We’re back with another episode of Ask Smart People Smart Questions, recorded live at the Tempe Public Library on March 22, 2023. With each installment of the series, Equality Arizona convenes a panel of experts to talk about the big picture of some of the biggest issues that affect the LGBTQ+ community in Arizona. For the month of March, our topic was criminalization and incarceration. Thank you to Joseph Jaafari, Xyra Flores, and Parris Wallace for making this conversation possible!

Links for More Information

* More than 2,300 Arizona prisoners have been punished for queer intimacy (LOOKOUT)

* How Do You Survive Prison When You're Gay and Black? Same As You Do On the Outside. (LOOKOUT)

* Trans Queer Pueblo

* Southwest Recovery Alliance

Upcoming Ask Smart People Smart Questions Events

* School Governance, April 26

* Substance Use, May 24

* Homelessness & the Housing Crisis, June 28

* Transgender Healthcare, July 26

* Migration & Sanctuary, August 23

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