Mar 1st, 2010
by JW Richard.
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Today’s show features an interview with Generativity Records artist, Sandra Kaye. Since 1986, Sandra has thrilled audiences around the world and she shares with me how her music career got off the ground via a now defunct cabaret show in Dallas’ West End. The interview was recorded in her Dallas home. Songs featured from her [...]
Feb 23rd, 2010
by JW Richard.
Artists and LGBT community organizations converge to increase awareness and celebrate their work near Fair Park in Southern Dallas.
The two-day event is entitled, “We The People: A Celebration of Queer Arts & Culture”, and will take place Saturday, March 6, and Sunday, March 7, at the South Dallas Cultural Center, 3400 S. Fitzhugh, in Dallas.
“Our [...]
Feb 16th, 2010
by JW Richard.
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 [...]
Feb 16th, 2010
by JW Richard.
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I’ve written on this blog and other places that one of my favorite experiences after accepting myself as a gay man was taking part in a inter-generational discussion of black gay men every other Saturday in Houston called The Men’s Gathering. Today, I’m speaking with one of the architects of the The Men’s Gathering in [...]
Feb 9th, 2010
by JW Richard.
This weekend in Dallas is about to be crazy with the NBA All-Star game and all its parties. Many organizations serving our community are in on it, too, including Southern Boi Entertainment, Men of Essence, Women of Distinction, 7Connection, and SmooveQ Productions. So make sure you check the calendar for all of the latest [...]
Feb 2nd, 2010
by JW Richard.
Five years ago, when this podcast journey began on this site, I conducted my first interviews at an ice cream shop in the Bishop Arts District owned and operated by Rosa Lopez, called Suenos Sabrosos. While working at the ice cream shop and since its closure in 2007, she also serves at the executive director [...]
Jan 25th, 2010
by JW Richard.
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This week, I discuss past and present activism within the Dallas LGBT and African-American communities with Alpha Thomas. A long-time activist, mother, and breast cancer survivor, Alpha recalls her cross-coalition work towards HIV awareness and gay adoptions, as well as discussing her intent to re-start Umoja Hermanos, a poetry and support circle for lesbians [...]
Jan 20th, 2010
by JW Richard.
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, [...]