Out with Jimmy Alexander

Karen is back, and opens up about the danger for trans women of color, her Ted Talk, and transitioning from Tony to Karen.

Karen Kendra Holmes, has been named, Soldier of the Year, received the Governor’s Crime Prevention Award, and was named one of the “Top 50 Successful Transgender Americans You Need to Know".

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On this episode, Peter Rosenstein talks to Jimmy about working for Congresswoman Bella S. Abzug and President Carter, advising different Mayors of Washington D.C., being a columnist for Washington Blade and Huffington Post, leading the fight for marriage-equality in the District of Columbia, and why he waited till his 30s to come out.

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Every member of the LGBTQ+ community has a fear... They may lose their family.

That's what happened to Brad Garner. Listen as the Mississippi native, who grew up in the Southern Baptist Church, shares how he chose to be happy, and found a husband at a Catholic Mass.

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Singer/Songwriter Amanda Barrick, joins Jimmy, to talk about growing up Mormon, while having a gay brother and pan sister, moving in with her girlfriend, and her debut album.

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Who finds their first agent in the yellow pages, when they were just nine years old? international award-winning dance music artist, BP Major does.

You'll hear how his life has taken him from Australia, to the performing around the world, and now passing on his knowledge of performing on his new YouTube Streaming Series "Major Minors".

Listen, I promise you won't laugh as hard all week.

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Do you know anyone who got married by Queen Latifah, at the Grammys, while Madonna made an appearance?

Yawar Charlie, from CNBC's "Listing Impossible" did... and he tells you all about it, on this edition of Out With Jimmy.

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Miguel Fuller, from Hot 101.5's The Miguel & Holly Show, talks about being "out" on the air in Tampa, Florida, and "the talk", that African-American moms have with their sons.

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In 1975 Deacon Maccubbin started Washington D.C.'s "Gay Pride Day". Deacon and his husband Jim Bennett's LGBTQ+ book store, "Lambda Rising" faced broken windows and bomb threats, due to their involvement, in what is now known 45 years later, as Capital Pride.

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Miguel Fuller, from Hot 101.5's The Miguel & Holly Show, talks about being "out" on the air in Tampa, Florida, and "the talk", that African-American moms have with their sons.

Music provided by the YouTube Audio Library - Wishful Thinking by Dan Lebowitz.

Brett Parson, after 26 years, retired from the Washington D.C. police, where he headed the department’s LGBT Liaison Unit, and was supervisor of the Special Liaison Branch that oversees all six of the liaison units.

On this episode, Brett talks about taking a trip to Europe, just as Covid-19 took over the world, and arriving back to D.C., days after the President's walk to the St. John's Church. You'll also hear Brett's thoughts, on the police, and the protests.

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