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On the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, we’re looking at how LGBT rights have changed over the last half century. Some say the AIDS crisis accelerated gay rights in America. The nation’s first AIDS ward at San Francisco General Hospital is the subject of a new show on Netflix.
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. In this powerful talk, Thomas Lloyd talks about taking pride in owning his identity and the strength that stems from that ownership.
Megan Rapinoe calls out Sports Illustrated; Rick Strom breaks it down.
Robbie Rogers is an American professional footballer who plays for LA Galaxy. In February 2013, shortly after leaving the British football club Leeds Utd, he announced his retirement at 25 and said he was gay.
We had the great pleasure to speak with Dr. Jenny Lind Withycombe about gender diversity among elite athletes. Dr. Jenny Lind Withycombe, has over 15 years’ experience within the field of athletics as an athlete, coach, consultant, sport psychologist, and diversity and inclusion educator.
Noriana Radwan lost her scholarship for “unsportsmanlike behavior” commonly accepted from male athletes. What happened? How do we make sure that all athletes, female athletes, trans athletes, LGBTQ+ athletes, belong in sports?
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah sits down to talk about her synagogue’s open-arms policy towards gay and lesbians, and relives some of the more sensational moments in her life as an activist against intolerance.
Writer Andrew Solomon has spent his career telling stories of the hardships of others. Now he turns inward, bringing us into a childhood of struggle, while also spinning tales of the courageous people he’s met in the years since.
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