Pride Connection

BPI partnering with Eric Marcus of Making Gay History and Miss Debbie Grubb present the first of 4 informative sessions.

Hosted by Gabriel Lopez Kafati (current BPI president and ACB Board member) this session will focus on major voices of LGBTQ advocacy; what made them stand out, working within and out of the systems and how they inspired over 50 years of strident advocacy. Lessons of Advocacy from the LGBTQ Community. Our guest for this presentation is Eric Marcus, moderator of the podcast, Making Gay History. …

This is a slightly edited version of the holiday episode we did in 2022. We will return with a new episode in 2 weeks.

This week several BPI members got together to discuss the unique obstacles we face as blind LGBTQ+ people during the holidays. We discuss everything from dealing with how our families react to our sexuality and gender identity when we get together for the festive season, to overcoming challenges with depression when everyone else seems so jolly. This episode was extremely cathartic to be a part of and we encourage you to write in with your…

BPI partnering with Eric Marcus of Making Gay History and Miss Debbie Grubb present the first of 4 informative sessions.

Hosted by Gabriel Lopez Kafati (current BPI president and ACB Board member) this session will focus on major voices of LGBTQ advocacy; what made them stand out, working within and out of the systems and how they inspired over 50 years of strident advocacy.

Lessons of Advocacy from the LGBTQ Community. Our guest for this presentation is Eric Marcus, moderator of the podcast, Making Gay History. …

This week's show is a recording of our Candidates Forum from 11/05/2022. Please tune in to hear what our 3 amazing candidates have to say. Leah Gardner is running for President, Anthony Corona is running for Vice President, and Maria Kristic is running for Treasurer. We have an open position of Secretary and we hope to see some nominations from the floor. Be sure to vote via your Electronic Ballot or in person at our business meeting on 11/13/2022.

We're currently preparing for our annual business meeting and election, so we are taking a bit of a hiatus. We will be back in November! Here's a rerun of our 2 Year Anniversary show. Enjoy!

This week on Pride Connection, we interviewed Randy Reed and Destiny DiMattei about AceCon, a virtual conference for people who are asexual. Please join us on ACB Media 1 at 10 PM Eastern every week, or download Pride Connection wherever you get your podcasts. If you have questions for our guests or would like to suggest a show topic idea, please send an e-mail to [email protected].

UK AceCon YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/c/AVENLivestreams

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Have you ever wondered how people who are blind or visually impaired create visual art?  Ever wanted to go to an art museum but weren't sure how much of the experience you'd be able to take in?   Lots of work is being done to make visual art spaces more accessible, and you can listen in to find out how!  Join us for Pride Connection where art creators and consumers will share their experiences. Who knows, you might even find some inspiration to dabble in some type of creative medium too!  Search for Pride connection on your podcast catcher of choice; produced by Blind Pride International.   …

This is a training that we did on zoom which resulted in an edited version released on Pride Connection. Pride Connection airs on ACB media 1 on Tuesday night at 10 PM Eastern and will be available on all major podcast catchers shortly after. We discussed fat liberation, myth busting, history and why these things are important to the LGBTQIA+ and disabled communities. Goals that were covered are:

• Understand fat liberation as a movement (different than body positivity, self-love, body-neutrality etc.) …

This week a group of BPI members get together and discuss what it was like growing up LGBTQ+, and how things have changed since then. We also provide resources for LGBTQ+ youth and their parents. For more information about BPI please visit us at http://www.blindlgbtpride.org.

If you missed the 3D Audio Excursion at convention this year, fear not; Pride Connection has you covered! Grab those headphones, and tune in. Chris Snyder will take you on a Tesla autonomous driving tour, a trip on the Portland Max Rail to the Portland Pride Festival, a jaunt to the French Quarter Jazz Festival in New Orleans, and top the evening off with a little stand up comedy from the deviously hilarious Emo Phillips. It’s a virtual trip you won’t want to miss! Don’t forget, headphones are required to experience the 3D aspects of the tour.