On Episode 2 of Tell Your Pride, host Shimmer sits down with Twin Cities icon DJ DaddyRox aka Roxanne Anderson for a powerful conversation on community, culture, and creating space where it’s long been denied.

From co-founding Our Space and advancing housing for trans, youth, and elder communities, to building alternatives to policing through REP, Rox shares a blueprint for collective care and liberation. They also reflect on launching RARE Productions to uplift queer artists of color and the 25-year legacy of the Power to the People stage at Pride.

This episode is about vision, resilience, and what it takes to build something that lasts.

The premiere episode of Tell Your Pride starts with a powerhouse conversation. Host Shimmer welcomes Nomi Bad Boy—a two-spirited Indigenous Black transgender woman, Twin Cities Pride board chair, and celebrity hair and makeup artist whose life story is as bold as her talent.

Nomi shares how she went from addiction, incarceration, and life on the margins to celebrating 14 years of sobriety andbuilding a career that’s taken her backstage at the Super Bowl, the BET Awards, and beyond. Along the way, she speaks candidly about recovery, transparency in queer communities, and the daily affirmations that helped her rebuild her life.

From styling stars like Lizzo to raising children as a foster parent and single mother, Nomi’s story is about resilience, reinvention, and finding beauty in the journey.

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