Every month, people from all over Chicago gather at Sidetrack, one of the city’s longest-running gay bars, to hear stories told live by LGBTQ+ people (and even some cis heteros!).

Now, we’re going back into the archives — 6 years of archives — to bring the stories to you.

Hosted by Kim L. Hunt, Art Johnston, & Archy Jamjun
Artistic Creator David Fink
Stage Manager Brad Balof
Audio/Visual Tech Bryan Smith
Podcast Producer & Host Devlyn Camp

More info at sidetrackchicago.com

Episode 1
“Love, Activism, & Whitney Houston”

Meet the hosts of Outspoken!

Episode 2
“Putting on
mom's wigs”

Stories by Eunji Kim, E. Patrick Johnson, & Elizabeth Gomez. Queer history featuring Lorena Borjas. More info at lorenaborjas.org.

Episode 3
“You a sissy,
don't be ashamed of it”

Loud & proud stories, recorded LIVE at Sidetrack! Stories by Gearah Goldstein, Alexis Martinez, and Scott Whitehair.

Episode 4
“New York City had the
best police money could buy”
w/ Stonewall bartender Tree

Welcome to the OutSpoken Pride special episode! This is a special interview of Tree, a longtime bartender at the Stonewall Inn, where he had just started working the night a very famous riot broke out in 1969... He's interviewed here by historian Owen Keehnen live at Sidetrack on June 5, 2019.

Episode 5
“The intersection
that changes
everything”

Stories from differing intersections of queer identity... recorded LIVE at Sidetrack!

Stories by Angelica Ross, Ashley Ray, and Ekeng Bassey.

Episode 6
“We’re starting this newspaper
in the middle
of an epidemic”

Stories from iconic Chicago queer history celebrating Outspoken's 6th anniversary! Recorded LIVE at Sidetrack!

Stories by Tracy Baim, Jace Smith, and David Cerda. Find episodes of "The 10% Show" here or at gerberhart.org.

Episode 7
“All-girls all-night orgy”

A sex episode! Recorded LIVE at Sidetrack! NSFW stories by Melvyna Gaynor, The Dutchman, and Buddy King.

Episode 8
“You broke my heel!”

Stories about QUEER RAGE! Recorded LIVE at Sidetrack! Stories by Abby McEnany, Sonal Aggarwal, and PJ Gray.

Episode 9
“We all come from the goddess”

Stories celebrating Black History Month! Recorded LIVE at Sidetrack! (and on Zoom!) Stories by Darryl Heller, Kim L. Hunt, and Channyn Lynne Parker.

Devlyn at
Outspoken:
LGBTQ Storytelling

A 2018 story about discovering my gender while producing the first season of Queer Serial.