“Author of viral essay “I was a Cable Guy”, Lauren Hough shares a skill every straight, white male should learn. Having grown up in a cult and served in the United States Air Force, Lauren knows a thing or two about code switching. Lauren Hough is the author of the viral essay, I Was A…
“The U.S. Supreme Court begins its new term Monday with a docket full of blockbuster cases ranging from abortion and DACA to insanity defenses and LGBTQ discrimination. Amy Howe, co-founder and contributing reporter for SCOTUSblog, joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington, D.C. with a preview.” Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more…
“Queeriosity, Youth Speaks’ annual showcase of LGBTQIA+ artists taking the stage to (re)frame perceptions of language, sexuality & gender.” Visit http://www.youthspeaks.org/Queeriosity for more.
“Outrage is mounting over the death of Layleen Polanco, a transgender Afro-Latinx woman who was found dead in a cell at Rikers Island on Friday. Polanco was arrested on misdemeanor charges and jailed on Rikers in April when she was unable to post $500 bail. Nearly two months later, she was dead. Her family, friends…
“Chicago voters made history Tuesday when Lori Lightfoot won a landslide victory as both the city’s first African-American woman mayor and openly gay mayor. This comes after a February runoff election that pitted her against Toni Preckwinkle, a former alderperson who is president of the Cook County Board. While Preckwinkle had been viewed as a…
“Boy Erased,” a new film based on a memoir by Garrard Conley, tells the story of a young man who is forced by his parents to attend a gay conversion therapy program. Jeffrey Brown speaks to Conley about how his own experience grappling with religion and sexual identity influenced the film, and with Joel Edgerton,…
“The New York Times reports that the Trump administration is attempting to eliminate the rights of transgender people by creating a narrow legal definition of gender. Citing a government memo, the Times reveals that the Department of Health and Human Services has undertaken an effort across several government agencies to establish a legal definition of…
“The term elles (pronounced /ˈeʝes/) is a gender-neutral twist on the Spanish words ellas and ellos, which are the feminine and masculine ways to say “them.” The Spanish language is heavily gendered, and many Latinx cultures are built on firm religious values and strict gender roles. Elles explores the intersection of culture and identity within…
“As an attorney who fights for the rights of the LGBT community among the agriculture community of Salinas, Lisa dispels myths about immigration, sexual orientation, and human rights. Ever since Lisa Cisneros was young, she’s wanted to advocate for people. Lisa’s passion is working with the LGBTQ community in rural, low-income, immigrant communities of California….