Tune into Out-FM on Tues., November 11, 2025 from 8:00-9:00 pm ET, on​ WBAI/NY​, 99.5 FM​, or livestreaming at wbai.org/listen-live

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Trump Attacks on the Transgender Community

Trans journalist Erin Reed

 

On tonight's show, transgender activist Pauline Park will be speaking with noted transgender journalist Erin Reed about Donald Trump's ongoing attacks on the transgender community, including executive orders concerning gender-affirming care for trans youth and the Supreme Court's ruling on Trump's directive concerning gender markers on passports; Reed will also update listeners on the controversy concerning Boston's Fenway health clinic.

 

Resource:

Erin in the Morning: News and discussion on trans legislation and life

 

Music:

"Leaving on a Jet Plane," by John Denver, song by Peter, Paul & Mary 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVEATF7VNTk&list=RDIVEATF7VNTk&start_radio=1

 

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Tribute to Latino AIDS Activist Jairo Pedraza

In this segment, Bob Lederer of Out-FM (and an ACT UP veteran) speaks with longtime AIDS activist Alfredo González. Alfredo pays tribute to his life partner, Jairo Pedraza, a Colombian immigrant who passed on in June 2025. In the 1990s, Jairo was a key leader of ACT UP/New York's Latina/Latino Caucus and a spearhead of NYC initiatives to support immigrants -- particularly those from Latin America -- living with HIV. He also became a leader of people with HIV worldwide, with a strong commitment to achieving treatment access to those in the Global South. 

ACT UP Latina/Latino Caucus; Jairo is at right

Resources:

ACT UP Oral History Project:

Latina/Latino Caucus

Luis Vera, Jairo Pedraza & Alfredo González

Sound file: Latina/o Caucus Panel at 30 Years of ACT UP/NY Conference (2017) (scroll down to PEOPLE OF COLOR and LATINO/A CAUCUS PRESENTATIONS)

Organizing the ACT UP Latina/o Caucus (2025)

ACT UP’s Latino Caucus Reunites (2025)