This podcast highlights the work of Groundswell, an organization based in Ithaca, NY that focuses on local food and farming, food justice, and regenerative agriculture. The Incubator Farm makes it possible for people to learn farming practices on a small plot of land. Groundswell offers a variety of support, including workshops, helping people to grow produce for their own consumption, their own businesses, or the market. Juliana Quaresma and Ariana Taylor-Stanley, both alums of Groundswell are currently co-directors. Antonisha Owens, a farmer, cosmetologist, and food activist, is also an alum and currently on the board of Groundswell. She talks about growing flowers and herbs for her beauty products Afica Pure (visit aficapure.com). She is also involved in a food cooperative in Syracuse. Erika and Carlos are farmers with roots in Peru, who currently grow produce at the incubator farm.

A fundraiser will take place on October 9th from 6 to 9 pm at the Stone Bend Farm in Newfield.
To find out more about Groundswell and the fundraiser, visit: https://groundswellcenter.org/




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The venerable historical preservation organization celebrates LGBTQ+ History Month with an LA County-wide programming series where the past and the future intermingle. One Institute Executive Director Tony Valenzuela talks about the trailblazing histories and vibrant cultural contributions around the festival theme “Reclaiming Freedom” (interviewed by Jason Jenn).

And in NewsWrap: a report from the international track and field governing body World Athletics finds that up to 60 event finalists would not have passed its newly instituted genetic sex test, the U.S. government straddles a line between erasing its transgender citizens and labeling them dangerous terrorists, U.S. President Donald Trump puts the blame on trans rights in his diatribe over the current federal budget standoff, reparations for gay men in Tasmania who were victims of the Australian state’s laws against homosexuality and cross-dressing are approved by the Lower House, Filipina designer Veejay Floresca is Project Runway’s first trans winner and Vietnam’s entrant in the Miss Universe pageant will be transgender star and singer Nguyen Huong Giang, the Australian horror movie "Together" has been pulled from Chinese cinemas after censors used AI to replace one of the male grooms in a gay wedding with a woman, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg consider whether to discuss his gay sex life with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson, and more international LGBTQ+ news reported this week by Marcos Najera and Ava Davis (produced by Brian DeShazor).

All this on the September 29, 2025 edition of This Way Out!

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Circa: One Institute’s Queer Histories Festival

Testimonio de Kimberly. Niña de 8 años. Venezolana.

Kimberly - Caja de Herramientas

Testimonio de Rose. Adolescente de 13 años. Haitiana.

Rose - Caja de Herramientas

Testimonio de Pierre. Adolescente de 13 años. Haitiano.

Pierre - Caja de Herramientas

Testimonio de Altagracia. Adolescente de 15 años. Dominicana.

Altagracia - Caja de Herramientas

🔥 “Api Solidariti” – Suara Dunia Takkan Diam

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Ditulis, dihasilkan dan diarahkan sepenuhnya oleh Afnan, lagu ini lahir daripada rasa marah, empati dan cinta terhadap kemanusiaan.

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Api Solidariti

Shaun Peterson’s film documentary investigates the evidence that Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, would today be considered bisexual or queer (interviewed by Brian DeShazor, part 1 of 2).

Plus: The “Rainbow Rewind” lists notable LGBTQ+ dates in October, and recalls the murder of Matthew Shepard 27 years ago this month.

And in NewsWrap: Slovakia’s legislature approves a constitutional amendment declaring male and female the only two genders that also bans surrogacy and limits adoption to straight married couples, Japan’s government includes same-gender relationships under nine more laws and ordinances that essentially makes them the same as de facto heterosexual marriages, Scotland forces all students and staff to use bathrooms and other sex-segregated campus facilities that match their biological gender, the Canadian government is advising residents with gender-neutral passports to reconsider plans to travel to the United States, 200 gay men looking to hook up in the cruisy toilets of New York City’s Penn Station are caught up in a massive sting operation, Harvard University’s hire of Professor Kareem Khubchandani (aka LaWhore Vagistan) to teach gender and sexuality has the rightwing apoplectic, and more international LGBTQ+ news reported this week by Melanie Keller and Tanya Kane-Parry (produced by Brian DeShazor).

All this on the October 6, 2025 edition of This Way Out!

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Lincoln, “Lover of Men” (Pt. 1)

Fidel Moreno talks about his background and experiences, as a person of indigenous heritage, who became an ethnographic documentary film-maker. 
More information can be found here: https://www.documentaries.org/filmmakers/fidel-moreno/
https://www.tribalights.org/fidel-moreno

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Shaun Peterson’s “Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln” goes beyond investigating the love live of the 16th U.S. President to examine how the study of history evolves (interviewed by Brian DeShazor, part 2 of 2).

Plus: The “Rainbow Rewind” crosses generations to find outspoken October-born advocates and digs down to the roots of National Coming Out Day.

And in NewsWrap: the United States Supreme Court hears the case of a Christian licensed therapist who says Colorado’s conversion therapy ban violates her free speech rights, a volleyball league in Colombia’s Antioquia region must reverse its ban on transgender competitors by order of the Constitutional Court, Florida’s war on rainbow crosswalks continues with the bulldozing of an iconic installation on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach, embattled U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel fires a decorated FBI trainee is fired for displaying a rainbow flag on his desktop, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney bears Trump’s anti-trans rant despite having a non-binary child, and more international LGBTQ+ news reported this week by Marcos Najera and Ret (produced by Brian DeShazor).

All this on the October 13, 2025 edition of This Way Out!

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Lincoln, “Lover of Men” (Pt. 2)

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