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Happy Pride Month!🌈Sending love to the LGBTQ+ community we serve! Learn from LGBTQ+ leaders on: the dance world as a queer space, drag as a tool for self-advocacy, being a LGBTQ+ politician, urban farming, & supporting trans kids in Texas. bit.ly/3M32sRq #FirstPersonPBS
Growing a following online is one thing but setting the boundaries you need to thrive sometimes takes the energy of a legend. Check out @blairimani and @plantkween in our season finale available now #linkinbio #FirstPersonPBS
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Introducing the Legacy Archive Project, a collection of 50 documentary films focused on the Black experience, indigenous rights and antisemitism from @TheWNETGroup archives.
🎥 Watch here: to.pbs.org/36HvHL2
#ExploringHate
#TransDayOfVisability, is a day to celebrate and honor the lives of trans and non-binary folks across the spectrum, it's a day to remember, it's a day to reflect, and it's a day to raise awareness for the ongoing adversity the TGNB community faces worldwide. #nalasimonetoussaint
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A proud Black trans woman, Crystal LaBeija paved the way for house culture, voguing, "Paris is Burning," and the TV series "Pose."
Today on International #TransDayOfVisability, and every day, we recognize and uplift trans stories. ow.ly/rbGP50IqI03 #TDOV
Dancer @garenscribner & choreographer Miguel Gutierrez compare experiences coming of age in dance academies and talk about what needs to happen for those institutions to adapt to the 21st century. #firstpersonpbs youtube.com/watch?v=dTfmTHXw…
Olympic silver medalist #RavenSaunders and #NatHuerta, founder of America's first queer gym, talk about love, family, twerking at the Olympics, and how to stay true to yourself when the spotlight finally shines on your hard work. #FirstPersonPBS youtube.com/watch?v=p60VPsWG…
"... I want to pay tribute to the powerful queer and trans legacies of intersectional solidarity and resistance, and reclaim a queer future filled with “transformation, healing, and courage,” as #BLM co-founder Patrice Cullors has envisioned."bit.ly/3BpcVB6
We’re starting off w/ magical astrologer and Puerto Rican icon #WalterMercado. Learn more about the gender nonconforming mystical legend w/ co-director of his Netflix biopic Cristina Costantini & Puerto Rican writer & comedian Gabe Gonzalez.youtu.be/19Iw2Vzzxt4 #FirstPersonPBS
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#Genderful! is a free event for children and their caregivers, focused on exploring gender through curiosity, creativity, and community.
The next Genderful! will take place on 4/6 at @BKLYNlibrary. In the mean time, here's a video from our first event!
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#genderfulbk is 4 days away! We have so many reasons to attend. Like Sky Cubacub from @rebirthgarments + their wkshp, Rebirth Warriors: Fashion + Performance. Kiddos will learn 2 hack their wardrobe. 2pm Sat. 4/6 @BKLYNlibrary
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#genderfulbk is 2 days away! So many reasons to attend including @comewancomeall + his Talk Back, Transform: Transformative Poetry wkshp. Kiddos 6-12 will breathe, move, write, and draw during either/both session, 2:15-3 / 3:15-4. Sat. 4/6 @BKLYNlibrary – at Brooklyn, NY
We are so excited to be a part of Genderful!
Calling all queer kids and caregivers in the New York area! Mark your calendars cause we’ve partnered back up with @bklynlibrary to bring you Genderful! ‘19. So excited to host this event on April 6th. Read more about it and RSVP for free through the “ge… ift.tt/2H0M0Ux
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“This is a group of people, fighting for their rights, as human beings, and they are still doing that fight today.” On this #TransDayofRemembrance, we look back at this critical moment of #LGBTQ history.
#WontBeErased ow.ly/plda30mGRRd
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How can we create safe spaces for LGBTQ+ youth? #FirstPersonPBS youtube.com/watch?v=KhcpvApP…
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17-year-old Ethan shares how his high school supported his gender transition. #FirstPersonPBS youtube.com/watch?v=6dYF3mdP…