Social Justice Recorded Events
Watch and listen to recordings of past programs and discussions exploring social justice topics like civil rights, intellectual freedom and the criminal justice system. Learn about the Library's work with our community partners and explore diverse viewpoints and perspectives.
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Sharing Our Voices: La Saveona Hunt
La Saveona Hunt shares a story about one of her students seeing her on the street in full drag face and boy clothes... and telltale socks!
View Video (00:02:52) | Posted February 2017
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Activist Poetics
The symposium Activist Poetics examines notions of activist poiesis and activist poetics to investigate the intersections between digital activism, contemporary experimental writing and performance, and new media practices. This symposium includes a public performance shaped by the engagements of our participants. Recorded on December 3, 2017.
Listen to Audio (01:22:24) | View transcription (pdf) | Posted February 2017
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Sharing Our Voices: Lady B
Lady B shares their experience as a gender fluid person performing at TransPride... and it's transfabulous!
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Sharing Our Voices: Mark
Mark shares a glimpse into Seattle's queer club history in this short.
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Sharing Our Voices: Lamar
From performing as Shirley Temple as a kid to performing with synchronized whipping in Seattle's drag scene, Lamar has a great story about becoming Mr. Gay Washington.
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Sharing Our Voices: Riz
Hear DJ Riz talk about his first time entering a gay bar on Broadway to have a beer like a regular gay. "The moment I started to come out, I started to learn to love my life."
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LGBT Business Builder
Learn about programs and assistance available to LGBTQ+-owned small businesses, and how to register as a certified LGBTQ+-owned small business with the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC). Certified LGBTQ+ Business Enterprise® (LGBTBE), businesses are able to build relationships with America's leading corporations, generate prospective business and clients, and collectively team with each other for contracting opportunities. As corporate America becomes more inclusive and further diversifies its supply chain, certification offers the opportunity for LGBTQ+-owned businesses to differentiate themselves from their competitors. Recorded on June 2, 2016.
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Guardians of the Gaylaxy: Exploring LGBTQ Sci-Fi and Fantasy Fiction
Join us and five Washington State writers who boldly explore star systems and fantasy realms while spotlighting LGBTQ main characters and relationships. Recorded on Nov. 17, 2014.
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Science fiction writer Samuel R. Delany, stops by to talk about his latest novel, 'Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders.'
'Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders' spans the recent past to the future, and follows Eric Jeffers from age 17 to old age. Eric's journey to the Dump, a utopian community created by a gay black millionaire, delves into the territory of pornography-as-literature or, as Delany calls it, "pornatopia." Recorded on July 23, 2013.
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Armistead Maupin, June 25
The Seattle Public Library and PrideFest welcome best-selling author Armistead Maupin for a special Pride Week reading from his latest novel, "Mary Ann in Autumn," and a conversation on the gay, bohemian world of "Tales of the City." Recorded on June 25, 2011.