Today on Sidebar!

FIRST SEGMENT – Interview with CECILIA CABELLO – California State Director for the BUTTIGEIG FOR PRESIDENT Campaign. What was it like being the statewide director for the first viable LGBT campaign for President? What were some of the internal conversations that occurred as Pete Buttigieg was competing in such a diverse field of candidates. Any surprises or horror stories from the campaign trail?

SECOND SEGMENT – Interview with Log Cabin Republican MATTHEW CRAFFEY – what’s it like to be a gay Republican in the middle of Donald Trump’s GOP? What are the principles that Log Cabin stands for? Do they coincide with Trumpism? Are there points of difference? What about some of the elements of the Trump coalition who are homophobic?

THIRD SEGMENT – Interview with ZOE NICHOLSON – Zoe is an expert on the Equal Rights Amendment, the Suffragists and specifically on Alice Paul – one of the key strategists for the 19th Amendment at the turn of the 20th century. Zoe has spent decades studying her life and work around women’s equality.

FOURTH SEGMENT – Interview with ALEX MOHAJER – co founder of Bros4America (with Rance Collins). Discussion about increasing voter registration, participation and getting LGBT to the polls in November to create a more LGBT friendly Congress and White House.

Today on Sidebar With John Duran:

FIRST SEGMENT – Our final interview for BLACK HISTORY MONTH with Rev. Lucia Chappelle from MCC Churches. Lucia is a leader in both the LGBT and African American community. What should Black History month mean for LGBT people?

SECOND SEGMENT – WOMEN and METH? TWEAKER’S PROJECT. CHEM SEX. An interview with MELLISSA MCCRACKEN and JIMMY PALMIERI. Mellissa is an out lesbian in recovery from meth addiction who now works in the recovery arena. She was once homeless with meth psychosis on the streets of LA. Now, her life is back together as she works to help out women and men get off meth and back into life. Jimmy Palmieri will talk about the CHEM SEX panel that he and Mellissa were a part of on how meth has taken hold on sex apps to ruin the lives of sexually active gay men. And what can be done to stop it.

THIRD SEGMENT – We talk with journalist Karen Ocamb on the Coronavirus outbreak, and what we should be doing to protect ourselves.

FOURTH SEGMENT – Telephone interview with State Senator Scott Wiener who represents San Francisco in the California State Legislature. We will talk about his bill to use Medi Cal funds to give financial rewards to addicts who show they can stay off meth. Is this a wise use of public funds to deal with addiction? Does positive reinforcement work as an incentive to get our people off meth? San Francisco’s LGBT community has suffered much damage from crystal meth.

Today on Sidebar!

FIRST SEGMENT – Interviews with director ALISON REID and producer PAUL ZIMIC on their film THE WOMAN WHO LOVES GIRAFFES. Alison is one of the few lesbian directors in Hollywood. Before Jane Goodall ventured into the world of chimpanzees and before Dian Fossey left to find mountain gorillas, 23 year old biologist ANNE INNIS DAGG made a solo journey into South Africa. Being a woman doing this in 1956, she had to overcome many sexist barriers to do her work. She has sounded the alarm for the giraffes of Africa and the environmental alarm about what is happening to biological diversity on our planet.

SECOND SEGMENT – Interviews with TAMMARA BILLIK and MICHELE NEFF HERNANDEZ on the event CAMP WIDOW sponsored by Soaring Spirits. This organization is committed to helping widows and widowers deal with the loss of a spouse and living beyond that death. Soaring Spirits has now created a weekend for LGBT widows and widowers to process their grief.

THIRD SEGMENT – The 3 major faiths Judaism, Muslim and Christianity have each historically subjected woman to second class status. So what happens when a woman takes charge in each of these faiths to bring about cultural and social evolution? A deep discussion on religion, faith, women, sexism, misogyny, setbacks and progress with RABBI DENISE EGER from Temple Kol Ami, REVEREND DENYSE BARNES from First United Methodist Church of Hollywood and ANI ZONNEVELD from Muslims for Progressive Values.