The Laundry
Where everybody's an expert. And change is for customers only! Highlights progressive activists and a wide range of issues from LGBT people in the military to immigration reform.
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Monday Sep 22, 2014
Monday Sep 22, 2014
This time at The Laundry I sit down with Sarah Schulman, a long time activist, and author of works like THE GENTRIFICATION OF THE MIND: WItness to a Lost Imagination, TIES THAT BIND: Familial Homophobia and Its Consequences, and several novels including the recently re-released mystery, AFTER DELORES.She was also the co-founder of the innovative direct action group, the Lesbian Avengers. We talk about a range of subjects, from the secrets of the group's success, which included innovative marketing and the growing desire of lesbians to be seen on their own terms, as part of the world. To how tough it is even now for lesbian writers to break into mainstream publishing.
Tuesday Apr 15, 2014
Tuesday Apr 15, 2014
In
this interview with former New York City councilmember and out Latina lesbian,
Margarita López, we learn about her early activist life in Puerto Rico,
fighting U.S. recruiters grabbing her friends for Viet Nam, advocating for independence,
women, LGBT people, and homeless squatters. Unemployed, repeatedly dyke-bashed,
she moved to New York City and became a housing activist, working for the
Latino community, sometimes at odds with their homophobia.
Wednesday Nov 13, 2013
Wednesday Nov 13, 2013
Vietnam vet
and gay activist Danny Meyer talks about LGBT people in the military, and how
his experience as the child of Holocaust refugees inspired him to serve under
the flag, when everybody else on the left was burning it.For more information about
Denny and his work check out his site GayMilitarySignal.com .
Coming up in episode 2, a profile of activist Margarita Lopez.