A Queer Understanding

A Queer Understanding

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A Queer Understanding episodes

  • Dr. Lourdes Ashley Hunter-Fowler, Author & Humanitarian

    Today, we're speaking with Dr. Lourdes Ashley Hunter-Fowler about her humanitarian work elevating the narratives of Black trans people through healing and restorative and reparative justice. Dr. Hunter-Fowler also shares the trauma she endured as a trans woman in a men's prison. 
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    42 min
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  • Angeline Jackson, Author of Funny Gyal

    ***Content Warning. This episode contains sensitive material that may be triggering to some listeners. Listener discretion is advised.***
    Angeline Jackson is an LGBTQ human rights activist, expert witness, life coach,  minister-in-training, and author. We talk with Angeline about growing up & living in Jamaica as an openly gay woman, her activism work, and how she dealt with her trauma and is sharing her story in her upcoming book, Funny Gyal. 


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    46 min
  • Dr. Alex Chan, LMFT, The Sibley Group

    Dr. Chan, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist at The Sibley Group and a faculty member at the University of Maryland Extension, talks to us about the road to coming out and what it's like being gay in his field. 

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    29 min
  • Eboné Bell, Tagg Magazine

    Eboné Bell is a business owner, speaker, and trailblazer who shines bright in the world of entrepreneurship, DEI, activism, and LGBTQ media. She is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Tagg Magazine. 


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    39 min
  • Jaron Bester, Police Corporal with Prince George's County Maryland Police Department, Part 1

    Jaron Bester discusses the trials and tribulations of coming out as a young adult, his first love, and issues of discrimination and injustice he's faced as a gay man working for the police department.


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    18 min
  • Maurice Tomlinson, Human Rights Activist & Attorney-at-Law (part 1)

    Today, we're speaking with Maurice Tomlinson about his work challenging anti-gay laws, including Jamaica’s ban on same-sex intimacy and marriage, and other advocacy work.
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    CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains sensitive material that may be triggering for some listeners.


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    24 min
  • Karen Holmes, The Butterfly Project

    Today, we talk to Karen about being a transgender woman, her advocacy work bridging the gap between law enforcement and the transgender community, and her experiences transitioning later in life.


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    26 min

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Weekly conversations about all things queer. A space for members of the LGBTQIA+ community to share our stories, struggles, and triumphs, and talk about how we're breaking glass ceilings and making…