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Puerto Rican Queer Challenges to Nationalist Homo/Transphobia; Queens Pride: No Pride in Genocide; the Triple Pandemic, and Goodbye to Betty
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Aired on Out-FM on Tues., June 25, 2023 from 8:00-9:00 pm EDT, on 99.5 FM WBAI/NY
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Puerto Rican Queer Strength & Challenges to Nationalist Homo/Transphobia
Juventud Unida Por la Independencia (JUPI) or United Youth for the Independence of Puerto Rico
Educators for Palestine (credit: Pauline Park)
Queens Pride: No Pride in Genocide
Lift the Siege on Gaza Now (credit: Pauline Park)
The Triple Pandemic
Mike of ACT UP/NY discusses how to be prepared to avoid HIV/AIDS, COVID-19 and MPOX. All three viruses are in circulation and LGBTQI Pride is a site where infections are possible.
Out-FM is Booting Betty & Ditching the Zionist Group’s Theme Song
By Pauline Park
Out-FM produces LGBT-themed programming for WBAI and has been using “Together” as its theme song for many years but the collective decided in pride month 2024 to boot Betty and ditch the song.
Betty is an indie rock trio that includes Alyson Palmer (vocals, bass, guitar) and sisters Elizabeth Ziff (vocals, guitar, electronic programming) and Amy Ziff (vocals and cello). “As activists, BETTY uses their music to work for equal rights, peace and optimal health for all and the environment,” the group declares on their website — while failing to mention their strident support for Apartheid Israel.
In many public statements as well as ‘tweets’ and ‘retweets’ on Twitter (rebranded by Elon Musk as ‘X’), the Ziff sisters have repeatedly conflated Judaism with Zionism. “I feel sidelined… No one is taking away my Jewish gay pride. When people who are waving the Palestinian flag are screaming ‘rape their daughters and mothers, kill all Jews,’ and shouting other slurs at Jews, that is not about Israel,” Elizabeth Ziff told the Jewish Daily Forward (Marisa Fox-Bevilacqua, “Queer Zionists ask: ‘Where are our allies?’,” Forward, 30 June 2021).
On May 19 of this year, @BettyMusic retweeted a tweet from Jamie Metzl (@JamieMetzl) in which he wrote, “Everyone should be as concerned about these protesters marching behind the Hamas flag in Brooklyn yesterday as we would be if KKK bigots marched behind a burning cross carrying nooses or goose-stepping Nazis marched with swastikas.”
On May 1, the Betty account retweeted a tweet from Josh Kraushaar (@JoshKraushaar) quoting U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) in which the Pennsylvania Democrat wrote,”The protesters at Columbia demonstrated that there are two factions of the protesters — there’s the pro-Hamas, and then there’s the really pro-Hamas.”
With Apartheid Israel’s Gaza genocide having now claimed more than 37,000 innocent civilian lives, we in the Out-FM collective felt it was time to distance ourselves from this trio of Zionist propagandists who use their platform to generate support for the illegal and genocidal occupation of Palestine.
We therefore invite listeners to e-mail us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with suggestions for a replacement to “Together.” We would welcome suggestions for any song with a theme of freedom and liberation and would especially encourage suggestions of songs written and/or performed by LGBTQ-identified musicians — though the songs suggested need not have specifically queer content in them. We welcome your input. Once again, that’s This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Reclaim Pride March; ACT UP & JVP Protest Global Queer Rights Group’s Refusal to Denounce Gaza Genocide
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Tune into Out-FM on Tues., June 18, 2024 from 8:00-9:00 pm EDT, on 99.5 FM WBAI/NY
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2024 Reclaim Pride March Poster
2024 Reclaim Pride March
Naomi Brussel will discuss the upcoming Reclaim Pride March with Jay Walker, an organizer with the group Reclaim Pride. The Reclaim Pride Coalition is the grassroots collective that has organized the Queer Liberation March in New York City every June since 2019. They seek to honor and reclaim the spirit of the Stonewall Riots, centering and amplifying the voices and needs of marginalized LGBTQIA2S+ communities. In the tradition of early Pride Marches, they reject corporate sponsorship and police involvement. As a community, they take to the streets to challenge systemic oppression, advocate for justice, and create a world where all queer and transgender individuals are free to live authentically and without fear.
Guests include longtime AIDS and gay activist Jay W. Walker who is a longtime NYC Queer activist and event producer. Most recently he is a cofounder and lead organizer of the Reclaim Pride Coalition and Queer Liberation March, and a founding member and current president of Gays Against Guns. He is also a founding and active member of Rise and Resist and works as the social media manager for StopTheCoup2025 a nonprofit raising the alarms about The Heritage Foundation's Project 2025. Also joining us is Samantha Quiñones, who is a Brooklyn-based community organizer, activist, and public speaker. Her work focuses on LGBTQ+ liberation, community self-defense, and mutual aid. Since 2022, they have organized with the Reclaim Pride Coalition.
Samantha Quiñones of Reclaim Pride
Jay Walker, Reclaim Pride Organizer
Queen Jean at Protest Outside Outright Action International
(credit: J.Riley)
ACT UP & JVP Protest Global Queer Rights Group’s Refusal to Denounce Gaza Genocide
John Riley interviews two guests:
- Ariel Friedlander, an ACT UP organizer since 2018 and a Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) member, and
- Emmaia Gelman, ACT UP member since 1996, Director of the Institute for the Critical Study of Zionist and longtime Palestinian Solidarity Activist Organizer.
They discuss how ACT UP's support for the Palestinian struggle came about as a result of the genocide being committed against Palestinians and their subsequent solidarity actions pressing progressive LGBTQ+ organizations to support the Palestinian struggle and work against the genocide. ACT UP continues its work on a range of HIV/AIDS, MPOX, STDs, health issues.
Protest outside of Outright Action International Gala
(credit: J.Riley)
About Out-FM
Out-FM is a weekly progressive, intersectional queer show on listener-sponsored, noncommercial WBAI/Pacifica Radio. It airs at 99.5 FM and wbai.org, generally on Tuesdays from 8-9 PM.
We urge you to consider becoming a WBAI Buddy (sustainer) at $10/month or more to get this premium, along with our fabulous canvas tote bag.
To make your donation online, go to give2wbai.org and, in the drop-down menu, click on Out-FM as your favorite show. Or call any time (212) 209-2950.
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