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Meet Manuel Venegas, an HIV-positive, Mexican-American, gay community advocate. An outspoken champion for the civil rights of LGBTQ, HIV positive, and transgender communities, his deep-rooted interest in activism and community education began in high school in Moses Lake, Wash., and led him to Seattle, where he serves on the Seattle LGBTQ Commission and the defeatHIV Community Advisory Board at Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center. Drawing on personal experience, Venegas shares the challenges he has faced and overcome in this intimate Community Stories portrait, a timely profile of local LGBTQ activism during Pride Month.
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The Civic Cocktail season finale, 6 p.m., Wednesday, June 5, at Palace Ballroom, will feature two fights. The fight for LGBTQ rights is still a flashpoint 50 years after Stonewall. Plus, the state is stepping up its wildfire-fighting efforts.
Tobi Hill-Meyer, co-executive director of Gender Justice League, and Anne Levinson, a former municipal court judge, deputy mayor of Seattle and one of Washington's first out public officials, join host Joni Balter to reflect on how far the movement has come and how far it has to go. And Washington Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz will discuss the region’s wildfire readiness and the impacts of climate change on forest health. Presented in partnership with Seattle CityClub.
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