Diversity & Inclusion: Black Lives Matter

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Healthcare

Lola and Thom had a lovely chat about the state of healthcare and the SOGI communities.

Episode Notes:

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

• is tasked with ensuring the health and well-being of all Americans
• HHS works to ensure that LGBT Americans, families, and communities receive equal access to health services by providing enhanced resources for LGBT health issues
• They developing better information regarding LGBT health needs; and working to close the LGBT health disparities gap that currently exists.

HRC Article: \\u201cTrump-Pence Admin Moves To Undermine LGBTQ Non-Discrimination Protections in Health Care\\u201d

https://www.hrc.org/blog/trump-pence-admin-moves-to-undermine-lgbtq-protections-in-health-care

• April 24^th, 2020
• HRC responded to Trump administration\\u2019s latest actions to undermine the rights and welfare of the SOGI community.
• Siting Politico:
  • the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is one step closer to finalizing a major change to the federal regulation implementing the civil rights provision, Section 1557, of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to remove explicit protections for LGBTQ people in health care programs and activities by excluding protections from discrimination based on sex stereotyping and gender identity.
• HRC President Alphonso David responded:
  • \\u201c\\u2026efforts to remove existing non-discrimination protections for the LGBTQ community is unacceptable, blatantly offensive, and cruel\\u2026\\u201d
  • \\u201c\\u2026We will fight this policy & fight to get a pro-equality President into office this November who represents all of us.\\u201d
• According to HRC Foundation\\u2019s analysis of the 2018 BRFSS,
  • 17% of LGBTQ adults do not have any kind of health insurance coverage, compared to 12% of non-LGBTQ adults.
  • Furthermore,
    • 23% of LGBTQ adults of color,
    • 22% of transgender adults
    • 32% of transgender adults of color have no form of health coverage.
  • This can lead to avoidance of medical care even when medically necessary and to severe economic hardship when medical care is ultimately accessed

What do these attacks look like?

• Vice President Mike Pence and Office for Civil Rights Director Roger Severino.
  • Have reallocated significant resources away from civil rights and patient privacy in order to expand religious exemptions,
  • enacted rules that severely restrict access to reproductive health care, and undermine strong nondiscrimination protections under the Affordable Care Act.
• On Friday, November 1, 2019\\u2014the first day of National Adoption Month
  • the HHS announced that it would not enforce strong and comprehensive regulations requiring its grantees to ensure that federal taxpayer dollars are not used to fund discrimination and that it would seek to replace these regulations with weak and ambiguous ones.

Human Rights Campaign (HRC)

https://www.hrc.org/

• Represents more than 3 million members and supporters nationwide.
• It is the largest national LGBTQ civil rights organization
• Their mission is to ensure basic equal rights for all LGBTQ people at home, at work, and in the greater community.

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Diversity & Inclusion: The Language Barrier

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LIVE Quarantertainment

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NERDS!

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Merry Christmas

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2019 In Review

Lola was joined by regular guest Thomas Turner, daughter Lylyth Faire, and comedian Gwen Sunkel to take a look at the year that was. 2019 was a full year and marks the end of a decade and the beginning on a new roaring twenties.

Entertainment

This year saw the birth of Disney\'s continued expansion into the world of entertainment. They Launched Disney+, and acquired 20th Century Fox. They released quite a collection of blockbuster hits and three "Live" remakes. Outside of Disney we saw many other blockbuster hits. Jasmine Masters created the catch phrase of the year with "And I Oop!" We also saw the explosion of Lizzo. She launched into acting, voice overs, and was a supporting character in the hit film Hustlers. Her hit single "Juice" was on top of all the charts. We also saw the Country Music Awards award their first openly LGBTQ nominee with Lil Nas and his hit "Old Town Road."

World Pride

2019 Marked the first ever US held World Pride. New York city was in full rainbow mode as the World Pride celebrations also marked the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. We listened into CBS Weekend News coverage, Speeches from Bette Midler, and Lady Gaga. We also hear Woopi Goldberg\'s opening remarks from the opening ceremonies. The next World Pride will be in 2021 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

LGBT Around the world

• India\\u2019s LGBT community protests transgender law at Delhi pride parade
• Istanbul LGBT activists defy Turkish government Pride ban
• LGBT activist remains in exile as Kenya upholds anti-gay laws
• Supreme Court takes on cases on gay rights, discrimination
• In Brunei, Sultan enacts gay sex stoning law as they take a more stringent religious stance on all their laws.
• Taiwan holds Asia\\u2019s first legal gay weddings, in a boost for LGBT communities

Lastly we worked through this all that 2019 brought us in US politics. It was a lot.

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Happy Holigays! Stay Tuned...

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Shopping LGBTQ Friendly

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A Path Back for Chicken?

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Home for the Holigays

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Suicide & the LGBTQ

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Politics & Me

POLITICS. This eight letter word carries a lot of weight and isn\'t always the easiest thing to understand fully. In this episode, Indianapolis City Council member and Council Vice President, Zach Adamson, stops by to help Lola make more sense of the whole thing.

City Councilor representing the 17th district on Indy\'s near NE, near east and near southeast side of downtown. Neighborhoods include the Martindale Brightwood area, Chatham Arch, Lockerbie, Fountain Square and the western part of NESCO. Opinions here on this page are my own.\\xa0

You can find out more about Zach on his webpage, AdamsonForIndy.com

Zach Adamson\'s Webpage

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Indiana Pride of Color

With Executive Director Terrell Parker

We we so excited to have Terrell Parker join us in the studio to chat about Indiana Pride of Color and the importance of Prides of Color and Black Pride\'s. We talked about how they differ and add to the larger pride events.

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Open Relationships

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Queer Icon Cece Peniston

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Addiction and the Opioid Epidemic - Part I

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Indy Queer Entertainment

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Social Media

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Drag Moms

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Low Pone

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Labels

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Drag and the Transgender Community

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Comedy In LGBTQI+

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