Rainbow Notes NYC is the brainchild of Jules Rico & Gabriel San Emeterio. This show is meant to be a platform for the CUNY Queer (LGBTQI+) community!
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Coronavirus Economy Especially Harsh for Transgender People
As the pandemic ravages the country, there are concerns that an already marginalized group will be further left behind.
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I have no words only rage 😡🤬
District Attorney Darcel Clark said her office would not prosecute the case involving 27-year-old Layleen Polanco, a Afro-Latinx woman who died from an epileptic seizure last June while in punitive segregation — commonly referred to as solitary confinement — at the city jail complex.
MPJI: COVID-19 Relief Fund
The Marsha P. Johnson Institute (MPJI) protects and defends the human rights of BLACK transgender people. We do this by organizing, advocating, creating an intentional community to heal, developing transformative leadership, and promoting our collective power. ==== MPJI’s COVID-19 Relief Fund will...
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We back tonight !!!!!! 🥰🥰 #queeringthequarantine !! During these times of scary uncertainty it’s important to keep your head afloat by any means ✊ so come on over and take a listen to your hosts on @whcsradio at 8pm LIVE from their homes and into yours ‼️ #livepodcast #liveradio #queersontheradio #whcs #queersofinstagram
In the beginning of March we launched our 6th season strong ! Due to the pandemic we were forced to stop all live shows and our studio needless to say its been a tough few weeks . The uncertainty not only of our show but our lives has left anxiety and depression in its wake as a community as well as our individual lives.
During this time we have also lost a lot of folks in community including the unforgettable Lorena Borjas Trans Mother to many, fighter and activist.... may she rest in power and her legacy out live all of us! ✊
But there is a small light at the end of this tunnel at least in a very small scale. We are coming back on air ! It is because of the incredible efforts of the folks at WHCS that we are able to come back LIVE on the air as we do our show remotely.
Join us this Thursday night 8pm, for a very humble episode of Rainbow Notes NYC with hosts Gabriel and Jules as we try to navigate this new norm.
Peace and Love,
Jules and Gabriel
Free Text Service Sends Daily Support To Isolated Trans People
As the majority of us learn to cope with isolation, stories of LGBTQ people facing lockdown with unsupportive families have become a worrying reality for many.
If you are in need please reach out!! Thank you Sasha Alexander. And Sergio Mota for being 😇 a
The Sylvia Rivera Food Pantry at 446 West 36th Street is offering a grocery delivery service for people who are unable to leave their house due to COVID-19. Grocery delivery is offered on a case to case basis to the unemployed, LGBTQI+ POC, students, freelance, senior citizens on a limited income, a...
No caption needed ✊ #transdayofvisibility #transisbeautiful #transpride
Rest In Power Lorena Borjas
This is "Queens Stories: The Story of Lorena Borjas: The Transgender Latina Activist" by Queens Public Television on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos…
#marshapjohnson #womanoftheyear #timemagazine
Listen to: Drag, Straight & José Queervo!
Episode 1 of season 6! We got to sit down with the fabulous @queervoqueen co-host of @wordonthestr8s Podcast! Straight culture, drag, and RuPaul to start off the season!
Season 6 episode one is now LIVE !!!
https://anchor.fm/rainbownotesnyc/episodes/Drag--Straight--Jos-Queervo-ebapdr
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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders received a potent endorsement from Stonewall veteran Miss Major Griffin-Gracy.
This is amazing ! We need more of this
More of this, please! "Named Dandarah (after Dandara don Santos, a Brazilian trans woman who was murdered in 2017), the app works by presenting user-generated maps of major Brazilian cities, showing locations where trans women typically congregate. Users can then communicate with one another in real-time regarding violence on the ground. They can also use a panic button to immediately reach five emergency contacts as well as emergency services." #ReclaimPride
#Repost @policing_our_bodies with @make_repost
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Rest in Peace and Power Alexa
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Alexa, 28, was a homeless Puerto Rican black trans woman. Last Sunday night, February 23rd, Alexa was falsely accused of using women's bathrooms to prey on young girls with a hand mirror she used to protect herself from people that could potentially be following her. The accusation, bluntly claiming that a ”man in a dress” was a threat to all children in Puerto Rico, went viral - flooding the Internet with explicit transphobia along images of her being persecuted. That very night, in the early hours of the 24th, a video of Alexa being harassed by men, and then shot to death, was posted on social media. This is a brutal example of what the combination of transphobia, online bullying, and gun violence can lead to. We must do everything possible to prevent hate crimes such as this. -
In the following days, details of Alexa's life have surfaced: she was abandoned by her family, sexually abused by her father, and had NO history of being a criminal. Messages she left on bathroom mirrors give us a glimpse of her inner life: ”I always wanted to travel. Not like this.” ”Never abandon, or physically and emotionally mistreat your children, please.” ”Stop! I am pretty and feminine enough for you, motherf**kers. Don't please this sh*t society, please yourself.” ”Don't just buy me food. Speak to me. Give me love and warmth. The girl in black in the wandering mini-skirt.” It is clear to me that Alexa was a deeply beautiful human being, an artist, and had infinite potential. Let us honor and empower trans women, black women, non-binary femmes, poor people, homeless people, and neurodiverse people in Life, so we NEVER again have to honor and lift them up only after they are no longer with us. I am convinced it is the key to balance in our societies. Please listen to us before it is too late. Words by @maria._jose._ #hernanewasalex #translivesmatter #sayhername #stopkillingtranswomen #restinpoweralexa
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Check out @sexworkerspopup March 10 - 16 for their exhibition on the global sex worker’s movement ! Where you can catch our very own @tscandii ! #sexworkers #sexworkersunite #sexworkersrightsarehumanrights #sexworkermovement #sexworkerspopup #transisbeautiful #photography #exhibition #globalmovement #nyc
🥰 kitties! We back in session !! Tomorrow at 7pm! Season 6 Premiere! With the fabulous @queervoqueen co-host of @wordonthestr8s ! Tune in live on @whcsradio or follow up on @spotify 🥰 link in the bio!!! #radio #podcastersofinstagram #queerpodcasters #queerisqueer #queersinmedia #podcastlife #liveradioshow #liveradiobroadcast #gaysofinstagram #queersofinstagram
Season 6 starts on Thursdayyyyyyyy
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Remember that time that the voice of Making Gay History was on air with us? Whelp the incredible Eric Marcus has done it again !!! Congratulations!
Two weeks from today, the curtain goes up on the play "Making Gay History: Before Stonewall." 🎭
Beginning Friday, February 28th, join Eric and this incredible group of collaborators at The Provincetown Playhouse in Greenwich Village for a limited run of eight shows (dates and times below). The play, which was adapted by Joe Salvatore—an NYU professor who specializes in documentary theater—from the “Making Gay History” book and podcast, features 10 actors playing 20 different people essential to LGBTQ history, including: Barbara Gittings, Kay Lahusen, Frank Kameny, Bayard Rustin, Marsha P. Johnson, and Sylvia Rivera. Each of the ten actors takes on the role of the interviewer, Eric, in rotation.
TICKETS: http://bit.ly/mgh-beforestonewall
Friday, February 28, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 29, 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 29, 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 1, 3:00 p.m.
Thursday, March 5, 8:00 p.m. (includes a talk-back with the play’s creator following the performance)
Friday, March 6, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 7, 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 8, 3:00 p.m.
Tickets available here: http://bit.ly/mgh-beforestonewall (Click “Select Another Performance” to see additional show dates.) Photo: cast and crew of “Making Gay History: Before Stonewall” in front of the play’s set, which is meant to evoke a library’s archive.
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NATIONAL QUEER THEATER IS HIRING 💘 Come work with us! https://www.nationalqueertheater.org/jobs
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Carter G. Woodson — the co-creator of “Negro History Week,” which later became Black History Month — believed the teaching of black history was of utmost importance because without it, black people in America stood no chance of survival. “If a race…
If We Knew Trans History, We’d Thank Black Trans Women
If we knew trans history, we would thank Black women for whatever liberation trans people enjoy today. Black trans women have long faced brutal transmisogynistic violence. They have often fought …
The folks Black Trans Media are making waves !!!!! And we are here for it 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
We are in the process of signing our FIRST commercial lease! Yes our folks are finally going to have a black trans political home here in NYC. We are opening the only brick and mortar Black TGNC specific organizing and arts space here in Bedstuy Brooklyn where our Co-Director Olympia Sudan grew up. We cannot wait to announce the launch party, programming schedule, and upcoming events.
The biggest shout out to folks who believe in us, especially the New York Womens Foundation who support our autonomous black TGNC youth and community organizing and who funded our request to open up space. We could not have done this without yall investing in our leadership, thank you everyone over at NYWF! Stay tuned!
This happened to our dear mentor and friend Red Washburn. They’re fighting back against discrimination, and we all benefit when someone is as courageous as they are. They are truly one of the most caring and knowledgeable professors we had. Any college would be lucky to have them. Please share.
Red Washburn, who uses they/them pronouns and has taught English and Women and Gender Studies at the CUNY Brooklyn community college since 2011, alleges in a Brooklyn Federal Court lawsuit filed Friday that the school began discriminating against them in 2017 when they came out as transgender.
Black Trans Media
We are thrilled to announce Black Trans Media is launching Space to Be Mutual Aid Support for Black Trans Women navigating sex work. Every month for the next 12 months $500 will go directly to a black trans women navigating sex work to support housing costs making sure there is Space to Be.
The leadership and decision making behind this project is led by black trans women who navigate/d sex work. The money was generously donated by a black cis woman ally who is a sex worker and cares deeply about our communities.
We are also working with amazing black trans women led organizations like GLITS that directly organize and support black trans sex workers. And we will be working with folks who want to share and document their narratives too #spaceistheplace
Please share the application link- the first person will be funded next week! Stay tuned to learn more about how this mutual aid support emerged, the generous ally behind the donation, and updates from our team.
https://forms.gle/PritkShenQNUDXR66
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Myles Brady Davis, a transgender man who gave birth will be listed as the father on his baby’s birth certificate, a first in the state of Illinois.
Black Trans Media
Black Trans Media spent the last 4 days in Las Vegas for Black Girlz Rulez (BGR) a convening led by Trans Gender Variant Justice Project (TGIJP) that centers the leadership of black trans women, while also making critical space for black trans men and non binary people, from across the U.S with a focus on the South and Midwest. Thru this convening TGIJP invests holistically into black trans leaders, and this year over 50 black TGNC leaders from dozens of organizations were able to build connections, strengthen leadership skills and develop black trans strategy. We had sessions on reproductive justice, violence, and how to build and sustain grassroots black trans organizations.
More highlights to come!
Making Gay History - The Podcast
Happy birthday to the brontosaurus and gay rights activist and photographer Kay Lahusen!
Thanks to Kay (also known as Kay Tobin), many key moments in the gay rights revolution live on in photographs. From the Reminder Day demonstrations in Philadelphia in the late 1960s, to the panel discussion at the 1973 American Psychiatric Association featuring Dr. Henry Anonymous, and so many more. Along with her partner, Barbara Gittings, Kay worked to demolish the belief that homosexuals were, by nature, mentally ill (they stormed into this battle with fellow activist Frank Kameny by their sides). Our eternal thanks to you, Kay! #makinggayhistory
“We were dinosaurs in a way, but we were good dinosaurs. Every movement has people who you can call dinosaurs because they started in the old days. But if you started in the early days, so what?”
Image: Kay Lahusen (at left) and Barbara Gittings in 1995 on the steps of their house in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Credit: Photo by Ray Harriman. Courtesy Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.
Community helping community 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 this is what it means to support each other 🙌🙌🙌🙌
Meet the Lesbian chef creating gourmet meals & delivering them to sex workers.
#christmas #christmaswish #holidaycheer #spreadingholidayqueer
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Watch Corey Tut with hosts Jules and Gabriel!
Listen to: Drag, Straight & José Queervo! Episode 1 of season 6! We got to sit down with the fabulous @queervoqueen co-host of @wordonthestr8s Podcast! Straight culture, drag, and RuPaul to start off the season!
🥰 kitties! We back in session !! Tomorrow at 7pm! Season 6 Premiere! With the fabulous @queervoqueen co-host of @wordonthestr8s ! Tune in live on @whcsradio or follow up on @spotify 🥰 link in the bio!!! #radio #podcastersofinstagram #queerpodcasters #queerisqueer #queersinmedia #podcastlife #liveradioshow #liveradiobroadcast #gaysofinstagram #queersofinstagram
Ahhhh!!! A show Favorite!! The amazingly, beautiful @coreytut will be with us on Thursday!! If you haven’t listened to this season on @spotify you’re doing it wrong!! Join your hosts @jules_rico n @gabrielhse as they catch up with this multitalented human!! Catch the show LIVE on @whcsradio at 7pm #podcast #queerpodcast #queerthings #queeringradio #queersofinstagram #latinxqueer #radio #rainbownotesnyc #queermusic #queerartists
🙌🙌 giving away two free tickets for the The Archivettes Film for Sunday 10/27 !!! Comment to enter the raffle !!!
Join us this Thursday ! On @whcsradio at 7pm when the amazingly talented @em_ulsify sits with us LiVe in studio !!! #queerartists #queersontheradio #live #rainbownotesnyc #tpoc #pocartists #qtpocartist #gaysinmedia #queersofinstagram #latinxart #artistsoninstagram #gnc #nonbinarypride #queerpodcast #podcastersofinstagram
Join us this Thursday ! On @whcsradio at 7pm when the amazingly talented @em_ulsify sits with us LiVe in studio !!! #queerartists #queersontheradio #live #rainbownotesnyc #tpoc #pocartists #qtpocartist #gaysinmedia #queersofinstagram #latinxart #artistsoninstagram #gnc #nonbinarypride #queerpodcast #podcastersofinstagram
@johnwilliamwatkins was in the studio last night and magic happened🙌❤️ take a look at a small taste of the LIVE performance! #rainbownotesnyc #queer #queerradio #queermusic #queerhosts #lgbta #whcs #huntercollege #podcastersofinstagram #queersofinstagram #rádio #julesngabriel #music #live #livemusic
Tune in tonight! Co-president of @rusalgbt @lyosha_gorshkov will be on the show tonight! Live on @whcsradio at 7pm! #rusalgbt #lgbtradio #lgbtq #radioshow #radioqueers #queersofinstagram #queersofig #activism #russiaqueers
Aren't we excited for tonight! We are back with season 4 of #rainbownotesnyc 😁😁 tune in at 7pm for our season premiere #queersofinstagram #radioshow #radioqueers #podcastersofinstagram #queerspace #radiohosts
As we gear up for season 4 of #rainbownotesnyc our beloved host sat down with Expendables Plus Inc. to discuss #equality, #acceptance ,and the importance of using resources to push forward this message Full interview on the Expendables Plus Inc. YouTube channel! #womenfilmmakers #womeninmedia #radioshow #queersofinstagram #queersinradio #queersofig #collegeradio #lgbtradio #livesmatter
We are back tonight! Just in time for #worldaidsday! Tonight one of the youngest staff members of The Aids Center of Queens County an affiliate of AIDS Healthcare Foundation will stop by to discuss what you can do to help homeless youth living with HIV! Tune in! On @whcsradio #homelessyouth #lgbt #hivaids #radio #queersofinstagram #julesngabriel #rainbownotesnyc #queenscounty #aidscenterofqueenscounty #collegeradio
Omg!! So excited to have the one and only @coreytut live in studio!! Tune in at 7pm!!! On whcsradio.org!! #season3 #nycmusic #nycradio #nycmusician #radioshow #radiohosts #collegelife #collegeradio #queerworld #queersofinstagram #gaysofnyc #coreytut #fabolous #lgbtradio
Here's a little sneak peek from tonight's show with the amazing and inspiring @braydbunch! If you missed the live show no worries! Check out our Soundcloud link in the bio soon to listen to the full interview! #transisbeautiful #translivesmatter #transrapper #nyc #nonbinary #nychiphop #queerresistance #queerinradio #queersofig #radioshow #collegelife #collegeradio #translivesmatter #soundcloud #podcastersofinstagram
We are so excited to have the amazing @braydbunch on the show with us tomorrow night! Tune in LIVE @7pm on whcsradio.org! #braydbunch #nychiphop #braydbunchtherapper #translivesmatter #transliberation #transisbeautiful #nonbinary #nycmusic #nycradio #collegelife #queersinmedia #queeraofig #queerresistance
Guess what!! We are back tomorrow night! Join us @7pm on whcsradio.org we will LIVE on Air with @reclaimpridenyc find out the work they are doing to put Queer Liberation over Rainbow Capitalism and what you can do to help #queerliberationnotrainbowcapitalism #activist #reclaimpride #rainbownotesnyc #radioshow #radiohosts #queerresistance #queersofig #queerpower #resist #collegelife #collegeradio #nycradio #stonewall50
Guess what tomorrow is 😊 !!! That's right! We will be back tomorrow after a prolonged hiatus! Join us tomorrow night at 7pm on whcsradio.org where we will have a sit down with @reclaimpridenyc to discuss their activism and their plans for #worldpride ! Tune in to learn how you can contribute to take back Pride from Rainbow Capitalism. #stonewall50 #reclaimpride #rainbownotesnyc #nyc #gayhistory #resist #activist #radioshow #queerresistance #queerinradio #queersofig #collegeradio #stonewall #fightforyourrights #notorainbowcapitalism
A sneak peek for our Third Season is now up on our sound cloud!
Behind the scenes
Do you accept #sylviarivera and #marshapjohnson as your saviors? 😊 we do! Without the extraordinary actions of these two icons our #queerworld would be what it is today we would much worse... #knowyourhistory #radioshow #queerhistorymatters #queerradio #Repost @makinggayhistorypodcast (@get_repost) ・・・ Too often we forget that Sylvia Rivera was more than a trans icon. After leaving home when she was 11, she told Eric Marcus that she survived on the streets by hustling. Sylvia was only 17 when she famously took part in the Stonewall uprising and went on to found S.T.A.R. (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries) with her friend and fellow activist Marsha P. Johnson. . Today, on her birthday, we honor the life of Sylvia Rivera and her work for the #LGBTQ community. Listen to our two episodes featuring Sylvia in her own words here: bit.ly/mgh-rivera and bit.ly/mgh-rivera-part2.
If you haven't caught up with our show this season it's all good! 😊 check out the link in the BIO! And for those of you who miss us check out our older shows! Re-live some moments 😊 #throwbacktuesday #radioshow #radiohosts #radiogaga #queer #lgbtqteens #lgbtradio
In the process of making some magic happen! Stay tuned #bigthingsarecoming #radioshow #julesngabriel #college #radioshow #lgbtradio #lgbtq #queerness #hostswiththemost #activist #lgbtradio #college #collegeradio
From all of us at Rainbow Notes NYC we like to wish every mom out there a very happy mother's day! #mothersday #motherhood #momsday #nyc #radioshow #allmoms
When the studio goes haywire.. And you have nothing else to to do @gabrielhse @jules_rico head to the @townhousebarnyc for a cool drink and @rupaulsdragrace 😁😁😁 #rupaulsdragrace #sashay #sashayaway #radioshow #gayicon
Join us today at 7pm ! Mike McCabe from @reclaimpridenyc will be on with us! For this who don't know Reclaim Pride Coalition grew out of an initiative from the NYC-DSA Queer Caucus for more information about the coalition check out their instagram or just tune in tomorrow! 😊 #pride #lgbthistory #takebackpride #lgbtq #rainbownotesnyc #radioshow #radiohosts #queer #queerinradio #huntercollege #hunterhawks
Join us tomorrow at 7pm ! Mike McCabe from @reclaimpridenyc will be on with us! For this who don't know Reclaim Pride Coalition grew out of an initiative from the NYC-DSA Queer Caucus for more information about the coalition check out their instagram or just tune in tomorrow! 😊 #pride #lgbthistory #takebackpride #lgbtq #rainbownotesnyc #radioshow #radiohosts #queer #queerinradio #huntercollege #hunterhawks
Join us @7pm! Author and podcaster Eric Marcus from @makinggayhistorypodcast will be on LIVE with us! On @whcsradio #makinggayhistory #gayhistory #ericmarcus #podcastersofinstagram #lgbthistory #history #queer #radioshow #rainbownotesnyc #college #collegelife
Trumpet Wom' will be on with us TONIGHT!!!! LIVE on whcsradio.org! Tune In at 7pm!
@trumpetwom will be on #rainbownotesnyc Tomorrow @ 7pm !! On @whcsradio "Trumpet Wom' formerly known as Trumpet Grrrl is now self-recording and producing her 4th studio album. Her last album "Just Listen" was recorded with GRAMMY winning producer Scott Jacoby which was mastered at The Lodge by Emily Lazar. TG's unique combination of trumpet, singing and keyboard has been turning ears; “Trumpet Grrrl’s low and sultry voice and her trumpet skills blow the listener’s mind”, praises the Music Historian." #radioshow #julesngabriel #queermusic #brooklyn #nyc #nycradio #nycmusic #trumpetplayer #womenmusicians
We are so excited to welcome NYC photographer TheDustyRebel to #rainbownotesnyc ! He will be on with us discussing his work, queerness and new documentary on Queer Street Artists! You folks will not want to miss this! #queerart #thedustyrebel #nycradio #nycartist #nycphotographer #streetart #queerradio #whcsradio #huntercollege #collegelife #collegeradio #queerstreetart @huffpostqueervoices @queerart @queerartists_ @queerty @jillyballistic
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