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Organizations to Know: Part 2 · 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've Never told your production by Hurriedo.
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Speaker 2: And we're back talking about some great organizations that are
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Speaker 2: fighting for and with the LGBTQIA plus community in the US.
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Speaker 2: And yes, this is kind of one of those episodes
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Speaker 2: where I said I needed a break from all the
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Speaker 2: bad news and the things that uplift me are knowing
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Speaker 2: that there's so many organizations out there fighting. We're not
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Speaker 2: going into the nuance of the fact that not a
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Speaker 2: lot of nonprofits have not been given a good rep
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Speaker 2: because of some of the mistakes that some organizations may have,
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Speaker 2: some leaders may be doing. We're not gonna talk about
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Speaker 2: all that. We're going to talk about what they do
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Speaker 2: and how they do help the community. As per usual.
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Speaker 2: I think we said it. We did. We said it
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Speaker 2: throughout the last episode, so we're going to say it
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Speaker 2: throughout this episode. If you know of any organizations or
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Speaker 2: work with any organizations that we are not highlighting and
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Speaker 2: you think deserve a shout out, please let us know.
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Speaker 1: Our email is Hello at Stuff I'm Never told you
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Speaker 1: dot com. I should know this, but I like the
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Speaker 1: cut too, Annie, I think you do know it.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, you just feels like I'm getting you involved. Let
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Speaker 2: her do it, make her do it. Go Annie. I
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Speaker 2: also point out her like I'm queuing her.
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Speaker 1: But yeah, it feels like it keeps me on my toes.
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Speaker 2: It does. I'm like, are you paying attention to me? Annie?
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Speaker 2: M m. Yes, she's got some singers here today, y'all.
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Speaker 2: She's been getting me anyway. But with that, yes, these
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Speaker 2: are just a few of the organizations that we have found.
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Speaker 2: We know there's tons and tons and tons out there.
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Speaker 2: We want to highlight as many as possible throughout this
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Speaker 2: time because we really are in desperate need of good news.
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Speaker 2: We're in desperate need of knowing that people are fighting
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Speaker 2: there so that we aren't zapped of our energy because
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Speaker 2: we are in doom time frame.
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Speaker 1: Doom time frame.
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Speaker 2: Yes, I don't know how I explained here. Yes, okay,
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Speaker 2: I'm fine, and we are focusing today on the Midwest.
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Speaker 2: I told y'all at the first I was like, I
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Speaker 2: was not prepared to the fact that there are so
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Speaker 2: many because I've had planned to do this as multi
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Speaker 2: part series because I wanted to be as a little
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Speaker 2: more detailed, not completely detailed, but little more than we
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Speaker 2: could do in one episode at one timeframe, but then
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Speaker 2: that went from like, oh, we're going to have like
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Speaker 2: five to like, oh no, that's probably four parts to
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Speaker 2: each category that I am choosing because I want to
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Speaker 2: again look nationally. We're looking nationally. We're not even talking
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Speaker 2: about international at this point, so don't start unless you
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Speaker 2: think we should talk about some international ones. But you know,
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Speaker 2: this is where we're focusing, and the Midwest area, we
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Speaker 2: don't talk about them enough, to the point that I
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Speaker 2: have to admit I didn't know who was in the Midwest. Okay,
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Speaker 2: my education system was not great. Just we're just gonna
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Speaker 2: go with it. I was a social worker. This is
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Speaker 2: not I did. People issues, not geography. Don't start with me.
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Speaker 2: So just in case you didn't know, because I feel
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Speaker 2: like not everyone does. The West includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,
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Speaker 2: North and South Dakota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. I honestly did
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Speaker 2: not realize Wisconsin and North and South Dakota were part
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Speaker 2: of this. I feel bad, but now I do shout
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Speaker 2: out to you in the Midwest, and for again for
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Speaker 2: those of you sneering. Sneering because I don't know my geography,
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Speaker 2: fair enough, Wait until we talk about the mountain states
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Speaker 2: and where the about rocky mountains go. I didn't know
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Speaker 2: I was Gluis. I was like, Colorado.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's at.
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Speaker 2: That, you know what, Anie, I don't need I apologize.
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Speaker 2: I've been calling it the cookie gallery instead of the
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Speaker 2: peanut gallery because I'm like, you stay up there, don't
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Speaker 2: tell me on your high horse about geography and your hobby.
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Speaker 1: During the Covids, I did have that fun hobby, I
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Speaker 1: told Samantha during the pandemic for some reason. No, it
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Speaker 1: was because of politics, and there was a it was
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Speaker 1: circulating that politicians wouldn't even know where Iowa was in
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Speaker 1: such a big political state in the United States. And
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Speaker 1: I just started taking this quiz every morning where I
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Speaker 1: had to name the states. It was a map now
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Speaker 1: no names on them, and I had to yes, yeah.
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Speaker 2: This was a computer game, yes, in my elementary school.
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Speaker 2: And I did great on that.
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Speaker 1: Now that you reminded me sending some mixed messages about.
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Speaker 2: The look, I think what happens is when I memorize something,
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Speaker 2: it goes out the window. In a couple of years
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Speaker 2: I have it's been forty six years of things forty
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Speaker 2: five years of things, a lot of trauma, a lot
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Speaker 2: of things. So some of those things have to be
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Speaker 2: pushed out. And apparently geography was part of that.
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Speaker 1: Well you're relearning today.
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Speaker 2: I am, well, I'll remember it later, probably because I'm
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Speaker 2: already traumatized from this. Like i am not the smartest
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Speaker 2: cookie here, I'm not the brightest crayon in this box.
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Speaker 2: It's fine, I'm fine, But moving on. We are talking
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Speaker 2: about out the Midwest, and today is June ninth, twenty
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Speaker 2: twenty sixth as we record this, And these are just
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Speaker 2: a few of the organizations we found and wanted to celebrate. Again,
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Speaker 2: if you know places that need to be talked about,
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Speaker 2: please let us know. And this includes all in any
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Speaker 2: organizations that are doing great work, not just down to
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Speaker 2: those who were for the queer community, although that's what
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Speaker 2: we're focusing on in this episode. Okay, we there, We're there,
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Speaker 2: all right. Let's jump in with the seven Reverse Resource
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Speaker 2: Center or they call themselves the Center, and this is
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Speaker 2: located in Lacrosse, Wisconsin, and they have been operating since
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Speaker 2: two thousand and four. So here's a bit about their
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Speaker 2: history from their site seven Rivers LGBTQ dot org. The
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Speaker 2: Seven Rivers LGBT Resource Center was founded in two thousand
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Speaker 2: and four by a dedicated group of community members who
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Speaker 2: saw a need and worked to make the space a reality.
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Speaker 2: It was the result of data compiled for a master's
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Speaker 2: project being done by Kelly Teachout in two thousand and three.
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Speaker 2: Teach Out gathered together some venerable LGBT activists to share
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Speaker 2: the data and explore the potential for establishing a resource
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Speaker 2: center for the Lacrosse LGBT community. So I love that.
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Speaker 2: I love that this began as a project, and this
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Speaker 2: project led to realizing a need and then finding a
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Speaker 2: group of people and being like, let's do this. Let's
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Speaker 2: do this. They open their site with this as an
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Speaker 2: lgbtqia plus centered agency, our vision is for the center
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Speaker 2: to be a leader in the Seven Rivers region in
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Speaker 2: bringing pride, equity, and social justice to the LGBTQIA plus
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Speaker 2: community and beyond. The growing climate of queer and transphobia
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Speaker 2: makes it even more important to assure that we do
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Speaker 2: so in ways that both provide needed support and allow
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Speaker 2: us to sustain our capacity to provide that support well
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Speaker 2: into the future. On their site, they give a wonderful,
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Speaker 2: detailed timeline of their works and growth, including offering free
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Speaker 2: therapy services that began into twenty twenty four. This is
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Speaker 2: what they wrote in twenty twenty four. Free therapy services
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Speaker 2: began with a partnership through Viderbog. Both online and in
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Speaker 2: person options have been available at no cost to the
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Speaker 2: LGBTQ plus and questioning community. I love that. I think
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Speaker 2: that's so important. I think we need to offer more
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Speaker 2: of that obviously, And I love that part about the
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Speaker 2: questioning community because I think like there needs to be
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Speaker 2: a safe space for people who are just wondering and
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Speaker 2: not feel ostracized or feel guilty or feel shame. So
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Speaker 2: I love this as they're working through things and also
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Speaker 2: fun side note, they have the Drag Closet which helps
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Speaker 2: mentor and teach new drag performers, and they have like
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Speaker 2: a whole performance show that goes with that. But I
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Speaker 2: never really thought of how do you get into drag,
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Speaker 2: Like who do you go to for this? So the
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Speaker 2: fact that they have this program is quite a beautiful thing.
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Speaker 2: I haven't been to a drag show in a long time.
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Speaker 2: I have a friend who's in my Zoomer class. He
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Speaker 2: takes my Zoomer class they have a show tonight anyway,
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Speaker 2: moving on, They also provide other services like gender affirming
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Speaker 2: clausets meaning clothes that if you need it, they can
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Speaker 2: help you and get the style together, a love that,
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Speaker 2: support groups, fun, social events, and so much more. So
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Speaker 2: go check them out if you're in that area or
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Speaker 2: if you just want to see next. We have Youth
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Speaker 2: Outlook in Naperville, Illinois. So this is from their site
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Speaker 2: youth Outlook dot org. In nineteen ninety six, a dedicated
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Speaker 2: group of community members recognize a critical gap the lack
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Speaker 2: of resources for the LGBTQ plus youth in Illinois suburbs.
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Speaker 2: Two years later, Youth Outlook opened our first drop in center,
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Speaker 2: becoming Illinois's first nonprofit organization solely dedicated to serving LGBDQ
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Speaker 2: plus youth. Over our twenty five plus years, we've expanded significantly,
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Speaker 2: now offering programs and support throughout northern and central Illinois,
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Speaker 2: driven by a team of dedicated staff members and over
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Speaker 2: one hundred active volunteers each month. So they have offered
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Speaker 2: really amazing services for their community, including specialized support and
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Speaker 2: programming to help those seeking their identity, stuff with self esteem,
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Speaker 2: overall connections with others, they helped give resources and training
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Speaker 2: for community members, including educators, healthcare professionals, and leaders in
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Speaker 2: public works and spaces. That drop in center is a
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Speaker 2: specific thing for like different types of youth projects or
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Speaker 2: youth groups that they can come by, come in and
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Speaker 2: they have them all over the place and they're specific.
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Speaker 2: They can be for trands, they can be for non binary,
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Speaker 2: they can be like it's really interesting how many that
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Speaker 2: they offer so important when you're trying to find community.
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Speaker 2: And Camarderie so I love that. Then we are hopping
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Speaker 2: over to Grand Rapids, Michigan with the Grand Rapids Pride Center.
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Speaker 2: So beginning in nineteen eighty seven, after returning back from
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Speaker 2: a march on Washington for lesbian and gay rights, a
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Speaker 2: group was formed at the time, the Lesbian Gay Community Network,
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Speaker 2: starting with informal meetups and homes and some supportive local businesses.
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Speaker 2: The following year, they had their first Pride celebration in
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Speaker 2: Grand Rapids, which would lead to a growth in the
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Speaker 2: organization and eventually becoming the Grand Rapids Pride Center in
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Speaker 2: twenty sixteen. They would restruct sure and grow as they change,
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Speaker 2: as the changes and the needs in the community would grow.
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Speaker 2: They understood the need to be more intersectional with bringing
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Speaker 2: in added focuses for the black community and black trans community,
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Speaker 2: which I love. They've been adding social and support programs,
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Speaker 2: continued educational outreach and initiatives. So this is from their
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Speaker 2: site our mission. We work to create positive change for
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Speaker 2: the two SLGBTQ plus community by breaking down barriers, creating awareness,
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Speaker 2: providing inclusive programs, and bridging relationships. We envision a vibrant,
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Speaker 2: thriving community of two SLGBTQ plus community who are celebrated
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Speaker 2: and empowered to achieve their fullest potential. So their organization
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Speaker 2: has a plethora of services and programs, including the Arrowace
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Speaker 2: Galaxy space, where they quote aim to be welcoming and
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Speaker 2: supportive space for folks across the a romantic and asexual galaxies.
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Speaker 2: This is not a formal therapy group, but a peer
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Speaker 2: led place for folks with similar identities to connect with
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Speaker 2: others and engage Asian community building and care, mutual aid,
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Speaker 2: making friends, and just have a good time in an
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Speaker 2: environment centered on celebrating you. So they are talking about
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Speaker 2: this as being a part of the group, and I
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Speaker 2: love that. I think that's very specific. In any we've
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Speaker 2: talked about the fact that they don't have enough of these.
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Speaker 2: They don't acknowledge asexual aromantic groups oftentimes, and to see
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Speaker 2: it have support groups and peer groups, it's really lovely
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Speaker 2: to see. Then they have non binary teen support group.
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Speaker 2: They say our Trades non Binary teen Support Group is
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Speaker 2: offered to youth ages thirteen to seventeen who identifies transgender
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Speaker 2: or gender non conforming. The group offers a safe and
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Speaker 2: a firming space for young people to socialize with other
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Speaker 2: youth their age. Support group provides the tools and needed
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Speaker 2: by tgn C youth so they will be empowered, supported
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Speaker 2: and validated as they transition to their authentic life. Love
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Speaker 2: to see that they have a women's support group which
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Speaker 2: provides a safe and inviting space for socialization where you
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Speaker 2: can have real conversation, meet nice people, and just relax
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Speaker 2: outside of the bar and dating scene. So they have
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Speaker 2: different group discussions out there. And they also have another
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Speaker 2: one called the Timeless Pride Connection, which is a social
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Speaker 2: space for two SLGBDQ plus you folks that are forty
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Speaker 2: five plus to find community, share experiences, and access resources.
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Speaker 2: They say, why forty five plus, it's a great time
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Speaker 2: to begin developing a support network that will carry you
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Speaker 2: into aging two. SLGBDQ plus adults are more likely to
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Speaker 2: live alone, less likely to have children than sis heads.
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Speaker 2: In addition, we are more likely to face life threatening
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Speaker 2: conditions and co morbidities at much younger ages to SLGBTQ
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Speaker 2: plus Folks of all ages are also more likely to
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Speaker 2: be in caregiving roles. We recognize the need to be
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Speaker 2: in space with people who share commonalities and understanding. I
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Speaker 2: love that, and again there are so many more like
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Speaker 2: if you want to go there, if you're part of
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Speaker 2: the Michigan area and need support, are no people who do?
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Speaker 2: They offer quite a bit, so definitely good organ No
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Speaker 2: then any We have Outfront, an organization outside of Minnesota
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Speaker 2: founded in nineteen eighty seven, originally as a resource for
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Speaker 2: the queer community who had been victims of hate crimes
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Speaker 2: and violence, but kind of have grown to advocacy work
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Speaker 2: as well. So this is from their site outfront dot org.
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Speaker 2: In the nineteen nineties, Outfront Minnesota began engaging in a
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Speaker 2: political advocacy to fight for LGBTQ plus rights and freedoms.
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Speaker 2: In twenty fourteen, we expanded again by creating an educational
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Speaker 2: equity department who could build safe school environments for the
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Speaker 2: underserved population of the LGBTQ plus youth and build young
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Speaker 2: LGBTQ plus leaders. We successfully passed a statewide none discrimination
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Speaker 2: law that included sexual orientation and gender identity as protective
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Speaker 2: status is in nineteen ninety three, the first law that
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Speaker 2: included protection of our trans community members. We won marriage
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Speaker 2: by defeating an anti marriage amendment at the ballot box
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Speaker 2: and passing a marriage equality through the legislator in twenty thirteen.
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Speaker 2: We ensured that our kids have safe and supportive environments
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Speaker 2: to learn in by passing the Safe and Supportive Schools
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Speaker 2: Act in twenty fourteen, the Trans Toolkit in twenty seventeen,
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Speaker 2: and in twenty twenty three we passed both the convergent
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Speaker 2: therapy ban and the trans Refuge Bill. Our five is
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Speaker 2: not over, and our supporters are needed more than ever.
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Speaker 2: So they've done a lot of work in policy. I
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Speaker 2: know Minnesota was on the front when it comes to
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Speaker 2: this type of work, especially working in the schools, so
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Speaker 2: we love to see that. Of course, they need a
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Speaker 2: lot more support today, more than ever, and I'm sure
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Speaker 2: they're probably being targeted by the conservative politicians right now
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Speaker 2: because of this type of work. So we would definitely
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Speaker 2: want to support and see what they're doing. They've been
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Speaker 2: working to get resources and basic rights for their community
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Speaker 2: under the idea of inclusivity, intersectionality, change and trauma informed
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Speaker 2: care and making sure that they're there for their community.
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Speaker 2: And among their programs, they have their Anti Violence program,
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Speaker 2: which assists with more than one thousand incidents of anti
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Speaker 2: LGBTQ plus bias, hate violence, relationship abuse, and sexual assault.
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Speaker 2: They also provide crisis interventions and confidential crisis counseling and
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Speaker 2: other advocacy services for the LGBTQ plus victim survivors of
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Speaker 2: violence and harassment, which again we don't talk enough about.
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Speaker 2: We really kind of brush that under the rug when
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Speaker 2: it comes to domestic violence and sexual assault. And this
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Speaker 2: also includes their queer and trans really fun for those
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Speaker 2: affected by ice and federal occupation in Minnesota. We know
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Speaker 2: that's huge right now, so obviously a big need, so
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Speaker 2: we'd love to see that they are growing with the
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Speaker 2: needs of their community. Then there is the Center Project,
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Speaker 2: not to be confused with the Seven Rivers one the Center,
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Speaker 2: so this is different and this is located in Missouri.
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Speaker 2: From their site Centerproject dot org. The Center Project as
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Speaker 2: a primarily volunteer led organization focused on serving the needs
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Speaker 2: of the lgbtqia plus people and communities in mid Missouri.
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Speaker 2: On their site, they say this is their mission. Their
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Speaker 2: mission at the Project Center is to provide a safe
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Speaker 2: farming space for lgbtqia plus Mid Missourians to learn, grow,
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Speaker 2: build community, and access support and resources. Historically, our programming
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Speaker 2: has focused on lgbtqia plus youth, families and people living
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Speaker 2: in rural areas. As we grow and expand our services
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Speaker 2: and impact, we're committed to equity, justice, inclusion, and representation
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Speaker 2: in our programming and leadership. Again, we've already talked about
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Speaker 2: how rural areas really are in need of these types
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Speaker 2: of programs, and oftentimes it's for the people who want
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Speaker 2: to stay or can't leave, and we need to understand
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Speaker 2: these organizations are important, like what we talked about the
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Speaker 2: Stay Project with the Appalachian Crew, how oftentimes being pushed
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Speaker 2: out of their home in itself is so ostracizing and damaging.
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Speaker 2: Traumatic areas that are rule like in Missouri are in
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Speaker 2: desperate need of organizations like this to help them remain there,
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Speaker 2: whether by choice or whether by a necessity. So love
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Speaker 2: what they do. They offer different services, including caregiver support groups,
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Speaker 2: which we haven't talked much about, especially when it comes
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Speaker 2: to the LGBTQIA community, which I feel like we need
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Speaker 2: to come back to. We've talked about our past episodes
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Speaker 2: of being the eldest daughter and becoming a care supporter,
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Speaker 2: but this is an interesting take that I think we
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Speaker 2: have to do like a deep dive in, because there's
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Speaker 2: so much in this conversation, like overall, and talk about
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Speaker 2: caregivers and what that looks like and who it falls
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Speaker 2: on and why we need more support groups for that
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Speaker 2: as well as those who are being given care, because
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Speaker 2: oftentimes we ignore the fact that they are in need
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Speaker 2: and they they don't want disposition, and so when we
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Speaker 2: just look at caregivers as just heroes type of thing
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Speaker 2: and neglect the fact that these people who are in
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Speaker 2: need of care are also a hero in their own
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Speaker 2: right and trying to oftentimes survive. Whole different conversation, but
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Speaker 2: I have been seeing that trend about the fact that
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Speaker 2: a lot of conversations for the LGBTQIA is about caregiving,
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Speaker 2: and I found that interesting with that they also have
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Speaker 2: gender blenders, which is a social and support of space
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Speaker 2: for transgender and non binary adults to connect, have fun
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Speaker 2: and access resources. All of a good title gender blenders.
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Speaker 1: That's a good name. That's a good name, and you
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Speaker 1: have a.
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Speaker 2: Good like title for your group. I'm like, yeah, that
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Speaker 2: makes sense. They also have a Lesbians over sixties a
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Speaker 2: social community obvious that's fun Prism, which is a LGBTQI
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Speaker 2: plus youth group program for those eleven through eighteen. And
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Speaker 2: they have a fun book club book clubs in D
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Speaker 2: and D. I see a theme.
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Speaker 1: Book clubs are having a moment. They're coming back. We
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Speaker 1: love D and D has been having a moment, so
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Speaker 1: that's not new.
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Speaker 2: But again that ti the tie to the gay community,
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Speaker 2: the queer community.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I've been thinking about this recent too, just because
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Speaker 1: I was reflecting on things I wish I had read
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Speaker 1: when I was younger or had known about. It's how
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Speaker 1: much I still have out there that I need to read,
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Speaker 1: but I won't know unless somebody gives me the recommendation. Right,
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Speaker 1: So I think it is important because a lot of
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Speaker 1: the conversation around the queer community is about that kind
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Speaker 1: of education or or even just the entertainment. So I
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Speaker 1: can see why book clubs are important.
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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, m hm, oh yeah, the book clubs alone,
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Speaker 2: whether it's like because you want a social deep dive
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Speaker 2: in some cultural relevant like historical moment or context or
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Speaker 2: even policies, or if you just need to be able
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Speaker 2: to escape and I have your like book talk type
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Speaker 2: of like yeah, like sapphic novel, you need that. I
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Speaker 2: get it. We love it, complete sense, We love it,
19:55
Speaker 2: and especially doing with people who have a lot of
19:57
Speaker 2: commonalities with maybe a glass of wine or a cup
20:00
Speaker 2: of tea. Yeah, what a lovely time. Sounds great, what
20:03
Speaker 2: a lovely time. Let's do this. We have that kind
20:07
Speaker 2: of yeah, kind of if you wanted to have a
20:09
Speaker 2: wine or a cup of tea, you can hear us
20:10
Speaker 2: talking about it.
20:10
Speaker 1: We've done that before. I can't remember what book club
20:14
Speaker 1: it was, but one time we did break wine before.
20:17
Speaker 2: There was something specific to it that it felt like
20:19
Speaker 2: I needed wine. It was a long time ago.
20:22
Speaker 1: It was a long time ago. Also, we do we
20:25
Speaker 1: tried to fix this years ago and we just never did.
20:28
Speaker 1: But we don't do the book club right. In my opinion,
20:32
Speaker 1: that we should announce it a month before. Yeah, yeah, absolutely,
20:36
Speaker 1: we can read it if they want.
20:37
Speaker 2: But we don't decide to like a week before.
20:39
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's true. That's why it's never happened. But if
20:43
Speaker 1: we ever decide early, yeah, oh, that's what we need
20:47
Speaker 1: to do.
20:47
Speaker 2: And let y'all know, we have a web tune this
20:50
Speaker 2: time round. Yeah, that is a queer web tune hashtag bluss,
20:54
Speaker 2: hashtag blest. We're only reading the first season because I
20:57
Speaker 2: know it's it's long, expansive, yes, and continuing.
21:01
Speaker 1: Yes, but isn't it. Isn't it also free?
21:04
Speaker 2: Yes? Yeah, so all you have to look it up
21:06
Speaker 2: in different like sites have it for free. They the way.
21:10
Speaker 2: We'll talk about the way the webtoons work, because it's
21:12
Speaker 2: a Korean based system, kind of like manga, but obviously online.
21:17
Speaker 1: Yes, yes, a little a week of noue.
21:22
Speaker 2: Yeah, there you go. And it's so easy to read.
21:24
Speaker 2: So and it's a bisexual take, so people are loving it.
21:30
Speaker 2: We know nothing about it now, but if you're listening
21:32
Speaker 2: to this episode talking about queer stuff, we're going to
21:35
Speaker 2: read it queer webtoons called hashtag blussed.
21:38
Speaker 1: Yeah, join it.
21:40
Speaker 2: That's your warning. Since I don't do social media as
21:42
Speaker 2: much anymore because social media has broke me. Anyway, back
21:46
Speaker 2: to the organizations, then, we have the Great Lakes Bay
21:50
Speaker 2: Pride and so this is from their site Great Lakes
21:53
Speaker 2: Baypride dot org. Our mission is to provide inclusive sexual
21:57
Speaker 2: orientation and gender identity expressions, education, advocacy, network, networking, and
22:04
Speaker 2: resources to individual organizations in the Great Lakes Bay region.
22:09
Speaker 2: They offer different programs, including peer programs such as the
22:12
Speaker 2: transgender support Groups. They have game nights. We'd love a
22:15
Speaker 2: game night. Dinner clubs, which is newer, like of all
22:18
Speaker 2: the organizations I've seen, like dinner clubs, yes, I think
22:22
Speaker 2: I've seen how supper clubs and several different ones too,
22:25
Speaker 2: which I feel like we should bring that back in
22:27
Speaker 2: pop looks.
22:27
Speaker 1: I feel like, didn't we discuss during an episode on
22:31
Speaker 1: the history of I think we did dinner clubs. I
22:34
Speaker 1: think we did.
22:35
Speaker 2: Okay, put that on your list any Okay, I feel
22:38
Speaker 2: like this did you and Lauren? So she could come
22:40
Speaker 2: on and we can all talk about dinner clubs that way? Yeah,
22:43
Speaker 2: because it feels very safer like for sure, crossover Okay,
22:46
Speaker 2: but dinner clubs and book clubs of course. So they also,
22:50
Speaker 2: which I loved, offer a queer choir called the Harmony
22:54
Speaker 2: Diversity Choir. And here's what they wrote Harmony Diversity Choir
22:59
Speaker 2: is an inclusive program that utilize this song to share
23:02
Speaker 2: a message of inclusion and advocacy for the two SLGBTQ
23:06
Speaker 2: plus community in the Great Lakes Bay region and beyond.
23:10
Speaker 2: I love that. I love a good choir. I think
23:12
Speaker 2: I've seen this as a thing and a need in
23:15
Speaker 2: the queer community spaces is to have acquire our community
23:19
Speaker 2: to come together and sing and perform. And I feel
23:22
Speaker 2: like there's a lot that misses out into that that's
23:25
Speaker 2: not like professional level, but like adult clubs that just
23:30
Speaker 2: allows for people to come together in community and learn
23:32
Speaker 2: song and do a performance. And I love that they
23:36
Speaker 2: get to do this. I love that they have this
23:38
Speaker 2: because I feel like people see this as too juvenile
23:41
Speaker 2: in general to do or to churchy, and I think
23:45
Speaker 2: we should take that out of best spaces. Yeah, you
23:48
Speaker 2: know that's personal. They also have the Michigan two Spirit
23:52
Speaker 2: and in Digit Queer Coalition, which they write as this
23:55
Speaker 2: we're dedicated to revitalizing and sexual wisdom, dismantling systemic bears,
24:00
Speaker 2: and advocating for the two SLGPTU plus individuals in the
24:04
Speaker 2: state of Michigan. So a lot of these because of
24:08
Speaker 2: the area they're in that have a big Indigenous population,
24:12
Speaker 2: they do make sure to have specific sectors for the
24:15
Speaker 2: indigenous and Native community, which I think is super important. Obviously,
24:19
Speaker 2: this is why the two s or the tow SL
24:22
Speaker 2: is included because two Spirit is a bigger title within
24:26
Speaker 2: the indigenous Native communities, like that's what they have called
24:29
Speaker 2: their identity as well, So I think that's really important.
24:33
Speaker 2: And also in coming back to understanding that the barriers,
24:36
Speaker 2: systemic barriers are put up by white supremacy and not
24:40
Speaker 2: by the indigenous community. So going back to what the
24:43
Speaker 2: Indigenous community knew and how they celebrated the two Spirit identity,
24:48
Speaker 2: that's going back to the roots of understanding identity as
24:52
Speaker 2: it was. So I really do appreciate these organizations are
24:56
Speaker 2: including this at the forefront of the conversation as they
24:59
Speaker 2: should have been to begin with with all the with
25:02
Speaker 2: most of these organizations, but I love to see that
25:06
Speaker 2: as well, and we wanted to make sure we shout
25:08
Speaker 2: out the organizations that do have this. Then we're going
25:12
Speaker 2: to move on to the out Nebraska, which is their
25:16
Speaker 2: site is out Nebraska dot org, and this is what
25:18
Speaker 2: they say, we believe in a Nebraska that embraces and
25:21
Speaker 2: celebrates the full spectrum of the LGBTQIA two s plus people.
25:27
Speaker 2: Often the LGBTQIA two plus people Nebraska's experience discrimination, disparities
25:32
Speaker 2: in isolation, particularly transgender people and people of color. Out
25:36
Speaker 2: Nebraska is dedicated to empowering, celebrating, and growing LGBTQIA two
25:40
Speaker 2: s plus communities in Nebraska for more than ten years.
25:44
Speaker 2: We've been making an impact by advocating, celebrating, and educating
25:48
Speaker 2: to improve the lives of LGBTU plus people. And they
25:52
Speaker 2: go on to say, we're advocating for reform, connecting with
25:55
Speaker 2: local and state representatives, encouraging set of engagement, and making
25:58
Speaker 2: investments for the betterment evercammunities. We're growing connections, lifting up
26:02
Speaker 2: our allies, and celebrating lgbtq plus people through fun events
26:05
Speaker 2: like the Prairie Pride Film Festival. We're providing inclusivity trainings
26:10
Speaker 2: and engaging in community conversations to help ensure a welcoming
26:14
Speaker 2: and thriving environment for all. And Yeah, they offer different
26:18
Speaker 2: programs including Queer Church, which kind of like goes back
26:20
Speaker 2: to that conversation acquiring community. Many queer people are still
26:24
Speaker 2: very religious and believe in Christian beliefs or ideals and
26:28
Speaker 2: oftentimes have no place to be. So I do love
26:30
Speaker 2: seeing this. We know that churches like the Episcopal Church
26:33
Speaker 2: are more open minded and understand that queer people are
26:37
Speaker 2: Christians too, Like you just kind of scratch your head
26:42
Speaker 2: like why why are people like this? They also have
26:47
Speaker 2: creative district night markets. Love that they have movie nights,
26:51
Speaker 2: they have book clubs. They have a whole lot of
26:53
Speaker 2: love when people do so much. So they have different
26:56
Speaker 2: activities for their community as well. So if you want
27:00
Speaker 2: to go and look at their site to see what
27:02
Speaker 2: else they might offer, yeah, I should. And it's again
27:07
Speaker 2: out to Nebraska dot org. They are doing a lot
27:10
Speaker 2: of stuff when it comes to legislation and making sure
27:14
Speaker 2: to keep updated in the legislative news, making sure that
27:17
Speaker 2: they are on top of any of the discriminatory bills
27:21
Speaker 2: that might be passed within their area within their states.
27:23
Speaker 2: So that's a lot of work. Happy to keep up
27:28
Speaker 2: with that. Yeah, so good on them. And then we
27:52
Speaker 2: have the Black Hills Equality which is a organization that
27:57
Speaker 2: says this about their mission. The Black Hills Center for
28:00
Speaker 2: Equalities mission is to equably serve and advocate for the
28:03
Speaker 2: LGBTQ plus community and their families through support outreach, connections
28:08
Speaker 2: to inclusive community resources, and their vision is for a
28:12
Speaker 2: country that is accepting, understanding, and tolerant of all, which
28:15
Speaker 2: the LGBTQ plus community is safe and free of hate
28:19
Speaker 2: and discrimination.
28:21
Speaker 1: That'd be nice, it would be admirable goal.
28:26
Speaker 2: This is located in South Dakota, which I don't think
28:29
Speaker 2: I said before. They have a support group called Transcendence
28:33
Speaker 2: which is for all transgender and non conforming gender non
28:36
Speaker 2: conforming individuals and their allies. And they also have a
28:39
Speaker 2: Gender Expansive Artistry which is a group for parents and
28:43
Speaker 2: allies determined to give gender expansive youth a place to
28:46
Speaker 2: belong and they are they meant. They meet and do art.
28:49
Speaker 2: I believe Gas says they meet once a month and
28:53
Speaker 2: have a wish list of art supplies that can be
28:55
Speaker 2: found on their Facebook. I don't think we talk about
28:58
Speaker 2: bad enough the need to have art as a part
29:02
Speaker 2: of their therapy. I'm sure that's probably included in what
29:06
Speaker 2: they do. But seeing this like yes, we offer this.
29:09
Speaker 2: We offer time for peer to come through and work
29:12
Speaker 2: through these hard times or confusing times, especially today, and
29:17
Speaker 2: through art and artistic expression. We've talked about how people
29:20
Speaker 2: have come together to write books or plays or like
29:23
Speaker 2: have a drawing. So we love that they also do climbing,
29:28
Speaker 2: queer climbing. Yeah, they go and bouldering. That's new, but
29:32
Speaker 2: I guess that would make sense for South Dakota. Yeah,
29:35
Speaker 2: that's a new event for me though, Like dear about it.
29:37
Speaker 1: You've never bouldered?
29:39
Speaker 2: Hell no, but I have friends who have because LJ
29:43
Speaker 2: has a lot of like areas where people do free
29:45
Speaker 2: climbing and rock climbing. In Alabama does have a big
29:49
Speaker 2: group of them too. Huh. Oh Caroline's fiance he was
29:53
Speaker 2: a big climber, a boulderer.
29:55
Speaker 1: Yeah, I dated a guy who he was a big climber.
29:59
Speaker 1: He he worked at one of the like indoor facilities.
30:03
Speaker 2: Yeah, that does it.
30:04
Speaker 1: So I've never actually, like outdoor bouldered, but I bouldered inside.
30:09
Speaker 2: I had a high school classmate whose dad had a
30:12
Speaker 2: traveling rock wall. I would go set up for fair.
30:15
Speaker 2: So he had to run that.
30:16
Speaker 1: Yeah.
30:17
Speaker 2: I tried once and I sucked at it, and I
30:18
Speaker 2: was like, I'm never doing this again.
30:20
Speaker 1: It is I had to do it in middle school.
30:25
Speaker 1: Middle school is already the worst, Like you're going through. Yeah,
30:28
Speaker 1: your body's changing.
30:29
Speaker 2: Also, those shappy things not cre you're so insecure.
30:32
Speaker 1: Yeah, and they have all your classmates looking at you
30:35
Speaker 1: and going like just reach for just.
30:38
Speaker 2: Do and that harness bunches you up. It's unnecessary.
30:45
Speaker 1: But I'm sure this group, I'm.
30:48
Speaker 2: Sure I'd love. It's South Dakota once again. Yeah, this
30:51
Speaker 2: makes sense and they offer and I love it that
30:53
Speaker 2: I have that. Sorry, but they also were just in
30:57
Speaker 2: time if you're listening to it this week as we
31:00
Speaker 2: this is June ninth, June thirteenth, they have their Pride
31:03
Speaker 2: twenty twenty six in park Memorial Park June thirteenth. Oh,
31:08
Speaker 2: I think the title is Black Hill's Pride in the
31:10
Speaker 2: Park and it's in Memorial Park. My bad, y'all. I
31:13
Speaker 2: got this. I can read. And it's from ten to four.
31:16
Speaker 2: They have food trucks, performances, they have a drag show.
31:19
Speaker 2: Of course, they have yoga at nine am if you
31:21
Speaker 2: won't get there early. They have a five k in
31:24
Speaker 2: September nineteenth. They have a lot of events happening. But yeah,
31:27
Speaker 2: it's Priorde month and they're about to have their celebrations.
31:30
Speaker 2: So if you're in the Black Hills South Dakota area.
31:32
Speaker 2: You should definitely check this out. If you're there and
31:35
Speaker 2: you are listening to us, give us a shout out,
31:37
Speaker 2: because I was loved to know that we have a
31:38
Speaker 2: listener in South Dakota.
31:39
Speaker 1: Yeah, contact us if you go, if you are involved
31:42
Speaker 1: in any of these events.
31:43
Speaker 2: Of course, honestly, yeah, anybody from the Midwest, because I again,
31:46
Speaker 2: i'd be surprised.
31:47
Speaker 1: Oh, I think we've got I think.
31:49
Speaker 2: You think so. I hope so. I hope they listen
31:52
Speaker 2: to us, because we love y'all. Moving on, and then
31:55
Speaker 2: we have and another one from South Dakota is the
31:59
Speaker 2: Transfer Project. They are an actual their mission. According to
32:04
Speaker 2: their site, this is their mission to support an empowered
32:07
Speaker 2: transgender individuals and their family while educating communities in South
32:11
Speaker 2: Dakota and the surrounding region about gender identity and expression.
32:16
Speaker 2: And I think it's a good time as a reminder
32:19
Speaker 2: that we do talk about that. Yes, all of the
32:21
Speaker 2: queer community is being targeted, but the trans community is
32:26
Speaker 2: truly in danger at this time, beyond the point of
32:30
Speaker 2: it feels like our legislation is making it impossible to
32:35
Speaker 2: go backwards. In this conversation is not it's not, but
32:39
Speaker 2: the way that they're trying to push forward in such
32:41
Speaker 2: a way in targeting the trans people. It's quite scary
32:45
Speaker 2: and it really is a dangerous time for the trans community,
32:49
Speaker 2: and seeing organizations like this is so important and making
32:52
Speaker 2: sure that they exist and that they are up and
32:55
Speaker 2: running at this time huge huge conversations. They do have
33:00
Speaker 2: a lot of different support programs, including Safe Space, which
33:05
Speaker 2: is a support group that provides South Dakota transgender, non bindary,
33:08
Speaker 2: gender diverse two spirit community to connect and communicate with
33:12
Speaker 2: peers about ongoing issues that are directly affecting them. That happens.
33:16
Speaker 2: They are able to meet weekly on Thursdays, so I
33:19
Speaker 2: think that's important. They have a thing called Marty's Closet,
33:23
Speaker 2: which helps you address to your authentic self, which again
33:28
Speaker 2: we talked about that as a big need and I
33:29
Speaker 2: love seeing that this is something they can get. They
33:33
Speaker 2: have a gender identity workbook as well as program and
33:38
Speaker 2: this is what they write about it. For the past
33:40
Speaker 2: six years, the transgender people have faced the threat of
33:44
Speaker 2: discrimination legislations in the state capitol and demeaning commentary from
33:47
Speaker 2: it like the officials and public leaders. Additionally, trans youth
33:51
Speaker 2: in their families have had to advocate for themselves to
33:53
Speaker 2: ensure that they're being treated fairly in schools, workplaces, and communities.
33:57
Speaker 2: Though this has been a specific burden, is also presented
34:00
Speaker 2: an opportunity for change gender youth to advocate develop advocacy
34:04
Speaker 2: skills that help them empower, feel empowered and capable. So
34:08
Speaker 2: they have a lot of work programs to help them
34:10
Speaker 2: in this journey in creating ability to advocate for themselves.
34:15
Speaker 2: They have this as a whole kind of kit for them.
34:19
Speaker 2: It has a referrals list, it helps a name change
34:21
Speaker 2: in gender correction info. It links for like undergramas and
34:25
Speaker 2: binders that they might need, so they have a whole
34:28
Speaker 2: exclusive site for that Get Help Welcome Kit. And I
34:32
Speaker 2: think that's phenomenal because sometimes you just don't even know
34:35
Speaker 2: where to begin. So that is an organization that I
34:39
Speaker 2: think is really important, especially in areas like South Dakota
34:44
Speaker 2: and any of them Midwest. We know that that's been
34:46
Speaker 2: a target because also they are part of the biggest transformations.
34:50
Speaker 2: They hold a lot of power for our politics. Iowa
34:53
Speaker 2: including which is Any's a reason for her project in
34:59
Speaker 2: the COVID time, which, to be fair, yes, I did
35:02
Speaker 2: know that Iowa was and Ohio was Midwest. I knew Iowa,
35:06
Speaker 2: Ohio and Missouri. Where's Arkansas and all this?
35:10
Speaker 1: Arkansas is usually actually considered south.
35:13
Speaker 2: Really, I guess it is. I guess it is. In
35:16
Speaker 2: my head, it doesn't fit.
35:18
Speaker 1: I think there are some states that are like Virginia's
35:22
Speaker 1: one too. I would say that feel like they're kind
35:24
Speaker 1: of in between. Okay, But I know that I went
35:28
Speaker 1: to a southern food conference and Arkansas was represented so
35:32
Speaker 1: and their.
35:32
Speaker 2: Food was really good.
35:34
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean they wouldn't send bad food to it,
35:37
Speaker 1: but I just remember being that.
35:38
Speaker 2: I would think, well, you know, if it's not good
35:40
Speaker 2: food to begin with, it was really good.
35:43
Speaker 1: And they gave me like a a coaster that I
35:46
Speaker 1: still have, and I'll be like, I'll see the coaster
35:48
Speaker 1: and think, oh, yeah, that food that was good.
35:52
Speaker 2: Well, I don't know about this. I'm supposed to have
35:56
Speaker 2: a good barbecue too.
35:58
Speaker 1: Yes, they gave me. I think they gave me like
36:01
Speaker 1: a shrimp and grits kind of take, and it.
36:04
Speaker 2: Was so good kind of take.
36:07
Speaker 1: Like it was their specific take on it. I oh,
36:11
Speaker 1: I think it did have barbecue sauce, so okay. And
36:13
Speaker 1: then they had like a lot of a lot of
36:15
Speaker 1: times that these kind of conferences we're getting off the
36:17
Speaker 1: real Yeah. But a lot of times these kind of
36:19
Speaker 1: conferences they try to showcase like their fresh yeah food.
36:23
Speaker 1: So they had a lot of vegetable dishes, and I
36:25
Speaker 1: love vegetables, so oh yeah, yeah, if.
36:27
Speaker 2: You love law. I'm sorry to those in Arkansas. I
36:30
Speaker 2: don't know much about it. I was kind of scared
36:31
Speaker 2: when I go through it. Yeah, I'm just saying yeah
36:34
Speaker 2: as a wolf, as an Asian woman anyway. And then
36:37
Speaker 2: I also wanted to highlight a Kansas area organization which
36:41
Speaker 2: is our Spot KC dot org. And this is what
36:45
Speaker 2: they say on their site. Our Spot KC is a
36:48
Speaker 2: web for resources that support, advance and equip LGBTQ plus
36:52
Speaker 2: individuals to ensure sustainability and improvement in and of the community.
36:57
Speaker 2: Our mission is clear to offer safe accepting in a farm, program,
37:00
Speaker 2: services and resources that empower the LGBTQ community. We strive
37:05
Speaker 2: to build a world where everyone can feel valued and supported,
37:09
Speaker 2: empowered through their true stories and they talk about their story.
37:14
Speaker 2: We are a dedicated hub. What sets us apart is
37:17
Speaker 2: our commitment to allow the communities we serve to shape
37:19
Speaker 2: our work, not our funding. This approach makes us distinct
37:23
Speaker 2: from mainstream organizations in the KC metro area. I love
37:28
Speaker 2: that it's for working with the youth as well. It
37:31
Speaker 2: looks like they have so many different resources and different
37:36
Speaker 2: programs to help with housing. Specifically, they have a thing
37:39
Speaker 2: called lion House, which is their flagship housing program, which
37:43
Speaker 2: includes both transitional housing and rapid rehousing of LGBTQ plus youth,
37:48
Speaker 2: adults and families facing homelessness in the KC metro area. Huge.
37:53
Speaker 2: I don't think we've talked about that enough about the
37:54
Speaker 2: homeless populations within the LGBTQ plus youth communities. They go
37:59
Speaker 2: on to explain Lionhouse operates two transitional housing facilities, one
38:04
Speaker 2: in Kansas and one in Missouri, and is in the
38:07
Speaker 2: being stages of constructing a cottage community to expand our offerings.
38:11
Speaker 2: They provide housing alongside supportive services all catered to the
38:15
Speaker 2: unique experiences and needs of the LGBTU plus community, including
38:20
Speaker 2: culturally tailored case management, affirming, in house mental health services,
38:24
Speaker 2: basically needs provision, weekly life skills workshops, vetted third party referrals,
38:29
Speaker 2: community building and employment, and volunteer opportunities. Lion House is
38:33
Speaker 2: primarily funded through the government grants and the such, So
38:37
Speaker 2: that's amazing. I don't think we've seen enough conversations about
38:40
Speaker 2: providing housing for the LGBTQIA plus youth, especially in areas
38:44
Speaker 2: like Kansas, so I love to see that. It looks
38:48
Speaker 2: like they want to help. Financially they do, of course
38:51
Speaker 2: the pridefests. They do outreach in some for the businesses,
38:55
Speaker 2: collaborating with businesses and partnerships that align with them, so
38:58
Speaker 2: they do a lot. So that is ourspot Casey dot
39:02
Speaker 2: org if you want to check them out and see
39:04
Speaker 2: all the amazing work that they are doing. Again, this
39:08
Speaker 2: is an abbreviated list. I don't even think I hit
39:10
Speaker 2: every single one of the states. I'm so sorry. We're
39:12
Speaker 2: trying to get there. I'm sure we're gonna have mini parts.
39:15
Speaker 2: We are like I've talked about organizations many a times,
39:18
Speaker 2: but this is a little more focused. I get. We
39:24
Speaker 2: need your help. If you know some more organizations in
39:26
Speaker 2: the Midwest or anywhere, or organizations overall helping for the
39:29
Speaker 2: betterment of our country, please send it us our way.
39:33
Speaker 1: Yes, yes, please, And thanks to some of you listeners
39:35
Speaker 1: have already contacted us, so thank you. Keep them coming,
39:38
Speaker 1: keep them coming. We are planning on shouting them out
39:42
Speaker 1: or including them in some way in an episode. We
39:45
Speaker 1: just haven't figured out how we want to do that yet,
39:47
Speaker 1: but yes, please keep them coming. You can email us
39:50
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39:52
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