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Welcome to our summer interview series. This week Anna DeShawn is in conversation with Brandon Wolf. Brandon is a pulse survivor, LGBTQ advocate & recent author. Since surviving Pulse where he lost two of his best friends his life has never been the same. He took that tragedy and became an activist for gun safety and LGBTQ rights. Today, he is the press secretary for Equality Florida in the midst of the hate storm that is Ron DeSantis. We talk about how he’s finding hope right now, what life looks like for queer folks in Florida and of course his new book “A Place for Us”.
Get Brandon’s book at https://brandonwolf.us/a-place-for-us
Follow him on Instagram: @brandonjwolf
Follow him on Twitter: @bjoewolf
00:00 – Welcome to the Queer News podcast
1:41 – Top queer news stories
5:45 – Tap into the mental health services provided by the Cook County Department of Public Health
6:16 – Subscribe to Rebound Revolution, https://pod.link/reboundrev
6:50 – Black & Brown podcasts go on our tour with The Qube. Get your tickets.
For Brooklyn – get your tickets here, www.eventbrite.com/e/649068309787/?discount=QUBE2023
For Manhattan & Silver Spring – get your tickets here, https://events.eventnoire.com/e/qube-tour-2023
8:32 – Intro Music by Aina Bre’Yon
9:08 – Interview with Brandon Wolf
11:25 – Surviving Pulse
17:37 – Queer life in Florida Today
32:34 – Brandon’s new book “A Place for Us” Get it today, https://brandonwolf.us/a-place-for-us
38:31 – Outro
More on the Summer Interview Series
The Queer News team is changing it up for the next couple of months so we have a little more time to enjoy the summer, our families, and rest. We hope you enjoy these conversations with some really wonderful queer folks doing good in the world. Those are the stories we want to amplify here on Queer News.
During the interview series we won’t leave queer news stories on the sidelines either. Anna will provide brief commentary about the top one or two queer news stories happening that we should be following. Not full stories but know we are still closely following the queer news feeds. You can always follow Anna on social media to stay up to date.
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Things for you to check out
The Qube Tour! Get your Tickets!
Brooklyn – get your tickets here, www.eventbrite.com/e/649068309787/?discount=QUBE2023
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About Queer News
An intersectional approach to a weekly news podcast where race & sexuality meet politics, entertainment and culture. Tune-in to reporting which centers & celebrates all of our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & comrade communities. Hosted by Anna DeShawn. New pod every Monday by 7am CT.
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Podcast Editing by Xperience J of Shhh! Jus’ Listen Media (www.instagram.com/xperiencejay/)