Pride Perspectives

Pride Perspectives features discussions of various aspects of the rich and vibrant Santa Cruz LGBTQ+ history. Created in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Santa Cruz Pride in 2025, we include conversations with guests about their experiences in being part of this history through stories of local people and events.

Jessica Gonzalez and Joseph Torres of FreePress on monopolization of the media, internet neutrality, and the history of racism in media

Jessica Gonzalez and Joseph Torres of FreePress on monopolization of the media, internet neutrality, and the history of racism in media

Talk of the Bay host Len Beyea interviews Jessica Gonzalez, attorney and Co-CEO of FreePress, and Joseph Torres, author and Senior Director of Strategy and Engagement for FreePress. FreePress was founded in 2003 to give people a voice in the crucial decisions that...

Panel discussion: The real people affected by anti-transgender care laws

Panel discussion: The real people affected by anti-transgender care laws

Around the country, conservative lawmakers are rushing to enact laws restricting the rights of parents, doctors, and transgender teenagers to pursue treatments that are well-studied, safe, and proven to save the lives of very vulnerable transgender children and teens....

Talk of the Bay, May 16: “Are we the cows of the future?”  The digital management of nature and humans  with Professor Esther Leslie, Birkbeck University, London

Talk of the Bay, May 16: “Are we the cows of the future?” The digital management of nature and humans with Professor Esther Leslie, Birkbeck University, London

Join host Ronnie Lipschutz and Dr. Esther Leslie, Professor of Political Aesthetics at Birkbeck University in London for this rebroadcast.  “Political Aesthetics highlights the complex and ambiguous connections of aesthetics with social, cultural and political...

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