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Pride Connection Presents: Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month

May 12, 2021
Episode Notes

Pride Connection presents a celebratory discussion about Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month

**Content warning: gun violence, hate crimes/violence against AAPI, racism, xenophobia, homophobia, ableism, other topics that may be sensitive to some listeners  **

May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage month! This week on Pride Connection, please join Sarah Chung (moderator,) Minh Ha, Miso Kwak, Tyanne Wilmath, and Anthony Corona for a conversation exploring AAPI history, personal stories of the intersectionality of

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Pride Connection Presents: Imperfect Imperfection

May 5, 2021
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Pride Connection was happy to chat with Elise Tabor about intersectionality issues as it relates to not only the LGBTQIA+ and blind communities but relating to us all.

When Kimberle Crenshaw coined the term, “intersectionality,” 30 years ago, it was an obscure legal concept. Read more about this on VOX.

Did you recognize the instrumental music played in this episode? Tell us your guesses by visiting our Facebook and Twitter so we know you listened!

Blind LGBT Pride International is dedicated to the blind or visually impaired LGBTQIA

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Pride Connection Presents: The Year of COVID-19 a Success…Say What?!?!

April 28, 2021
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Pride Connection was happy to chat with Dustin Rynders, the Supervising Attorney of the Education team at Disability Rights Texas, (DRTX). If you are a student with a disability in the State of Texas and need assistance, check out the advocacy services you can get help with by visiting https://disabilityrightstx.org.

Do you live in one of the other US states and territories and need advocacy services or just have questions about your rights? Find your Protection & Advocacy, (P&A), agency by visiting the National Disability Rights Network at https://ndrn.org. 

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Pride Connection Presents - Harvey Miller Part 2

April 14, 2021
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Wasn’t I right? How can you not be motivated by hearing Harvey Miller's story Listen to Pride Connection this Tuesday April, 12 at 10 pm. EST on ACB Radio Mainstream and hear the rest of the story.

In this part of our conversation hear to whom and how Harvey came out. Learn how a road trip with a friend lead him to a once in a lifetime find. You will be totally impressed hearing how Harvey made it around every obstacle put in his way to get started on the work he was committed to do. 

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Pride Connection Presents - Harvey Miller Part 1

April 7, 2021
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Do you need a hit of motivation during this relentless time of pandemic? Maybe a little nudge to get you out of that recliner and do something productive? I can get it for you on the cheap. All you have to do is listen to Pride Connection Tuesday April 6 at 10 p.m. EST on ACB Radio Mainstream. Tune in and listen to the first part of an interview of Harvey Miller done by Dwayne Estes. Harvey was born with low vision and was told he would not lose the sight he had and relied on. Later in life he did lose his sight completely.

Hear about Dr. 

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Pride Connection Presents: What Does It Mean To Identify As Asian American Today?

March 30, 2021
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Pride Connection presents a roundtable discussion about what it means to identify as Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) in today's racially charged climate. 

Content warning: gun violence, hate crimes/violence against AAPI, racism, xenophobia, homophobia, ableism, other topics that may be sensitive to some listeners  

Join Sarah Chung (moderator,) Tyanne Wilmath, Mark Hanohano, Anthony Corona, and Byron Lee as they examine their thoughts on the aftermath of the Atlanta Spa shootings and how the Covid19 pandemic has affected the AAPI community. 

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Pride Connection Presents: a Discussion on Gender Roles in Younger Generations Part 2

March 17, 2021
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New statistics show that 1 out of 6 adults identifies as belonging to the LGBTQ spectrum. The immediate access to information, and ease to connect with others who share similar life experiences, have made it safer for younger generations to openly embrace their identity. We will discuss how gender roles have changed amongst members of Generations X and Z. How much ponderance are younger generations now giving to the roles that have been assigned to each gender in the past? Are members of Generations X and Z moving towards new or no gender roles?

Pride Connection Presents: A Discussion on Gender Roles in Younger Generations

March 10, 2021
Episode Notes

Last week, Pride Connection hosted a discussion around how new statistics show that 1 out of 6 adults identifies as belonging to the LGBTQ spectrum. The immediate access to information, and the ease to connect with others who share similar life experiences, have made it safer for younger generations to openly embrace their identity. Please join us this week, as we discuss how gender roles have changed amongst members of Generations X and Z. How much ponderance are younger generations now giving to the roles that have been assigned to each gender in the past? 

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Pride Connection Presents: 1 in 6 Gen-Z Identifies as LGBTQ, A Discussion

March 3, 2021
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Do you Identify as LGBTQ, Love someone LGBTQ, respect the LGBTQ community??

Tonight we ask LGBTQ members, those who are ALLIES and those who may have the second opinion to join this important discussion. 

Below you will find 2 fascinating articles of varying opinion. Is it easier to identify as LGBTQ today  or, is Gen-Z being socially brainwashed into this identification? BPI dives into this topic this week and next as we invite all ACB Members (especially Next Gen and Students) to join us and share their opinions. 

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Pride Connection Presents: Celebrating Black History Month

February 24, 2021
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Black History Month: where do we go from here?

Join Will Burley and Cheryl Cumings as they talk about the background of Black History Month, and share their perspective of the importance of black History Month, current psycho-social impact of racism on the lives of Black Americans, and the future.