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Be A Beacon
by Les Henderson
Be A Beacon, hosted by Les Henderson, will highlight all LGBTQIA+ voices. Focusing on Triumph, Transcendence and Transformation, this will showcase those people being beacons in their lives and others.
Episodes
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And the Crowd Goes Wild with Yes Segura!
Between his own business, making sure that the Yes For Transit campaign was successful, and just living his life, He squeezed me in his busy schedule to talk about being trans in the workforce, his intersections, dealing with conservative relatives and again, just living his life being…
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Arlan Hamilton: From Homeless to Venture Capitalist
Author of "It's About Damn Time" and Backstage Capital Founder Arlan Hamilton discusses her journey to being a venture capitalist. Learn more on what that means here. https://www.itsaboutdamntime.com/ Follow Arlan Here Instagram Twitter Backstage Capital on Twitter As always, I can be reached at...
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Stand Up For Justice with rIVerse!
Ya'll, it was cool chatting with Dizz and Khadija of rIVerse. We discussed a lot from Black Lives Matter, diversity, intersections and their journey and their song "Stand Up". They describe this powerful track as "a searing call-to-action in the current global fight against police brutality and...
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Dr. Juan Carlos Venis on LGBTQIA+ Healthcare
Our health is important. Links: https://linktr.ee/jcvmdmph Resources... www.outcarehealth.org https://www.211.org https://auntbertha.com https://www.goodrx.com https://www.nurx.com https://plushcare.com/prep-online/ Reach out to me at [email protected] IG: @endoqueer Twitter: Lessequalmore...
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LGBTQIA+ through the generations: Team Rayceen
Rayceen Pendarvis is an emcee, moderator, speaker, freelance writer, wedding officiant, community advocate, and lifelong Washingtonian. In addition to hosting various Team Rayceen events, including The Ask Rayceen Show, a free monthly event on first Wednesdays, March through November, at HRC...
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Creativity, Queerness and Covid times: Felton Kizer
Yep, we're still in a pandemic. Or if you read this wayyyyy later, there was a pandemic at the time. What have you been doing during this time? Has your creativity sparked? Or continued? It was cool to chat with Felton and learn more about his journey on creativity, intersectionality and beyond!...
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Black Queer Womxn in Design
Welcome to the 2nd season premiere of The Be A Beacon Podcast! It was cool to sit and chat with Black queer women that are literally planning our communities! I wanted to have this topic on because we need to be more engaged in the community planning process. From the way houses and apartment...
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Elizabeth Graham on being Trans on the Autism Spectrum
One community we don't I feel communicate with enough in our community are our lgbtq+ siblings on the autism spectrum. So it was cool to chat with Elizabeth Graham and listen to her incredible journey! Read more of her academic papers on autism spectrum disorders...
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Kai Brown on Lesbian Sex Positivity as a Masculine of Center woman
Check out Kai Brown aka Stud Slayer as talks about her journey as a masculine of center woman who openly embraces stud for stud dating and sex positive relationships. And definitely learn more on her upcoming documentary on her stud for stud journey titled Slayed: The Untold Story! IG:...
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Ayesha Ali on Black Lesbian Pride through the generations
Join the Sangha on June 1st from 7pm-8:30pm Eastern "We will be calling into our circle of community those precious beings we have lost to police state violence so casually perpetrated against us as well as a racist healthcare system that has cost the lives of too many to Covid-19. This offering...
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Jerome Horne on Being a Proud Gay Black Man Across Many Intersections -- Literal and Figurative
I was pleased to talk with Jerome Horne, who is very active in the online urban planning and advocacy space, as well as a transit ridership specialist in Indianapolis, about his journey as a black man in a Baltimore native black family, in the early 2000s Atlanta suburbs, in college in Southwest...
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Lee Levingston Perine and his Journey to Virtual Pride and Transcending Space
Lee Levingston Perine is a DC-based creative who is doing big things! He’s the founder of Makers Lab and his latest project is a virtual Black Pride Festival happening this May! Click on the event link for tickets and the the other link for more details on Makers Lab: https://www.blknspace.com/...
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Bonus Episode: Introducing Les’s Lighthouse January 2020 30-Day Manifestation Challenge!
Folks, 2019 for me has been a year of many ups and downs. After years of having this idea in my head, I bought this website and started to put content on it, Facebook and Instagram. I took the stand-up comedy stage for the first time, even joining a collective of women committed to making our art...
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Bonus Episode: How I Got To The Place Where No Fucks Are Given On The Holidays. Only Thanks.
Man the holidays used to be rough. I fuckin’ hated it. It reminded me of everything that wasn’t. But once I began to give thanks to what was and no fucks given to everything else. It got easier.
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Embrace those that embrace you!
Hallmark who? A lot of the lgbtq+ community is only acknowledged in June for mainly economic purposes and to look “diverse”. In general, don’t embrace those that don’t embrace you. Keep it moving on this motivational Monday! Go to leslighthouse.com/shop to purchase your bias free cards!...
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Embrace Your Crazy
This episode discusses end of year lessons and thoughts and why you sold just go with the flow and embrace your crazy. Also spoke on the inspiration of ‘Les’s Lighthouse and the greeting cards! To shop for the greeting cards, go to Leslighthouse.com/shop and you can find the Les's Lighthouse...
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Starting Over
My first episode! Life has taken me through a lot of shit. But for me it was like do I wallow in it, or wash it off and start again. In this episode, I spent about 10 minutes telling you about it.
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How many episodes does Be A Beacon have?
Be A Beacon currently has 19 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is Be A Beacon about?
Be A Beacon, hosted by Les Henderson, will highlight all LGBTQIA+ voices. Focusing on Triumph, Transcendence and Transformation, this will showcase those people being beacons in their lives and others.
How often does Be A Beacon release new episodes?
Be A Beacon has 19 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.
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Who hosts Be A Beacon?
Be A Beacon is created and hosted by Les Henderson.
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