Pride Connection

Episode Notes This week on Pride Connection, we interviewed Randy Reed and Destiny DiMattei about AceCon, a virtual conference for people who are asexual. Please join us on ACB Media 1 at 10 PM Eastern every week, or download Pride Connection wherever you get your podcasts. If you have questions for our guests or would like to suggest a show topic idea, please send an e-mail to membership@blindlgb...

Episode Notes Have you ever wondered how people who are blind or visually impaired create visual art?  Ever wanted to go to an art museum but weren't sure how much of the experience you'd be able to take in?   Lots of work is being done to make visual art spaces more accessible, and you can listen in to find out how!  Join us for Pride Connection where art creators and consumers will share their e...

Episode Notes This is a training that we did on zoom which resulted in an edited version released on Pride Connection. Pride Connection airs on ACB media 1 on Tuesday night at 10 PM Eastern and will be available on all major podcast catchers shortly after. We discussed fat liberation, myth busting, history and why these things are important to the LGBTQIA+ and disabled communities. Goals that were...

Episode Notes This week a group of BPI members get together and discuss what it was like growing up LGBTQ+, and how things have changed since then. We also provide resources for LGBTQ+ youth and their parents. For more information about BPI please visit us at http://www.blindlgbtpride.org .

Episode Notes If you missed the 3D Audio Excursion at convention this year, fear not; Pride Connection has you covered! Grab those headphones, and tune in. Chris Snyder will take you on a Tesla autonomous driving tour, a trip on the Portland Max Rail to the Portland Pride Festival, a jaunt to the French Quarter Jazz Festival in New Orleans, and top the evening off with a little stand up comedy fro...

Episode Notes Long-time friend and supporter of BPI, host of the popular podcast Talk Description To Me, JJ Hunt joins Pride Connection for a fascinating conversation and brings us a very special invitation. JJ shares with us his recent work with NASA describing the Event Horizon/Black-hole; their process for choosing what news and events to cover on Talk Description To Me; and to talk about Rocky...

Episode Notes Pride Connection airs each Tuesday at 10 PM Eastern on ACB Media 1, and wherever you find your favorite podcasts. For more information please visit our website at www.blindlgbtpride.org . This week we invite Richard Marion from Vancouver, British Columbia on to Pride Connection to talk about Canada removing the ban on gay men donating blood. Maria Kristic also joins us to discuss LGB...

Episode Notes This week, Destiny Dimattel and Randy Reed are joined by married couple Courtney and Royce from “The Ace Couple” podcast. We discuss Asexual representation in media, what makes it good, what makes it bad and some of our favorite characters. Courtney and Royce also discuss a special project they working on within the Ace community. You can find their podcast online at theacecouple.com...

Episode Notes This week Anthony and Gabriel speak with council woman, activist and West Virginia’s first ever trans representative. From language to identity, Don’t Say Gay and how the light shined on these horrific bills may actually help move our communities forward and so much more. We spoke with Rosemary a little over a year ago and it was such an incredible conversation that we decided to rea...

Episode Notes Congresswoman Rosemary Ketchum has agreed to come back to Pride Connection on April 26, 2022 for a conversation about legislation that has recently passed that greatly affects us in the LGBTQ+ Community. We decided in preparation for Rosemary's return to Pride Connection, we should revisit our first conversation. You won’t want to miss this candid and compelling conversation with Ros...

Episode Notes This week we're celebrating our 2nd Anniversary! We decided to make a retrospective of the last two years and highlight some of the most memorable moments on Pride Connection. Questions or comments, please send an e-mail to membership@blindlgbtpride.org.

Episode Notes This week on Pride Connection, we explore what beauty means to us as blind or partially sighted members of the LGBTQ+ community. Join us as we delve into a rich discussion of how we define beauty, what we consider beautiful in ourselves and others, and how embracing our LGBTQ+ identities has helped us to express our inner beauty.   Listen any time by clicking the link below:   https:...

Episode Notes Language is the cornerstone of the human experience and as we all know words have power. However, what kind of power have the words we use to identify ourselves been appropriated, corrupted and used to bully or belittle?   How have we taken back these words and used them in our own advocacy and identity?   As the rainbow expands how important is it for our community to educate and ad...

Episode Notes Join a fantastic BPI panel as we discuss what we were told, what we overheard and what we were taught about the LGBTQ community across multiple generations. How did it effect our perceptions of the community and of ourselves? How did it impact when and how we came out? What advice does our panel have for the world? All these questions and more will be answered tonight on Pride Connec...

Episode Notes Blind LGBT Pride International discusses gender. How we see ourselves, how we express our gender and how our bodies can be our best friend or biggest obstacle in expressing ourselves. This incredibly deep and vulnerable conversation draws back the curtain on the feelings behind gender identity and expression. Fluid, Trans, Cis-gendered, and transitioning; are all represented in this...

Episode Notes This week several BPI members got together to discuss the unique obstacles we face as blind LGBTQ+ people during the holidays. We discuss everything from dealing with how our families react to our sexuality and gender identity when we get together for the festive season, to overcoming challenges with depression when everyone else seems so jolly. This episode was extremely cathartic t...

Episode Notes Over the past few months Blind pride international has partnered with Bold Blind Beauty for the awakening the senses conversations. With the holidays approaching, we spoke about different ways of celebrating, opening up and being vulnerable, and some misconceptions about dating Blind/sighted people, and of course sensuality and sexuality. Join us tonight on ACB Media 1… or wherever y...

Episode Notes Join Anthony Corona as he welcomes; John Denning, Vita Zaboli and Byron Lee to talk about the affiliate they love and were just voted onto the board of Drumroll Please Blind LGBT Pride International.  We talk about their history, interests and the plans they have to help BPI grow and flourish in the coming year.  New episodes of Pride Connection drop on ACB Media 1 every other Tuesda...

Episode Notes After nearly two years of dealing with a global pandemic, BPI members were finally able to get together in person at our Fall Social in Denver. Join us for a recap of our journey to the Rocky Mountains and the Mile High City.

Episode Notes This week on Pride Connection, Anthony Corona and Tom Babcock sit down with Susan and Arlene from the Florida Sculptors Guild to talk about reVision, an art gallery designed for blind and visually impaired people. Where: Casselberry Art House - 127 Quail Pond Circle, Casselberry, FL - Winter Park Area When: Saturdays, 4-9 p.m., Sundays, 1-4 p.m. and Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Co...

Episode Notes This week on ACB Media 1 at 10 PM, Pride Connection talks with the President of BPI and Jessica who is a new President of a new Disability Democratic Caucus about marching, canvassing and herding members. They give us their insights to being Blind or Low Vision and participating in the Democratic process as well as inspiring others into activism. Pride Connection is Blind LGBT Pride’...

Episode Notes Tonight, we present another collaboration with Bold Blind Beauty. In this conversation we discuss sexuality, sensuality, vulnerability and consent. Check out www.boldblindbeauty.com for more information about our guests. Also take a look at www.blindlgbtpride.org for more information about our organization.

Episode Notes This week we are collaborating with The Penny Forward Podcast to bring you a great interview with Leena Ann Solusar. She is starting her own business helping people with energy healing. What is the hardest part of starting a business? For Leena Ann Solusar, it was the fear that it was wrong to charge for her services. We wanted to learn how Leena overcame that fear, so we invited her...

Episode Notes Our very own Randy Reed is guest hosting Pride Connection with an awesome dynamic duo from Sounds Fake But Okay, a podcast where an aromantic asexual girl and a demisexual-straight girl talk about all things to do with love, relationships, sexuality, and pretty much anything else that they just don't understand. Visit their website at https://www.soundsfakepod.com/ Sarah Costello Co-...

We are all craving that In-person connection and after careful deliberation Blind Pride International will be holding our Fall Social Networking event. Join us tonight to share memories of Socials past and have all your questions about this years event answered. BPI’s yearly tradition of the Fall Social Networking Event is back and poised to be the best of the bunch. Our membership voted to return...