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Gaywaves interview with Gil Kudrin on how Ohio discriminates against people with HIV and AIDS in the administration of COVID vaccines.

Ohio prioritizes COVID vaccine administration primarily by age, but also for some people with other risk factors, including diabetes, obesity, and some cancers.

But despite HIV and AIDS being one of the most serious risk factors for COVID death, Ohio places no priority on the condition whatsoever, leaving hundreds of thousands more vulnerable than they need to be.

Long term survivor and long time HIV activist Gil Kudrin makes his second Gaywaves appearance to raise awareness of this disparity and offer advice to those with HIV.

 

This segment aired March 11, 2021

Gaywaves interview with Nina Turner

Former state senator, former Cleveland city councilor, now Progressive icon and Bernie Sanders surrogate Nina Turner has declared her candidacy for U.S. Congress in Ohio's 11th Congressional District to fill the vacancy left when Marcia Fudge joined the Biden Administration as HUD Secretary.

 

Turner talks about her political experience, her relationship to the LGBTQ community, and why a Progressive who knows how to fight matters to this community.

 

This segment aired February 18, 2021.

Gaywaves interview with Ryan Schwartz

When it comes to choosing health providers, LGBTQ people have to consider factors that are generally taken for granted by non-LGBTQ people.

 

Ryan Schwartz of Portland, Oregon has developed an online service that works like a dating app to match people with appropriate providers.  The service has launched in Ohio and is ready for LGBTQ people to use it.

 

This segment aired February 4, 2021

Gaywaves interview with Cincinnati city councilor Chris Seelbach

Cincinnati city councilor Chris Seelbach is arguably the face of the revolution that changed Cincinnati from one of America's most anti-LGBTQ cities to one of the most affirming.

 

In addition to announcing his intention to run for mayor, Seelbach talks about his current fight with an anti-LGBT Hamilton County elected official who attacked transgender youth in a public way.

 

This segment aired January 28, 2021.

Gaywaves interview with Miranda Bernabei

Notable LGBTQ rights attorney and retired Army and Coast Guard officer Miranda Bernabei talks about her military experience as a transgender officer, and what reversal of the Trump ban on transgender military service means for people in the field.

 

Bernabei has advice for anyone who is LGBTQ considering military service, and for the military as it, hopefully permanently, integrates and affirms LGBTQ service members.

 

This segment aired January 28, 2021.

Gaywaves interview with Ohio state senator Nickie Antonio

Ohio has only one out LGBT member of its general assembly, and it is Senator Nickie Antonio of Lakewood.

 

In this segment Senator Antonio discusses the legislative session just closed and the one about to open, especially with regard to the Ohio Fairness Act and other legislation of special interest to the LGBTQ community of Ohio.

 

This segment aired December 31, 2020.

Gaywaves interview with Out Support founders Sandy Varndell and Amy Demlow

Out Support is a grassroots non-profit based in Medina, Ohio that supports transgender youth and their families. 

 

They are the recipient of a grant that allows them to make sure transgender teens have under garments that allow them to be more comfortable with their bodies.

 

Their activity and that grant is the focus of this segment.

http://outsupport.org/

 

This segment aired December 31, 2020

Gaywaves interview with Lambda Legal staff attorney Kara Ingelhart

Ray et al v. Director, Ohio Department of Health et al is a federal court case brought by four transgender people born in Ohio.  

 

Of all states, only Ohio and Tennessee bar transgender people from correcting the sex marker on their birth certificate.

 

This case seeks to change that, and on December 16 the court handed the transgender plaintiffs a huge victory.

 

Kara Ingelhart is one of the attorneys representing the plaintiffs, and in this segment, she talks about the road to the court victory.

 

This segment aired December 24, 2020.

Gaywaves interview with Dr. Austin Johnson, assistant professor of sociology at Kenyon College

Who would have imagined that Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio was becoming leader in research in the health and wellness of LGBTQ people in the American south?

 

Well it is, and Dr. Johnson, a transgender man, is bringing that about.

 

In this segment Dr. Johnson talks about his project, current research and plans for the future of his work.  This research is particularly important in the era of COVID, but certainly will transcend it.

 

This segment aired December 10, 2020.

Gaywaves interview with Dr. Jason Steidel on what Pope Francis really meant

Dr. Jason Steidel is a lecturer on Religious Studies at St. Joseph's College in Brooklyn, NY.  He is also openly gay and a native of Medina County, Ohio.

Steidel came on Gaywaves to decipher Pope Francis' declarations on Civil Unions, and where the Catholic Church is headed with regard to LGBTQ issues.

 

This segment aired November 12, 2020.