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Organizations to Know: Part 3 · 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: When ever told you production, iHeart radio.
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Speaker 2: And we are still slowly going through the country with
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Speaker 2: a very small list of wonderful queer organizations that have
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Speaker 2: been providing care, resources, support, and advocacy for the LGBTQIA
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Speaker 2: plus community as a series, because I knew it was
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Speaker 2: gonna be a series, and it's kind of nice to
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Speaker 2: be able to talk about good things when everything sits
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Speaker 2: upside down. Although there's been some good news as of
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Speaker 2: late from the Supreme Court.
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Speaker 3: Stuff surprising, Yeah, I know, very surprising. Unfortunately, unfortunately that's
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Speaker 3: where we are.
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Speaker 2: But we take the victories where we can, we take
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Speaker 2: the good news where we can, and this is some
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Speaker 2: of the good news. This is some of the good organizations.
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Speaker 2: And yeah, for today we are talking about some of
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Speaker 2: the organizations from the Mountain States, which I really didn't
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Speaker 2: know much about, including the fact that this is what
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Speaker 2: the area was called. Nor did I know that the
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Speaker 2: Rocky Mountains went through Nevada, New Mexico.
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Speaker 3: Yep, I'm okay, it's okay, I'm okay.
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Speaker 2: Between this series and the World Cup, I have realized geography.
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Speaker 2: It is Mike helly seals. That's the same, right, am
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Speaker 2: I beginning the crazy No? No, no, that's the same.
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Speaker 4: Right.
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Speaker 2: Okay, thank you, but enough about my ignorance. We're gonna
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Speaker 2: jump into it. Yes, And as a reminder, this is
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Speaker 2: a small, very small list that is focused on specific
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Speaker 2: organizations that work exclusively with their community area and not
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Speaker 2: typically national chapters, or at least that is our intentions,
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Speaker 2: because I don't realize sometimes.
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Speaker 3: That they are part of the national chapter.
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Speaker 2: And I was like, oh, well, silly me, because I've
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Speaker 2: never heard of these organizations, including Gays for Good, had
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Speaker 2: no idea it was a national organization, but it popped
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Speaker 2: up on my feet. I was like, oh, this is fun,
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Speaker 2: and found out there's many chapters. We'll mention them, I think,
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Speaker 2: but I was like, hey, yes, there are a lot
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Speaker 2: of national chapters that are important. Don't get me wrong,
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Speaker 2: because having anything out there, p FLAG is one of
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Speaker 2: those prior organizations is one of those that really do
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Speaker 2: allow for a way to start organizations in otherwise areas
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Speaker 2: that might not have any But we do like talk
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Speaker 2: about the individual ones because obviously there's usually personal reasons
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Speaker 2: why that area started this specific type of organization, but
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Speaker 2: sometimes we don't realize it's not a very private organization
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Speaker 2: that makes sense. Yeah, okay, but with that love that
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Speaker 2: we do love hearing from you. If you know of
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Speaker 2: any out there. As always Susie, one of our longtime listeners, Hello,
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Speaker 2: already sent us one from the Midwest.
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Speaker 3: We will shout that out soon. We appreciate all of that.
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Speaker 2: So, yes, the Mountain stays just inclace you didn't know
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Speaker 2: include Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.
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Speaker 3: Again, I don't know why I didn't.
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Speaker 2: Know this, And for this specific section, we're gonna start
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Speaker 2: with Colorado, which I did know.
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Speaker 3: Yes, I do know that the Rockies are there. That
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Speaker 3: I got.
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Speaker 1: All right, there's a thank you, thank you.
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Speaker 2: So talking about specifically One Colorado, who offer many.
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Speaker 3: Different services throughout the state.
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Speaker 2: Here's what they say on their site, one dash Colorado
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Speaker 2: dot org. One Colorado is ad facing equity and freedom
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Speaker 2: for our LGBTQIA plus community. Through state policy, advocacy, healthcare,
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Speaker 2: and education. We progress the lived in legal equality for
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Speaker 2: LGBTQIA plus Colorado's to ensure our community's voices are heard
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Speaker 2: and represented within hells of power so that every Colorado
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Speaker 2: has the opportunity to thrive, and they have been quite
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Speaker 2: active in getting these things done within their state, including
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Speaker 2: getting legislation passed and codified, including on things like safer schools,
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Speaker 2: trans equality, and getting health care access.
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Speaker 3: We love to see it.
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Speaker 2: They've been doing great work since they are founded in
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Speaker 2: twenty ten and continue to seek equal rights for their community.
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Speaker 2: Their advocacy work, like their work for health equity, has
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Speaker 2: been at the forefront of their organization. A bit more
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Speaker 2: from their site, quote one Colorado's Health Equity Team advocates
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Speaker 2: for equitable and just health access and reduces barriers to
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Speaker 2: care for LGBTQ plus coloradins and youth. Our aim is
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Speaker 2: to do this work through education and advocacy in partnership
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Speaker 2: with our community. We prioritize protecting and explaining access to
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Speaker 2: quality healthcare for our transgender, non binary, and gender expansive community,
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Speaker 2: who faces heightened health disparities, barriers to care, and discrimination
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Speaker 2: in the current sociopolitical context.
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Speaker 3: We believe that.
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Speaker 2: Our well being and liberation is deeply interconnected, and by
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Speaker 2: advocating for equity for one of us, we are advocating
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Speaker 2: for equity for all of us. This work is achieved
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Speaker 2: by uplifting community voices in our Community Advisory Group and
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Speaker 2: through public education, training and advocacy with healthcare spaces. So
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Speaker 2: I love that they do a lot of lobbying and
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Speaker 2: political work that just it seems so hard, like doing
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Speaker 2: work like that is so hard and so important. It
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Speaker 2: doesn't fill glamorous I think in comparison it doesn't for
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Speaker 2: me as a person who loved doing casework on the ground,
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Speaker 2: that would be my least.
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Speaker 3: Ideal of advocating.
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Speaker 2: But it's so important that so neat is so we
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Speaker 2: love seeing organizations like that. Another one in Colorado is
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Speaker 2: a Mountain Pride dot org and this is from their
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Speaker 2: site Mountain Pride dot org. We are devoted to establishing
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Speaker 2: supportive spaces, enhancing family acceptance, and improving access to resources.
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Speaker 2: Lgbtqia plus people in small towns and rural communities face
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Speaker 2: unique challenges and out and being out. Meanwhile, they frequently
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Speaker 2: live in communities with few or no resources for lgbtqia
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Speaker 2: plus people, forcing them to travel long distances to access
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Speaker 2: the services and care they need. Mountain Pride is addressing
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Speaker 2: these challenges by increasing year round programming for the lgbtqia
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Speaker 2: plus community. In addition to the annual Pride in the Park,
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Speaker 2: Mountain Pride is devoted to strengthening its foundation and expanding
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Speaker 2: its reach as an organization by establishing supportive safe spaces,
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Speaker 2: enhancing family acceptance and understanding, and offering access to education,
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Speaker 2: resources and programs. So organizations like this are so important
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Speaker 2: because they do start off with the idea of pride parades.
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Speaker 2: I've we've seen so many We've talked about so many
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Speaker 2: organizations that kind of just started out that way understanding
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Speaker 2: having big events really bring out earlayer of safety and
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Speaker 2: being seen, and then it kind of expands into community
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Speaker 2: providing advocacy and resources. And that's exactly what we love
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Speaker 2: to see as it continues to grow, and they have
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Speaker 2: added a lot of things including they have four key
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Speaker 2: pillars and how they're reaching out to the community. One
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Speaker 2: is education, educating those around them about LGBTQ plus communities
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Speaker 2: as well as those questioning that type of identity. They
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Speaker 2: work within their community as well. Advocacy and activism is
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Speaker 2: a big part of what they do, and of course
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Speaker 2: providing resources. So the organization began in twenty twenty in
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Speaker 2: Eagle County, and here's a bit about their history. They
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Speaker 2: say Eagle County Pride hosted a variety of social events
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Speaker 2: and meetings and self care activities such as yoga dancing classes.
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Speaker 2: Resulting from the success of our outrage efforts and the
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Speaker 2: desire to serve as a resource for the neighboring communities,
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Speaker 2: our organizations grew to serve not only the LGBTQIA communities
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Speaker 2: in Eagle County, but also the LGBTQIA plus communities throughout
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Speaker 2: the mountains of Colorado, prompting us to grow to be
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Speaker 2: a nonprofit and change our name to Mountain Pride. So, yeah,
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Speaker 2: we've talked about how access to these types of organizations
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Speaker 2: is hard when you have a spread out area like
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Speaker 2: Colorado we talked about in Tennessee, especially with like mountains
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Speaker 2: and the rural areas outside of the typical cities, it
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Speaker 2: is hard to get things like this, and it's so
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Speaker 2: important to see that they have expanded and willing to
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Speaker 2: expand to other areas. And yeah, you know, we love
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Speaker 2: to talking about some events. So if you're interested in
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Speaker 2: some of their events, they have crafting, We love that
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Speaker 2: hiking with Pride, which we find in several different organizations
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Speaker 2: around us, which makes sense in the Mountain area. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
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Speaker 2: And they recently had an event called Pride in the
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Speaker 2: Park obviously to celebrate Pride Month, which included drag shows,
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Speaker 2: a Pausi show, which is a fashion show with pets. Yes, yes,
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Speaker 2: I love that, yoga, and so much more. So you
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Speaker 2: definitely if you're in that area or interested in providing
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Speaker 2: support to this type of community areas in this programs,
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Speaker 2: go check the Mountainpride dot org. So then we're jumping
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Speaker 2: to Montana. I knew that was also had mountains, so
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Speaker 2: that part I got. And they have an organization called
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Speaker 2: Big Sky Out. The organization was founded in twenty twenty three,
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Speaker 2: so pretty recent with a Pride march as we talked
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Speaker 2: about before, that went through the town of Big Sky.
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Speaker 2: So here's what they wrote on their site, Bigskyout dot org.
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Speaker 2: What started as a celebration of diversity and inclusion has
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Speaker 2: evolved into a dynamic force of positive change. Rooted in
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Speaker 2: the spirit of our inaugural Pride March, we have grown
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Speaker 2: into a dedicated collective of individuals committed to creating safer,
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Speaker 2: queer spaces for ourselves and our community. Through the organization
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Speaker 2: and hosting of queer events. We aim to promote unity,
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Speaker 2: celebrate diversity, and provide opportunities for meaningful connections. At the
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Speaker 2: core of our commitment is the promotion of inclusivity, acceptance,
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Speaker 2: and empowerment for LGBTQIA plus individuals, fostering a sense of
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Speaker 2: belonging and strength within our community. Together, we strive to
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Speaker 2: build a future where everyone can live authentically, free from discrimination.
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Speaker 2: We believe that the richness of our diversity is a
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Speaker 2: source of strength and resilience. So that's what they did,
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Speaker 2: and that's how they began to really flourish in that area.
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Speaker 2: And of course again they have some amazing events again
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Speaker 2: including Pride marches, but they also have game nights, they
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Speaker 2: have after school programs for young adults, and local events
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Speaker 2: like pond skim, which, by the way, that took me
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Speaker 2: on a whole thing that I knew nothing about, pregaming,
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Speaker 2: which again I had to research, cause what is this.
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Speaker 2: It doesn't explain this in their side because obviously if
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Speaker 2: you're from there, you know what this is.
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Speaker 3: But if you're not from there, like us.
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Speaker 2: It is a spring at end of spring celebration where
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Speaker 2: they get dressed up in costumes and ski or snowboard
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Speaker 2: across a man made pond and try not to sink.
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Speaker 3: That sounds hard, right, It's frozen, y'all. It's frozen. That's
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Speaker 3: the big I left that part out is frozen.
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Speaker 2: It's frozen, I think, I believe, which I would go
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Speaker 2: see if I live there. And also if it wasn't
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Speaker 2: too cold, like it was cold, you better give me
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Speaker 2: some hot chocolate, I'd be happy probably. But they also
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Speaker 2: with this, they also host ice skating and book clubs,
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Speaker 2: and as such, they also have a lot more stuff
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Speaker 2: because they're based in Montana. I believe one of the
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Speaker 2: events have something to do with guns safety and registering.
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Speaker 3: That makes sense to me.
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Speaker 2: They have a lot of other book swaps, a lot
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Speaker 2: of other items.
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Speaker 3: So they are very Montana. I love it. Yes, that's
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Speaker 3: what I would imagine with Montana, to be honest. Yeah,
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Speaker 3: makes sense.
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Speaker 2: The again, the pond skim thing, maybe it's not frozen.
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Speaker 2: I thought it was frozen it looked like because I
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Speaker 2: originally thought it was like a polar brid bear punge
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Speaker 2: type of thing. Yeah, you know talking about Oh yeah,
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Speaker 2: I love events like that.
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Speaker 3: I love niche events. Man, it's so fun.
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Speaker 2: Anyway, so and then with that also in Montana is
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Speaker 2: Queer Alliance and this is from Montana Queer Alliance dot org.
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Speaker 3: They write at MQA.
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Speaker 2: Our mission is to uplift the safety, identity, and well
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Speaker 2: being of the LGBTQIA, two s plus and bipod people
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Speaker 2: across rural and tribal Montana by providing culturally responsive advocacy
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Speaker 2: and care and community driven programs that build long term
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Speaker 2: relationships and resilience. We do justice oriented work through community care,
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Speaker 2: removing barriers, reducing harm, and building community led pathways to safety, stability,
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Speaker 2: and belonging across rural and tribal Montana. We center the
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Speaker 2: voices of those most marginalized, promoting healing, resilience, and justice
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Speaker 2: through compassionate care, advocacy and community connection. So I think
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Speaker 2: that's really important that they work so well and obviously
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Speaker 2: are very inclusive of the Indigenous community there. I think
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Speaker 2: we've talked about that about this before, how the Indigenous community,
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Speaker 2: how were the basis of understanding the fluidity of sexuality
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Speaker 2: and gender. So we love seeing them being included in
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Speaker 2: any of these programs and understanding that they are the
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Speaker 2: forefront of all this. They offer different programs such as
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Speaker 2: housing programs, affirming clothing, closets, sci testing, and community education.
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Speaker 2: And of course they do offer different events including services
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Speaker 2: for the indigenous community to get together and have conversations
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Speaker 2: and social gatherings.
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Speaker 3: And they do resource and job fares, which.
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Speaker 2: I don't think that's talked about enough. That needs to
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Speaker 2: be done in so many of these communities. So with that,
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Speaker 2: let's move on to Idaho. This is obviously not geographical
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Speaker 2: because you know, I'm hopping everywhere on this region haha.
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Speaker 2: So next we have Idaho. First, we have trans Afirm, Inc.
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Speaker 2: And here's what they say on their site transafarm dot org.
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Speaker 2: Trans Affirm exists to expand access to life safing resources, farming, care, education, advocacy,
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Speaker 2: and community connection for transgender and gender diverse people in Idaho,
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Speaker 2: especially those in rural and underserved areas. As a pioneer
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Speaker 2: in trans gender firmiccare in Idaho, we are dedicated to
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Speaker 2: providing essential resources and support. At trans Affirm, we are
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Speaker 2: committed to supporting transgender and gender diverse individuals by offering
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Speaker 2: different resources and yeah, so they offer different services in
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Speaker 2: their community, including transitionwear Access, where they provide free clothing
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Speaker 2: including binders, and tucking underwear, and they do it in
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Speaker 2: a safe environment for everyone, including I believe they teach
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Speaker 2: how to wear these things without harming themselves as well.
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Speaker 2: They also do it where they feel safe, so they
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Speaker 2: do like measuring and everything to get their exact types
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Speaker 2: if they need to do ordering and such. So I'd
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Speaker 2: love to see that. They offer grants as well as
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Speaker 2: support groups, and then they offer community outreach and education
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Speaker 2: as well, So we love that. We love that they're
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Speaker 2: offering these type of services that are so often needed
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Speaker 2: because people don't know oftentimes how to even start.
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Speaker 3: So this is beautiful Sea.
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Speaker 2: Some of their events include support groups providing safe bathroom lists,
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Speaker 2: which I'm not gonna lie after reading what they did
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Speaker 2: with this, it really made it kind of hurt my
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Speaker 2: heart a little bit because they're talking about how Idaho
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Speaker 2: and many of those so many places in the country
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Speaker 2: are starting to pull back on bathroom access for trans
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Speaker 2: people and taking away those rights again and really doing
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Speaker 2: that really harmful narrative about trans women and transmn and
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Speaker 2: different bathrooms. So they have started doing a list where
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Speaker 2: people from around the country or from around that area
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Speaker 2: can provide places that have safe bathrooms that they can
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Speaker 2: go to. So it's good that they have this, but
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Speaker 2: it's heartbreaking that they have to have this.
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Speaker 1: So I wanted this to be an option on YELP
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Speaker 1: years ago, Yeah, where people could report like what kind
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Speaker 1: of is it a gender neutral bathroom or kind of Well,
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Speaker 1: the bathroom situation.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, we haven't talked about that in a while, and
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Speaker 2: we do need to come back and talking about a
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Speaker 2: lot of legislation when he comes to queer communities, including
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Speaker 2: the trans people, because we know what's happening. But just recently,
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Speaker 2: like there's a whole conversation not it had nothing to
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Speaker 2: do with trans people. It had to do with a
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Speaker 2: father taking his daughters to the women's bathroom and a
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Speaker 2: dude freaking out. He had nothing to do this, by
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Speaker 2: the way, do it this, by the way, He just
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Speaker 2: freaked out talking about he needs to get out of
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Speaker 2: the bathroom. And from what I can gather, both probably
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Speaker 2: are fairly conservative people, but he did not want to
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Speaker 2: take his girls into the men's bathroom with open ural
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Speaker 2: rules probably gross and dirty year because they were, like
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Speaker 2: you know, probably five or six years old, So that
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Speaker 2: made perfect sense, and like no one really cared outside
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Speaker 2: of him that one dude and like this is what
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Speaker 2: we're having, this conversation about why having this narrative is
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Speaker 2: bad for everyone.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, and you and I talked about it forever ago.
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Speaker 1: But one of the I think I have someone that
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Speaker 1: we were in New York and you said, I'm realizing
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Speaker 1: one of the other reasons that the wait's always longer
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Speaker 1: for the women's bathroom is because women are usually tasked
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Speaker 1: with taking the kids to that bathroom, and so uh
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Speaker 1: to see the flip of that with a man taking
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Speaker 1: his daughters to to a woman's restroom, that's yeah, yeah,
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Speaker 1: it's a lot to unpack in this conversation.
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Speaker 3: There's several but yeah, there's several points on this.
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Speaker 2: It's like, we definitely need more options with bathrooms, Like
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Speaker 2: this is a whole thing.
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Speaker 3: All that to.
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Speaker 2: Say is like it it's disappointing that we're having to
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Speaker 2: have this conversation in general book, you know.
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Speaker 3: But moving on.
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Speaker 2: They also do have things like coffee meetups and youth meetups,
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Speaker 2: and I love a.
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Speaker 3: Good coffee meetup for anyone, so that's awesome.
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Speaker 2: And then also they in Idaho, they have an organization
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Speaker 2: called Clutch, which is an LGBTQIA plus youth community youth
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Speaker 2: community organization in Idaho, and this is from their site
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Speaker 2: Clutch Nampa dot org, which is the area. Clutch is
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Speaker 2: a volunteer led nonprofit committed to creating an affirming space
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Speaker 2: in Idaho for LGBTQ plus youth and beyond. Our vision
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Speaker 2: is for our LGBTQ plus community to be empowered to
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Speaker 2: live authentically. Our dedicated team of background checked adults is
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Speaker 2: passionate about fostering community. When you come to Clutch, you
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Speaker 2: can expect a friendly face, a meal, and a fun activity.
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Speaker 2: From crafts and movies to trivia and board games. There's
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Speaker 2: always something exciting happening.
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Speaker 3: So I love that. I also love the term clutch.
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Speaker 2: Apparently they use that term specifically, like the clutch, like
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Speaker 2: it's clutch all those things or push you together, keeps
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Speaker 2: you together and keeps you moving. So it's like, ah,
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Speaker 2: I like that and a bit more information. They says
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Speaker 2: they were born out of desire to be better for
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Speaker 2: the LGBTQ plus youth in Nampa community. Initially the brainchild
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Speaker 2: of a local mom who wished for more safe places
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Speaker 2: for her transender daughter, this group became a laborer love
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Speaker 2: for a small team of queer adults and allies in
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Speaker 2: March twenty twenty two. So I love that, like this
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Speaker 2: came out of a need.
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Speaker 3: I don't love that, but I love that they did
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Speaker 3: something about it.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, but the fact that they were able to
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Speaker 2: come together, they were able to do it is nice.
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Speaker 2: They're actually currently looking to get a permanent space, so
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Speaker 2: building an area or a nest so they can expand
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Speaker 2: their services, including a kitchen to provide those meals, or
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Speaker 2: even teach cooking classes, which I think is really important.
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Speaker 2: Food plaanetry, clothing closet, counseling, and activity space for these youth.
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Speaker 3: It would be lovely to see.
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Speaker 2: I think they had a pretty big goal of five
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Speaker 2: hundred thousand dollars and it taste a lot of money
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Speaker 2: to build up an ideal situation for a nonprofit organization.
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Speaker 2: I think there are like thirty five thousand at this point,
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Speaker 2: So if you're interested in supporting that, you should.
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Speaker 3: There are other ways to volunteer.
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Speaker 2: But I love when I see organizations that's continue us
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Speaker 2: to grow. There's something heartening to know that people are
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Speaker 2: supporting that. So let's move on to Nevada. They have
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Speaker 2: the Pride Tree, which is a nonprofit located in Las
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Speaker 2: Vegas that provides services for the lgbtqia plus youth in
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Speaker 2: their area. So this is from their site, the prietrelv
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Speaker 2: dot com, in which they talk about their vision and
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Speaker 2: their mission and they write, our vision is a future
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Speaker 2: in which differences are embraced, valued and respected.
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Speaker 3: We seek to build a world.
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Speaker 2: Where youth have the freedom to grow and thrive as themselves,
20:41
Speaker 2: safely and without fear. Our mission is to create safe
20:44
Speaker 2: environments where young lgbtqia plus people, genior nonconforming kids, and
20:49
Speaker 2: their allies can build community while learning about themselves. We
20:52
Speaker 2: strive to create programming that encourage growth and mental wellness
20:56
Speaker 2: and community involvement. So one of the biggest programs that
20:59
Speaker 2: they provide is called Camp Pride Tree, which they describe
21:03
Speaker 2: like this. It offers LGBTQ plus youth and allies the
21:07
Speaker 2: full joy of a traditional summer camp, minus the gender
21:11
Speaker 2: norms that often come with it. It's a space where
21:13
Speaker 2: campers can be their full, authentic selves while building space, leaderships,
21:18
Speaker 2: and a strong sense of community.
21:21
Speaker 3: I love that. I think having.
21:23
Speaker 2: Those sleep away camps and go away camps have been amazing.
21:28
Speaker 2: I'm sure that being young adults being with people that
21:31
Speaker 2: wouldn't judge them and having a fun time and having
21:34
Speaker 2: the regulation against of a camp must be amazing. They
21:38
Speaker 2: did seem to offer kind of like a different one
21:41
Speaker 2: for the transit and non gender conforming groups. So I
21:46
Speaker 2: guess if you wanted something a little more to that,
21:49
Speaker 2: you can choose to go there. I have a feeling
21:51
Speaker 2: you also choose to go to the other ones as well,
21:53
Speaker 2: but if you need a more of safe space in
21:56
Speaker 2: a way, and then we have our center based out
22:00
Speaker 2: of Reno and this from their site our center Reno
22:03
Speaker 2: dot org. Our mission is to maintain a safe, empowering
22:07
Speaker 2: and supportive center for the LGBTQ plus community and allies
22:11
Speaker 2: that addresses advocacy, education, and services. We seek to build,
22:15
Speaker 2: connect and strengthen the LGBTQ plus community through the community building,
22:19
Speaker 2: art and cultural programming, and inclusive activities. So this was
22:24
Speaker 2: grown out of the closure of another program in that area.
22:28
Speaker 2: The center was founded to help fill that gap after
22:31
Speaker 2: that center closed down in the community and they gathered
22:35
Speaker 2: a lot of support for the queer community with that.
22:38
Speaker 2: So some of the programs include trans Youth Support, TRANSPEED
22:43
Speaker 2: to peer groups, Queer student unions, coffee time and social
22:46
Speaker 2: gatherings for senior queer community members, and health initiatives like
22:50
Speaker 2: sci testing and recovery for those who may have addictions
22:53
Speaker 2: and such. I did see. I think it is interesting
22:57
Speaker 2: because we know Nevada and like Las Vegas, they're pretty
23:01
Speaker 2: like city growth type of community, so they did have
23:05
Speaker 2: a lot of like alcohol abuse, drug abuse, any of
23:09
Speaker 2: those type of addiction recovery centers and specific to the
23:12
Speaker 2: LGBTQIA plus community that's geared specifically for them, which I
23:17
Speaker 2: think is important because it does provide a safe space
23:20
Speaker 2: for them to talk about something that is very vulnerable
23:22
Speaker 2: on top of being a vulnerable community. But I did
23:26
Speaker 2: find that interesting and it's good to see that they
23:28
Speaker 2: are addressing the issues of their specific area, which is
23:31
Speaker 2: why we're talking about these things. They also offer different
23:35
Speaker 2: groups like Rainbow Rangers, which encourage outdoor events like plant
23:40
Speaker 2: walks and nature walks and outdoor exploration, so that's something
23:44
Speaker 2: that you want to do outside of the lot is huge.
23:48
Speaker 1: A lot of our states are huge. Yeah, I've enjoyed
23:52
Speaker 1: there are many things I've enjoyed about tourists, World Cup,
23:56
Speaker 1: tourists reacting to America, but one of the ones I've
23:59
Speaker 1: enjoyed is they're like, how.
24:04
Speaker 3: How long have we been driving through this one state? Yes?
24:07
Speaker 3: Long time welcome.
24:09
Speaker 2: Yes, some of them have two time zones year, well
24:13
Speaker 2: if not three. So now we are headed down to Arizona.
24:17
Speaker 2: Down over over.
24:20
Speaker 1: It's kind of it's down from Nevada. Yeah, okay, it's
24:26
Speaker 1: the top of the Grand Canyon, miss Set, Nevada and
24:28
Speaker 1: the southern part of it is in Arizona.
24:33
Speaker 3: Geography.
24:34
Speaker 2: So we are now headed down to Arizona starting with
24:38
Speaker 2: Trans Queer Pablo and then this is from their site
24:42
Speaker 2: tq Pueblo dot org. Trans Queer Pablo is a base
24:46
Speaker 2: building racial engineer justice organization that is collectively governed by
24:50
Speaker 2: a growing membership of three hundred plus trains and queer,
24:53
Speaker 2: undocumented and documented migrants and people of color in Phoenix
24:56
Speaker 2: who organize to transform our city toward a fellowship family, community, autonomy,
25:01
Speaker 2: self determination, and liberation. So obviously this is one of
25:06
Speaker 2: those organizations that did have like trans communities, but they
25:09
Speaker 2: have become even bigger. They have gone beyond with that
25:13
Speaker 2: intersectional net level of need understanding they're going to have
25:16
Speaker 2: to address so many issues, so they're quickly adjusting as
25:19
Speaker 2: the needs are changing, and they've been doing some great
25:22
Speaker 2: work for the queer migrant community, including medical clinics for
25:26
Speaker 2: undocumented migrants, legal and direct support for incarcerated queer focus
25:30
Speaker 2: including those in ice detention facilities around the area. They
25:35
Speaker 2: offer different services including clinics, information sessions, educational sessions, and
25:39
Speaker 2: even picnics so when they can go and actually enjoy
25:43
Speaker 2: their time, they can do things like this and gatherings
25:46
Speaker 2: for the LGBTQIA migrant communities. So some of the things
25:50
Speaker 2: that I've been seeing on there that they have tried
25:53
Speaker 2: to focus a little more on the ice, the tensions
25:57
Speaker 2: as well as those being incarcerated, because we know when
26:00
Speaker 2: it comes to the statistics, incroceration for migrant and people
26:05
Speaker 2: of color are ridiculous. So with that, seeing organizations like
26:11
Speaker 2: this do their work has been phenomenal. Next, we are
26:16
Speaker 2: talking about the Arizona one in ten, so one inn
26:20
Speaker 2: ten like the letter in just in case because I
26:23
Speaker 2: can't show you what it's written on my outline, which
26:27
Speaker 2: is a youth and young adult organization. So from their site,
26:30
Speaker 2: one in ten dot org founded in nineteen ninety three
26:35
Speaker 2: by a group of volunteers, One in ten has been
26:37
Speaker 2: a beacon of hope for LGBTQ plus youth in Arizona
26:40
Speaker 2: for over three decades.
26:42
Speaker 3: Which is a really long time.
26:44
Speaker 2: Recognizing the unique challenges faced by the LGBTQ plus youth,
26:47
Speaker 2: One in ten began offering essential support through group of
26:50
Speaker 2: meetings and resources. Over the years, One Intent has grown
26:54
Speaker 2: alongside the needs of LGBTQ plus youth and young adults,
26:58
Speaker 2: expanding our programs and reach. From humble beginnings, One Intent
27:01
Speaker 2: has become a state wide leader in fostering safe spaces
27:04
Speaker 2: and empowering LGBTQ plus youth. Today, One Intent's legacy continues
27:08
Speaker 2: to grow, providing critical services through the Downtown Phoenix Youth Center,
27:12
Speaker 2: statewide satellite sites, outdoor venture programs, as well as the
27:16
Speaker 2: housing and workforce programs. As our story continues to unfold,
27:21
Speaker 2: one thing remains constant, our unwavering dedication to empowering LGBTQ
27:25
Speaker 2: plus youth to thrive and reach their full potential. So
27:29
Speaker 2: their organizations offer different programs as well, including life skills workshops,
27:34
Speaker 2: housing assistants, and they also offer a camp. Their camp
27:38
Speaker 2: is called Camp Outdoors, which is a subber camp that
27:41
Speaker 2: gives youth opportunities to go out and develop leadership skills
27:44
Speaker 2: and be able to hang out with the youths like
27:46
Speaker 2: themselves and do a lot of creative tasks, and they
27:50
Speaker 2: get to really explore and just live a good childhood
27:53
Speaker 2: and childhood experience, those teenage experiences, and I love that
27:56
Speaker 2: for them.
27:57
Speaker 3: I've only gone to a few church camps.
28:00
Speaker 2: I remember to enjoying them, also being embarrassed because of
28:03
Speaker 2: the religious religiosity of it all.
28:06
Speaker 3: But it's okay, that was dramatic. I'll tell you the
28:09
Speaker 3: other stuff.
28:10
Speaker 1: Yeah, Like I've went to one religious one. I wasn't religious,
28:13
Speaker 1: but my friend was and it was awkward, and I
28:16
Speaker 1: went to one I went to space camp. I loved,
28:20
Speaker 1: but I do think, you know, it's really fun doing
28:25
Speaker 1: these things, but it's also awkward when your body is
28:28
Speaker 1: like changing, and because I remember my pajamas got soaked
28:32
Speaker 1: at space camp and they smelled strange after they dried,
28:37
Speaker 1: and I couldn't do anything about it. So I was
28:39
Speaker 1: like the girl who kind of smells change at night.
28:43
Speaker 1: So it's one of those things, and it is kind
28:45
Speaker 1: of a quintessential.
28:48
Speaker 3: This stose experience.
28:48
Speaker 2: Hopefully you're not bullied, but you're having a kid tab
28:51
Speaker 2: with new friends that you make.
28:53
Speaker 3: Yeah.
28:54
Speaker 1: I think there's some really beautiful memories to be found
28:58
Speaker 1: and friendships to be found, but a lot of awkwardness.
29:00
Speaker 3: Can have Yes, yes, yes, old of that space camp.
29:04
Speaker 3: I trying to remember if I went to a four
29:05
Speaker 3: he camp. Maybe I really don't.
29:09
Speaker 2: There's a small bitom bag in my head think that
29:11
Speaker 2: tells me I might have gone to.
29:12
Speaker 3: A fourage camp. I could, I could see it. I
29:17
Speaker 3: was being in fourge for yeah.
29:19
Speaker 2: Anyway, moving on, then we have Utah and we were
29:24
Speaker 2: talking about Project Rainbow and this is from their site
29:28
Speaker 2: Project Rainbow Utah dot org. Project Rainbow Utah PRU began
29:33
Speaker 2: as an initiative to bring LGBTQ plus visibility to Utah
29:36
Speaker 2: by distributing rainbow flags. It was founded by Lucas Horns,
29:40
Speaker 2: inspired by the idea of creating a visible symbol of
29:42
Speaker 2: support during Pride Week. The project expanded from staking flags
29:46
Speaker 2: to a broader mission of fostering inclusion and supporting LGBTQ
29:50
Speaker 2: plus groups through the community fund. PRU partners with local
29:53
Speaker 2: organizations and schools, raising funds to promote lgbtqu plus visibility
29:57
Speaker 2: across the state. Now delivering thousands of fl and awarding
30:00
Speaker 2: grants to community initiatives. So we have talked so much
30:04
Speaker 2: about representation and just identifying markers that can be a
30:08
Speaker 2: pretty huge deal. And I don't mean like in a
30:10
Speaker 2: way of like ostracizing, but understanding that when we see
30:13
Speaker 2: a rainbow flag, it kind of gives you a moment
30:16
Speaker 2: of relief because you know what that represents that there's
30:19
Speaker 2: at least someone who sees beyond the conservative side.
30:25
Speaker 3: We also know what we.
30:25
Speaker 2: See sometimes when we see mega flags. We know that
30:28
Speaker 2: when they have Donald Trump, like the visualizations like this
30:31
Speaker 2: are very very important and tell you kind of what
30:37
Speaker 2: you might.
30:37
Speaker 3: Expect in that area.
30:38
Speaker 2: And so especially if you're in a very conservative area,
30:41
Speaker 2: finding something like a rainbow flag, finding something like a
30:44
Speaker 2: trans flag, finding something like asexual flags is nice to
30:48
Speaker 2: see because it feels like you're being seen if you're
30:51
Speaker 2: identify as one of these things. And so projects like
30:54
Speaker 2: this are so important. We don't talk a lot about
30:57
Speaker 2: this because it seems unlike the initial scale of like,
31:01
Speaker 2: oh huh, interesting, this is what they're focused on, but
31:05
Speaker 2: also remembering what this actually means. And then when people
31:09
Speaker 2: find an acceptance level, especially in Utah, to be able
31:12
Speaker 2: to identify people who may feel make you feel welcome,
31:16
Speaker 2: that this may be a safe space for you, which
31:19
Speaker 2: is hard to find sometimes. And again I think we
31:23
Speaker 2: have to talk about how these types of campaign it's
31:25
Speaker 2: important to help with the visibility and solidarity with a
31:29
Speaker 2: queer community and why that is so important when oftentimes
31:33
Speaker 2: we see big corporations who once upon a time use
31:35
Speaker 2: that and then all of a sudden backed off real quick,
31:38
Speaker 2: you know, And so be able to see someone who
31:40
Speaker 2: actually sticks with that and sees that during times like this,
31:43
Speaker 2: that is really flippit important.
31:46
Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah. A couple of years ago, because there's been
31:50
Speaker 1: a lot of pushback lately, we did a whole episode
31:53
Speaker 1: about it against the Pride flag or any kind of
31:56
Speaker 1: like queer flag. A couple of years ago. There was
32:00
Speaker 1: a big conversation too about it was written by a
32:04
Speaker 1: gay author and she was saying, one thing I cannot
32:07
Speaker 1: stand is during Pride months, when I see a Pride
32:09
Speaker 1: flag that's hanging and it's clear that it's just been unwrapped,
32:14
Speaker 1: like it still has the creases in it, you know.
32:16
Speaker 3: Yeah, like keep that out all all year like yeah, time.
32:22
Speaker 1: So, yeah, having having those identifiers and having them remain
32:29
Speaker 1: outside of like this one time period. It is really important,
32:33
Speaker 1: it is.
32:35
Speaker 2: And yeah, so again I think it's important we have
32:39
Speaker 2: organizations like this that make it their mission that people
32:43
Speaker 2: know where their safe spaces are them And then also
32:59
Speaker 2: from Utah we have in Circle and this is from
33:02
Speaker 2: their site in Circle together dot org.
33:04
Speaker 3: At Incircle, our.
33:05
Speaker 2: Goal is to provide support to every LGBTQ plus young
33:08
Speaker 2: person in Utah. In order to accomplish this, we focus
33:11
Speaker 2: on loving and accepting all of our guests without judgment
33:14
Speaker 2: wherever they are at their journey. So part of their
33:18
Speaker 2: stories talks about how a mother was looking at the
33:22
Speaker 2: suicide rate of the queer community and how appalling was
33:27
Speaker 2: to see such a large amount of numbers for the
33:29
Speaker 2: lgbtq I A plus youth who increasingly have no support
33:35
Speaker 2: and are often times suicidal and die by suicide. And
33:39
Speaker 2: so she really wanted to make an impact with groups
33:42
Speaker 2: like this and ensuring that they have programs that help
33:45
Speaker 2: and offer treatment for these kids. So a lot of
33:48
Speaker 2: this offers not only support group and activities for young kids.
33:52
Speaker 2: It helps connecting families and allies, gets resources to adults.
33:56
Speaker 3: It has therapy. They have different levels of their.
34:00
Speaker 2: Support with including one on one sessions, crisis resources. They
34:04
Speaker 2: have scholarships for those who need the assistance in order
34:08
Speaker 2: to get therapy. It's really good to see these types
34:11
Speaker 2: of programs and people understanding out of like working out
34:14
Speaker 2: of compassion and able to save lives. So these are
34:19
Speaker 2: things that are saving lives and doing it in a
34:21
Speaker 2: way that benefits a whole community and a group of people.
34:26
Speaker 2: It's really beautiful to see. And if you go on
34:29
Speaker 2: their side, they do have a gallery that offers different
34:33
Speaker 2: types of artwork that you can buy. I don't know,
34:37
Speaker 2: I'm assuming.
34:38
Speaker 4: It's from the LGBTQ artists and there's some expensive art
34:42
Speaker 4: right here, but there's some really gorgeous art and I
34:44
Speaker 4: kind of want it, and the one I picked out
34:47
Speaker 4: is too expensive.
34:50
Speaker 3: For me good taste. Well, I can't afford that one
34:55
Speaker 3: that was a good one.
34:57
Speaker 2: But yeah, there's some really beautiful art that I should
35:00
Speaker 2: to help support them as well in their work. So
35:02
Speaker 2: you should definitely go and check it out. Uh, it's
35:05
Speaker 2: gorgeous to see. I love seeing that they have different
35:09
Speaker 2: organizations like this again and then having artists from their
35:14
Speaker 2: community being profiled and being able.
35:16
Speaker 3: To buy their arts. It's nice. That's one of those
35:20
Speaker 3: nice moments.
35:22
Speaker 2: And then we also have Wyoming and that is we
35:25
Speaker 2: got an organization called Wyoming Equality, which I'm trying to
35:29
Speaker 2: figure out. Maybe y'all can tell me because a lot
35:32
Speaker 2: of them are like Wyoming Equality or alliances at the blot.
35:35
Speaker 3: I'm like, is that a bigger chapter the national chapters? Maybe?
35:41
Speaker 2: Anyway, Okay, but anyway, coming back, uh, one day y'all
35:47
Speaker 2: have I'll have all of those answers. But Wyoming there
35:52
Speaker 2: we Wyoming Equality. Their mission is to strive to achieve
35:57
Speaker 2: equality for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgend or two BID
36:00
Speaker 2: and queer Wyoming Nights by building broad and inclusive communities,
36:03
Speaker 2: shifting the hearts and minds of our neighbors, and achieving
36:06
Speaker 2: policy victories. It started in nineteen eighty seven when a
36:12
Speaker 2: group of LGBTQ Wyoming Heights in Cheyenne and Laramie planned
36:15
Speaker 2: an annual camping trip called Rendezvous. They sought to create
36:19
Speaker 2: a space where they could be authentic, welcomed, and enjoy
36:22
Speaker 2: the outdoors in their states. Again, I love the outdoors
36:26
Speaker 2: aspect of those because even though we're in Georgia, I
36:30
Speaker 2: don't do a lot of outdoor stuff. But I guess
36:32
Speaker 2: if you're in the Rockies, it's inevitable.
36:35
Speaker 1: Well yeah, and we did a whole episode on an
36:38
Speaker 1: organization from here. We had to heal about just the
36:41
Speaker 1: importance of getting outside if you have any I mean
36:46
Speaker 1: in general, but if you have any anything that you're
36:50
Speaker 1: struggling with, it's just yeah, it's good for you.
36:55
Speaker 3: Yeah.
36:56
Speaker 2: And if you want to be a part of Rendezvous,
36:59
Speaker 2: because they still do it. It is a five day
37:02
Speaker 2: LGBTQ camp out in the Medicinal Bow National Forest between
37:06
Speaker 2: Laramie and Cheyenne and Wyoming is a friendly, safe, LGBTQ
37:11
Speaker 2: in affirming environment for all adults from everywhere. Pitch a tent,
37:14
Speaker 2: bring an r V, and get ready for five days
37:16
Speaker 2: of making new friends with celebrating pride Wyoming style. So Anie,
37:22
Speaker 2: if you want to go into your camping phase again.
37:27
Speaker 3: Or just start one. I guess I was in it
37:30
Speaker 3: for like two days. You're in you should do this one.
37:35
Speaker 3: This is the one.
37:36
Speaker 2: But they also have different events like comedy showcases, they
37:41
Speaker 2: have music fests, they have DJ party, see a dance party,
37:48
Speaker 2: so really fun times on that if you all want
37:52
Speaker 2: to join. And then we come to New Mexico, which
37:55
Speaker 2: we're going to talk about both features, but within their organization,
37:59
Speaker 2: we actually want to talk about the Queer and Trans Circle.
38:02
Speaker 2: So here's what they write on Bold Futures. So Bold
38:06
Speaker 2: Features inm dot org writes this Queer Trans or QT
38:11
Speaker 2: Circle is a leadership group created to provide a safe
38:13
Speaker 2: space for healing, sharing and joy for queer and trans
38:17
Speaker 2: communities in New Mexico, with a focus on Black, Indigenous
38:20
Speaker 2: and people of color.
38:21
Speaker 3: Communities or by BOCK.
38:23
Speaker 2: Our leaders are experienced and knowledgeable individuals who are active
38:26
Speaker 2: in their respect to communities. We offer a reliable meeting space,
38:29
Speaker 2: both virtual and person to ensure that our leaders feel
38:32
Speaker 2: supported in derogating their daily lives. So this is a
38:35
Speaker 2: specific organization within Bold Futures, which is an intersectional group
38:39
Speaker 2: that specifically focuses on women, native and in marginalized communities
38:43
Speaker 2: and people of color that work in New Mexico.
38:46
Speaker 3: So we'd love to see it.
38:48
Speaker 2: They have a lot of collaborations that work with the
38:51
Speaker 2: Transgender Resource Center and Equality in New Mexico, Levito Project
38:55
Speaker 2: and Las Cruz as well as New mexicowomen dot org.
39:00
Speaker 2: It's really cool to see when you see like giant
39:03
Speaker 2: organizations or good organizations like this built up and build
39:07
Speaker 2: even more within their communities and making a specific like
39:11
Speaker 2: for trains and queer people in this type of bipod community.
39:15
Speaker 2: So we love to see it. You should definitely check
39:17
Speaker 2: them out. They have again that they have those leadership
39:20
Speaker 2: meetings and virtual meetings. They have the collaborations which is
39:24
Speaker 2: really really important. If you want to go look at
39:27
Speaker 2: Bold Futures themselves again Bold Futures in dot org. They
39:34
Speaker 2: talk about what they do and the policy changes that
39:37
Speaker 2: they are seeking to make in New Mexico. There's a
39:41
Speaker 2: lot happening in New Mexico for sure, and this organization
39:44
Speaker 2: has been around for like twenty five years, so they've
39:47
Speaker 2: been doing a lot of good work and.
39:48
Speaker 3: We love to see it. We do.
39:53
Speaker 2: Again small lest any So if y'all have some more
39:56
Speaker 2: organizations that you want to talk about or tell us about,
39:59
Speaker 2: please send them in.
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40:06
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40:11
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40:14
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40:18
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