Black Trans Lives Matter

Team Nancy takes a final stroll down memory lane. Check out our open-sourced Queer Podcasts spreadsheet for more queer shows. To get you started, check out Afroqueer, History is Gay, LGBTQ&A, Flyest Fables, Making Gay History, Gender Reveal, and If These Ovaries Could Talk. Music ...  Show more

This week, we dive into the world of an underground Black lesbian strip club in Los Angeles. — You can watch Shakedown at shakedown.film and The Criterion Channel. — Leilah Weinraub is a filmmaker and artist. Ronnie D. Ron is the founder of Shakedown. Egypt Blaque Knyle is a soci ...  Show more

Imagine walking through life, knowing who you are, but not feeling like you can live as that person? That was how my guest today, Imara Jones, experienced the first half of her life, before making a series of choices that would allow her to feel safe and supported stepping bac ...

Today is Transgender Day of Visibility. Through a poetic series of personal vignettes, scholar and activist D-L Stewart invites us into the sobering reality of existing as black and trans in a society where your body has been made to feel unworthy. This talk was filmed at TEDxCSU ...  Show more

Control over the rights of transgender children continue to leave folks in a frenzy. Janet Mock discusses her work on the groundbreaking FX series “Pose” and reflects on being the first transgender woman of color to write and direct for a TV series. Plus, Jessica Williams speaks ...  Show more

The #FantiFam is off this week but we have one of our absolute favorite episodes from the vault for you!  This week, we chat with journalist and friend of the show Shar Jossell about the term All Black Lives Matter—an expression of inclusion meant to amplify the voices of Black T ...  Show more