HAPPY SILICON VALLEY PRIDE MONTH FRIENDS!

The next few weeks will be JAM PACKED with events, so let's hop to it!

This week's guest: Gabrielle Antolovich (They/Them) – Board President of the Billy DeFrank LGBTQ+ Community Center in San Jose. They’re a non-profit that promotes services, events, and resources for Queer people in the South Bay Area. They also provide HIV testing, support groups, weekly game nights, art and rummage sales, and now a NEW podcast called “Voices of the Billy DeFrank Center” – highlighting community members and their stories of community, and how the center impacted their lives.

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Greetings and salutations, friends and allies alike! Gregg and Mary are back with more Queer Inquiries and colloquies!

Our friends Juicy Liu and Justin Back from Legalize Drag are BACK to fundraise and advocate for LGBTQ+ folks in Texas.

Legalize Drag, a collective of drag artist legal professionals is hosting another fundraiser to raise awareness, foster solidarity, and support LGBTQI+ liberation in the face of dangerous restrictions on free speech and gender expression recently passed in Texas. Sunday July 30 from 3-8pm at El Rio in San Francisco. Link to their event!

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Castro’s Q Bar to reopen in September

Castro Shop Sending LGBTQ Books to Red States

Newsom Threatens Action against Temecula school district after they rejected Harvey Milk history

Tennessee’s 6th Circuit allows state ban on Gender-Affirming Care

Judge uses Supreme Court’s Gay Wedding Website Ruling for Anti-LGBTQ Lawsuit

Michigan Salon Owner Refuses to Serve LGBTQ community after SCOTUS ruling

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH QUEER FRIENDS AND ALLIES ALIKE!

This week, Gregg and Mary discuss confrontations with gate-crashing ne'er-do-wells, sweet national happenings involving Queer celebrations, and talk about community and legacy with Sister Mary Media, one of the FOUNDERS of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence!

The Sisters are an order of queer and trans nuns who’ve been a California staple since 1979. They devote themselves to community service, ministry and outreach to those on the edges, and to promoting human rights, respect for diversity and spiritual enlightenment, while using humor and irreverent wit to expose the forces of bigotry, complacency and guilt that chain the human spirit. ()

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For suggestions and inquiries, email Gregg at [email protected]

This episode unofficially powered by Janelle Monáe's Lipstick Lover, because it's pure and utter queer joy.

This week, Mary and Gregg talk about why old-school rock stars should probably keep their opinions to themselves in their ignorance, why SF Pride may be a bit strapped for cash, and why the entire Bay Area is in an uproar over the death of Banko Brown.

We also talk about the intersectionality of queerness and disability with King Lotus Boy and Obsidienne Obsurd, drag artists who are hosting “TRANSformASIANS” – a Transgender & Asian-American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander showcase. Exploring the relationship between queerness, gender fluidity, cultural (re)connection and diasporic healing. A portion of proceeds from ticket sales will benefit Red Canary Song. June 2nd 7pm PT at The Oasis SF – and live-streamed on Oasis TV.

Also, check out King Lotus Boy's excellent song "Google is Free" 😂

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Have an event or a story you'd like to see featured? Let us know by emailing Gregg!

Welcome back to Queerly Inquiring! This week, Mary and Gregg talk to Pop Rox and Juicy Liu from Legalize Drag, a collective of drag artist legal professionals protesting attacks on the art of drag and trans, gender non-confirming, and queer communities.

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For questions and recommendations, email Gregg at [email protected]

Welcome back to Queerly Inquiring! This week, Gregg and Mary discuss:

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Houyee Chow-Jimenez, the artist behind the incredible Sharks Pride Night jerseys.

Trans Formations Project, a fantastic resource to keep up with current anti-LGBTQ legislation.

San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee

For questions and recommendations, email Gregg at [email protected]

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Queerly Inquiring! We're a group of LGBTQ+ people who are hoping to uplift and give voice to marginalized people throughout the Bay Area.

In this first episode, we discuss: