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LGBT Immigration Equality, El'Jai Devoureau and Transgender Employment Discrimination, and the film "Conversations With Lesbians of African Descent"
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First was an interview with El'Jai Devoureau, a transgender man suing his former employer, a drug treatment program in New Jersey, for employment discrimination.
El’ Jai Devoureau (credit: Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund)
Kim Ford and Hanifah Walidah then discuss the film Black/Womyn: Conversations with Lesbians of African Descent.
Finally, Steve Ralls from the group Immigration Equality and Judy Rickard, author of Torn Apart: United By Love, Divided By Law discuss LGBT immigration.
We also gave away a pair of tickets to Larry Kramer's Broadway revival of his classic AIDS play The Normal Heart. After the jump is a statement Larry Kramer is handing out after the show about the current status of the AIDS epidemic.
Queerocracy, Homeless Youth Programs Slashed, Two-Spirit News, and the Latest on the Fight Against Occupation
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Up first, Queerocracy: Michael Tikili discusses the new queer group Queerocracy, "a non-normative grassroots organization working to promote social justice and fight the global AIDS crisis through direct action, advocacy, and education."
We also hear about Governor Cuomo's extreme budget cuts to programs for homeless queer youth, from youth advocates Carl Siciliano and Kate Barnhart.
Harlen Pruden also brings us the latest about a needs study of native people in NY for drug treatment and HIV services called Reclaiming our Voices: Two-spirit Health and Human Service Needs in NY State. Some findings are startling.
Finally, we get the latest on a range of issues having to do with fighting the occupation of Palestine, including an update on the LGBT Center controversy.