i am #UnapologeticallyJosh and THIS is #TheUprising

TRANSGENDER TURMOIL 11/5/19

i am #UnapologeticallyJosh and THIS is #TheUprising on www.str8indieradio.com! Understanding and accepting the topics around transgender individuals can be more than difficult to process. This discussion has become all the more pressing with controversy involving gender reassignment and hormone therapy, the use of public bathrooms, and even participation in athletics. Join me on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5th at 10pm (EST), as i explore this provocative and often polarizing social issues.

My Guest is Kiara St. James, who is joining us by phone from NYC.
Kiara St. James, Is a community organizer and public speaker. She has been instrumental in changing shelter policies that were discriminatory towards the Trans community, and presented workshops concerning marginalized communities at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna, Austria and the United Nations, as well as at other conferences and academic institutions. For the last 17 years Kiara has also been coordinating meetings with legislators to discuss the importance of passing Gender Expression Non Discrimination Act, a bill that will enrich the lives of all New Yorkers through creating culturally affirming spaces. and was finally Legislated into Law January 15 2019 . Kiara is the Founder and current Executive director of the New York Transgender Advocacy Group (NYTAG inc), A grassroots 501c-3 non-profit organization, that is Trans-led and intent on creating new opportunities for the Trans community, through various partnerships and sustainable innovative initiatives. Kiara believes that the fight now should be about Equity and shifting of resources to better address income disparities.

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