Lessons from the LGBTQ+ Rights Movement

Democracy in Color with Steve Phillips

English - July 07, 2022 08:20 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 187 ratings
News Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed

Previous Episode: Lessons from the LGBTQ+ Rights Movement with Activist Julie Dorf

Next Episode: Why Ohio Is Trending Red: Conversation with David Pepper

LGBTQ+ rights activist Julie Dorf joins us to share how she and a coalition of ragtag organizers created the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission in the 90s, her role in and lessons learned during the struggle for marriage equality, and why she’s listening to her own “queer spawn” and younger activists on how to move forward in these times.

References:
Julie Dorf - @JulieDorf

Council for Global Equality - http://globalequality.org
OutRight Action International - https://outrightinternational.org
Act Up - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACT_UP
Queer Nation - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer_Nation
Roseanne episode - “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Ask,_Don%27t_Tell_(Roseanne)