Dallas author and activist, C.D. Kirven was a guest on Lambda Weekly’s radio show at KNON 89.3 this past Sunday afternoon. C.D. Kirven was one of the infamous “ENDA 4″, choosing to stay in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office in order to get a confirmation that the Employment Non-Discrimination Act be pushed to a vote [...]
Posts under ‘equality’
Speaking your truth: Interview with K. Dapree of HeART & Soul (Houston)
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Interview with K. Dapree a.k.a. Kevin Anderson about the HeART & Soul collective in Houston, Texas, supporting artists in all their disciplines and all their truth. HeART & Soul comes to Dallas on 4/17/10. Mark your calendars. Also, words from Amiri Baraka speaking at UC Berkley on jazz-America’s classical music, poetry by Athens Boys Choir [...]
The Silence Equals Consent interview with Tuan N’gai.
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So, it was a gorgeous and noisy day outside of Buli coffeehouse in the Oak Lawn area and Tuan and I went from talking about the Silence Equals Consent tour which is what brings him to town this weekend, to our pity for the blind rage of some Ugandan citizens against gays, plus anger at [...]
Six rules for being a real ally.
I really want to thank Sharon Bridgforth for sharing this video called “6 Rules For Allies”, as I learned about through it my friend, Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano. Definitely food for thought for me in light of my recent posts about support the queer family in Africa. It’s food for though for me speaking out [...]
Musician, Jennie Laws, supports NOH8
From my interview of R&B, jazz artist, Jennie Laws in May of ’08, I thought she was not only a talented vocalist and musician, but a cool person to get to know, period. Then, Freddie Beat of popolio tipped me off to her NOH8 photo on her MySpace pages. Very cool! (In case you’re new [...]
Silence Equals Consent tour to challenge homophobia in African-American churches
A frequent guest and commentator here at Mandrake Society Radio podcast, Tuan N’Gai, is producing a tour of speaking engagements to challenge African-American gay people to collectively speak out against homophobia especially within black religious institutions. The tour entitled, Silence Equals Consent, is the mantra of the organization and website, Operation REBIRTH, which N’Gai helped [...]
Volunteeer opportunities during Creating Change conference in Dallas
The National Conference on LGBT Equality Creating Change will have several opportunities for local volunteers during the event at the Sheraton Dallas on February 3 – February 7. All interested volunteers need to sign up at Volunteer Orientation for Creating Change on Sunday, January 31, 2010 at the Sheraton Dallas, 400 North Olive Street, in [...]
Podcast: Thinking about human rights
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A short show as the first Mandrake Society Radio podcast of 2010, and I’m thinking about Bayard Rustin and his work towards international human rights, which include economic rights, social rights, cultural rights, developmental rights, environmental rights, and sexual rights. Some links for today’s show: J*Davey‘s track can be found at Bandcamp as a free [...]
