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Leaving the Gay Ghettoes

Series: Outright Radio Series 2003
From: Outright Radio
Length: 00:58:42

Stories of folks who have left the large urban gay centers for smaller cities, looking to start over...and what happens when they get there. Read the full description.

Ghettotim2bg_small Stories of folks who have left the large urban gay centers for smaller cities, looking to start over...and what happens when they get there: David Gilmore bolts from the San Francisco Bay Area for Tucson, Arizona; Barbara Bernstein profiles, the waves of lesbian immigrants to Portland, Oregon; and Amy Mayer has the story of Tim Albee, who left his West Hollywood A-list life for a 1-room cabin, doing dog mushing in Salcha, Alaska.

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Stories of folks who have left the large urban gay centers for smaller cities, looking to start over...and what happens when they get there: David Gilmore bolts from the San Francisco Bay Area for Tucson, Arizona; Barbara Bernstein profiles, the waves of lesbian immigrants to Portland, Oregon; and Amy Mayer has the story of Tim Albee, who left his West Hollywood A-list life for a 1-room cabin, doing dog mushing in Salcha, Alaska.

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Review of Leaving the Gay Ghettoes

In this style of first-person story radio, which only seems to get more and more popular (if that's possible), we get taken on an anecdotal voyage through what is often characterized as one of the most traumatic life changes of all: moving. It's the little details that make it the most engaging, such as the host and first subject bringing his real estate agent to the mic, his ability to vividly recall exactly how he felt uprooting himself, and the place descriptions that make you see where you are. I thought some of the material could have been tightened up, however. And unlike the first two, the third and final piece, about the man in Alaska, who was very interesting, was a bit too choppy as it jumped between the narrator and the interview, and didn't have the strong sense of place that it could easily have had.

This program, a series which I have never listened to before, is so honest, true to its name. There must be many, many listeners out there who connect with it in a significant way. For myself, I really enjoyed meeting the people in the program. It really felt like meeting new friends.

Timing and Cues

at or near 24:50 - 30-second station break

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