Manhattan Pride Resistance Contingent; & ACT UP's Latino Caucus

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Published: 20 June 2017

Tues., June 20, 9 - 9:30 PM EST - Out-FM: Progressive LGBTQI Radio

WBAI, 99.5 FM, streaming at wbai.org, archived on outfm.org

Below find the ACT UP Latino Caucus segment from the  ACT UP at 30 Hidden History Conference, the rest of the show will be posted on Wednesday. You can play the link below if you have flash enabled or from a HTML5 device. Click the green arrow to download the mp3

Trump Resistance at Pride:

Naomi Brussel interviews Ken Kidd on the Resistance Contingent made up of Rise and Resist, ACT UP/NY and other grassroots groups. The contingent will highlight resistance to President Trumps deadly and discriminatory policies.

ACT UP's Latino Caucus:

Excerpts from Sunday's conference "30 Years of ACT UP: Hidden Histories and Voices, Lessons Learned," co-sponsored by ACT UP/NY, Out-FM, and the LGBT Center (recorded and edited by John Riley of Out-FM). We will present part of the panel on the Latina/o Caucus, which functioned from 1990 to 1996 and did a broad range of educational efforts and actions, described by Cesar Carrasco.

Luis Santiago (who is now back in ACT UP/NY) presents the history of ACT UP/Puerto Rico. This was initiated in 1990 through a partnership between Puerto Rican lesbian/gay, feminist and AIDS activists and Latina/o Caucus members from New York, more than 30 of whom flew down to P.R. -- with the hard-fought financial support of the majority-white ACT UP/NY -- to help start ACT UP/Puerto Rico. Luis provides a historical reference to the importance of civil disobedience in forcing the U.S. Navy from the Puerto Rican islands of Culebra (in 1974) and Vieques (in 2003). And he notes the long-term impacts of ACT UP/Puerto Rico, which dissolved in 1996, including raising consciousness in the generally homophobic leftist and nationalist movements, helping AIDS organizations gain greatly increased federal funding and popular awareness of the problems, and planting the seeds for the first annual gay pride parade in San Juan, which then became an annual tradition.

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ACT UP at 30 Hidden History Conference; Israel Day Parade Disruption

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Published: 13 June 2017

Below find the segment on ACT UP at 30 Hidden History Conference, the rest of the show will be posted on Wednesday. You can play the link below if you have flash enabled or from a HTML5 device. Click the green arrow to download the mp3

Tues., June 13 edition:

On tonight's show, a commentary by Emma Missouri on what the Trump administration means for LGBT people and a discussion of the anniversary of the massacre at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando.

ACT UP 30th Conference on Hidden Histories

Mark Hannay (of Health Action) interviews ACT UP veterans as they commemorate their founding with a conference about the Hidden Histories of ACT UP/NY's lesser known, but vital successes from 30 years ago to the present. Among the interviewees are Out-FM's own Bob Lederer; as well as Linda Meredith, ACT UP women's caucus member and expert on women's AIDS issues; and Alfredo Gonzáles, who was active in the Latino Caucus of ACT UP/NY.  More information and free registration for the Sunday June 18th day-long conference, from 10:30am-7pm, at or actupny.com. Food comes with registration if by June 14. Registration highly recommended but not required. (Seating for 145). Out-FM is a media co-sponsor of the event.