In this episode, special guest and LGBTQIA+ rights activist, Desmond Napoles, joins producer Sam Smalls to compare their experiences growing up on opposite ends of the east coast.

Content and Content Warnings:

00:00:05: Episode Teaser

00:00:20: Theme Song

00:00:43: Welcome from Samuel Smalls, Jr.

00:02:29: Interview with Sam and Desmond Napoles

00:06:05-00:10:07: Mentions of people using anti-trans/anti-queer rhetoric

00:17:04: Sam post-interview update

00:17:31: Outro/Credits

Resources:

Learn more about Desmond Napoles: ​​https://www.desmondisamazing.com/

What is Drag? Checkout this Drag 101:

https://antiracismdaily.com/2023/06/20/drag-101-unpacking-drag-shows-and-the-performers/

Transgender Day of Visibility:

https://glaad.org/tdov/

Mentions:

The House of Hades, from the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_Hades

RuPaul and RuPaul’s Drag Race:

https://rupaul.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RuPaul%27s_Drag_Race

Magnus Hirschfeld, German-Jewish Sexologist and Queer Rights Activist:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Hirschfeld

Marsha P. Johnson, one of the most prominent figures of the gay rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s in New York City:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsha_P._Johnson

Harvey Milk, an American politician and the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Milk

Billy Porter, queer American actor and singer:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Porter

Crystal LaBeija, an American drag queen and trans woman who co-founded the House of LaBeija in 1968:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_LaBeija

Credits

Credits…

I’m Feeling Queer Today! is produced by The Future Perfect Project with support from Radio Kingston, WKNY AM1490, FM1079, Kingston, NY.

Episode 10 of I’m Feeling Queer Today was produced by Samuel Smalls, Jr. and features Desmond Napoles

Executive Producers: Julie Novak and Celeste Lecesne

The I’m Feeling Queer Today! theme was composed and performed by Alex Masse & produced by Emma Jayne Seslowsky. Additional music was composed by Alex Masse, Frankie Gunn, and Epidemic Sound.

Mixing & mastering by Julie Novak, with assistance from Emma Jayne Seslowsky.

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How do youth celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride? In this episode, special guest Jazz Jennings, American YouTube personality, spokesmodel, television personality, and LGBT rights activist, talks about the importance of Queer Pride and visibility, while playing One-Minute Trivia with Trudy and Claire. Listeners will also get a chance to hear from Paras, a student activist from Iowa and how the IFQT crew celebrates their queerness.

CONTENT AND CONTENT WARNINGS:

00:00:05: Trudy: What I hope people get from this podcast

00:00:56: Theme Song

01:01:03: Welcome from Lily and Trudy

00:02:10: Lily and Trudy talk trivia and working with Jazz Jennings

00:05:57 One-Minute Trivia Part 1: Queer Celebration with Jazz and Claire

00:13:57: Queer Youth Animated: Paras’ Story

00:18:39: One-Minute Trivia Part 2: Queer Celebration with Jazz and Claire

00:23:27: How we celebrate queerness

00:26:58: How can we celebrate pride safely?

00:28:23: Coming up next

00:28:51: Outro/Credits

RESOURCES:

Read about the full history of Pride and view footage the first Pride March in NYC, Christopher Street Liberation Day 1970. From the Lilli Vincenz Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress:

https://www.loc.gov/ghe/cascade/index.html?appid=90dcc35abb714a24914c68c9654adb67

Learn more about Gilbert Baker and the original pride flag:

https://gilbertbaker.com/

Information about Iowa’s Anti-Trans Legislation:

https://oneiowaaction.org/lgbtqbills2024/

Check out Harvey Milk’s Gay Freedom Day Speech from June 25, 1978:

https://daily.jstor.org/harvey-milks-gay-freedom-day-speech-annotated/

Some tips on how to stay safe for Pride:

https://avp.org/2023/06/06/tips-to-stay-safe-during-pride/

Discreet Pride Celebration Ideas:

https://www.reddit.com/r/lgbt/comments/noz889/discreet_pride_celebration_ideas/

Youth Pride Association Support Programs:

​​https://www.ypapride.org/programs/virtual-support-group

Watch episodes of Queer Youth Animated Season 2 (including Paras’ story):

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPsMVyhTV_R99GNRfijt-qVRmM1Znf_iu

Learn more about Paras Bassuk:

https://wsspaper.com/69111/feature/2021s-last-story-paras-bassuk-21/

CREDITS:

Executive producers: Julie Novak and Celeste Lecesne and The Future Perfect Project

Audio Mixing and Mastering: Julie Novak and Emma Jayne Seslowksky

Theme Song by Alex Masse, produced by Emma Jayne Seslowsky

Paras segment:

Score and Sound Design: Evan Linsey

Dialogue Mixing: Bryn Bliska

Sound Mixing: Emma Nicoletti

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May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and Sonyamia chats with LGBTQ student activist and mental health advocate, Maddux Eckerling as well as the work of Bring Change 2 Mind, a non-profit organization that aims to destigmatize mental health among young people.

Content and Content Warnings:

This episode discusses issues about mental health

00:00:05: Episode Teaser

00:00:23: Theme Song

01:01:03: Welcome from Sonyamia

00:02:18: Interview with Maddux Eckerling

00:05:46: Mention of attempted suicide

00:12:26: Sonyamia post-interview update

00:14:08: Contact Sonyamia

00:14:36: Coming up next

00:15:03: Outro/Credits

Resources:

Learn more about Maddux: https://www.madduxeckerling.com/

Read about Maddux at the Strength in Pride Event: https://www.theunion.com/news/strength-in-pride-event-at-the-miners-foundry/article_fac0699c-b873-11ed-b185-632af36658be.html

Visit Bring Change 2 Mind: https://www.bringchange2mind.org

Visit The Future Perfect Project: https://www.thefutureperfectproject.org

If you are having thoughts of suicide or self harm, you can call the Suicide and Crisis Hotline at 988 or visit 988lifeline. org. For LGBTQ plus specific support, visit thetrevorproject. org or call 1 866 488 7386.

Credits…

I’m Feeling Queer Today! is produced by The Future Perfect Project with support from Radio Kingston, WKNY AM1490, FM1079, Kingston, NY.

Episode 8 of I’m Feeling Queer Today was produced by Sonyamia Blanco and features Maddux Eckerling

Executive Producers: Julie Novak and Celeste Lecesne

The I’m Feeling Queer Today! theme was composed and performed by Alex Masse & produced by Emma Jayne Seslowsky. Additional music was composed by Alex Masse, Frankie Gunn, and Epidemic Sound.

Mixing & mastering by Julie Novak, with assistance from Emma Jayne Seslowsky.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.