Mirken is a contributing writer for the San Francisco Bay Times, among other papers. Mirken, with a strong record of writing about the travails of gay youth, set out in June 1998 to interview a gay boy at a park in Sacramento, but it turned out the "13-year-old kid" with whom he had chatted on AOL was an overaged undercover cop. Mirken had been set up by the cops, who had steered the conversation on AOL toward sex, even though Mirken had not brought it up. On July 7 this year, during Mirken's trial, a judge threw out the case and Mirken became a free man again.
Mirken will be interviewed by Dan Tsang, host of Subversity. In addition to writing for the gay press, the OC Register has published an op ed piece of his on marijuana decriminalization.
To chat with Mirken, call (949) 824-5824 during the show or send e-mail to: subversity@kuci.org.
Upcoming this weekend, on September 11, 1999, is MUMIA 911, the National Day of Art to Stop the Execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal, around the country including southern California. For more information, check out the Web page at: www.mumia911.org. Check out the events in L.A.
Daniel C. Tsang Host, Subversity, Tuesdays, 5-6 p.m., kuci.org:8080, selected shows available as RealAudio files go.fast.to/sv. Subversity, KUCI, PO Box 4362, Irvine CA 92616 also check out: go.fast.to/ar, the Alternative Research home page.