About

Queer Voices, a weekly radio program on Pacifica radio's Houston affiliate KPFT, is dedicated to broadcasting news, concerns, and events as related to Houston's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered (GLBT) community. The goal of Queer Voices is to provide up to date information on the community's concerns that is currently not available from other local media outlets. The show is heard on Pacifica's KPFT 90.1 FM in Houston, Texas on Mondays, 9 to 11 pm, Central Time.

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Queer voices is always looking for volunteers to help put out a great show. For out community! No prior radio experience is required, just a desire to positively impact the GLBT community, and the avility to be at KPFT's studio on Mondays from 8:30 pm to 11 pm. For more information please contact Us.

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Crew

• Jack Valinski
• Jone Devlin [Books]
• Glenn Holt
• JD Doyle [Music]
• Jenifer Pool
• Bryan Hlavinka

Of Interest

• Non-discrimination law on November ballot

Community

It Gets Better Project

The It Gets Better Project was created to show young LGBT people the levels of happiness, potential, and positivity their lives will reach - if they can just get through their teen years. The It Gets Better Project wants to remind teenagers in the LGBT community that they are not alone - and it WILL get better.

Growing up isn't easy. Many young people face daily tormenting and bullying, leading them to feel like they have nowhere to turn. This is especially true for LGBT kids and teens, who often hide their sexuality for fear of bullying. Without other openly gay adults and mentors in their lives, they can't imagine what their future may hold. In many instances, gay and lesbian adolescents are taunted - even tortured - simply for being themselves.

Justin Aaberg. Billy Lucas. Cody Barker. Asher Brown. Seth Walsh. Raymond Chase. Tyler Clementi. They were tragic examples of youth who could not believe that it does actually get better.

While many of these teens couldn't see a positive future for themselves, we can. The It Gets Better Project was created to show young LGBT people the levels of happiness, potential, and positivity their lives will reach - if they can just get through their teen years. The It Gets Better Project wants to remind teenagers in the LGBT community that they are not alone - and it WILL get better. more

Glad to Be Gay - Tom Robinson

Tom Robinson was the first gay rock star to be out-and-proud from the off.

In early 1978, at the height of his fame and barely ten years after homosexuality was legalised in the UK, he released Glad To Be Gay as a single.

It was unusual for being precise and prominent about an issue that simply had no precedent in popular song.

Other protest songs form part of a wider repertoire – classics though they are, Masters Of War and Eve Of Destruction weren’t the first popular anti-war songs. Other protest songs can be rousing but speak somewhat vaguely about the resilience of the oppressed, or the iniquities of the powerful.

Apart from a few gay activists nobody had heard a gay song before, let alone one as militant and furious as Glad To Be Gay. Tom Robinson put it in the top 20 and into the mind of the straight public. More