In our latest installment of our Undocumented & LGBTQ series, LMC co-producer Abby Roberts spends the hour with both Karma Chavez & Bamby Salcedo on the challenges faced by trans/queer migration. Karma Chavez is a queer Chicana feminist and author of, “Queer Migration Politics.” Bamby Salcedo is an advocate, organizer, and the founder of the TransLatin@ Coalition in Los Angeles.
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April 2nd, 2021: Undocumented & LGBTQ pt 8, Covid Edition
In our latest installment to our Undocumented & LGBTQ series, the LMC speaks with Alexandra Rodriguez de Ruiz on how the pandemic has taken its toll on the Latinx LGBTQ community & the leaders that have been lost. Alexandra Rodriguez de Ruiz is a transgender activist, scholar, and co-founder of El/La Para TransLatinas.
March 26th, 2021: Who Killed Berta Caceres?
In the lead up to next month’s trial in the murder of environmental rights activist Berta Caceres in Honduras, the LMC spends the hour with Nina Lakhani to get more details on those involved in her assassination. Nina Lakhani is an environmental justice reporter for the Guardian and the author of, “Who Killed Berta Caceres: Dams, Death Squads, and an Indigenous Defender’s Battle for the Planet.”
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