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Out Here in America

25 Episodes

23 minutes | Oct 15, 2018
Investigating LGBTQ murders, with Margaret Baker
On this week's Out Here in America, Justin shares his final story for the show. His colleague Margaret Baker is the lead investigative reporter for the Sun Herald in Biloxi, Mississippi. She's covered a lot of murders but one about a transgender woman brought her closer to her identity and became a federal hate crime case. Hear Margaret's story about how she changed the way crimes against transgender individuals are prosecuted, all on Out Here in America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
24 minutes | Oct 1, 2018
Being forced out in small-town America, with Shelby Peranich
On this episode of Out Here in America, Pass Christian, Miss.-native Shelby Peranich shares her story of falling in love in college, and subsequently being forced out back home. Today, she lives with her partner in Memphis, and talks to host Justin Mitchell about feeling accepted in the LGBTQ community there — as well as the proud LGBTQ community she sees forming back home along the Mississippi coast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
21 minutes | Aug 27, 2018
Life as an out fraternity brother at Alabama, with Austin Gaddis
On this week's Out Here in America, Austin Gaddis shares his story of being closeted in one of the University of Alabama's largest fraternities. He also shares how he participated in a covert, underground gay dating system right under his brothers' noses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
26 minutes | Aug 13, 2018
Life in the political spotlight, with Carson Jones
On this episode, host Justin Mitchell sits down with Carson Jones–-the son of Alabama Senator Doug Jones. Justin and Carson look back at the 2016 election the campaign against Roy Moore. They also look to the future of Alabama during a tough political climate. Hear more on Out Here in America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
27 minutes | Jul 31, 2018
LGBTQ life in the foster care system, with Daniel Garcia
On this episode, host Justin Mitchell sits down with Pomona College student Daniel Garcia, along with Victoria Penny — the woman Daniel proudly calls “mom” — and his new sister, Brailey Penny, to look back at Daniel’s difficult childhood in the Mississippi foster care system, and to look ahead at what they all believe is his very bright future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
22 minutes | Jul 16, 2018
CrossFit and the LGBTQ community, with Dillon King
On this week's episode, trans man Dillon King takes us into the world of CrossFit in a small town in Louisiana. Hear all about King's fight to make trans lives matter in the town with the help of his family and the little gym that could, all on Out Here in America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
28 minutes | Jul 2, 2018
The celebration of drag king culture, with Teddy Mars of New Orleans Carnival Kings
On this episode, host Justin Mitchell sits down with Teddy Mars, host of the Carnival Kings’ long-running late-night New Orleans drag shows, to talk about the evolution of LGBTQ communities down South, being a visible ally for LGBTQ equality along the Gulf Coast, and balancing fatherhood with his life in a drag king troupe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
35 minutes | Jun 18, 2018
Seeking justice for the LGBTQ community, with Judge Ernesto Scorsone
On this week's Out Here in America, Daniel Desrochers guest hosts this week's episode. The Lexington Herald-Leader reporter sits down with Judge Ernesto Scorsone--a circuit court judge with a long history of standing up for LGBTQ rights in the conservative state of Kentucky. Hear how the judge broke down sodomy laws in the state and paved away for modern-day activism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
20 minutes | Jun 4, 2018
A stripper's story, with Devin Ladner
On this episode, host Justin Mitchell sits down with Devin Ladner — a stripper in the heart of New Orleans' Bourbon Street — to talk about emotional labor as a dancer, losing family, and the rules of the road when it comes to being a gay stripper in the Deep South. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
26 minutes | May 21, 2018
Making trans history on the Mississippi Coast, with Jorden Blosser
On this episode, host Justin Mitchell sits down with 16-year-old Pass Christian High School graduate Jorden Blosser — the first out transgender student to receive a diploma from the 600-student school on the Mississippi Gulf Coast — to talk about ageism in the LGBTQ community, unexpected allies in public education, and coming of age as a trans teen in the Deep South. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
25 minutes | May 7, 2018
‘All Are Welcome Here,’ with Ann Madden
On this episode, host Justin Mitchell sits down with Ann Madden — co-owner of Smith & Lens gallery in Bay St. Louis, Miss., and the leader of a growing protest movement against the state’s “religious freedom law” — to talk about House Bill 1523, the role of small businesses in protecting LGBTQ rights, and loving Mississippi despite its faults. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
21 minutes | Apr 23, 2018
On stage with Dannie Landry, and the Vixens of Veaux
On this episode, host Justin Mitchell talks with Dannie Landry, managing partner of Biloxi staple Veaux Bar & Grill — home to one of the most popular ongoing drag shows on the entire Gulf Coast — about his Vixens of Veaux, Mississippi being more open-minded than a lot of people give it credit for, and how Landry’s passion for serving his community took an unexpected turn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
26 minutes | Apr 9, 2018
A Georgia transition decades in the making, with Kimberly Davis
On this episode of Out Here in America, host Justin Mitchell talks with Kimberly Davis, and her son Thomas Davis, about Kimberly’s transition away from her life as a husband, father and son named Richard — and the unexpected support she’s found from her community in rural Georgia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
26 minutes | Mar 23, 2018
Life as a gay Southern radio star, with 'Part-Time Justin'
Out Here in America returns, with Kidd Kraddick Morning Show staple "Part-Time Justin” talking to host Justin Mitchell about religion, celebrity, and using his role on the nationally syndicated radio show to increase opportunity for the LGBTQ community throughout the South. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
24 minutes | Aug 6, 2017
Episode 7: Gay bars down South, with Lynn Koval
On the Season 1 finale of "Out Here in America," Gulf Coast mainstay Lynn Koval talks to host Justin Mitchell about opening Just Us Lounge, perhaps the oldest gay bar in Mississippi; creating safe space for the LGBTQ community in the Deep South; and where the "Pride" movement goes from here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
29 minutes | Jul 30, 2017
'OHIA' live! 'The Freedom to Marry,' with Evan Wolfson and Eddie Rosenstein
On this episode of "Out Here in America," Freedom to Marry founder Evan Wolfson, and Eddie Rosenstein, director of the new documentary “The Freedom to Marry,” join host Justin Mitchell and a live audience at the Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural Center of Arts and Education near Biloxi, Miss., to talk about the battle for nationwide marriage equality, and the progress the LGBTQ community can still make in America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
21 minutes | Jul 16, 2017
Episode 6: Marriage equality and family values, with Mollie and Jillian Nunez
On this episode of "Out Here in America," newlyweds Mollie and Jillian Nunez talk to host Justin Mitchell about finding love and happiness in the Deep South, where their parents didn’t support their marriage, the church no longer embraced them—and for some people, “traditional family values” changed more slowly than even the law. Plus, a special announcement from Evan Wolfson about a July 23 screening of the new “Freedom to Marry” documentary in Biloxi! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
22 minutes | Jul 9, 2017
Episode 5: Serving her country under “don’t ask, don’t tell,” with Jenna Lockwood
On this episode of "Out Here in America," former Air Force medic Jenna Lockwood talks to host Justin Mitchell about her military service, the grandmother who inspired her dedication to a larger cause, and fulfilling that mission even when it meant hiding who she truly was. Plus, a special announcement from Evan Wolfson and our friends behind the new documentary “The Freedom to Marry”! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
30 minutes | Jul 3, 2017
Episode 4: A life of faith and of love, with Rev. Errol Montgomery-Robertson
On this episode, Rev. Errol Montgomery-Robertson, pastor at Biloxi's LGBTQ-friendly Lighthouse Community Church, talks to host Justin Mitchell about preaching inclusion, and rejecting the traditional image of God he’d been taught so that he could give comfort to others. Plus, a special announcement from Evan Wolfson and our friends behind the new documentary “The Freedom to Marry”! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
14 minutes | Jun 29, 2017
Bonus Episode: Inside the Gulf Coast drag scene, with ‘Kara Mel D’Ville’ and ‘Lexis Redd D’Ville'
On this bonus episode of "Out Here in America," close friends and drag performers Allan “Kara Mel D’Ville” Cramer and AJ “Lexis Redd D’Ville” Lawson talk to host Justin Mitchell about their troupe “Orphan Haus,” putting Mississippi drag on the map, and why straight audiences enjoy their shows far more than gay audiences do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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