Queer Advocacy Through the Ages: Lavender Scare to Trump 2.0

About

Activism & Resistance Speaker Series.

The Speaker Series is a program by ISE in Student Engagement & Belonging in collaboration with Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies. Almost every Monday we will bring a speaker to campus or on zoom to speak to community building, advocacy and resiliency in navigating social justice both as an individual and within institutions. Faculty, Staff and Students are all welcome to attend.

About this presentation

This will focus on highlighting LGBTQIAS+ history and highlighting the ways in which advocacy and activism has always been at the forefront of our our community. We will start with Magnus Hirschfeld and William Dorsey Swann and end with Chase Strangio and the Trump 2.0 effect.

About the speaker

Meagon Nolasco (they/them) is an LGBTQ+ advocate, social worker, and community organizer based in the Capital Region who dedicates their life to policy change, mental health support, and grassroots community-building. They are best known as the Founder and Executive Director of Collar City Pride, a non-profit organization established in December 2023 to provide resources, healthcare navigation, and advocacy for the LGBTQ+ community in Rensselaer County. Meagon's previous positions include the NYS Senate, where they assisted in the passage of the NYS Trans Safe Haven Bill and the Trans Shield Law 2.0, and The Pride Center of the Capital Region. Meagon is also a training developer and presenter, having trained providers in spaces such as Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and UAlbany. Meagon identifies as a trans and non - binary individual in recovery who lives with a disability.

Prior to the presentation:

Please listen to episodes 9 and 10 of the Queer America podcast linked below for some background on the 1960s in the USA:

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