January 7th 2022 Queer Voices

Send us Fan Mail2022 Creating Change Conference -- Trans Health in Transgender Men -- Alley Theater "A Christmas Carol"We discuss the upcoming Creating Change conference to be held virtually at dates to be announced. The 34th annual Creating Change conference, slated for January 12-16 at the Hilton Riverside in New Orleans, will now be held virtually. The virtual conference will not be held on the original dates. New dates will be announced soon. As the foremost political, leadership, and skills-building conference for the LGBTQ movement, Creating Change will return for an in-person gathering early next year. For 34 years, the National LGBTQ Task Force has brought you Creating Change, the largest LGBTQ activist conference in the country. Every year, thousands of people from across the country come together to learn, connect, and resist. At Creating Change we sharpen our minds with skills and knowledge, fill our hearts with love and joy, and deepen our commitment to freedom, justice and equity for all LGBTQ people. Creating Change 2022 will be no different!GUEST: Cathy Renna https://www.thetaskforce.org/creatingchange.htmlWe talk local trans activist Lou Weaver about a new program at UT Health that bridges the health care communications gap for transgender men. Transgender men face significant health and social disparities, including barriers to health care, research, and essential HIV-related conversations with their health care providers. That is why Paige Wermuth, PhD, MPH, assistant professor in the Department of Management, Policy, and Community Health, and graduate student Lou Weaver of The University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth Houston) School of Public Health are launching a pilot project to examine and develop communication materials for trans men and their health care providers regarding HIV prevention.GUEST: Lou Weaver and Paige Wermuth, PhD. https://sph.uth.edu/news/story/bridging-the-health-care-communications-gap-for-transgender-menFinally we talk to folks about the recent Alley Theater production of "A Christmas Carol".  A highly inventive adaptation of the Dickens classic pared down to its essential elements. A resident company of actors assemble to perform a new production of the heartwarming Christmas story. When two of the troupe’s actors can’t arrive in time for the performance, others step in to create a magical world of holiday make-believe. It will be  A Christmas Carol like no other. Guest: Brandon Weinbrennerhttps://www.alleytheatre.org/plays/production-detail/a-christmas-carolQueer 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/