April 19th 2023 Queer Voices - Mayoral candidate Amanda Edwards, 30th anniversary March on Washington Part 1, Sherlock Holmes at Alley Theater

Send us Fan MailAmanda Edwards for Houston mayor -- March on Washington 1993 retrospect -- Sherlock Holmes at Alley TheaterWe speak with former city council person and now candidate for mayor, Amanda Edwards. Amanda Edwards is a native Houstonian and a former At-Large City Council Member. Her hands-on, results-oriented servant leadership is focused on empowering residents and obtaining results. Amanda is an accomplished attorney with extensive municipal finance experience, a grassroots public servant, and an effective community advocate. Amanda is also the founder of a community non-profit that empowers various groups ranging from seniors to women. ​Guest: Amanda Edwardshttps://www.edwardsforhouston.com/Then, Deborah Moncrief Bell has a roundtable discussion regarding the 1993 March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation and its 30th anniversary.  Deborah speaks with Derek Livingston, Jaime Rodriguez, Nadine Smith and Paul Phillips about this monumental event.Guests:  Derek Livingston, Jaime Rodriguez, Nadine Smith and Paul Phillipshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_on_Washington_for_Lesbian,_Gay_and_Bi_Equal_Rights_and_LiberationFinally, we speak with actors from the show "Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily". Joining the program are Todd Waite and Christopher Salazar.  The wit of Oscar Wilde meets the cunning of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In this comic sleuthing caper, Wilde’s muse, actress Lillie Langtry (a.k.a the Jersey Lily) presents Holmes with what seems like an open and shut case. The play is running April 14-May 7th at the Alley Theater in Downtown Houston.Guests: Todd Waite and Christopher Salazarhttps://www.alleytheatre.org/plays/sherlock-holmes-jersey-lily/Queer Voices airs in Houston Texas on 90.1FM KPFT and is heard as a podcast here.  Queer Voices hopes to entertain as well as illuminate LGBTQ issues in Houston and beyond.  Check out our socials at:https://www.facebook.com/QueerVoicesKPFT/ andhttps://www.instagram.com/queervoices90.1kpft/