98 LGBTQ-positive Peace, Love, and Laughs: a Pride Month episode

We recorded this episode on Fri. June 12, 2020, which marks our
92nd day of self-quarantine during the global COVID-19 pandemic,
amid continuing protests in the United States and around the world
against systemic racism, oppression, and police brutality.
On social media this past week, author and activist Marianne
Williamson posted this:
“The more the protests are filled with dancing, singing, conscious
conversation, serious analysis, creativity, art, peace/love and
higher vibration, the more they jam the operating system of the old
order. #WokeRebellion” – Marianne Williamson on Twitter
(6/11/20)
And we agree. So, we’re going to have a conversational version of a
dancing, singing, peace and love podcast, to celebrate Pride Month,
which is June, if you don’t know. Also, if you don’t know: a
crucial part of sustainable conscious activism is retaining your
ability to enjoy, and prioritizing time to enjoy things. For one,
it renews and replenishes your spirit, allowing you to stay in the
fight. And for another, it’s one of the very reasons we fight at
all: ideals like equality and justice are beautiful in part because
they make enjoyment of life possible. What good are civil rights
without the ability to enjoy the life they make possible? Join us
now for some enjoyment that celebrates LGBTQ-positive peace, love,
and laughs.
Let’s talk about some of our favorite, fun-loving
LGBTQ-positive
Pride Festival memories performing at Long Beach Pride, San Diego
Pride, and attending Los Angeles and Portland Pride Festivals
Movies like Fried Green Tomatoes, The Half of It, A League of Their
Own, Saving Face, and the documentary A Secret Love

TV shows or people with TV shows like Anderson Cooper, Rachel
Maddow, Ryan Murphy, American Horror Story, Sarah Paulson, Matt
Bomer, and Sinner

Other celebrities and artists like Hannah Gadsby, Indigo Girls, Tig
Notaro, Brandi Carlile, Ellen and Portia, and LGBTQ ally Kathy
Griffin
 
To close out this Pride Month episode, here’s a remarkable look at
the fight for LGBTQ marriage equality, compared to another, similar
and salient issue.
In the late 1950s, more than 90 percent of the country was against
marriage between...blacks and whites. It took 40 years before a
majority were OK with so-called ‘mixed-race’ marriages. By
comparison, public opinion about LGBTQ marriage equality went from
a majority opposed to a majority OK with it, within just ten years.
What we as a society are now pushing for in 2020, is the
revolutionary and rapid advancement of more equality, justice,
fairness, and other beautiful things, for more of us: a more
perfect Union. And that’s really something to celebrate. Happy
Pride Month.
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