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

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 <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Investigating LGBTQ murders, with Margaret Baker

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

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 <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Being forced out in small-town America, with Shelby Peranich

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

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 <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Life as an out fraternity brother at Alabama, with Austin Gaddis

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

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 <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Life in the political spotlight, with Carson Jones

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

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 <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

LGBTQ life in the foster care system, with Daniel Garcia

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

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 <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

CrossFit and the LGBTQ community, with Dillon King

Teddy Mars

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

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 <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

The celebration of drag king culture, with Teddy Mars of New Orleans Carnival Kings

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

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 <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Seeking justice for the LGBTQ community, with Judge Ernesto Scorsone

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

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 <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

A stripper's story, with Devin Ladner

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

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 <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Making trans history on the Mississippi Coast, with Jorden Blosser

From the Biloxi, Miss., Sun Herald, host Justin Mitchell talks to military veterans, church leaders, celebrities and others about their LGBTQ experiences in small-town America.

As someone who lives in Texas I very much appreciate this podcast for giving insight into southern LGBT life. It shows the nuances of being LGBT and loving (and hating) home in the south, which a lot of popular media misses. It&#39;s nice to know others like us are, well, out here.

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Justin is smart and funny and engaging and interesting and human.  love this podcast!!!

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Out Here in America

Tig Notaro

On this episode, Grammy- and Emmy-nominated comedian Tig Notaro talks to host Justin Mitchell about marrying her partner Stephanie in the Deep South; the birth of their twin boys, Max and Finn; the parts of Notaro's show, "One Mississippi," that mirror her own LGBTQ experience; and her hope for equality in the state that she loves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, Grammy- and Emmy-nominated comedian Tig Notaro talks to host Justin Mitchell about marrying her partner Stephanie in the Deep South; the birth of their twin boys, Max and Finn; the parts of Notaro's show, "One Mississippi," that mirror her own LGBTQ experience; and her hope for equality in the state that she loves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Episode 2: Tig Notaro on marriage, motherhood and her Mississippi home

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

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 <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Episode 7: Gay bars down South, with Lynn Koval

On this bonus episode of "Out Here in America," Grammy- and Emmy-nominated comedian Tig Notaro talks to host Justin Mitchell about filming her Amazon show, "One Mississippi" at home in the Deep South; the show's portrayal of her stepfather, Bill; and how the upcoming second season will be packed with "more truth, and more fiction, equally." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this bonus episode of "Out Here in America," Grammy- and Emmy-nominated comedian Tig Notaro talks to host Justin Mitchell about filming her Amazon show, "One Mississippi" at home in the Deep South; the show's portrayal of her stepfather, Bill; and how the upcoming second season will be packed with "more truth, and more fiction, equally." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Bonus Episode: Tig Notaro on Season 2 of 'One Mississippi'

Trevor Ladner

On this episode, Trevor Ladner — Harvard student, and in small-town Mississippi, the drag artist known as “Miss Annie Thang” — talks to host Justin Mitchell about discovering his passion for performing, and defining his own sense of self. 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

On this episode, Trevor Ladner — Harvard student, and in small-town Mississippi, the drag artist known as “Miss Annie Thang” — talks to host Justin Mitchell about discovering his passion for performing, and defining his own sense of self. 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 <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Episode 3: Drag, and defying stereotypes, with Trevor Ladner

Ann Madden

On this episode, host Justin Mitchell sits down with Ann Madden — co-owner of Smith &amp; 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

On this episode, host Justin Mitchell sits down with Ann Madden — co-owner of Smith &amp; 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 <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

‘All Are Welcome Here,’ with Ann Madden

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

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 <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Episode 4: A life of faith and of love, with Rev. Errol Montgomery-Robertson

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

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 <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Life as a gay Southern radio star, with 'Part-Time Justin'

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

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 <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Episode 6: Marriage equality and family values, with Mollie and Jillian Nunez

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