It’s Christmas Day! Happy Holidays to everyone. The end of another year is upon us, so I thought it would be a great opportunity to look back as some of the notable events from the 
LGBT community in 2011. We begin with a look at some of the major news events featured by the Advocate, our main source of news on Outbeat Radio. There were a number of celebrities who came out in 2011 including many affiliated with professional sports. We hope this trend continues.
We spent the rest of the show featuring some of our favorite guests from last year including Kayla Kearney and Bobby Jo Valentine. We revisited “I’m From Driftwood,” and, “You Can Be Anything,” two websites inspired by Harvey Milk’s famous mantra, “You Gotta Give’m Hope.” Nathan Manske created “I’m From Driftwood” which features coming out stories from people around the world. South Florida firefighter Brett Dunckel was inspired by both Milk and Manske when he created a place for LGBT professionals to post videos to inspire LGBT youth to pursue whatever career they wish no matter their sexuality.
2011 was a good year for us, but we realize LGBT youth still face many challenges. 2012 is a new year with new promise. We conclude this year with a montage of “it gets better messages” From all of us at Outbeat Radio, we wish you a very happy new year!
Listen to this edition of Outbeat Youth here.
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