Pride, Progress, and Power: A Conversation with Bamby Salcedo
Episode 14 of the The History-Politics Podcast: Putting the Past to Work podcast, hosted by UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy, titled "Pride, Progress, and Power: A Conversation with Bamby Salcedo" was published on June 29, 2020 and runs 43 minutes.
June 29, 2020 ·43m · The History-Politics Podcast: Putting the Past to Work
Summary
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first LGBTQ Pride Parade and Festival in West Hollywood. Activist, speaker, and founder of the TransLatin@ Coalition Bamby Salcedo joins Then & Now in conversation with LCHP’s Maia Ferdman to discuss Pride's origins as a protest movement spurred by transgender women of color. She discusses the historic exclusion of the transgender community from the gay liberation movement, some of the persistent challenges facing the transgender community today...
Episode Description
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first LGBTQ Pride Parade and Festival in West Hollywood. Activist, speaker, and founder of the TransLatin@ Coalition Bamby Salcedo joins Then & Now in conversation with LCHP’s Maia Ferdman to discuss Pride's origins as a protest movement spurred by transgender women of color. She discusses the historic exclusion of the transgender community from the gay liberation movement, some of the persistent challenges facing the transgender community today as a result, and a vision for an inclusive and equitable approach to progress.
Learn more about Bamby's work with the TransLatin@ Coalition here.