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Tune into Out-FM on Tues., September 15, 2026 from 8:00-9:00 pm ET, on​ WBAI/NY​, 99.5 FM​, or livestreaming at wbai.org/listen-live

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Akilah Monifa and Pauline Park

Pauline Park (L) and Akilah Monifa (R) in Fruitvale (4-27-25)

 Akilah Monifa's Blessings of a Blesbian Boomer

On Tuesday's show, Out-FM's Pauline Park speaks with Akilah 'Kiki' Monifa about the 23 performances of her autobiographical show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August to audience acclaim. In "The Blesbian Boomer, the African American writer and journalist who now lives in California talks about growing up in the segregated South, coming out as a lesbian, going to law school, launching a career in public relations and then journalism, marriages, divorces and children.
 

States Where 1 or More Transphobic Democrats are Running in the Midterms

States Where 1 or More Transphobic Democrats are Running in the Congressional Midterms (in Purple)

Transphobic Democrats in the Mid-Terms

Out-FM's John Riley then talks with Pauline Park about the transphobic Democrats running in the mid-term elections in November and the advice from transgender journalist Erin Reed that LGBTQ community members and progressive allies refrain from voting for those transphobic Democrats; the show concludes with an assessment of the prospects for Democrats in the upcoming mid-term elections that may profoundly shape the last two years of Donald Trump's second term.

Ma Rainey, "Prove It On Me Blues"
 
Sister Rosetta, "Didn't It Rain?"

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  • Out-FM show aired on September 08, 2026 

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Segment #1: Save HIV Funding

Max Boykin of Save HIV Funding and Black South Rising 7-4-26

Maxx Boykin of Save HIV Funding and Black South Rising (7/4/26)

Out-FM's John Riley interviews Maxx Boykin of the Save HIV Funding Campaign and Black South Rising on the battle to save lives. Since President Trump’s inauguration on January 2025, his administration has implemented a strategic attack on AIDS funding for research, treatment and prevention that is global in nature. Through a program called the Department of Government Efficency (DOGE), Trump immediately paused new funding for grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including for AIDS research. He also paused funding for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). PEPFAR funds HIV/AIDS treatment throughout the developing world, enabling countries to buy inexpensive but effective HIV treatments and modern prevention methods. These cuts have affected millions worldwide and are causing increased deaths already. Maxx Boykin talks about the growing fightback to save health care for people with HIV and AIDS in the US and abroad.

Segment #2: Trump's Transphobia, the US Supreme Court & State Legislation

Sam Ames, Civil Right Attorney

Sam Ames, Civil Rights Attorney

Out-FM's Pauline Park speaks with Sam Ames to get the civil rights attorney, LGBTQI+ policy strategist, and writer's assessment of the current state of transgender rights at the federal and state levels as the administration of Donald Trump continues an unprecedented campaign to undermine transgender rights at the federal and state levels. More at sames.substack.com
 
Music:
Skylar Kergil, "Tell Me a Story"

 

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