in The Normal Heart and his Emmy-nomi...
(Highlights) JOHN D'AGATA
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“For a writer of non-fiction or essayist that’s very difficult to work with because we aren’t, or at least some of us don’t consider ourselves...
JOHN D'AGATA
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
John D’Agata is the author of Halls of Fame, About a Mountain, and The Lifespan of a Fact, as well as the editor of the 3-volume series A New ...
DOUG WRIGHT
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Writer & President of the Dramatists Guild of America Doug Wright is an award winning playwright whose plays include I am My Own Wife, for which he wo...
(Highlights) PAULO SZOT
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“All the themes are very contemporary. I think what moves this story is the search for instantaneous celebrity. That’s what the girls are all abou...
PAULO SZOT
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Paulo Szot won the Tony as Best Leading Actor in a Musical for his Broadway debut at Emile de Becque in the 2008 Tony-winning revival of South Pacific...