Pride Connection

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Pride Connection Presents: Queer Rites with Enfys Book Mar 18, 2025

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Join us for this very special interview with author and Pagan leader Enfys Book! Find out how their spiritual path began, a little about their writing process and how we can all use rituals to mark the passing of time in meaningful ways. Enfys also shares a bit of their musical journey as well, including their time with the band Misbehavin' Maidens! Find out more about Enfys and their writing at www.majorarqueerna.com
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Pride Connection Presents: A Blind Parenting Roundtable Mar 11, 2025

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Join Blind LGBT Pride International as we flash back to our very first episode, which aired five years ago! Listen in to a bit of BPI history and then dive in to the parenting roundtable discussion. Real joys and real fears are shared as participants honestly share their parenting journeys.

Pride Connection Presents: How to Be A Savvy Ally Mar 04, 2025

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Join the Pride Connection Team for this lively discussion about what it means to be an ally. Whether we're calling our representatives, sharing our pronouns or speaking up when we hear untrue or bigoted comments, we can lift up our LGBTQIA+ friends, siblings and coworkers. Listen in as we share various perspectives.

Pride Connection Retrospective Feb 28, 2025

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Come with us on a fun and festive journey back through time! This episode was Recorded in 2022 to celebrate two years of Pride Connection. Get a taste of the many happy memories, laugh along and have a little fun with us.

Pride Connection Presents: Resistence in the face of Tyranny Feb 18, 2025

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History does not repeat, but it does reiterate. It cycles. Right now, we are living through the kind of times that will be written about for centuries to come. Those who come after us will ask us where we were and what we did to resist the tide of authoritarianism sweeping our nation and the globe. In this episode, we talk about the growing resistance to the bigotry and authoritarian actions in the US, various resources for fighting back and the what resistance could look like in times ahead. Remember, resistance to authoritarianism and bigotry works best when we act together. Solidarity forever!

Pride Connection Presents: First They Came For... Feb 11, 2025

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First they came for is a recording of an advocacy panel discussion, held at the Convention in Schaumburg, Illinois. Participants spoke about current threats to our community, and what can be done to ensure that we have a brighter future. Please listen, and. Be inspired to get involved!

Pride Connection Presents: TikTok! Feb 04, 2025

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On this episode of Pride Connection, Tristan Snyder takes you on a tour of TikTok, at least the resistance, LGBTQ, artistic and blind areas. Join us as we learn, rage, fight, sing, laugh and read together. For More information or to support Blind LGBT Pride International, please visit: WWW.BPI.Gay , or to join us: www.bpi.gay/join . Follow BPI on social media by visiting our new Linktree: https://linktr.ee/bpisocialsEpisode Notes

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Pride Connection Presents: Don't Say Gay, Won't Make Us Go Away (RERUN) Jan 28, 2025

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This is a rebroadcast of a previous episode that aired over Pride Month 2023.

Blind Pride International and Members and our Allies offer testimonials surrounding restrictive Laws, book bans, drag story hours and so much more.

As our community is used as a pawn for political divisiveness, hear from our members in their own words how destructive these proposed and sadly adopted laws are to our community and country. Words matter so much more than we realize and in the words of our MEMBERS AND ALLIES, you will hear how the rhetoric hurts, devalues and frightens us to the core.

Our members are; Teachers, Lawyers and Tech developers. They are Parents, Daughters, Sons and Non-binary individuals. Most of all, they are Americans! They are watching and listening as factions in the United States try to Weaponize the way we love. They attempt to shame and blame the LGBTQ+ community, all while framing their divisive tactics as saving the soul of America. The hurt and damage to the mental health of the most vulnerable among us is incalculable.

We aren’t attempting to groom or convert; rather, we are trying to live our lives as proud Americans. In this episode, you will hear from the very people who are living through these scary times. This powerful episode shines light on the feelings evoked by almost daily attacks on LGBTQ+ HUMANS!!

For More information or to support Blind LGBT Pride International, please visit: WWW.BPI.Gay

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Pride Connection Presents: BPI: Then, Now, and Where We’re Going Jan 21, 2025

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This week's episode is a lively and thought-provoking discussion led by our inspiring president, Leah Gardner! This special event marks Blind LGBT Pride International’s 25th anniversary—a perfect moment to reflect on where we’ve been, celebrate how far we’ve come, and dream boldly about where we’re going. With Leah leading the charge, we’ll journey through the highlights of our history, share ideas for this pivotal year of independence, and chart a course to uplift the often-overlooked voices within the blind, low-vision, and LGBTQIA+ community.

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Pride Connection Presents: Language Matters Dec 04, 2024

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In this final episode of Pride Connection for 2024; Join BPI for a discussion about how we define language and who we learn language from. Can we repurpose language that trips people up? Is language divisive or inclusive?

Join Dr. Lynne Koral as she leads a lively discussion with members of Blind LGBT Pride.

We will be back early in January with a revamped and rebooted Pride Connection to celebrate 25 amazing years of BPI!!!

You can reach BPI at: membership@blindlgbtpride.org

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Learn more about our mission, donate or join our good work at:

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