In 2021, Eastern Michigan University Archives lecturer Matt Jones began documenting the story of Ypsilanti’s Human Rights Ordinance #1279 in an effort to explore the ways in which local queer activism has evolved multi-generationally in Ypsilanti. What began as a refusal of service by a local print shop to a small EMU student group quickly turned into a years-long battle over who was deserving of basic human rights. To the LGBTQ activists and community members documented here, they had always been present in the community: working, paying taxes, painting their houses, mowing their lawns, attending council meetings, and even serving on council. This ordinance battle was about more than just LGBT rights—it was about protecting the human rights of all Ypsilantians. On June 9, 2022, Jones met with longtime University of Michigan faculty member, Director of the Bentley Historical Library, and former Ypsilanti mayor pro-tem, Terrence McDonald. McDonald began his career in Ypsilanti politics by volunteering for Pete Murdock, during which his wife worked on the city council. After McDonald's wife convinced him to run for council in the next election he launched a campaign, and was eventually appointed in 1994. He got to know a lot about civic life in Ypsi, and recalls how Depot Town businesses and community members interacted before the ordinance efforts kicked off. Of course during his career in office, McDonald became involved in the efforts and collaborated with, managed, and listened to different communities in the city so that everything might go more smoothly. In this interview he gives in-depth detail at how a new city charter impacted the way council functioned and how that played into the passage of 1279, and how much goes in to working with council-members and their constituents efficiently.

Terrence McDonald, Oral History Interview, 2022

Joe Borelli - a Staten Island Republican, longtime Donald Trump supporter, and New York City Council Minority Leader - joined the show to discuss Trumpism, the 2024 presidential race, New York swing House races, his potential run for Mayor, and more. (Ep 467)

Joe Borelli On The 2024 Elections In New York & Nationally

Following the latest national, regional, and local news headlines, host Vic Gerami interviews the City of Laguna Niguel, CA, Mayor Pro Tempore, Stephanie Oddo. 

THE BLUNT POST with VIC (TBPV) with host Vic Gerami is a national breaking + headline news program that reaches over 18 million households in Southern California. Vic covers the latest news + current events, offers commentary + analysis, and interviews members of Congress and other high-profile public figures.

TBPV broadcasts live on the 1st and 2nd Thursdays of the month and sometimes on the 5th on KPFK 90.7 FM (Pacifica Network).


THE BLUNT POST with VIC: Guest, Laguna Niguel Mayor Pro Tempore, Stephanie Oddo

On Thursday December 5, 2024 the New York City Council passed a modified version of the Adams Administration's 'City of Yes for Housing Opportunity' zoning reform proposal, which will be paired with other elements in the Council's 'City for All' housing plan that includes $5 billion in housing investments from the City and State. City Council Member Pierina Sanchez, chair of the Council housing committee, and Annemarie Gray, executive director of the pro-housing group Open New York, joined the show to discuss what it all means and how it will impact housing in New York in the years to come. (Ep 476)

A Big Moment for Housing New York, with Pierina Sanchez & Annemarie Gray

Mark Treyger — CEO of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York and a former New York City Council member — joined the show to discuss combating increased anti-Semitism, Jewish community relations, Jewish voters in the 2025 NYC elections, and more. (Ep 483)

Mark Treyger on Combating Anti-Semitism, Jewish Community Relations, & NYC Politics

You’ve attended Council hearings in person. You’ve tuned in to our televised proceedings online or on TV. Maybe you’ve even checked us out on Twitter. Well, now you have the chance to listen to us on the radio!

Hearing The Council-Council Member Matthew Frumin Round 4

Jeff Graham Show April 1, 2025

City Council hosted a Townhall meeting focused on Mayor Cherelle Parker's proposed city budget at the Oak Lane Presbyterian Church. 

City Council "Your City, Your Budget" Town Hall Meeting - Evening WURDs 5.1.25

A little less praise be, and a little more praise me

Vote Claire

Jeff Graham Show July 8, 2025

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THE BLUNT POST with VIC (TBPV) with host Vic Gerami is a national headline news program on Independent & progressive Radio KPFK 90.7 FM, part of the Pacifica Network and reaches over 18-million households. 

Vic covers the latest news + current events, offers commentary + analysis, and interviews a member of Congress and other high-profile public figures.

The show airs LIVE on Mondays, at 6:00 a.m. (PT) on independent & progressive radio KPFK 90.7 FM and Livestream at KPFK.org. Immediately following the broadcast, it is available at KPFK.org and on iTunes, Stitcher, Tune-In, SoundClound, and Spotify.

A noted journalist and columnist, Vic Gerami is also a media contributor who is also publisher and editor of The Blunt Post. 

Today reaching national international audiences, Gerami first built a foundation of knowledge and skills by learning the media industry during his years at Frontiers Magazine, followed by positions at LA Weekly and Voice Media Group. For the second time, Gerami was selected as a finalist in the Los Angeles Press Club’s National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards “Columnist of the Year” category in 2019, having first made the final round of consideration in 2017. His celebrity Q&A column, ‘10 Questions with Vic‘ is internationally syndicated. 

Gerami’s syndicated celebrity Q&A column, 10 Questions with Vic, is a two-time finalist in the Los Angeles Press Club’s National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards’  “Columnist of the Year” category. A few of many celebrities whom Gerami has interviewed include Melissa Etheridge, Paula Abdul, Dan Reynolds (Imagine Dragons), Kathy Griffin, Matthew Modine, Laverne Cox, and Marianne Williamson. In July 2020, the Los Angeles Press Club announced that Gerami is a Finalist in record seven (7) categories for the 62nd Annual Southern California Journalism Awards. 

Gerami is also a contributor for some of the most prominent publications in the nation, including Windy City Times, California Courier, IN Magazine, OUT Traveler, The Fight, and The Advocate Magazine, among others.

The Wall Street Journal featured Gerami as a “leading gay activist” in its landmark 2008 coverage of opposition to Proposition 8, the ballot measure that for years denied same-sex couples in California the freedom to marry. In addition to his years of volunteer work as a leading advocate for marriage equality, later Gerami went on to serve as a Planning Committee member for the historic Resist March in 2017. Vic Gerami is also a founding board member of Equality Armenia.

In 2015, Gerami was referenced in the landmark Supreme Court civil rights case, Obergefell v. Hodges, in which the Court held in a 5–4 decision that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process and the Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

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