Out Here in America

On this episode of "Out Here in America," Freedom to Marry founder Evan Wolfson, and Eddie Rosenstein, director of the new documentary “The Freedom to Marry,” join host Justin Mitchell and a live audience at the Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural Center of Arts and Education near Biloxi, Miss., to talk about the battle for nationwide marriage equality, and the progress the LGBTQ community can still make in America.

On this episode of "Out Here in America," newlyweds Mollie and Jillian Nunez talk to host Justin Mitchell about finding love and happiness in the Deep South, where their parents didn’t support their marriage, the church no longer embraced them—and for some people, “traditional family values” changed more slowly than even the law. Plus, a special announcement from Evan Wolfson about a July 23 screening of the new “Freedom to Marry” documentary in Biloxi!

On this episode of "Out Here in America," former Air Force medic Jenna Lockwood talks to host Justin Mitchell about her military service, the grandmother who inspired her dedication to a larger cause, and fulfilling that mission even when it meant hiding who she truly was. Plus, a special announcement from Evan Wolfson and our friends behind the new documentary “The Freedom to Marry”!

On this episode, Rev. Errol Montgomery-Robertson, pastor at Biloxi's LGBTQ-friendly Lighthouse Community Church, talks to host Justin Mitchell about preaching inclusion, and rejecting the traditional image of God he’d been taught so that he could give comfort to others. Plus, a special announcement from Evan Wolfson and our friends behind the new documentary “The Freedom to Marry”!

On this bonus episode of "Out Here in America," close friends and drag performers Allan “Kara Mel D’Ville” Cramer and AJ “Lexis Redd D’Ville” Lawson talk to host Justin Mitchell about their troupe “Orphan Haus,” putting Mississippi drag on the map, and why straight audiences enjoy their shows far more than gay audiences do.

On this episode, Trevor Ladner — Harvard student, and in small-town Mississippi, the drag artist known as “Miss Annie Thang” — talks to host Justin Mitchell about discovering his passion for performing, and defining his own sense of self. Plus, a special announcement from Evan Wolfson and our friends behind the new documentary “The Freedom to Marry”!

On this bonus episode of "Out Here in America," Grammy- and Emmy-nominated comedian Tig Notaro talks to host Justin Mitchell about filming her Amazon show, "One Mississippi" at home in the Deep South; the show's portrayal of her stepfather, Bill; and how the upcoming second season will be packed with "more truth, and more fiction, equally."

On this episode, Grammy- and Emmy-nominated comedian Tig Notaro talks to host Justin Mitchell about marrying her partner Stephanie in the Deep South; the birth of their twin boys, Max and Finn; the parts of Notaro's show, "One Mississippi," that mirror her own LGBTQ experience; and her hope for equality in the state that she loves.

On the debut episode of Out Here in America, Pulse nightclub shooting survivor Chris Hansen talks to host Justin Mitchell about his role helping to save the lives of Jose "Junior" Martinez and Kaliesha Andino during the massacre, his decision to leave small-town Arkansas for a city more welcoming of the LGBTQ community, and finding hope and strength in Orlando a year after one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history.

Recorded in McClatchy's Biloxi, Miss., Sun Herald newsroom, Justin Mitchell hosts an interview-driven narrative podcast featuring military veterans, church leaders, celebrities and others giving voice to the LGBTQ experience in the historically conservative, traditionally religious Heartland and Deep South. Season 1, “Southern Roots,” debuts June 12.