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Exclusive First Peak of the Film UNFIX with Filmmaker Graham Streeter

Premiering tomorrow at the Chinese Theaters in Hollywood, the film UnFix tells the story of Ari, who, at the young age of 11, is subjected to Conversion Therapy after a brief encounter with another boy. Fast forward to Ari's life at 35, where he leads a seemingly content existence as a happily heterosexual individual, convinced that he has been "fixed." However, the outbreak of a pandemic sends his world into upheaval, reigniting dormant questions about his authentic self and casting doubt on his previous identification as gay.
We talk to writer/director Graham Streeter and his husband, executive producer Alex Lebosq. Graham Streeter is best known for his award winning feature films I May Regret (2019), Imperfect Sky (2016), Blind Malice (2013). academically acclaimed documentary Boys in Peril (2013) and Cages (2006) featuring Zelda Rubinstein and Oscar Nominee Mako Iwamatsu. Alex comes from a background as a TV commercial producer and business affairs manager. He has executive produced the films  Blind Malice (2013), Imperfect Sky (2016), and I May Regret (2019).
Imperative Pictures, an award winning creative one-stop in-house company, creates compelling feature narratives that cleverly illuminate socially conscious issues. They also offer services ranging from script development to pre-production, directorial, editorial to post production supervision.  
With co-host Brody Levesque
 

Rated G Radio with Guest Co-Host Rob Watson

Rated G Radio with your host Garrett Miller.
Tonight Garrett welcomes Guest Co-Host Rob Watson.  Rob is a nationally recognized author of blogs and articles with an audience reaching the millions on topics ranging from fatherhood, LGBT issues and so much more!  You'll also know Rob from the successful Rated LGBT Radio also on this network which airs Friday's.
If you'd like to share how you've celebrated Pride for June - help us celebrate our community tonight by calling 323 657-1493.  

Shila Ommi, Star of Pixar’s ELEMENTAL, is Live and in Our House Today!

Iranian-born actress Shila Ommi stars in the new Pixar Film ELEMENTAL as Cinder Lumen, the mother of one of the lead characters. Cinder ia the resident matchmaker of the town, utilizing her natural gift that allows her to smell true love in a Fire person’s smoke, whether they know it or not. She boasts numerous matches throughout her tenure—she’s proud of her track record—but this brusque, no-nonsense and traditional mom has yet to find a match for her daughter.
Shila also co-stars in Tehran, the espionage thriller on Apple+ TV.. Whether in a fantasy love story, or an on-the-edge-of-your-seat thriller, Shila proudly exudes her heritage and experience, born in Tehran, and living in Los Angeles since onslaught of the 1979 Iranian Revolution.  Her mother was a poet and her father a philanthropist, real estate mogul, and the founder and CEO of Iran’s largest construction company, Vima Co.  At an early age, Shila witnessed the wrath of the Islamic regime. Her father was also on their hit list, but her family had the chance to flee the country, leaving behind their wealth and all their belongings to begin a new life in the United States. 
Disney and Pixar’s ELEMENTAL is an all-new, original feature film set in Element City, where fire-, water-, land- and air-residents live together. The story introduces Ember, a tough, quick-witted and fiery young woman, whose friendship with a fun, sappy, go-with-the-flow guy named Wade challenges her beliefs about the world they live in. 
With co-host Brody Levesque

Rated G Radio featuring Guest Co-Host Stephanie Gerard

Rated G Radio is back with your host Garrett Miller.
TONIGHT IS A CALL IN SHOW IN THE SECOND HALF STARTING AT 7:30 PST.  Call 323 657-1493 to ask Stephanie 1 question!
Tonight we welcome back Stephanie Gerard as my special guest co-host!  To book a private reading with Stephanie, please visit her website here.
We'll be talking current topics in the healing world, talking about Chakra's, Theta Healing and may even take some listener calls.  
 

Religious and AIDS Activist Reverend Steve Pieters in the House!

Our guest today, the  Rev. Dr. Steve Pieters was raised in Andover, Massachusetts, where his father chaired the Mathematics Department at Phillips Academy.  In 1976, he joined Good Shepherd Parish Metropolitan Community Church in Chicago, where he decided to pursue a calling to the professional ministry. In 1982, Steve resigned his position in Hartford and moved to Los Angeles, where he began to experience a series of illnesses that were diagnosed as AIDS-Related Complex. In April, 1984, he was diagnosed with AIDS/Kaposi's Sarcoma and stage four lymphoma, and he was told by one health professional that he would not live to see 1985. Not only did he live to see 1985, but during that year he became "patient number 1" on the first anti-viral drug trial, taking suramin for a total of 39 weeks. While on suramin, both cancers went into complete remission. Due to toxic side effects, the drug was discontinued for use against AIDS. However, Rev. Pieters continues to enjoy a complete remission of his cancers.
Since his diagnosis, Rev. Pieters has served on the Boards of Directors of AIDS Project Los Angeles, the AIDS Interfaith Council of Southern California, the AIDS National Interfaith Network (USA), and the first Los Angeles City/County AIDS Task Force, and was Field Director for the AIDS Ministry of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches from 1987 to 1997. Pieters was one of twelve invited guests at a Prayer Breakfast at the White House with U.S. President Bill Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, and National AIDS Policy Coordinator Kristine Gebbie prior to World AIDS Day 1993. The President talked about Rev. Pieters in his World AIDS Day speech on December 1, 1993.
He was famously interviewed by Tammy Faye Bakker on her TV show, and that interview was recreated in the film The Eyes of Tammy Faye.

Rated G Radio: Special Guest Co-Host Rebecca Fisk!

Welcome back to Rated G Radio starring your host Garrett Miller!
Tonight Garrett welcomes back fan-favorite Rebecca Fisk to chat up the hour.  To book a private reading with Rebecca click HERE to change your life!
We'll chat hot topics, LGBT Pride, Nicknames and Fitness Goals.  Who knows, we may take some listener calls, too!
 

David Archuleta !!!! Live With Us as We Premier His New Song UP Part One

David Archuleta is arguably one of the most memorable top contenders from American Idol. After he walked away from the 2008 season as 1st runner up, he met with immediate professional success. His first single, “Crush,” sold more than 2 million digital copies to become double platinum. Three months later, his self-titled album, David Archuleta, sold more than 900,000 copies worldwide. With a faithful social media following (3.5 million Facebook followers, 1.1 million on Twitter, and almost 1 million followers on Tik Tok), David has toured all over the U.S., Canada, Asia and even in the Middle East.
Through all that, David was dealing with a huge internal conflict between his spiritual identity and his sexual orientation. In 2021, David came out as queer to the LGBTQ community and continues to navigate his identity. During this time, he also had vocal cord surgery, which left him unable to speak much for 3 months, resulting in a period of self-reflection. In the fall of 2022, David revealed to Good Morning America that he was experiencing a faith crisis and stepping away from the Church of Latter Day Saints, having been a Mormon his whole life.
That was then, this is now... 2023, the year of Archuleta. He just completed a run on The Masked Singer, again hitting the covetted !st Runner Up spot. But even though Bishop Briggs won the top spot, David walked away with the most love. The normally quippy and non-serious judge Ken Jeong was brought to tears when David's identity was revealed. After David  shared of his journey, the rest of the audience was in tears as well.  Today we talk to David and play his new single UP, "a song about finding the strength you didn’t know you had in you. And replacing any fear and hate with love. Especially self love.”

David Archeleta- the full show Part Two

David Archuleta is arguably one of the most memorable top contenders from American Idol. After he walked away from the 2008 season as 1st runner up, he met with immediate professional success. His first single, “Crush,” sold more than 2 million digital copies to become double platinum. Three months later, his self-titled album, David Archuleta, sold more than 900,000 copies worldwide. With a faithful social media following (3.5 million Facebook followers, 1.1 million on Twitter, and almost 1 million followers on Tik Tok), David has toured all over the U.S., Canada, Asia and even in the Middle East.
Through all that, David was dealing with a huge internal conflict between his spiritual identity and his sexual orientation. In 2021, David came out as queer to the LGBTQ community and continues to navigate his identity. During this time, he also had vocal cord surgery, which left him unable to speak much for 3 months, resulting in a period of self-reflection. In the fall of 2022, David revealed to Good Morning America that he was experiencing a faith crisis and stepping away from the Church of Latter Day Saints, having been a Mormon his whole life.
That was then, this is now... 2023, the year of Archuleta. He just completed a run on The Masked Singer, again hitting the covetted !st Runner Up spot. But even though Bishop Briggs won the top spot, David walked away with the most love. The normally quippy and non-serious judge Ken Jeong was brought to tears when David's identity was revealed. After David  shared of his journey, the rest of the audience was in tears as well.  Today we talk to David and play his new single UP, "a song about finding the strength you didn’t know you had in you. And replacing any fear and hate with love. Especially self love.”

The Confidential Life of a Gay Secret Service Agent-- Revealed !

 Cory Allen has made history. His recently released book, Breaking Free: A Saga of Self-Discovery by a Gay Secret Service Agent is the first book released from a gay federal agent in the United States in 30 years, and the first ever from a Secret Service Agent.
Cory is our guest today. He served as a closeted police officer in a para-military world for years. He went federal, hoping for more protections as a gay man. In the Secret Service he took on high-level protective assignments around the world, including guarding U.S. presidents. He was the first gay agent to demand equal rights for his husband following the SCOTUS rulings.
Breaking Free: A Saga of Self-Discovery by a Gay Secret Service Agent is a deeply personal, candid, and vulnerable dive into the life of a gay man navigating law enforcement, government, and his own turbulent love life. A Secret Service Agent in the Obama era, he cracks open themes of identity, gay marriage, discrimination, love, sex, and finding peace and balance.  
Released by NFB Publishing out of Buffalo, NY in March 2023, the book is carried by all major outlets including Amazon. Breaking Free is also available at OuttoProtect.org, a non-profit educating law enforcement on the needs of their LGBTQ+ citizenry and empowering LGBTQ+ officers; and by IEFPA.org, the International EMS and FF Pride Alliance.
With co-host Brody Levesque
 

From Tina Turner to FANNY, the Women and Queerness Who Owned Rock and Roll

Today we honor the Queens of Rock and Roll.  The supreme Queen, Tina Turner, passed this week and we pay tribute to her.
We also will be launching the world premiere of Glistening by Grace DeVine . Known for their evocative lyricism, Grace with ethereal vocals, combines their artistic prowess with a message of inclusivity and self-acceptance. “Dont gotta be a woman, don’t gotta be a man. We just gotta keep glistening.” They sing. The song invites listeners on a transformative journey as it encapsulates the essence of Pride. 
We also celebrate the true women pioneers of Rock and Roll, the original Queens... a group known as FANNY. Their story is the subject of a new documentary just launced on PBS called FANNY: The Right to Rock. As the first all-female rock act to record an album for a major record label, FANNY was the first all-female rock act to rise to real prominence in the US and Europe. 
Our focus guest is film maker Bobbie Jo Hart. She is an award winning American/ Canadian documentary filmmaker with Adobe Productions International, based in Montreal, Canada. With a career that has spanned 25 years,on subjects ranging from women’s professional soccer and tennis to classical music, comedy, dance and manic depression. Her documentary films have the most common thread of revealing untold stories of marginalized girls and women, weaving universal threads of dreams, family, love, loss, happiness, sadness, success, failure and determination. Her intimate, cinema verité style results in thought- provoking films that ultimately celebrate our shared humanity.
With co-host Brody Levesque