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05/31/2025

South Shore has always been home to Black LGBTQ+ brilliance—and on June 7, we honor that legacy. 🖤🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

We’ve Been Here: Black Q***r Power, Joy, and Legacy in South Shore is a storytelling event lifting up the voices of Black LGBTQ+ artists, activists, and cultural visionaries who’ve shaped—and continue to shape—this community.

🎤 Featuring Patric McCoy and Pat McCombs
🍽️ Community lunch at 12 PM
🗣️ Event from 1–3 PM

📍 Sisters in Cinema Media Arts Center
2310 E 75th St, Chicago, IL 60649

This is about honoring the past, celebrating the present, and moving boldly into the future. Come be in the room.

🔗 RSVP now: https://givebutter.com/whenpastmeetspower

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05/30/2025

Family, have you gotten your tickets yet for WorldPride DC (Capital Pride)? Anna DeShawn will be there, and it's about to be a whole moment! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Catch Anna speaking at the Human Rights Conference (June 4–6), marching in the WorldPride Parade (June 7), and showing up at the International March on Washington for Freedom (June 8).

Not to mention the block party, Unraveled—the official women’s party on June 7, and celebrating 50 years of Capital Pride in Washington, DC.

🧵 Theme: The Fabric of Freedom
📲 Plan your trip: http://worldpridedc.org/

05/22/2025

Family, will we see you at World Pride DC (Capital Pride). Our very own Anna DeShawn will be there! From moderating a panel on faith+q***rness, to the parade, to the march on Washington, Anna will be on the ground all Pride weekend. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

From moderating crucial conversations to marching for freedom, Anna will be on the ground all Pride weekend helping shape the moment.

🎤 June 4–6: Anna is a featured speaker at the Human Rights Conference.
→ Moderating a powerful session on June 4: https://sched.co/22Mgw
→ Panelist on June 5 with community leaders: https://sched.co/22PRR

🎭 June 5: Celebrate legacy at the Capital Pride Honors
🎉 June 6–7: Hit the 17th Street Block Party
🌈 June 7: Catch the energy at Unraveled, the official women’s party
🎈 June 7: Don’t miss the iconic WorldPride Parade
🚶🏾‍♀️ June 8: March with purpose at the International March on Washington for Freedom

While you’re in DC, grab brunch at Busboys and Poets, stroll through The Wharf and stop at Kinfolk Southern Kitchen, and catch the city in full celebration mode—this is what The Fabric of Freedom looks like.

Come through, show love, and be part of history. Full weekend details at: http://worldpridedc.org/

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05/07/2025

📅 One week... the conversation shifts. 📰

Join Anna DeShawn, Ruby Bailey, Karen Hawkins, and Violet Miller at Center on Halsted for a special screening and panel discussion of Breaking the News—a documentary about disrupting the norms of journalism and building a more inclusive media future.

🗓️ Wednesday, May 14 | 6–9 PM
📍 Center on Halsted
🍽️ Lite bites at 6 PM
💬 Panel at 6:30 PM
🎬 Screening at 7 PM

This isn’t just a film—it’s a movement. Be in the room for a powerful night of truth-telling, storytelling, and community.

🎟️ RSVP now: https://bit.ly/42IITIo

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04/28/2025

Family, this one’s for the truth tellers. 📰

On May 14, join Anna DeShawn and a powerhouse panel of journalists for a screening and discussion of Breaking the News—a documentary about disrupting journalism and building something bold in its place.

🗓️ Wednesday, May 14 | 6–9 PM
📍 Center on Halsted
🍽️ Lite bites at 6 PM
💬 Panel at 6:30 PM
🎬 Screening at 7 PM

The panel will feature Anna alongside Ruby Bailey (Illinois Answers Project), Karen Hawkins (The 19th News), and Violet Miller (Chicago Sun-Times)—leaders rewriting the rules of media and telling the stories that matter.

RSVP now: https://bit.ly/42IITIo

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04/27/2025

Family, we couldn’t agree more. Happy Le***an Visibility Day!

04/24/2025

Family, Anna DeShawn is officially on the 2025 Curve Power List—and it’s giving legacy. 🙌🏾🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Curve Magazine just dropped their list of LGBTQ+ women and nonbinary leaders shaping the future, and Anna is right there among the icons.

From building platforms like, E3 Radio, The Qube & Q***r News to uplifting voices in our community every single day, Anna stays walking in her purpose.

🔗 Check out the full list: https://www.curvemag.com/articles/revealing-the-2025-curve-power-list

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04/11/2025

A vital conversation is coming up at DePaul University. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️📢

Nico Lang, award-winning journalist and author of American Teenager, is bringing their powerful work to the stage—focusing on how trans kids are surviving hate and holding onto joy in a turbulent time.

Anna DeShawn, host of Q***r News, will moderate an evening rooted in truth, resilience, and solidarity.

📅 April 23 | 6:00–7:30 PM
📍 Schmitt Academic Center 154, DePaul University
🍽️ Food served | Open to the public

Bring a friend, and show up for this important moment.
RSVP: https://dehub.depaul.edu/CMN/rsvp_boot?id=393582

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E3 Radio is an online radio network producing authentically-edgy radio streams from a q***r point of view. Our three pillars are to educate, empower, & entertain. We do this via our programs that blend music and talk which we define as “New Age NPR”. All of our programs are meant to challenge perceptions, evoke conversation & engage our listeners. E3 Radio is Q***r Radio Done Right.

In 2009, Anna DeShawn founded E3 because we needed something different. We needed a media platform that uplifted the voices & the music for people who couldn’t get any airtime. This need still exists today and Anna is determined to ride media into its next era by utilizing online radio streams to tell the stories that need to be heard.

Our Team is so dope and situated around the country. We come together to create this beautiful thing called E3 Radio.