Tune into Out-FM on Tues., June 30, 2026 from 8:00-9:00 pm ET, on WBAI/NY, 99.5 FM, or livestreaming at wbai.org/listen-live
Archived show will be available to stream or to download by Wed. evening.
Queer Liberation March Highlights
This year’s NYC Queer Liberation March -- whose slogan was "Breaking the Chains of War and Oppression / For Trans and Immigrant Rights -- attracted 5,000-10,000 participants. It ended at Foley Square with an open mic. We’ll bring you some of that sound. Groups joining the march included ACT UP, Housing Works, Gays Against Guns, Physicians for a National Health Program, and many others. Separately, ACT UP organized a health fair near Washington Square Park, which featured many HIV and sexual health groups. We’ll hear interviews from participants.
The Reclaim Pride Coalition, the group that organized the first Queer Liberation March in recent years, was born out of frustration with the 2018 Heritage of Pride (HOP) march. In that year, at a town hall organized by HOP organizers, members of the Reclaim Pride Coalition expressed frustration with: the limits on contingent sizes; the requirement that contingent participants buy armbands, sidelining activist groups and minimizing media coverage; and the inclusion of cops with guns, marching in uniform.
In this edition of Out-FM, John Riley begins with an interview with Ryan Foster of ACT UP, talking about a non-violent civil disobedience action against the incarceration of immigrants at Delany Hall in Newark, New Jersey. It was organized by the AIDS activist group and several environmental organizations, including Sunrise New York and Planet Over Profit.
Money for AIDS & Healthcare; Not for ICE and Warfare
John Riley interviewed Riko Boone, HIV Project Director of the Treatment Action Group, about the new HIV prevention drug that requires one injection twice a year, priced at $30,000 for a one-year supply -- yet it only costs the company $40 to manufacture.
Riko Boone, TAG HIV Project Director
One of the speeches at the open mic was by an organizer of this year’s Doll Walk, which was held as a part of the Trans Day of Visibility set of actions in New York. In the LGBTQ and Ballroom communities, a doll is feminine trans woman.
Jason Corley of the Cuba Si, Bloqueo (Blockade) No! NY/NJ Coalition
The open mic at Foley Square also included Jason Corley from the Cuba Si, Bloqueo No! Coalition talking about the evolution of the Cuban government from anti-gay policies in the 1960s, to the heavily-criticized HIV mandatory quarantine in the 80s, to its later reversal and now full recognition of LGBT rights, including the right to form families of their own choosing, as well as pro-LGBT policies in many areas.
We end the segment with an interview of an ACT UP Health Fair participant who spoke about the exciting cultural week (through July 5th) of workshops and queer-friendly programming for young people, called the Summer of Ludd. It stresses the importance of personal contact rather than computerized contact, to foster general well-being. More at libraryfreedom.org/event/summer-of-ludd/ .
In coming weeks, we'll be hearing interviews about the REACH Harm Reduction Program (Mt. Sinai), the Health Justice Initiative, Red Canary Song (the massage and sex-worker organization), the African Services Committee, and more.
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July 4 Livestreamed Celebration of 250 Years of Resistance to Genocide
This Saturday, July 4th, the Spirit of Mandela Coalition is holding a livestreamed National Mobilization Against the Genocides of Black, Brown, and Indigenous Peoples. This event in Atlanta will provide a counter-narrative to the racist Trump 250th anniversary hoopla.
Tonight Out-FM's Bob Lederer will speak with Ashaki Binta, one of the national co-coordinators, along with former Black liberation political prisoner Jalil Muntaqim, of the July 4th and 5th National Mobilization Against Genocides in Atlanta. Ashaki is a longtime working class, union, and national liberation organizer with Black Workers for Justice, based in North Carolina. She is also on the Coordinating Committee of the Spirit of Mandela Coalition, the multi-racial, multi-national Black-led body organizing this weekend’s National Mobilization Against Genocide.
On Saturday in Atlanta, there will be a speakout and educational/cultural program celebrating 250 years of resistance to genocide that will be livestreamed worldwide. The program will run from 12 noon to 9 PM. For the livestream link (later in the week), you can go to spiritofmandela.org/july4-updates/livestream .
In addition, here in New York, there will be a Livestream Watch Party on Saturday from 3 to 7 PM at Maysles Documentary Center in Harlem, 343 Malcolm X Boulevard.
Information on all of these activities is at spiritofmandela.org/july4-updates.
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