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Out-FM aired Tues., October 14, 2025 

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Cuomo, Sliwa, and Mamdani (L-R)

Cuomo, Sliwa, and Mamdani (L-R)

LGBTQ people of color & the New York City mayoral election

New Yorkers will go to the polls on Nov. 4 to elect a new mayor​. On ​t​his program, transgender activist Pauline Park spok​e with LGBTQ people of color to get their perspectives on the candidates running for mayor and the most important issues in this mayoral election.
 
They discussed the positions of candidates on AIDS, Housing, Palestine, and attacks from the White House on Trans people and NYC's mayoral candidates' positions on these issues. Tuesday's guests include​d: 
  • Reginald Thomas Brown, board chair of VOCAL-NY; 
  • Haze Hernandez, a member of the NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene transgender & non-conforming advisory board; and 
  • Araf Ahmed and Andrew Singh, members of Desis Rising Up & Moving (DRUM), an organization founded in 2000 to advocate on behalf of South Asian and Indo-Caribbean low-wage immigrant workers, youth and families in New York City.

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Out-FM aired on Tues., October 7, 2025 

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Preview of Leila Farsakh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMFDwzuJrhk

Leila Farsakh

Out-FM's Naomi Brussel and Pauline Park spoke with Jewish and Palestinian academics and activists Linda Dittmar, Leila Farsakh, Emmaia Gelman and Mohammad Hamad as they examined the implications of the genocide in Gaza.

Professor of literature and film studies Linda Dittmar

In the first half of the show, Pauline and Naomi spoke with Palestinian American political scientist Leila Farsakh and queer Jewish activist and retired professor of literature and film studies Linda Dittmar.

Emmaia Gelman

In the second half of the show, we spoke with queer Jewish and Palestinian activists Emmaia Gelman and Mohammad Hamad.

Mohammad Hamad

Music:
Tara: Bella Ciao (Palestinian version)
 
Maher Zain: Ya Habiba Ya Falastin (Beloved Palestine)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09qiz0X_l0w&list=RD4xtMRsgriwA&index=8
 
Palestinian Dabke music
 
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