The Arizona Equals Conversation

In today’s episode, we talk with Noelle Cañez, a local artist and activist working with the LGBTQ+ community in the East Valley. We talk about her work with Queer in Arizona and Drag Story Hour Arizona, but also about her experiences as a lifelong resident of the state, including some of the barriers she’s faced trying to find community and how this has motivated her activism.

Additional context for the conversation

* The March for Trans Justice

* Queerizona / Queer in Arizona

* Drag Queen Story Hour Arizona

* Arizona Senate Republicans want to outlaw kids at drag shows

* RuPaul

Arizona Equals is a conversational interview podcast chronicling the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ Arizonans. If you’d like to be a guest on a future episode of the podcast, you can sign up today on our website!

In today’s episode, we talk with Dr. Avi Vieira, a specialist in LGBTQ+ therapeutic care. Over the course of our hour together, we discuss art and culture in the South West, getting past preconceptions around both psychiatric care and queer identities, and their concerns about how anti-trans policy might affect their ability to live and work in Arizona.

Additional context for the conversation

* NM Unites for Marriage — Equality New Mexico 

* Center for Contemporary Arts – Santa Fe

* Meow Wolf: Immersive Art Experiences

* Galaxy’s Edge Coca Cola Bottles: https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/28/20837069/tsa-disneyland-star-wars-thermal-detonator-coke-bottles

* The “Genderbread Person”

* The Arizona Psychological Association

* WPATH standards of care

* Arizona’s Senate Bill 1138

Arizona Equals is a conversational interview podcast chronicling the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ Arizonans. If you’d like to be a guest on a future episode of the podcast, you can sign up today on our website!

In today’s episode, we talk with Gaelle Esposito about growing up in the East Valley and working in Arizona politics. Gaelle is a lobbyist at the state capitol working on education policy, LGBTQ+ rights, and other progressive issues.

Arizona Equals is a conversational interview podcast chronicling the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ Arizonans. If you're part of Arizona's LGBTQ+ community, sign up to be a guest on the podcast on our website. Subscribe to the show in the podcast player of your choice to get new episodes every week!

In today’s episode, we talk with Geoff Love about his experience as a gay man in Arizona. Topics include the balance of acceptance and expression, making the choice to live in Arizona, and solidarity between queer generations. Subscribe to the show in the podcast player of your choice to get new episodes every week!

Additional context for the conversation

* About Matthew Shepard

* The open source social platform Mastodon

* “Society if” meme format

* Sign up for our events on Mobilize

Arizona Equals is a conversational interview podcast chronicling the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ Arizonans. If you're part of Arizona's LGBTQ+ community, sign up to be a guest on the podcast on our website.