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Welcome to our summer interview series. This week Anna DeShawn is joined by Peggy Gillespie, co-founder & Director of Family Diversity Projects. She’s also a journalist and author who has released a new book titled “Authentic Selves: Celebrating Trans and Nonbinary People and Their Families”. The book is filled with 35 first-person accounts accompanied by beautiful imagery to challenge damaging myths and stereotypes about trans and nonbinary people. In addition to Peggy, I was joined by two people who contributed their stories to the book; Lana & Fresh. All four of us have such a beautiful conversation about why this book is so important right now. I really think you’re going to enjoy this conversation so stay close because after this quick break we’ll be back with Peggy, Lana & Fresh talking about Authentic Selves.
Order Authentic Selves TODAY – https://www.familydiversityprojects.org/exhibits/portraits-of-trans-and-nonbinary-people-and-their-families
Follow Lana: https://www.instagram.com/lanapatelxoxo
Follow Fresh: https://www.linkedin.com/in/freshlevwhite/
00:00 – Welcome to the Queer News podcast
2:23 – Top queer news stories
6:21 – Tap into the mental health services provided by the Cook County Department of Public Health, http://h2hucookcounty.com
6:55 – Subscribe to Rebound Revolution, https://pod.link/reboundrev
7:29 – Buy an Ad on the Queer News podcast, https://bit.ly/3ohYXAw
8:01 – Intro Music by Aina Bre’Yon
8:37 – Meet Peggy Gillespie author of Authentic Selves
17:10 – Lana shares why this book is so monumental
22:31 – Fresh talks about coming out and why Prides are so important
28:24 – Anna’s Got a Word
34:59 – Get your book today, https://www.familydiversityprojects.org/exhibits/portraits-of-trans-and-nonbinary-people-and-their-families
41:22 – Anna’s Got a Word
42:33 – 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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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.
We want to hear from you. Tune in and tell us what you think. email us at info@e3radio.fm. Follow Anna DeShawn on Twitter: @annadeshawn. Interested in advertising? Check out our packages here, https://bit.ly/3ohYXAw
Podcast Editing by Xperience J of Shhh! Jus’ Listen Media https://.instagram.com/xperiencejay