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The Impact of Being Transgender in Men's and Women's Prisons
In this episode of Both Sides of the Bars, host Andre Ward talks with Jai Diamond, peer specialist at the New York City Criminal Justice Agency, and the first ever transgender person to go through the struggle of being imprisoned in a men's prison and then being moved to a women's prison.
Carrera por la Alcaldía de Nueva York: Dianne Morales
Carlos Cabrera conversa esta noche con Dianne Morales, candidata demócrata por la alcaldía de la Ciudad de Nueva York.
Gay USA 6/9/2021
NYC Pride Co-Chair on banning police in uniform; S.F. Giants wear turn team logo rainbow. ∎ LOTS of LGBTQ Pride news from around the world from bakeries, baseball, and the Stonewall. Our guest is André Thomas, the Co-Chair of NYC Pride which has ignited a firestorm by banning uniformed police—a...
Imagining Poor People's Movements Then and Now
Today on the Radical Imagination we have a long needed and long-awaited dialogue between Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and Frances Fox Piven, moderated by host Jim Vrettos.
Gay USA 6/2/2021
Celebrating lesbian pioneer Kay Lahusen; White House proclamation celebrates Pride. ∎ Pioneering lesbian activist Kay Lahusen has died at 91. ∎ We also lost Maryland transgender leader Sharon Brackett, 59, and White Party impresario Jeffrey Sanker, 65. ∎ President Biden proclaims LGLBTQ Pride Month...
Gay USA 5/26/2021
Prospects bad for Equality Act in Congress; interview with Sarah Schulman on her massive history of ACT UP/New York. ∎ Our guest is Sarah Schulman on her epic and highly praised new book, “Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993.” ∎ The Nashville DA won’t enforce...
Gay USA 5/19/2021
NYC Pride Parade bars uniformed police; Billy Porter comes out as HIV+. ∎ US State Department will recognize as US citizens children of US gay and non-gay married couples born through surrogacy abroad. ∎ A Montana man put on the sex offense registry for consensual gay sex in 1993 wins a court case...
Imagining Jewish Philanthropy and America's Political Economy
On this show we'll be exploring the history of American Jewish philanthropy as it tried to balance the interests of democracy with those of capitalism --the interests of the public good vs. the need for capitalism to grow and profit through the market. Host Jim Vrettos receives guest Lila Corwin...
Gay USA 5/12/2021
Biden restores some LGBTQ+ rights; various states still taking them away. ∎ Biden’s HHS restores ban on anti-LGBTQ discrimination in healthcare. ∎ We’ll tell you about the first out transgender bishop in a US Christian denomination. ∎ Reclaim Pride in New York announces its marching route for June...