Tag: LGBT
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Episode 21 – Terry O’Connell, Auto Racing Driver with Over 500 National Titles, Had Gender Reassignment Surgery in 1994, Now Restarting Her Racing Career
Episode 21 – Terry O’Connell, Auto Racing Driver with over 500 national titles who went through gender reassignment surgery in 1994 and is and restarting her racing career. Terri has raced everything from go-karts to being a driver in the prestigious NASCAR Nextel Cup. She has received international media attention. Terri shares her life story…
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Episode 20 – Part 2 of 2 parts, Fernie Sanchez, Co-Founder and President of Valiente and Sergio Chapa, Reporter and Documentarian Discuss the LGBT Latino/Latina Community & Jesus Chairez discusses Latino LGBT Media
Episode 20 – Part 2 of 2 parts, Fernie Sanchez, Co-Founder and President of Valiente and Sergio Chapa, reporter and documentarian discuss the LGBT Latino/Latina community. Sergio recently produced documentary “Fuera del Closet: Gay Hispanic Immigrants in Dallas.” Jesus Chairez, host of Sin Fronteras, talks about media for the Latino LGBT community and July 2007…
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We Must All Face Our Own Prejudices
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people are in a fairly unique position in that most of us are quite different from our immediate families…
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Episode 19 – Part 1 of 2 Parts, Fernie Sanchez, Co-Founder and President of Valiente and Sergio Chapa, Reporter and Documentarian Discuss the LGBT Latino/Latina Community & Bob McCranie Reads More of His Poetry
Episode 19 – Part 1 of 2 parts, Fernie Sanchez, Co-Founder and President of Valiente and Sergio Chapa, reporter and documentarian discuss the LGBT Latino/Latina community. Sergio recently produced documentary “Fuera del Closet: Gay Hispanic Immigrants in Dallas.” Bob McCranie reads more of his poetry. Featured Websites Valiente Sergio Chapa AIDS Arms Bob McCranie Fuera…
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Episode 18 – Kevin Cathcart, Executive Director of Lambda Legal
Episode 18 – Kevin Cathcart, Executive Director of Lambda Legal which is the national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of LGBT people and those living with HIV by working to change laws, policies and ideas. My commentary is titled, “I Am Tired of Fighting for Gay Rights.” Featured Website Lambda…
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Gay Americans and the Fountain of Youth
It’s no surprise that Spanish Explorer Juan Ponce de León went searching for the Fountain of Youth in 1513 in what is now America’s State of Florida…
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I am Tired of Fighting for Gay Rights
Since coming I have constantly spoken to friends, family, coworkers, neighbors and even complete strangers about the challenges faced by lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people…
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Episode 16 – Paul Scott, Executive Director of Equality Texas
Episode 16 – Paul Scott, Executive Director of Equality Texas discusses lobbying the Texas State Legislature on behalf of the LGBT Community. 90% of laws impacting the LGBT community takes place on the state level. Paul provides suggestions on how gays in all states can get involved in meeting with their state legislators. Featured Websites…
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Come Out to Your Elected Officials
The LGBT community has continued to gain acceptance in the mainstream because we have continued to come out to our families, friends, coworkers, neighbors and society as a whole…
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Episode 15 – Part 3 of 3 of Skip Allen Continues His Family’s Crisis as Covered by The New York Times, Dateline NBC & ABC’s 20/20; Skip, Who Is Gay, Is the Son of Former President of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Episode 15 – This is part 3 of 3 parts – Skip Allen continues his family’s harrowing story. Skip, who is the gay, is the son of the former President of the Southern Baptist Convention. Skip’s dad was the personal pastor to President Jimmy Carter, before, during and after President Carter was in the White…