Recovering from our 10-year celebration and show taping last night, tonight at 7 we re-air a favorite we couldn’t include any clips from last night. It’s a music-rich documentary on the late “Mr. Showmanship”‘s life...
The hilarious gay comedy pioneer Karen Ripley tells the stories of lesbian life in the ’70s in her solo show, “Oh, No! There’s Men On The Land!” opening May 1st at The Marsh in Berkeley....
Sex, Drugs, and Drag Shows: A Memoir
- March 19, 2015
- Tagged as: AIDS, Castro, gay, LGBT, Marilyn Pittman, Mark Abramson, San Francisco
Marilyn takes a trip back to the ’70s and early ’80s with author Mark Abramson. His memoir, “For My Brothers,” has one hair-raising story of sex and drugs and rock and roll after another.  A cast…
The Best of OITB’s Ten Years: Sylvester
- March 2, 2015
- Tagged as: AIDS, disco diva, LGBT, Marilyn Pittman, San Francisco, Sylvester
Marilyn Pittman’s sound portrait of the late great disco diva Sylvester. Josh Gamson talks with Marilyn and reads from his biography, “The Fabulous Sylvester.” We hear from the fans at the book party launch in 2005…
How do we cope with the death of a spouse or lover? Is it different if you’re gay? Bereavement experts say many minorities suffer “disenfranchised grief” – grief not fully recognized by society. On...
God Loves Uganda is a feature-length documentary about the influence of U.S.-based evangelical Christian missionaries who whip up anti-gay fervor in Africa. Uganda’s parliament is still considering a proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill that, even though the...
