Progressive Texan James Lee wants our community to be more inclusive and for nuestra familia to consider the use of Latine. He talks to the www.JesseGarciaShow.com about how oppression and discrimination in the past has led to a new movement to regain culture and to rebuild starting with the Spanish language. Available on iTunes, Spotify & Soundcloud.

Episode 87 James Lee Makes The Case For 'Latine'

Every fall South Texas native Gabriel Hernandez aka Margo Rita Swirlz raises money by competing in drag to help LGBTQ+ and HIV/AIDS organizations in our nation’s capital.  Learn about the history of the Miss Adams Morgan Pageant and how a little competition became a family affair.

Episode 91 Gabriel Hernandez Chases The Crown With Six-Inch Heels And A Beaded Gown

On the podcast today, Comic Book Shop Owner Gabriel Mendez, a businessman who has loved comic books all his life and credits them for his literacy and imagination. We’ll talk about how comic book characters have shaped American pop culture and how their storylines are helping the next generation become more accepting of others.

Episode 99 The Amazing Adventures Of Comic Book Store Owner Gabriel Mendez

Democracy Rising Co-Director Maria Perez is a leading expert on Ranked Choice Voting, an election model that is voter centric, eliminates negative attacks and saves taxpayers by avoiding costly runoffs.

Episode 100 Maria Perez Explains How Ranked Choice Voting Will Save Our Democracy

Learn in realtime what DC’s top scientist is doing to combat the Monkeypox Virus. Epidemiologist Dr. Anil Mangla shares with the JesseGarciaShow.com ways to protect yourself and treatment available for those sick with the virus.

Episode 103 Public Health Warrior Dr. Anil Mangla Takes On Monkeypox

After years of advocating for the Latino community and preparing others to lead, Gay Latino Immigrant Jonathan Dromgoole is ready to run to represent all his communities in Northern Virginia.

Episode 108 Gay Latino Immigrant Jonathan Dromgoole is Ready to Run to Represent All His Communities

Mayra Hidalgo Salazar is the Deputy Executive Director at the National LGBTQ Task Force. Originally from Costa Rica, Mayra’s 13-year journey as a queer and formerly undocumented woman laid the groundwork for her commitment to organizing — spearheaded by queer, immigrant youth of color. Get ready to learn about organizing for LGBTQ civil rights movement.

Episode 109 Meet Mayra Hidalgo Salazar, the Queer Immigrant Recruiting The Next Wave Of Activists

Judge Rosie Speedlin Gonzalez has prepared her whole life for the bench. She worked in social services, education and as a lawyer representing families in need. Now she gets to help people find justice, and for a lucky few, a second chance by presiding over a Bexar County Court. Learn how she’s ready to help others achieve and what advice she has for those going into law.

Episode 110 All Rise For Judge Rosie Speedlin Gonzalez

Episode 111 Meet the LGBTQ Icon Saving Public Education and American History in Texas Dr. Nancy Vera

Meet the Latina working mom who is making sure the nation’s capital puts on the best Queer Brown Pride festival on a shoe string budget and volunteer power.

Episode 112 Meet Nancy Cañas La Reina De La Fiesta Orgullo

In North Texas, a LGBTQ community advocate, the Resource Center, has taken on a new mission to take care of vulnerable LGBTQ seniors during their golden years. Learn how the center plans to help Queer elders live out their best lives.

Episode 114 Rafael McDonnell Shares How Dallas Helps LGBTQ Folks Retire With Dignity

Meet the Latino overseeing the nation’s leading Transgender Equality organization, Executive Director Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen. For the last 20 years, National Center for Transgender Equality has advocated in DC. Now that fight has gone to state legislatures due to a historic number of anti-Transgender bills. Hear how Rodrigo and his staff work to ensure that Trans Lives are protected and safe.

Episode 115 National Center For Transgender Equality’s Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen Fights For Trans Lives

Meteorologist Mark Peña delivers the weather to DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia based on science and facts. We’ll talk about his Texas roots, how politics have crept into weather and why warnings by your local weather can save your life. Listen on Audible, Amazon, iTunes, Spotify & Soundcloud.

Episode 116 A Man For All Seasons Meteorologist Mark Peña

More than 20 years ago Shane Mendez Windmeyer launched Campus Pride, a nonprofit organization dedicated to building future LGBTQ leaders and creating safer, more LGBTQ-friendly colleges and universities. Shane talks about the type of work that goes into rating higher education institutions and what red flags you should look for before you accept that admissions packet.

Episode 117 Meet The Latino Creating Safe Spaces For LGBTQ Students Shane Mendez Windmeyer

Filmmaker Dolissa Medina teams up with Visual AIDS of New York to combine Latino Culture and Personal Stories to make an impact on World AIDS Day.

Episode 118 Filmmaker Dolissa Medina Fuses Latin Culture And Storytelling To Impact World AIDS Day

After researching his family history in Cuba, Marley Pulido got inspired to share all these forgotten Black Cuban stories left out of history books. He has taken on a self-funded mission to build a community archive that includes video, audio and images that will preserve the Black Cuban historical memory of the island and the diaspora.

Episode 119 The Future Will Know - Marley Pulido Preserves Black Cuban History Through Digitization

What started out as small gatherings among friends after the pandemic has grown to a successful group that’s changing the game of Queer living in the Rio Grande Valley. RGV Bears are organizing several communities in South Texas to create their own space and have fun while doing it. Leading the effort is Pedro Coronado, a longtime community activist who is ready to take it to the next level.

Episode 120 Pedro Coronado Builds A Bear Community In The Rio Grande Valley

On the Podcast today: Latino Community Foundation's Eduardo Garcia talks about supporting the Queer community and harnessing Latino Power in California. Listen to our conversation on Audible, Amazon, iTunes, Spotify and Soundcloud!

Episode 121 Eduardo Garcia Shares How The Latino Community Foundation Harnesses Latino Power

MALDEF Lawyer Ernest Herrera talks to the JesseGarciaShow.com about protecting the Latino vote and representation in elected offices. Anti-Latino rhetoric motivated him to get into law. Listen to him slay in the courts! Hear our conversation on Audible, Amazon, iTunes, Spotify & Soundcloud

Episode 122 Meet Ernest Herrera, The MALDEF Lawyer Slaying Latino Rights Cases Across The Land

Longtime Queer Activist Orlando Gonzales talks about his new role at the Human Rights Campaign, his past activism in Florida, and how his experience with Spanish language media made him a stronger communicator for the movement. Listen today on Amazon, Audible, iTunes, Spotify and Soundcloud.

Episode 123 Meet The Top Latino At Human Rights Campaign Orlando Gonzales

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Learn about the history of tamales, family traditions, and how Gay Latinos in D.C. came up with a Tamalada to save the day.

Episode 1 La Tamalada

Rising political star Daniel Hernandez Jr. talks about seeking office, the importance of family, and advocating for gun violence prevention.

Episode 2 El Valiente - Daniel Hernandez, Jr

Meet the Diva that rules 35,000 feet up in the sky: Alejandro Contreras.   Ale talks about being a flight attendant, battling homophobia, bad passenger habits, and that pesky turbulence. Learn about a career that will see tremendous growth in the next decade. Are you ready for adventure? Buckle up!

Episode 5 La Diva - Confessions Of A Gay Flight Attendant - Alejandro Contreras

Learn about the pill that prevents HIV infection. Luis Felipe Cebas of Whitman Walker Clinic talks about Pre-exposure prophylaxis a.k.a PrEP.

Episode 13 PrEP Navigator Luis Felipe Cebas

Queer Brown Voices: DC Gay Legend and Latino GLBT History Project Founder Jose Gutierrez talks about his work as a public health worker during the AIDS crisis, his advocacy for the LGBT Latinx community, and being an LGBT Historian in his silver years.

Episode 15 Queer Brown Voices Jose Gutierrez

Episode 19 Raffi Freedman-Gurspan from the National Center For Transgender Equality

Ruben Gonzales from the Victory Institute talks about recruiting and training the next generation of LGBTQ leaders to run for office. His institute is dedicated to achieving full equality for the LGBTQ community by building, supporting and advancing a diverse network of LGBTQ public leaders. We’ll talk about what type of leaders his organization is looking for and the qualities of successful political candidates.

Episode 23 Ruben Gonzales Of Victory Institute

Meet the Latina in charge of making the National Museum of the American Latino a reality: Francella Chinchilla. She’ll talk about the process and progress made to bring Latino history to the National Mall alongside other Smithsonian Institute museums.

Episode 25 Francella Chinchilla - National Museum Of The American Latino

While politicians skirt the issue, Generation Progress is talking about affordable higher education, the student loan debt crisis, and holding student debt profiteers accountable. Senya Merchant and Christian Umbria Smith walk us through their Higher Ed/Not Debt Initiative to help current and former college students.

Episode 32 Generation Progress With Senya Merchant And Christian Umbria Smith

Queer Chicano Activist Jesus Chairez talks about his decision to retire abroad, his daily life surrounded by the Mexican Art scene, and how his life has been altered by the Coronavirus.

Episode 71 Life After Queer Activism, The Next Adventures Of Jesus Chairez

The Future is Queer, Brown and Female. Meet Texas Representative Jessica Gonzalez, who is making waves in order to spotlight progressive issues in the Lone Star State. She talks to the www.JesseGarciaShow.com about running and winning political office. Her advice? Don't wait. Just run for office.

Episode 73 The Future Is Queer, Brown And Female - The Rise Of Jessica Gonzalez Of Texas

Coming this Fall: "Selena: A Mexican American Identity and Experience" taught by Dr. Sonya Aleman, Associate Professor in Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department and Mexican American Studies Program at the University of Texas San Antonio. This new class will focus on Selena’s career, image, music, language and Mexican American identity. We’ll also talk about Dr. Aleman’s personal journey in higher education and the struggle Latinas go through to get that Ph.D.

Episode 75 Dr. Sonya M. Aleman Brings Selena To Academia

News Anchor J.C. Estrada of Austin, Texas, comes on the podcast to talk about his career in television news and how he is helping diversify the industry, plus we review the top stories of 2020.

Episode 82 The Year In Review With News Anchor J.C. Estrada

On the show today: Tax professional Jezzika Lee Perez, an accountant who runs her own business in San Antonio, Texas, and helps lead the local LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce. She shares some advice for tax season, from avoiding common mistakes when filing taxes to important reminders for those who received pandemic assistance.

Episode 86 Navigating Tax Season With Jezzika Lee Perez

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