SAN DIEGO — LGBTs In The News with Thom Senzee, the nationwide live-discussion panel series launched in 2012, returns to San Diego Thursday, July 7 at Urban Mo’s in San Diego’s Hillcrest neighborhood.
Members of the media, local activists, and members of the public will engage the first-ever LGBTs In The News event featuring a panel comprised entirely of newsmakers from the transgender community.
As was the first San Diego engagement of LGBTs In The News the same week in 2013 when the Supreme Court overturned the so-called Defense of Marriage Act and California’s anti-equality Proposition 8, the Thursday, July 7 2016 homecoming engagement happens at a landmark moment in LGBT history: just as the Department of Defense lifts its ban on transgender people serving in the military.
Panelists include:
Kristin Beck—PANEL HEADLINER, former U.S. Navy SEAL, suicide-prevention advocate and subject of the multiple award-winning 2014 film, Lady Valor: The Kristin Beck Story
Vicki Estrada—Award-winning urban planner, trans-rights activist
Connor Maddocks—Trans-rights activist, director of San Diego LGBT Center’s Project Trans
Sam Moehlig—Transgender youth. The San Diego Union-Tribune published a landmark feature story about Sam’s life as a transgender boy and his transition to realize his true gender identity.
Terrance K. Miller—Trans-rights activist, Black Lives Matter youth leader
Ariel Vegosen—Gender liberation activist, performer, and founder of education and advocacy organization Gender Illumination
Following what is sure to be an explosive, exciting and engaging discussion and audience Q&A about some of the seminal civil rights issues of our time, all attendees will be invited mingle with the panelists and local media for a private party in Urban Mo’s new Upper Deck bar.
The event starts at 7 p.m., Thursday, July 7 at Urban Mo’s in San Diego’s Hillcrest neighborhood: 308 University Avenue, San Diego, CA 92103. RSVP and learn more at lgtsinthenews.com or sdpressclub.org (RSVPs not required, but are appreciated).
