The LGBT Kwanzaa Community’s Annual Kwanzaa Celebration

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Published: 04 January 2022

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The LGBT Kwanzaa Community’s Annual Kwanzaa Celebration

Cassandra Grant

The program tonight will feature  the  44^th Annual LGBT Kwanzaa Celebration held last Wednesday with excerpts from the virtual Zoom program which will include the inspirational thoughts from Regina Ross; the Kwanzaa Kids telling us what Kwanzaa means to them; a classic cultural presentation by two elder Griots Thelma Ruffin Thomas and Joyce Parr of the African Folk Heritage Circle;Kwanzaa musical presentation of a Marian Makeba classic  by  Loretta Bascom.

We will round it out with seven Harabees for the Nguzo saba .

The first 10 people who donate via the buddy or tower fund can get a free copy of the Imani's book  "Celebrating Kwanzaa in the Lesbian and Gay Community"". To get a copy you must send an email with the top part of your WBAI donation confirmation email containing your USPS address to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  This is a special offer directly from Out-FM, not through the premium system.

LGBT Africans Battle Conversion Therapy; and Moving towards LGBTQI Liberation

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Published: 28 December 2021

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LGBT Africans Battle Conversion Therapy

Outright International brings together LGBTQI activists battling conversion therapy by health professions, religious figures and family in Africa. Lorna Dias of Kenra and Omalara Oriye of Nigeria discuss the challenges facing queers there.

Strategic Orientation Moving towards LGBTQI Liberation

Also Jose Monfred Sy, a Filipino LGBTQI activist, discusses the need to move beyond a neoliberal rights framework to a framework of LGBTQI liberation.