Transgender Experience

Caitlyn Jenner hit the cover of Vanity Fair with flair, inspiring public discussion on her journey in gender transition. KBCS highlights some of our local transgender community’s  day to day challenges in healthcare, public safety, and navigating our streets in this five-part series.

Episode 1 -Marlo Mack  is a mother of a transgender daughter and blogger.  Lisa Love is a Seattle Public School District Health Educator.

Episode 2 – Ro Yoon is a Fred Hutchinson community educator for the HIV vaccine trials unit.

Episode 3 – Dannielle Askini is the Executive Director of the Gender Justice League.  Elayne Wylie is the Producer of TransPride Seattle.

Episode 4 – Lizzi Duff is a local transgender woman.  Also in the segment was Gender Justice League Executive Director, Danielle Askini.

Episode 5 – Jessica Udischas is a local cartoonist of the Manic Pixie Nightmare Girls series.

Image: Manic Pixie Nightmare Girls Image by Jessica Udischas

Music: Rushus – ‘Magic Of Fog’

Producers: Ruth Bly and Yuko Kodama

Under My Skin: Artists Explore Race in the 21st Century

Seattle is home to a special exhibit right now which invites visitors into a thoughtful conversation about race.  It’s at the Wing Luke Asian Museum, and it’s called Under My Skin: Artists Explore Race in the 21^st Century.

In it, 26 artists share their creative visions of race.  They depict the brutal realities of racism in the past and present, the ways race shapes the immigrant experience, and the hope that can be found amidst the complex realities of race in daily life.  Under My Skin: Artists Explore Race in the 21^st Century is on exhibit at the Wing Luke Asian Museum through mid-November.

Guests:

• Sharon Maeda, former art teacher in the public schools and member of the Wing Luke Community Advisory Committee for this exhibit.
• Jasmine Brown, featured artist in the exhibit
• Carina DelRosario, featured artist in the exhibit