OutCasting Overtime

Series produced by Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media

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Additional shorter-form content from OutCasting, public radio's LGBTQ youth program.

Additional shorter-form content from OutCasting, public radio's LGBTQ youth program. Often personal in nature, these essays and discussions have covered the Pulse massacre in Orlando, bisexual erasure, coming out, gender norms, and why young LGBTQ people often have to lie. Typically 3-6 minutes.


70 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
Caption: "Straight Pride", Credit: OutCasting Media
Addressing the aggrieved people who lament the lack of a "Straight Pride" celebration.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 28, 2023
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: OutCasting youth broadcaster Lil
LGBTQ youth react to the anti-marriage equality statement from Supreme Court Justices Thomas and Alito. Originally presented in 2020.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2023
  • Length: 08:40
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For many gay teens, it’s easier to come out than it was for earlier generations. But is that true for everyone?

  • Added: Feb 28, 2023
  • Length: 04:48
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OutCasters Andrew and Amalee consider why some people think that showing anything to do with gay people is inappropriate for children to see.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 31, 2023
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: OutCasting youth broadcaster Lucas
What happens when a boy bunny wants to marry another boy bunny? In this encore presentation originally presented in 2018, OutCaster Lucas talks ab...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2022
  • Length: 04:38
Caption: OutCasting youth broadcaster Brianna
Following yet another American mass shooting, OutCasting youth broadcaster Brianna reflects on the Pulse massacre in 2016.

  • Added: Nov 30, 2022
  • Length: 06:56
Caption: OutCasting youth broadcaster Brianna
Brianna, an OutCasting youth broadcaster, talks about the worst lie she ever had to tell. Created in June 2016 but not offered for on-air broadcas...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2022
  • Length: 04:46
Caption: OutCasting youth broadcaster Declan
OutCasting youth broadcaster Declan – a trans guy – talks about experiencing gender from both sides of the fence.

  • Added: Sep 30, 2022
  • Length: 06:46
Caption: OutCasting youth broadcaster Isha
Statistics show that LGBTQ youth are at greatly increased risk of self-harm. But statistics are just numbers; what’s the real-world human cost?

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 31, 2022
  • Length: 06:21
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Jul 31, 2022
  • Length: 07:29

  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 11:44

  • Added: May 27, 2022
  • Length: 04:10
Caption: OutCasting youth broadcaster Tomás
May 1, 2022 – What does a straight teenager do when he sees a lesbian schoolmate being taunted – and why?

  • Added: Apr 30, 2022
  • Length: 09:10
Caption: OutCaster Tomás
April 1, 2022 – Are schools actually "grooming centers of gender identity radicals"? And what do Florida Republicans mean by “grooming,” anyway — ...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2022
  • Length: 09:15
Caption: OutCasting youth participant Carol
March 1, 2022 – Should you have be very visibly gay, or if you're trans, undergo medical transition to “earn your place”?

  • Added: Feb 28, 2022
  • Length: 13:01
Caption: Archbishop Desmond Tutu
February 1, 2022 – A young straight ally considers his own place in activism

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Jan 30, 2022
  • Length: 08:05
  • Purchases: 1
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OutCaster Tim considers why many LGBTQ conservatives don’t feel at home in the LGBTQ community.

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Dec 31, 2021
  • Length: 09:16
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: OutCaster Sarah
The OutCasting team reflects on how the holidays can be stressful and even excruciating for LGBTQ teenagers.

  • Added: Nov 30, 2021
  • Length: 07:03
Caption: OutCaster Brian
Who’s really threatened – kids who are assumed to be cisgender and heterosexual or LGBTQ students?

  • Added: Oct 29, 2021
  • Length: 03:30

  • Added: Sep 30, 2021
  • Length: 06:00