Did you know members of the LGBT community use social networking sites more than their straight peers? On the next edition of Outbeat Youth, we are going to explore how to use social networking sites while maintaining safety and privacy. According to a recent Harris Poll, 73% of LGBT people surveyed use Facebook. We will provide listeners with a step-by-step lesson on how to set Facebook's privacy settings so that your safety and privacy will be maintained while using this social networking tool.

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Join us this Sunday night as we profile Michael Huerta, an amazing young man who produced a video in celebration of his 24th birthday. Yes, 24. His message is important and truly in the spirit of Pride Month. We'll have Michael's full interview and video posted in our Show Notes at www.outbeatyouth.com

We will also be talking with Lee Wind who created the website, "I'm Here, I'm Queer. What The Hell Do I Read?" This is a one-of-a-kind resource for LGBT youth. Lee has a passion for writing and reading. He created this website specifically for LGBT youth, not so much to recommend what to read, but more to provide a central place to look for fiction and non-fiction books with an LGBT theme.

This show will be a special one as it airs the evening of the 40th Gay Pride Parade in San Francisco. We'll be there all day talking to people about why they have pride this year. It's so easy to forget during all of the celebration why we can enjoy a parade today. It's because of the sacrifices and struggles those who came before us endured. As think about why you have pride this year, take a look at some of the images in this video and think about how far we have come as a community.

George Aumoithe, Jr. of Bowdoin College and Stephen Lucas of Penn State chosen for national LGBT honor recognizing extraordinary contributions

(Charlotte, NC, February, 15, 2010) -- Campus Pride (www.CampusPride.org) recognizes George Aumoithe, Jr. of Bowdoin College (Class of 2011) and Stephen Lucas from Pennsylvania State University (Class of 2010) with the 2010 National Voice & Action Leadership Award. The annual honorary recognition is the only one of its kind focused nationally on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and ally college students. Every year the award is bestowed upon young adults who have made extraordinary contributions as LGBT and ally leaders at colleges and universities across the United States.

“Campus Pride created the Voice & Action National Leadership Award to showcase the amazing work and commitment by young adult leaders in our movement for fairness and equality. Indeed, both George and Stephen exemplify this award and Campus Pride honors both of them and all the outstanding leaders who applied this year,” Christopher Bylone, Campus Pride volunteer program coordinator, said.

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Sassafras Lowrey is a genderqueer high femme, militant storyteller, author, artist, and activist. Ze believe that everyone has a story to tell, and that the telling of those stories is essential to creating social change. An accomplished storyteller, ze was an original member of "The Language of Paradox" founded and directed by Kate Bornstein, contributor to numerous anthologies including: LGBTQ: America Today, The Femme Coloring Book, Gendered Hearts, and Visible: A Femmethology. Sassafras and was honored as one of Portland's top emerging writers by In Other Words feminist books in 2004, and is the editor of the highly anticipated Kicked Out anthology (Fall 2009) from Homofactus Press. Sassafras is also the author of GSA to Marriage: Stories of a Life Lived Queerly (Homofactus Press, Summer 2010).

Interview Starts

CP: Thank you for taking the time to chat with us. So as we can tell by having read your book in the office you give voice and action to those in our community who may feel they do not have a voice and cannot take action for themselves. For that, can you tell readers a little bit about the Kicked Out Anthology, so they have a better understand of why this book is so important to read?