Accidental Activist Cathy Renna

11/22/22 • 59 min

Cathy Renna Talks with Brad about her history of activism, including playing a central role in shaping nearly all major issues affecting the LGBTQ+ community, from the beating death of Matthew Shepard in 1998 to the Fight for marriage equality. She also shares the progress we've made, efforts to end violence again trans people, and why voting for Donald Trump was a hate crime.
National LGBTQ Task Force Website
www.thetaskforce.org
Instagram @cathyrenna @thetaskforce
Twitter @cathyrenna @thetaskforce
TikTok @cathyrenna

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Queer We Are - Accidental Activist Cathy Renna

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Brad Shreve00:00:00.000

Well, Cathy Renna, welcome to Queer We Are, I'm happy to have you here.

Cathy Renna00:00:08.070

Good to be here Brad.

Brad Shreve00:00:10.289

I'm going to start with a not so pleasant subject for a show that supposed to be really on the positive side. But sometimes we have to go there to get to the good stuff. It's hard to imagine that Matthew Shepard would be 45 years old today. R