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Organizations to Know: Part 4 · Stuff Mom Never Told You

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  Speaker 1: Hey, this is Anny and Samantha and welcome to stuff
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  Speaker 1: I ever told your prediction of Ihart Radio.
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  Speaker 2: And we are ending part one of a very large
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  Speaker 2: series on great organizations around the country, which we're specifically
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  Speaker 2: for part one talking about the LGBTQIA plus organizations throughout
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  Speaker 2: the country. And yes, as we said before, this is
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  Speaker 2: a small fraction of the many amazing organizations fighting for
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  Speaker 2: the rights inequality of our queer folks, for our quaer
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  Speaker 2: folks here in the US. So let's wrap it up
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  Speaker 2: with the West Coast, which we are including Alaska.
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  Speaker 3: And Hawaii as a part of this.
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  Speaker 2: So and we want to thank those of y'all for
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  Speaker 2: standing in some of your own which we will feature.
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  Speaker 3: I've gotten them.
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  Speaker 2: I've even gotten them from Blue Sky, thank y'all. But
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  Speaker 2: let's get into it. We are starting with Washington, Washington State,
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  Speaker 2: with the Rainbow Center in Tacoma, Washington. This is from
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  Speaker 2: thereabout on their site Rainbowcenter dot org. Through education, advocacy
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  Speaker 2: and celebration, Rainbow Center expands resources and safe space to
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  Speaker 2: the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning two spirit and
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  Speaker 2: allied LGBTQ two SA community for more than twenty years,
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  Speaker 2: Rainbow Center has served a resource hub for the LGBTQ
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  Speaker 2: two SA community in South Puget Sound. Rainbow Center has
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  Speaker 2: daily open hour, during which resources including a lending library,
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  Speaker 2: computer and Wi Fi access, advocacy services, and educational materials
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  Speaker 2: are available to community members. I love that each year
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  Speaker 2: we provide direct services to one thousand individuals, greet almost
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  Speaker 2: four thousand visitors at the Rainbow Center, and reach thousands
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  Speaker 2: more through events and partnerships.
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  Speaker 3: So I love everything about this.
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  Speaker 2: And I will say one of the things that I
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  Speaker 2: did really like at the front of their page was
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  Speaker 2: the fact they talk about honoring the Indigenous people and
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  Speaker 2: the sacred land that they are on. I think it's
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  Speaker 2: such a big sign, great sign to see someone acknowledging this,
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  Speaker 2: and this is what they have on their front page.
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  Speaker 3: It says land acknowledgment.
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  Speaker 2: As we begin our gatherings, we respectfully acknowledge that our
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  Speaker 2: events take place on occupied Coast Salish land, and that
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  Speaker 2: our center is located on the lands of the pure
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  Speaker 2: Oliup Tribe. We pay respect to the Coast Salationed elders
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  Speaker 2: past and present, and extend that respect to their descendants
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  Speaker 2: and to all Indigenous peoples, so it keeps going.
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  Speaker 3: But I really do love that they are acknowledging this.
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  Speaker 2: It may have gone through some controversy and conversations, I'm
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  Speaker 2: not sure, but they make sure to note that this
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  Speaker 2: is where they are and it is an occupied land,
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  Speaker 2: and I think that's something that we have to come
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  Speaker 2: across often and have that conversation often. Again, we've talked
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  Speaker 2: about it repeatedly. I think probably on every episode we
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  Speaker 2: talk about organizations like these on the fact that the
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  Speaker 2: Indigenous people were the forefront and understanding about gender and
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  Speaker 2: fluid as well as sexual quality and noting that it's
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  Speaker 2: not just the binary. So kudos to them for that.
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  Speaker 2: But if you are interested in in that area and
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  Speaker 2: want to know about events, they have movie nights, so
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  Speaker 2: including the fact that they just had a showing of
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  Speaker 2: the Birdcage. So if you are listening to this, you
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  Speaker 2: missed it by a day.
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  Speaker 1: That's so cool. I mean not that you missed it,
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  Speaker 1: but cool.
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  Speaker 2: Right, But I think you should watch your own screening.
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  Speaker 2: I think they do have like a little ticket fee
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  Speaker 2: at the beginning because they have a host and they
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  Speaker 2: do a whole thing, but also they raise money. So
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  Speaker 2: I love to see this I love that they're doing
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  Speaker 2: this and also the fact that the bird Cage is
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  Speaker 2: still very much relevant in the community today as we
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  Speaker 2: just featured it ourselves.
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  Speaker 3: Hah.
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  Speaker 2: They also have what's called a trans drop in which
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  Speaker 2: they write this about join us to hang out with
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  Speaker 2: fellow trans, non binary and gender expensive people. This social
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  Speaker 2: group is held every second and fourth Friday at Rainbow Center,
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  Speaker 2: created by and for trans folks to protect the space
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  Speaker 2: as close to all sispel SIS people. Yeah, so they
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  Speaker 2: do have a lot of community where they're making sure
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  Speaker 2: that they are giving safe spaces for the different types
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  Speaker 2: of queer people and identifying people.
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  Speaker 3: So I love to see that.
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  Speaker 2: So that's one I love it. Next we have the
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  Speaker 2: Odyssey Youth Movement, which this is what they write about
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  Speaker 2: their mission, Odyssey Youth Movement.
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  Speaker 3: Let me pull it up.
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  Speaker 2: Odyssey Youth Movement promotes equity for LGBTU plus youth in
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  Speaker 2: Inland Northwest through youth driven programs and community education and
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  Speaker 2: just like it says, it does provide a lot of
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  Speaker 2: services for the youth in the area, including the drop
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  Speaker 2: ins which allow for them to hang out and have
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  Speaker 2: social time, as well as counseling, crafts, arts, and just
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  Speaker 2: time to like debrief and have some time to themselves.
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  Speaker 2: They also have services for support groups and resources for
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  Speaker 2: adults and parents as well. They also have a thing
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  Speaker 2: called Inclusive Schools which provides guidance and resources to LGBTTQ
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  Speaker 2: plus students and their staff and educators through all these
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  Speaker 2: different types of business. So I love to see that.
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  Speaker 2: We love to see when they have good resources available
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  Speaker 2: to them.
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  Speaker 3: And if you're in.
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  Speaker 2: The Inland Northwest area, specifically Spokane, they are available there.
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  Speaker 2: So if you need to reach out, you should. So
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  Speaker 2: we're jumping down to Oregon with the Lavender Network and
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  Speaker 2: this is this is a really cool history and how
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  Speaker 2: they came about, so I want to read it to you.
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  Speaker 3: They write from the lavendernetwork dot org.
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  Speaker 2: The Lavender Network was based in Eugene, organ and published
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  Speaker 2: monthly between February nineteen eighty six and October nineteen ninety
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  Speaker 2: four by Ron Zon. The news magazine being publication just
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  Speaker 2: a few years before Measure eight was introduced by the
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  Speaker 2: organ Citizens Alliance, and was published throughout the Affirmation Group's
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  Speaker 2: effort to pass anti LGBTQ plus and anti abortion initiatives
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  Speaker 2: such as Measure nine and Measure six in Oregon. The
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  Speaker 2: publication timeline of Lavender Network overlapped with two other organ
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  Speaker 2: based LGBTQ plus newspapers, Just Out and The Alternative Connection.
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  Speaker 2: So the news magazine describes itself as follows. Our purpose
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  Speaker 2: is to build community unity through networking and to work
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  Speaker 2: towards social change. We believe that strength comes from unity.
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  Speaker 2: By recognizing and respecting our diversity while emphasizing our similarities
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  Speaker 2: and shared interests, TLN can help facilitate accord and trust
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  Speaker 2: building within the community. TLN encourages lesbian and gay pride
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  Speaker 2: and dignity through positive explorations of our gay cultural heritage.
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  Speaker 2: We also provide current community news, health education and AIDS information,
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  Speaker 2: a community resource guide, and calendar of community events. TLN
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  Speaker 2: is committed to human rights, lesbian and gay empowerment, disarming homophobia,
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  Speaker 2: and ending discrimination.
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  Speaker 3: So literally, they.
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  Speaker 2: Were a news magazine site and it was published during
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  Speaker 2: a really heated time, especially as the AIDS pandemic was
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  Speaker 2: coming out and people were seeing a lot of misinformation
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  Speaker 2: about AIDS and the gay community itself. So they really
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  Speaker 2: came forward in trying to debunk this, and we've talked
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  Speaker 2: about things like pamphlets and zines and how important things
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  Speaker 2: like this was during movements like this, but today it
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  Speaker 2: is now an LGBTQ plus service and community center. So
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  Speaker 2: back to their site, this is what they say. In
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  Speaker 2: early September twenty twenty four, the leadership of the project,
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  Speaker 2: then known as the Queer Resource Center Expansion, were looking
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  Speaker 2: for a new name. They were transitioning from a small
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  Speaker 2: service center where Transponder and HIV Alliance collaborated from LGBTQ
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  Speaker 2: plus focused care to a larger, more community based center
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  Speaker 2: with space for events and three more collaborating organizations leading
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  Speaker 2: at databases of service centers across the US websites of
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  Speaker 2: common in synonyms. They debated back and forth about the
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  Speaker 2: benefits and downsides of community visibility while being overly queer. Eventually,
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  Speaker 2: leadership stumbled upon an archived collection of the Lavender Network
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  Speaker 2: news magazine donated to Oregon State University. From the beginning,
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  Speaker 2: this project wanted to spotlight the history of the LGBTQ
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  Speaker 2: plus community in Eugene, so the opportunity to adopt a
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  Speaker 2: historical name was exciting. After contacting the previous publisher for
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  Speaker 2: their blessing, pulling the community at Eugene Pride Festival twenty
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  Speaker 2: twenty four and bringing the shortlist of names to a
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  Speaker 2: meet of the project's Communities council, the name was decided.
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  Speaker 2: So when I was originally reading this, all I got
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  Speaker 2: was that top part about being a news magazine. I
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  Speaker 2: was like, wait, there's no news. I'm confused, what is this?
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  Speaker 2: And as you read further, you were like, oh my god,
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  Speaker 2: I love this. That they really adopted and jumped into
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  Speaker 2: what this became. And I would assume obviously the publishers
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  Speaker 2: were excited and cool with them taking the name, but
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  Speaker 2: also the founders of the news publication would probably love
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  Speaker 2: what this has become, that this was birth from.
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  Speaker 3: Their beginning, you know what I mean. I love everything
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  Speaker 3: about this.
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  Speaker 2: And now they have a lot of cool things at available,
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  Speaker 2: including what's called the Authentic Movement Project, which are classes
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  Speaker 2: for dance and movement and you can drop in and
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  Speaker 2: you can do projects with them and create I love
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  Speaker 2: that they have mental health services, they have clothing closets,
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  Speaker 2: they have so much at their center. Of course, they
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  Speaker 2: also help with the Eugene Pride Festival and so much more. So, Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: you should definitely go check that out if you're in
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  Speaker 2: that area.
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  Speaker 3: But I just loved everything about that. It was such
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  Speaker 3: a nice story.
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  Speaker 1: You're a big fanta scenes.
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  Speaker 2: I love big fantascess. We're gonna keep coming back and
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  Speaker 2: talk about it again.
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  Speaker 3: By the way.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so next week y'all turn in for the Active US.
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  Speaker 2: But anyway, coming on then, we have the Q Center
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  Speaker 2: in Portland, Oregon, which has a lot to offer. I
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  Speaker 2: loved this as a thing. It has a huge dedication
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  Speaker 2: about the mission and its pillars. This is what they
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  Speaker 2: say in their mission statement. The Q Center celebrates a
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  Speaker 2: two S LGBTQIA plus community by building equitable structure to
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  Speaker 2: foster safety, joy, mutual aid, and holistic wealth throughout the
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  Speaker 2: state of organ So when I was talking about this pillars,
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  Speaker 2: obviously this is what they go by, and it includes
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  Speaker 2: indivisible justice, decolonization, solidarity, holistic health, resilience, and leadership emerging
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  Speaker 2: words and definitions. So we actually have talked about the fact.
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  Speaker 2: I think we've just mentioned it not too long ago.
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  Speaker 2: You brought it up as a conversation again with Pride
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  Speaker 2: about the ever changing language when it comes to different disabilities,
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  Speaker 2: different movements and communities and how they hold power. And
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  Speaker 2: this is something that they see as a pillar. This
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  Speaker 2: is what they say under that words holds the power
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  Speaker 2: to inspire growth, embody resilience, and guide the evolving journey
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  Speaker 2: of our community. They service both the mirror reflecting our
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  Speaker 2: shared experience and a math that charges the path toward
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  Speaker 2: collective liberation. We believe that intentional language will shape an
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  Speaker 2: empower change, and I think that's so important.
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  Speaker 3: I'm really glad they wrote it out.
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  Speaker 2: Like that, and it's part of their pillar because it's
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  Speaker 2: kind of the reminder that it is ever changing and
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  Speaker 2: it is based on people's experiences, and so when we
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  Speaker 2: see that, it allows for them to be empowered to grow,
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  Speaker 2: for the language to grow with the movement. So I
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  Speaker 2: really love what they do and what they have in
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  Speaker 2: their offering. They have different types of resources, but one
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  Speaker 2: that I thought was really significant was the Marsha P.
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  Speaker 3: Johnson Fund.
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  Speaker 2: And of course in here they talk about who she was,
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  Speaker 2: and we've talked about her for a while now, but
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  Speaker 2: this is what it actually is. Q.
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  Speaker 3: Sinner's Marsha P.
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  Speaker 2: Johnson Community Fund was launched in twenty nineteen to provide
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  Speaker 2: emergency microgrants to black and Indigenous transgender people.
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  Speaker 3: Honoring the legacy of Marshall P.
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  Speaker 2: Johnson, a black transactivist and key figure in the two
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  Speaker 2: s Lgbtqia plus Liberation whose work continues is by Community
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  Speaker 2: Care and Resistance today. So they offer these types of grants,
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  Speaker 2: and we've talked about how important it is, like we know,
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  Speaker 2: unfortunately capitalism changes everything, and money is a basis of
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  Speaker 2: finding the needs that people have, and without it, it
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  Speaker 2: can kill a movement, it could kill a community, it
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  Speaker 2: could kill an individual. So to see them doing things
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  Speaker 2: like this is really really inspiring. And I love when
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  Speaker 2: they have focus like this because it's very important that
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  Speaker 2: we do look at the most marginalized and help lift
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  Speaker 2: them up.
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  Speaker 3: Because we've talked about it.
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  Speaker 2: It's the least like we have to help the most
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  Speaker 2: in need, or no one's going to be helped at all.
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  Speaker 3: So and that was of course my translation, that.
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  Speaker 2: Is the Q Center in important Organs. So let's move
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  Speaker 2: on to California. So we're only doing a couple of
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  Speaker 2: organizations in California. We know there's a vast amount a
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  Speaker 2: lot of movements have happened in California, just like New York,
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  Speaker 2: so we're not going to focus too much. But one
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  Speaker 2: of the organizations is the SFLGBT Center, and this is
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  Speaker 2: from their site fccenter dot org. For more than twenty
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  Speaker 2: five years, the center has been a place to celebrate
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  Speaker 2: our victories, more in our losses, and plan for the future.
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  Speaker 2: In April twenty seventeen, we inaugurated a state of the
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  Speaker 2: art building at ten point three million dollars remodeled, primarily
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  Speaker 2: funded by new market tax credits. This Lendmark event breathed
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  Speaker 2: the new life into the physical space and created financial
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  Speaker 2: sustainability for our next chapter. Today we are the only
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  Speaker 2: nonprofit in San Francisco serving all the members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual,
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  Speaker 2: and transgender community. That's a lot of money, but you
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  Speaker 2: know what, again, it takes money to grow an organization,
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  Speaker 2: and we know that that's what has to happen. So
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  Speaker 2: I'm glad to see that that tax credit was given
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  Speaker 2: to them. At least it's giving me something good, unlike
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  Speaker 2: some of the things that's happened in this country.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, much rather, but yeah.
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  Speaker 2: So on their site, they do have great financial reports
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  Speaker 2: so that we can look over and see the transparency
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  Speaker 2: and how they're using all their funds and money. But
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  Speaker 2: they have an amazing space, so if you need the like.
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  Speaker 2: They have gallery space, they have office spaces, they have
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  Speaker 2: what's called a rainbow room, which is like an auditorium.
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  Speaker 2: They have a nice Harris They have a great safe
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  Speaker 2: space for people to work if they need it, if
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  Speaker 2: they need to have meetings. So really great to be
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  Speaker 2: able to have all of that in close proximity. They
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  Speaker 2: have their values aligned with what we know with the
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  Speaker 2: LGBTQ plus community, talking about belonging, connection, integrity, respect, equity,
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  Speaker 2: and service. And in service, they say, we believe that
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  Speaker 2: everyone deserves access to economic stability, dignified housing, quality, healthcare, resource, community,
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  Speaker 2: and opportunities for healing. We provide and connect the most
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  Speaker 2: marginalized to programs that will help individuals and communities thrive.
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  Speaker 3: So go check that out if you want to.
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  Speaker 2: Again, it's the Sfcenter dot org San Francisco Center. Then
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  Speaker 2: we're moving on to the Baymech Community Foundation, And I
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  Speaker 2: will say I kind of got confused because it started
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  Speaker 2: out with me figuring out a thing called Queer Silicon Valley,
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  Speaker 2: which we're going to get into in just a minute,
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  Speaker 2: which is linked to this foundation. But this foundation is
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  Speaker 2: described as this The Baymech Community Foundation is dedicated to
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  Speaker 2: the creation of a more equal future to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,
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  Speaker 2: queer and questioning community in Silicon Valley and neighboring regions.
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  Speaker 2: Through a balanced approach of equitable programs, the Baymech Community
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  Speaker 2: Foundation BCF tries to engage in community discussion of LGBTQ
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  Speaker 2: inclusion and equal rights, ensure the equal access of LGBTQ
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  Speaker 2: support of safety net services, chronicle local LGBTQ history and culture,
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  Speaker 2: and foster the next generation of lgbd Q leaders. So
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  Speaker 2: I don't think it's too surprising to understand that there's
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  Speaker 2: a lot to this type of organization. And if you
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  Speaker 2: go and look them up, one of the big things
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  Speaker 2: that they have on here is what's called the Queer
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  Speaker 2: Silicon Valley. And I'm gonna read that to you now
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  Speaker 2: because there's no way I could have pretended like I
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  Speaker 2: know what this is, because I can't. It says Queer
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  Speaker 2: Silicon Valley. Welcome to Queer Silicon Valley. This website is
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  Speaker 2: an effort by the Baymec Community Foundation to celebrate the
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  Speaker 2: people and leaders and document the milestones and accomplishments all
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  Speaker 2: the LGBTQ community in Santa Clara County. The project is
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  Speaker 2: made possible by a generous grant from the Santa Clair
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  Speaker 2: Board of Supervisors and community support. It goes on and
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  Speaker 2: talks about exactly what they're doing, and you can go on.
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  Speaker 3: To their site to look at it.
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  Speaker 2: But in this level, it kind of gives you a
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  Speaker 2: whole network that you could look into. So if you
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  Speaker 2: want to, you can go and look at the documentaries.
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  Speaker 2: They have specific documentaries about their history and activism.
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  Speaker 3: It starts off with a banging YouTube video that.
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  Speaker 2: I'm like, oh my god, what's happening? Because it talks
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  Speaker 2: to you very clearly. It says on here. The film
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  Speaker 2: is skillfully because it's called Queer Silicon Valley. The film skillfully
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  Speaker 2: memorializes the work of a generation of activists who are
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  Speaker 2: all part of the LGBTQ plus movement in San Jose
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  Speaker 2: and Silicon Valley from the nineteen seventies to now, Spanning
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  Speaker 2: almost fifty years, this groundbreaking documentary showcases twenty two history
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  Speaker 2: making activists as they recount the struggles and discrimination they
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  Speaker 2: endeared to ultimately build a local society that was accepting
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  Speaker 2: and inclusive. The film features many of the people who
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  Speaker 2: helped shape the vibrant, incohesive queer culture that exists today,
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  Speaker 2: so obviously a really cool project. But that's not the
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  Speaker 2: only thing they have on here. They have a timeline
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  Speaker 2: about the HIV AIDS pandemic and how and what came about.
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  Speaker 2: They have a whole culture and community timeline as well.
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  Speaker 2: Then they have a politics and activism timeline, and then
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  Speaker 2: they have random other organizations which I pulled up to
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  Speaker 2: several different ones. One was Sister Spirit, which is a
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  Speaker 2: this is what they write about it. In nineteen eighty four,
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  Speaker 2: students in San Jose State University, Mary Jeffrey, Marilyn Cook,
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  Speaker 2: and Karen Hester met with Amy Caffrey to discuss the
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  Speaker 2: needs for women's bookstore and coffeehouse where women could socialize
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  Speaker 2: and enjoy live music by women. After several meetings, the
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  Speaker 2: group named this project Sister Spirit. I believe this is
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  Speaker 2: one of the ones things that are featured in this film.
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  Speaker 2: So we're learning about all the different histories, and I
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  Speaker 2: love that they break it down by showing you different
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  Speaker 2: things within there. So you have organizations like that Sister Spirit,
• 17:36
  Speaker 2: which is very cool in itself. Then they have one
• 17:39
  Speaker 2: about the elected officials. Then they have one about the
• 17:41
  Speaker 2: LATINX community. As I name it and under that they
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: have like different specific people and organizations that played a part.
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: So it's really cool to see how they break this down.
• 17:51
  Speaker 2: And if you want to go look it up, it's
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: again Queersilicon Valley dot org and it has a vast
• 17:56
  Speaker 2: amount of information that took me a while to figure out.
• 18:00
  Speaker 3: I'm not that.
• 18:00
  Speaker 2: Texasier obviously, since the podcaster bay Mech community has done
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: a lot, they have a different connections and resources about
• 18:09
  Speaker 2: historical contexts.
• 18:10
  Speaker 3: You can volunteer with them, you can work with them.
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: They have things like speaker series where they bring people out.
• 18:16
  Speaker 2: They have different stories of different people throughout the community
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: who have done so much for them. So yeah, go
• 18:23
  Speaker 2: check that out. Is a bay Mech b a y
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: MEC Foundation dot org. Moving on to Hawaii, and just
• 18:30
  Speaker 2: to go ahead and get this preface out the way,
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: because you know, I do this all the time with
• 18:34
  Speaker 2: our activists around the world. I am trying my hardest
• 18:37
  Speaker 2: for the pronunciations, but I do struggle a bit, especially
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: if I can't quickly find them, So forgive me, I probleise.
• 18:44
  Speaker 3: I'm trying to do it justice. So the first organization
• 18:48
  Speaker 3: that we want to talk about is.
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  Speaker 2: Called the leys pua Ala, which is a multi dimensional
• 18:53
  Speaker 2: project to document and memorialize gender and sexual diversity across
• 18:57
  Speaker 2: the uniquely multicultural landscape of Hawaii. Same Power Queer communities
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  Speaker 2: through education and engagement immersive digital experiences, exhibitions, performances, public
• 19:06
  Speaker 2: art installations, markers and monuments that serve as visible reminders
• 19:10
  Speaker 2: of our shared humunity and the values that bind us together.
• 19:13
  Speaker 2: I was so excited about this because, as we know,
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: and as they know, as an indigenous community, oftentimes their
• 19:22
  Speaker 2: history will be erased on purpose in order to eradicate
• 19:25
  Speaker 2: them from any kind of legendary preservation. So they went
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: in to make sure that these stories were told and
• 19:33
  Speaker 2: understood the importance of the stories alone. So if you
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: want to go and look at their site, which you
• 19:38
  Speaker 2: absolutely should, it's under the site called Queer Histories of
• 19:42
  Speaker 2: Hawaii dot org and they have so many different types
• 19:46
  Speaker 2: of videos and documentaries and art exhibits and such that
• 19:49
  Speaker 2: you can go and watch, like just watching the first
• 19:51
  Speaker 2: one was a gorgeous take about healing stones and its
• 19:55
  Speaker 2: history in the queer community in Hawaii, so absolutely an amaze.
• 20:00
  Speaker 3: Look at the site.
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: At the top it does say reshaping the commemorative landscapes
• 20:05
  Speaker 2: of Hawaii's diverse LGBTQ plus Mahu communities, and if you
• 20:10
  Speaker 2: want to go look at it shows you different types
• 20:12
  Speaker 2: of maps as well of the historical looks that they're
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: talking about and what's located in the different islands. You
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: could follow their Instagram and different sites on there, like
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: just watching some of these stories is fascinating. And they
• 20:25
  Speaker 2: have groups and events as well throughout, including things about
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: Hula's and how important it is and to their culture
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: and what these historical dances are.
• 20:34
  Speaker 3: They also have a thing called.
• 20:36
  Speaker 2: Queer History Trail, which they write as this explore some
• 20:40
  Speaker 2: of the key sites in Hawaii's queer history, from an
• 20:42
  Speaker 2: ancient monument honoring ginger fluid Hillars to the birthplace of
• 20:46
  Speaker 2: the same sex marriage movement. These are landmarks of the
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: ongoing voyages of our diverse LGBTQ plus Mahu communities.
• 20:53
  Speaker 3: I love that they have it out for you, so
• 20:55
  Speaker 3: if we need to take a tour, I know you've
• 20:57
  Speaker 3: already been once and I can go again. I think
• 21:00
  Speaker 3: we should do it this specifically.
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: They also have Ace Memorial and Community Memory site as
• 21:06
  Speaker 2: well as gorgeous I just love when we'd get to
• 21:10
  Speaker 2: be able to see some of the historical contacts that
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: we never knew in such a way that is preserved
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: of a culture. Like it's just gorgeous. And if you
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: get a chance to watch any of these videos, you
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: absolutely should. Yes, putting out there, y'all, we should. We
• 21:24
  Speaker 2: would also without harming the actual islands, we would like
• 21:28
  Speaker 2: to pay respect by visiting these specific markers.
• 21:33
  Speaker 3: Yes, that's that's how that's sounded evil sound, But.
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: I know you so I know it was not meant
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: that way.
• 21:41
  Speaker 3: It was just excitement. That's my expect.
• 21:44
  Speaker 2: So the next organization from Hawaii is the Hawaii LGBTQ
• 21:48
  Speaker 2: Legacy Foundation. So this is what they write about their foundation.
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: The Hawaii lgbt Legacy Foundation is dedicated to empowering m
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: v p f A f F lgbt QUI plus individuals
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  Speaker 2: and communities through education, cultural enrichment, and advocacies. We trive
• 22:04
  Speaker 2: to create a world where MVP FAFF slash LGBTQUI A
• 22:09
  Speaker 2: individuals can thrive free from discrimination and prejudice. So this
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: of course put me on another rabbit hole trying to
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: figure out what the mvp FAFF is, which is an
• 22:20
  Speaker 2: acronym the term is used across the Pacific to describe
• 22:24
  Speaker 2: indigenous gender diverse identities and expressions. It is unifying abbreviation
• 22:28
  Speaker 2: that recognizes the rich cultural history and significance of gender
• 22:32
  Speaker 2: diversity within pacifica communities. So this came from the Rainbow
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: Diirectory dot co dot NZ glossary. So they have a
• 22:40
  Speaker 2: glossary which I'm very thankful for, which has an inclusive
• 22:44
  Speaker 2: definitions for all the different acronyms and initials. I will
• 22:48
  Speaker 2: say I did not go through what each letter stood
• 22:50
  Speaker 2: for because I don't know how to say, and I
• 22:53
  Speaker 2: don't want to disrespect that. But if you want to
• 22:55
  Speaker 2: go and look for yourself, please do again. It is
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: that the Rainbow Diirectory dot co, dot and slash glossary
• 23:01
  Speaker 2: and it will show you all the different definitions and descriptors.
• 23:05
  Speaker 2: So I think that's really important to go do that
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: if you can. So the organization has a lot of
• 23:10
  Speaker 2: different things. They have what's called the Rainbow Chorus of Honolulu,
• 23:15
  Speaker 2: which they have a rehearsal coming up if you're in
• 23:18
  Speaker 2: Hawaii Honolulu area and if you want to be a
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: part of it, I don't know if you can just
• 23:22
  Speaker 2: be a.
• 23:22
  Speaker 3: Part of it. I don't know. I guess that's probably
• 23:25
  Speaker 3: not a thing. Anyway.
• 23:26
  Speaker 2: They have one coming up rehearsal the Unity Church of Hawaii.
• 23:30
  Speaker 3: I love that because I love a good chorus. I
• 23:33
  Speaker 3: miss courses.
• 23:34
  Speaker 2: They have a prom coming up this year that makes
• 23:38
  Speaker 2: me really happy for the Youth Pride, Rainbow Pride. They
• 23:41
  Speaker 2: have what's called a Proud and preped which is a
• 23:45
  Speaker 2: free community event in partnership with the HIV pharmaceutical company
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: to provide education and information about HIV prevention in affirming
• 23:53
  Speaker 2: and welcoming space, which we.
• 23:55
  Speaker 3: Need more of. So they have a lot of great things.
• 23:57
  Speaker 3: If you want to go check them out.
• 23:58
  Speaker 2: Wait again, it's Hawaii LGBT Legacyyfoundation dot com and you
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: can go check them out. And last, but not least
• 24:06
  Speaker 2: is Alaska and we're going to start with their organization,
• 24:09
  Speaker 2: Transgender Leadership Alaska and if you want to go to
• 24:13
  Speaker 2: their site is trans Leadership Alaska dot com.
• 24:17
  Speaker 3: And this is what they say they do.
• 24:19
  Speaker 2: We work to educate groups and organizations within and outside
• 24:22
  Speaker 2: the trans community all around the state. We also keep
• 24:25
  Speaker 2: a running list of resources for transgender, non conforming and
• 24:28
  Speaker 2: gender expensive people as well as the entire LGBTQ community.
• 24:32
  Speaker 2: They also advocate for the trans and gender nonconforming community
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: through cultural change, education and political action. Then we're moving
• 24:40
  Speaker 2: on to the Southeast Alaska LGBTQ Alliance and this is
• 24:45
  Speaker 2: what they have on their about page and you can
• 24:47
  Speaker 2: find that at ak s e A g l.
• 24:49
  Speaker 3: A dot org.
• 24:51
  Speaker 2: They'reabout says the Southeast Alaska Gay Lesbian Alliance sea g
• 24:57
  Speaker 2: LA works to provide a supporting social network for gay, lesbian, bisex, world, transgender,
• 25:02
  Speaker 2: to spirit and queer people in the south East Alaska.
• 25:05
  Speaker 2: We foster personal and public acceptance of those of these
• 25:08
  Speaker 2: persons as members of society with full economic, social, legal
• 25:11
  Speaker 2: and political rights, and they want to talk about their history.
• 25:14
  Speaker 2: In the early nineteen eighties, group of light minded friends
• 25:17
  Speaker 2: realized there was a need for social opportunity for the gay,
• 25:20
  Speaker 2: lesbian and bisexual people of Juno. The friends took terms
• 25:23
  Speaker 2: hosting parties or monthly potlugs, and in some cases actual
• 25:26
  Speaker 2: dance parties were held in a host garage. These light
• 25:29
  Speaker 2: minded persons continued to form these social activities and private events,
• 25:33
  Speaker 2: and information was spread primarily by word of mouth. The
• 25:36
  Speaker 2: developing concept was working together to promote open and social
• 25:40
  Speaker 2: acceptance of gay and lesbian persons living in Southeast Alaska.
• 25:44
  Speaker 2: In May nineteen eighty six, the Southeast Alaska Gay and
• 25:47
  Speaker 2: Lesbian Alliance SIEGLA was formed and legally founded as a
• 25:51
  Speaker 2: five OHO one C three corporation. The group of friends
• 25:54
  Speaker 2: had meetings, elected officers, established by laws, and created a
• 25:57
  Speaker 2: legal nonprofit entity designed to serve and benefit the LGBT
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  Speaker 2: community of Southeast Alaska.
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  Speaker 3: I love to see that.
• 26:04
  Speaker 2: I think most events come together like that, where you
• 26:07
  Speaker 2: just needed people to connect with and want to be
• 26:10
  Speaker 2: friends with, and so they brought it together into this
• 26:13
  Speaker 2: one amazing organization. And they do offer different types of
• 26:16
  Speaker 2: community resources including Alaska Aids Assistance Association AWARE, which is
• 26:23
  Speaker 2: a safe shelter and supported services for survivors of domestics
• 26:26
  Speaker 2: are sexual violence, and different other resources. And they have
• 26:30
  Speaker 2: different events as well, because you know, we love a
• 26:32
  Speaker 2: good event. Some of the events include from past events
• 26:35
  Speaker 2: like potlucks. They're keeping on with that, dog park parties.
• 26:39
  Speaker 2: I want a part of that game Nights, Pride prom
• 26:43
  Speaker 2: and adults after party. They have pub crawls and queryoke.
• 26:48
  Speaker 2: I love a good karaoke fun so you can go
• 26:50
  Speaker 2: and be a part of that as well. There's so
• 26:53
  Speaker 2: many organizations that we want to talk about and we
• 26:55
  Speaker 2: need more information in different organizations that we hope that
• 26:58
  Speaker 2: you might be able to tell us as well, So
• 27:01
  Speaker 2: if you can, please do so and email us. Thank
• 27:04
  Speaker 2: y'all so much for tagging along with us on this
• 27:07
  Speaker 2: very very brief shortlist of so many of the great organizations. Again,
• 27:11
  Speaker 2: and we will be continuing on with this series with
• 27:15
  Speaker 2: other organizations to come.
• 27:16
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