Pride Connection Presents: Closing Pride Month with AIRA and the amazing Stonewall presentation

Episode Notes Stonewall sparked the Pride Month celebrations…. However Stonewall wasn’t the prologue or even the first chapter. Join BPI and AIRA as we celebrate, experience and describe Stonewalll and the Historic NYC West Village in telling the story of Pride Before, during and after Stonewall. Tonight on ACB Radio Mainstream and on all podcast … Read more

Pride Connection Presents: TJ Klune

Episode Notes Please join us tonight at 10PM Eastern, 7PM Pacific on Pride Connection where guest host Chris Snyder brings you an exclusive, in-depth interview with queer author TJ Klune! TJ Klune is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling, Lambda Literary Award-winning author of The House in the Cerulean Sea, The Extraordinaries, and … Read more

Pride Connection Presents: Might As Well Jump!

Episode Notes Van Halen expressed it best. “Might as well jump!” Sometimes,it’s a gradual jump over time; in some cases, it’s a dive from 14,000 feet above the ground. Whatever the height or intensity, this show is about making a leap in to the unknown. Listen to some BPI board members share stories of coming … Read more

Pride Connection Presents: Exploring Gay History with Eric Marcus

Episode Notes On this week’s show, Anthony Corona and Scott Marshall had the great opportunity to virtually sit down with Eric Marcus, journalist, network television producer, and author of the acclaimed book and podcast Making Gay History. We first met Eric last January when he shared with us and our listeners audio clips from his … Read more

Pride Connection Presents: 21 Years of Pride

Episode Notes As Blind Pride opens the month long celebration of LGBTQ Pride we host long-time allies Terry Pacheco, Penny Reader, Paul Edwards along with ACB Leaders Ray Campbell, Jim Kracht and President Dan Spoon.  21 years of Pride, Advocacy, education, wine events and all our social events not to mention the great social changing … Read more

Pride Connection Presents: Devin Fernandez

Episode Notes Pride Connection was happy to chat with Devin Fernandez founder of Third Eye Insight Fitness for the Blind. Where they offer a world of different fitness activities. Not only do they offer Marshall Arts, self-defense, mediation classes but they also set up plenty of fun activities such as horse-back riding, kayaking, fishing charters, … Read more

Pride Connection Presents: Love is Patient, Love is Kind

Episode Notes Pride Connection invites you to take a journey with Byron Lee and Chris Snyder. Tonight, they will speak of their self-discovery, their coming out experiences, and the truth that love is patient and enduring. Also, get a taste of what’s to come at our spectacular convention this summer! Questions or comments for the … Read more

Pride Connection Presents: Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month

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 … Read more

Pride Connection Presents: Imperfect Imperfection

Episode Notes 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 … Read more

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

Episode Notes 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 … Read more