The Outskirts of the Outskirts
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2020
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Maria and Julio talk with Alex Roque, executive director at the Ali Forney Center in New York City and ITT All-Star Imara Jones, creator of TransLash Media about how LGBTQ youth of color are coping during the coronavirus pandemic. This episode was reported and produced by In the Thick's New York Women’s Foundation IGNITE! Fellow, Harsha Nahata. ITT Staff Picks: - "With schools closed amid the pandemic, some LGBTQ young people have lost crucial support systems and are self-isolating with unsupportive relatives," writes Sakshi Venkatraman for NBC News. - This homeless shelter for LGBTQ youth in Washington D.C. fights to stay open during the pandemic via The Washington Post. - On this episode of TransLash Media's Lives At Stake series, Imara Jones talks with guests about how trans and gender-nonconforming communities are responding to the COVID-19 crisis. Resources for LGBTQ Youth: - The Trevor Project offers crisis support 24/7 at 1-866-488-7386 and via chat every day at TheTrevorProject.org/Help, or by texting "START" to 678-678. - Trans Lifeline provides a peer support hotline and microgrants for trans people in need. You can call their hotline at 877-565-8860. - Via CenterLink: This map provides information on LGBTQ Community Centers across the country.
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| 0:25.0 | This has been retromatizing for our kids. |
| 0:28.0 | Many of them are being reminded that while the world is pausing, |
| 0:31.0 | while people are being asked to stay home. They don't have that. about politics, race and culture, from a POC perspective. |
| 0:44.3 | I'm Maria Niho Jose. |
| 0:46.1 | And I'm Holy Eureka Lovaarella. |
| 0:47.8 | And I am so, so glad to be having this conversation today with two really fabulous guests. They are here in New York City, |
| 0:56.0 | but because of the quarantine they're recording themselves each from their home base. |
| 1:01.0 | Joining us for the first time, Alex Roque, |
| 1:03.5 | he is the executive director of the Ali Forne Center, |
| 1:06.7 | which is a beautiful nonprofit in New York City |
| 1:09.6 | that provides shelter and support for LGBTQ youth. You guys have 18 sites throughout the city. |
| 1:15.8 | One of them is right next to our studio in Harlem on 125 that one day we will |
| 1:21.6 | see each other there again. |
| 1:23.0 | Hi Alex and welcome to the show. |
| 1:25.0 | Hi, thanks for having me. |
| 1:27.0 | Also joining us is ITT All-Star Imara Jones. |
| 1:30.0 | She's an award-winning journalist and creator of Trans-Media, a media platform that tells Trans |
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