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ACT UP Boston, then & now; East River Park Update; & the News
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ACT UP Boston then & now
As the COVID-19 epidemic continues to unfold into a new tiresome chapter, many of us, as gay, lesbian, bi and transpeople, and injection drug users and their partners are familiar with the twists and turns in a pandemic from our lived experience of the still on-going AIDS Crisis. Recently I attended an event marking the 34th anniversary of the founding of ACT UP Boston. What we’ll hear next is a history of that group told by several of its members, still relevant because of the continuing issues of homelessness, on-going HIV transmission, and need for access to HIV medication and prevention education.
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East River Park Destruction Resistance
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The LGBT Kwanzaa Community’s Annual Kwanzaa Celebration
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Out-FM is a weekly progressive queer show on listener-sponsored, noncommercial WBAI/Pacifica Radio. It airs at 99.5 and wbai.org, generally on Tuesdays from 8-9 PM. Please support us by donating to WBAI. Become a member for $25 or a BAI Buddy (sustainer) for $5/month or more. Or give to our Tower Fund https://wbai.wedid.it/campaigns/10022-tower-fund/. Or go to wbai.org or call 212-209-2950 and let WBAI management know you listen to Out-FM by supporting the station with a donation. Be sure and mention us when you donate.
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The LGBT Kwanzaa Community’s Annual Kwanzaa Celebration
Cassandra Grant
Imani Rashid and Cassandra Grant
CoChairs of the LGBT Kwanzaa Community of NYC, Inc
Kwanzaa, 2021
The program tonight will feature the 44th 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.