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This past weekend, the city of Fayetteville teamed up with N-W-A Equality to bring former Arkansas ACLU director and LGBTQ+ rights advocate Sandra Kurjiaka to speak at Fayetteville’s annual pride festivities. Sandra also took some time to speak on her experience as both an activist and queer person in Arkansas in KUAF's Listening Lab.
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We hear from NWA Equality about the upcoming Pride month events - including the 20th anniversary Pride parade.
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"TEA: the Transgender Experience in Arkansas" filmed in KUAF's Listening Lab profiles the lives of seven trans youth, women, and men. In this episode, host Taylor Johnson talks with 26-year-old Fayetteville trans man Elliot Rogillio about adjusting to trans life, his LGBTQ+ volunteer work, as well as being optimistic despite pervasive trans bias.
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In 2021, Ozark at Large's Daniel Caruth spoke with the founders of the Big Gay Market about their first event, which took place during pride month. Last week, reporter Sophia Nourani sat down with the current organizers to discuss how the market has grown to become a way to support the local queer community all year long.
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The Listening Lab continues to celebrate PRIDE in NWA, with Rebecca, known as DJ N8TIV and Kendra, who came to the Lab to talk about music, history and queer culture here in Northwest Arkansas.
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Anne Shelley, Assistant Director of Talent and Leadership Development at the University of Arkansas, comes to the Listening Lab to talk about the queer history of Northwest Arkansas.
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Before thousands of people attended NWA Pride, people gathered at the NWA Trans March to protest the rise of anti-transgender legislation.
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This year's Pride in Northwest Arkansas will be different. NWA Pride organizers and the Walton Arts Center will not be working together for 2023 Pride events.