Out In The Bay

09/01/2025

Our feature on Drag Laureate D'Arcy Drollinger has gone global again! Hear This Way Out's special half-hour condensation at 11:30 a.m. today (Thurs 1/9) on KPFA, 94.1 SF Bay Region. KPFA Radio is just one of 200+ stations worldwide airing This Way Out's D'Arcy Drollinger feature this week. Not near a radio? Listen anytime here:

https://soundcloud.com/this-way-out-radio/two-1919Complete Program Summaryfor the week of January 6, 2025San Francisco Drag Laureate D’Arcy DrollingerNOTE: The NewsWrap crew will return next week on the This Way Out program of 13 January 2025.Feature: We’re kicking off 2025 with a feature we fir...

09/10/2024

Only 10?!! Or 100?

Donald Trump left office with the lowest approval rating of any president ever. But some people now seem to be suffering from amnesia.Let me jog your memory.

10/07/2024

Drag Laureate D'Arcy Drollinger's gone global yet again! Part 2 of a 2-parter is included in this week's This Way Out LGBTQ radio magazine that goes to some 200 stations worldwide. (Great tease at beginning, then the feature -- with clips from D'Arcy's SF Oasis performances -- starts about 12 minutes in) She's on fire! https://www.thiswayout.org/post/this-way-out-radio-episode-1893
Plus you can hear the "producer's cut" full interview at OutintheBay.org !

San Francisco Drag Laureate D’Arcy Drollinger talks about the perspective to be gained by blowing up masculine and feminine identities, and how he’s creating an Oasis for the art form (Part 2 of a two-part interview with Eric Jansen of “Out In The Bay” outinthbay.org ).

06/06/2024

Hear the world's first Drag Laureate, SF Oasis owner D'Arcy Drollinger, on politics and "sparkle!" Our talk, with performance clips, airs in the SF Bay Area* 666! That's 6 pm June 6 on KALW radio, 91.7 FM. Missed it? No prob! Hear the saltier version at OutintheBay.org. Enjoy, and Happy Pride Month! https://www.outinthebay.org/
*And it's been picked up by 9 other stations in 7 states so far - including Alabama, Maryland, eastern Washington and Texas where D'Arcy's message needs to be heard!

01/06/2024

Hear SF Drag Laureate D'Arcy Drollinger on politics and "sparkle!"
Our talk - with performance clips - airs 666! That's 6 pm Thursday 6/6 on , 91.7 FM in SF, but why wait, hear the saltier version here now. Happy Pride Month!
https://www.outinthebay.org/worlds-first-drag-laureate-shares-art-joy-politics-of-drag/
SF Oasis KALW D'Arcy Drollinger

24/05/2024

D'Arcy Drollinger is blazing a new role as the world's first Drag Laureate. Just a year in, she's already made steps toward a Drag Mall and a yearly "Day of Drag." On Out In The Bay's latest podcast, we hear some of her performances and Drollinger shares how she crafted the role. We also discuss the intense politics around drag and why it's become such a cultural flashpoint. https://www.outinthebay.org/worlds-first-drag-laureate-shares-art-joy-politics-of-drag/ Porfirio Rangel co-produced.
SF Oasis D'Arcy Drollinger
This will air on KALW's Q***r Power Hour June 6, but why wait? Enjoy it now!

A yearly "Day of Drag" and a Drag Mall? While many states are restricting drag, San Francisco Drag Laureate D'Arcy Drollinger is spreading the humor and "sparkle" of drag to make positive change in the world.

29/04/2024

What do you want to know about Drag Laureates? Tomorrow I'm interviewing San Francisco's - and the world's! - first Drag Laureate. Like a Poet Laureate, but elevates appreciation of drag performance rather than poetry. Got a comment or question? Please send! (Don’t be shy, anything goes and I won't use your name - unless you'd like me to😉) I'd especially like questions or comments from outside our San Francisco bubble. But all are considered!

25/04/2024

Our cool, grey Bay Area weather this week makes me miss Death Valley's recent heat. 'twas glorious!

05/10/2023

6 pm - tune in and call in! What's the status of q***r rights 25 years since Matthew Shepard was savagely killed? There's been substantial progress, but big recent setbacks. What do you think? We'd love to hear from you. 6 - 7 pm on KALW's ***rPowerHour. I'm hosting. Join us! And/or post your thoughts and questions here now.

6 pm to 7pm tonight on KALW! Tune in and call in! Live panel on the state of LGBTQ rights and safety.

30/03/2023

Airs tonight at 10 on KQED! (and 1 a.m. for you nightowls!) 88.5 FM SF Bay Region; 89.3 FM Sacramento + Sierra Nevada foothills. And of course hear it whenever you like at the link here. Enjoy!

When musician and educator Nick Lawrence shared his story with me, I understood “transgender” like never before. His album “I Am a Man” is about his personal journey. In ori…

10/03/2023

Meet the first out le***an on California's Supreme Court on this week's Out in the Bay! Kelli Evans was a delight to speak with. Enjoy!

As a young girl, future Supreme Court of California Associate Justice Kelli Evans was more excited about the bookmobile coming through her Denver neighborhood than the ice cream truck. “I was a vor…

06/01/2023

Our 2023 incarnation - 6 p.m. this evening tune to KALW, 91.7 FM, SF Bay Area. Or listen live online at KALW.org.
Out in the Bay is now part of KALW's Q***r Power Hour, 6 p.m. every Thursday!