August storyteller Anna DeShawn is your favorite queer radio personality. Host of the Ambie award-winning podcast, Queer News, she is a social entrepreneur, storyteller and community organizer known for her signature greeting of “Family”. Media has always been her passion and in 2009 she turned that passion into a reality when she founded E3 Radio. In 2021, she expanded her media reach when she founded her podcast company, The Qube. In 2023, Anna was inducted into the Chicago LGBTQ Hall of Fame because of her unwavering commitment to the LGBTQ community. Anna DeShawn is determined to ride media into its next era by utilizing digital media streams to tell the stories and play the music that deserves to be heard. Hear Anna’s story Tuesday, August 4, at OUTspoken at Sidetrack. Seating from 6pm, stories 7-9pm.