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Out-FM aired Tues., October 28, 2025 

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Tribute to Trans Visionary Miss Major

  

Today we memorialize Miss Major Griffin Gracy, the Stonewall veteran who became a mother figure to countless trans and queer people over the course of her nearly 80 years on earth. She often credited Attica Rebellion organizer Big Black -- whom she met in the late 70s when they were incarcerated together -- with being her mentor as an organizer.
 
Major's collaborator Toshio Meronek co-authored her memoir Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary (Verso) and hosts the podcast Sad Francisco. Toshio has kindly allowed us to rebroadcast their recent podcast tribute to Miss Major. 
 
Resources:
 
Truthout: To Honor Miss Major, We Fight for the Trans and Queer Spaces She Built
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy embraced the messiness of revolt with magnetic optimism.
By Toshio Meronek & Eric A. Stanley
October 22, 2025
 
MAJOR! (film documentary about Miss Major's life)
Podcast with the filmmakers of MAJOR! (StormMiguel Florez and Annalise Ophelian)
 
Organizations Miss Major led:

TGIJP (formerly Transgender Gender-Variant & Intersex Justice Project) i

https://tgijp.org/ 

 

House of GG

https://houseofgg.org/

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NYC Mayoral Election Through a Queer Lens

L-R: Andrew Cuomo, Curtis Sliwa, Zohran Mamdani

​In the second half of the show, we'll examine the candidates for mayor of New York City through a queer/trans lens. Out-FM's Pauline Park and Bob Lederer will provide news and analysis about candidates Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa in one of the most closely watched mayoral elections in the city's history. We'll also emphasize the importance of consistent organizing and pressing our demands no matter who wins.

We will also open up the phone lines for listeners to offer your thoughts. You can call (212) 209-2877.

Resources: 

Truthout: Mamdani Vows to Make NYC a “Sanctuary City” for Trans People in New Campaign Ad

​Mamdani Platform on LGBTQIA+ Protections

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About Out-FM

Out-FM is a weekly progressive, intersectional queer show by and for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, two-spirit, non-binary, gender non-conforming, intersex, queer, and questioning communities. Our program originates from listener-sponsored, noncommercial WBAI/Pacifica Radio in New York, 99.5 FM and wbai.org. Our programs are archived at outfm.org. You can also follow us on Facebook, X, and Instagram. 

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Out-FM aired Tues., October 21, 2025 

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On this show, Out-FM's Bob Lederer and Pauline Park will speak with ​Sarah Schulman about her new book, The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity. In it, the renowned​ novelist, playwright, historian​, and Palestine solidarity activist offers a nuanced and sophisticated analysis of the politics of solidarity and practical advice on how to engage in principled and effective solidarity from HIV/AIDS to Gaza and Palestine to anti-fascist organizing. 
 
The book's publisher writes:
Drawing parallels between queer, Palestinian, feminist, and artistic struggles for justice, Schulman challenges the traditional notion of solidarity as a simple union of equals, arguing that in today’s world of globalized power structures, true solidarity requires the collaboration of bystanders and conflicted perpetrators with the excluded and oppressed. That action comes at a cost, and is not always effective. And yet without it we sentence ourselves to a world without progressive change towards visions of liberation.
 
Sarah Schulman is a novelist, playwright, screenwriter, nonfiction writer, and AIDS historian. Her books include The Gentrification of the Mind, Conflict Is Not Abuse, and Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987–1993, and the novels The Cosmopolitans and Maggie Terry. Schulman’s honors include a Fulbright in Judaic Studies, a Guggenheim in Playwriting, and honors from Lambda Literary, the Publishing Triangle, NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists, the American Library Association, and others. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, New York, Harper’s Magazine, The Atlantic, The Nation, The New Republic, The New York Times, and The Guardian. Schulman holds an endowed chair in creative writing at Northwestern University and is on the advisory board of Jewish Voice for​ .​​​Peace.

Sarah Schulman and Pauline Park at Queens Pride House 2015

Sarah Schulman and Pauline Park at Queens Pride House 2015

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Three ways to donate:

  • Online, go to buddy.wbai.org and, in the drop-down menu, we hope you will click on Out-FM as your favorite show. The station accepts PayPal.
  • By phone, call 833-WBAI-NYC or 833-922-4692. If no one answers right away, leave a message and you'll get a call within a day. 
  • Send a check or money order, made out to WBAI/Pacifica via USPS. Mail to: 
          WBAI - Donations
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          Brooklyn, NY 11217

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About Out-FM

Out-FM is a weekly progressive, intersectional queer show by and for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, two-spirit, non-binary, gender non-conforming, intersex, queer, and questioning communities. Our program originates from listener-sponsored, noncommercial WBAI/Pacifica Radio in New York, 99.5 FM and wbai.org. Our programs are archived at outfm.org. You can also follow us on Facebook, X, and Instagram. 

Sign up for Out-FM's Weekly Newsletter with show announcements.

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