June is LGBTQ Pride month, a time of recognition and celebration of the queer community, with many festivals and parades happening across the state. Many may not know that the origins of Pride were actually a political movement.
In 1969, police regularly raided clubs in the largely LGBTQ community in Greenwich Village in New York City. On June 28, the police raided the gay club, Stonewall Inn, and the riots that followed are largely consider the watershed event that transformed the Gay Liberation movement. In the following decades, Pride has grown into a celebration worldwide each June to commemorate this protest for civil rights.
This year, Dion Manley made strides for transgender representation in Ohio by becoming the first openly transgender man elected to public office in the state. He serves on the Gahanna-Jefferson School Board. He's also only the sixth out trans man ever elected in the country, according to the group - LGBTQ Victory Fund, which helps out people run for office.
This Pride month, we wanted to hear more about Manley's story and historic election.
Also this hour, we'll learn more about the evolution of gender, by hearing a conversation Ideastream's Justin Glanville had with author and dean of the University of Utah's School for Cultural and Social transformation, Kathryn Bond Stockton.
- Dion Manley, School Board Member, Gahanna-Jefferson Public Schools
- Kathryn Bond Stockton, author "Gender(s)", and Dean of the School for Cultural & Social Transformation, University of Utah
- Justin Glanville, Senior Producer, Ideastream Public Media