Friday, June 6, 2025 – Pride under pressure: LGBTQ2 progress and pushback

Native America Calling

An exhibit at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History in Eugene, Oreg. assembles works by Native LGBTQ2 artists that express this moment in time. It is among the hundreds of events, including parades and panel discussions, to mark Pride Month. This year’s push for awareness will have to go on without acknowledgement by the federal government, which is foregoing any mention of Pride. And the annual report by the advocacy group, GLAAD, notes that while violent incidents against gay and lesbian people are down as a whole in the past year, attacks against trans citizens has significantly increased. We’ll check on the status of Native Pride.

Plus, we’ll get career highlights of the late actor Jonathan Joss (Comanche and White Mountain Apache) who died this week.

GUESTS

Felix Furby (Chinook and Grand Ronde), co-curator of the exhibit Transgressors

Calvin Crosby (Cherokee), owner of the King’s English Bookshop and executive director of Brain Food Books

Vincent Schilling (Akwesasne), editor and founder of NativeViewPoint.com and a certified Rotten Tomatoes critic

Break 1 Music: Out Loud (song) Ailani (artist) Heartbroken Bones (album)

Break 2 Music: Butterfly Clouds (song) Clark Tenakhongva (artist) Su’Vu’Yo’Yungw (album)