LGBTQ Spotlight
LGBTQ Spotlight: Free Oral HIV Testing Comes to Brookings
In this episode of LGBTQ Spotlight, Paul Hempel and Scott Clapson talk about HIV, the importance of HIV testing, the stigma around HIV, and the healthy life opportunities that result from early detection of HIV infection. They discuss Paul's involvement with Cascade...
LGBTQ Spotlight: Susan Reaves
To celebrate the one year anniversary of the LGBTQ dinners at Oxenfrē Public House in Brookings, Susan Reaves and Scott Clapson talk about bisexuality, coming of age in the San Francisco's Castro District, activism, and why visibility is important. Susan shares with...
LGBTQ Spotlight: Celebrating Marriage Equality
In the wake of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision making marriage equality the law of the land, LGBTQ Spotlight host Scott Clapson talks with Curry County residents Paul Hempel and Bruce Newman about their lives as a married couple who happen to be gay. In this...
LGBTQ Spotlight: Gender Talk
In this edition of LGBTQ Spotlight, host Scott Clapson has a lively conversation with Rachel Patterson, Jacob Patterson, Stephanie Wenning, and Kyle Clausen about their local Crescent City community group, Gender Talk. Gender Talk's mission is to promote gender and...
LGBTQ Spotlight: A Conversation with Tamie Kaufman
In this edition of LGBTQ Spotlight, host Scott Clapson talks with Gold Beach City Councillor Tamie Kaufman about being out in a small coastal town, internalized homophobia, and volunteering for community engagement. Tamie is a long term resident of Gold Beach. She is...
LGBTQ Spotlight: The Monthly LGBT Meet and Greet with Organizer Joe Haynie
Scott Clapson talks with Joe Haynie about the monthly LGBT Meet and Greet held on the forth Sunday of every month at 4:00 PM at the Oxenfrē Public House in Brookings. Joe Haynie, the organizer of these events, shares why it's important for LGBT people and supporters...