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We'll be talking with Samantha and Josie about Transgender Day of
Remembrance, taking place on November 20th.
The Transgender Day of Remembrance was begun in 1999 by transgender advocate
Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honor the memory of Rita Hester, a
transgender w...
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From the Merc:
"Oregon filmmakers Brooks Nelson and Yee Won Chong are trans men and
housemates who were both diagnosed with 'lady cancer' around the same time.
They decided to see t he strange coincdence as an educational opportunity,
and chronicled their treatment in ...
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To 'celebrate' National Coming Out Day, A Wider Bridge and the Oregon Jewish
Museum are bringing trans former Israeli Defense Force soldier Ofer Erez to
Portland for a conversation. According to the Oregon Jewish Museum: "At a
time when some of our own decision makers are c...
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Today's Preference:
We'll be spending time today with Cabell Gathman (PhD, Sociology), an
organizer of LGBT Books to Prisoners. LGBT Books to Prisoners is "a
donation-funded, volunteer-run organization based in Madison, WI that sends
books and other educational materia...
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Alyssa Pariah and I will be joined on-air by Charlene
Carruthers. Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical
Movements is the highly anticipated first book from Carruthers—one of
America's most influential activists. In Unapologetic she issues a
call-to...
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Worlds Apart | Worlds Reframed: Images & Voices of the Queer Diaspora is an
exhibition of photographs, writings, video, and recorded interviews on the
experiences of queer displacement. Begun in 2015, this project contrasts how
the lives of LGBTQ refugees and asyl...
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First, we'll be joined by Virginia Durost, Director of Operations for
Hollywood Theatre/Movie Madness. Hollywood Theatre hosts the Queer Commons
PDX film series. Queer Commons is showing Just Friends on Wednesday, August
15th, a "romantic comedy about two young men, their r...
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We'll by talking with Caermon Whitten, activist and organizer, about the Q
Center and his role as new iterim ED. The Q Center has needs! including
raising funds for some building repair. The Q Center also hosts programming
related to GLBTQ community needs.
After, we'll ...
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