Ask Smart People Smart Questions Equality Arizona

We’re back with another episode of Ask Smart People Smart Questions, our show about big ideas and the big issues that affect the LGBTQ+ community. This conversation, featuring guest panelists Taylor Kerby and Reverend Hannah Adair Bonner was recorded live at the Tempe Public Library on February 22, 2023. Sign up to attend our next event on March 22, featuring a panel discussion on LGBTQ+ experiences in Arizona’s prisons and jails.
Reading & Resource List
* Scrupulous: My Obsessive Compulsion for God (Taylor Kerby)
* Reverend Neichelle Guidry on the story of Jephthah
* Queer Mormon Theology (Blair Ostler)
* Our Bible App
* Queer Virtue (Rev Elizabeth M. Edman)
* By Common Consent Press
* Mystic Soul Project
* Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation (Kristin Kobes Du Mez)
* God and the Gay Christian (Matthew Vines)
* Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate (Justin Lee)
Full Transcript To Come


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Today, we’re releasing a new episode of Ask Smart People Smart Questions, a discussion series about big ideas and the big issues that affect the LGBTQ+ community. Subscribe to the show for twice-monthly panel discussions with experts on everything from drag culture to neurodiversity and more. This conversation about ranked choice voting was recorded exclusively for the podcast feed and features Kazz Fernandes and Ben Bossler from Voter Choice Arizona.
If you’d like to attend a future live event, our panel later this month will discuss religious perspectives on sex, gender, and sexuality, and explore how different individuals and communities incorporate LGBTQ+ experiences into their faith traditions. In March, we’ll talk with a panel of people with real insight into Arizona’s criminal justice system about the experiences of LGBTQ+ people in our courts, jails, and prisons.
Links and additional context
* Voter Choice Arizona’s website
* RepresentUs video about ranked choice voting
* CGP Grey: The Alternative Vote Explained
Full transcript coming soon


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Today, we’re excited to launch the podcast for our new program, Ask Smart People Smart Questions, a discussion series about big ideas and the big issues that affect the LGBTQ+ community. Subscribe to the show for twice-monthly panel discussions with experts on everything from ranked choice voting to neurodiversity and more. This conversation was record live with an audience at an event hosted by the Tempe Public Library. Over the course of an hour, guests Freddy Prinze Charming, Felicia “Fefe” Minor, Michelle Miranda-Thorstad, and Marshall Shore share their expertise on drag culture and drag history, before answering some audience questions.
If you’d like to attend a future event, our panel in February will discuss religious perspectives on sex, gender, and sexuality, and explore how different individuals and communities incorporate LGBTQ+ experiences into their faith traditions. In March, we’ll talk with a panel of people with real insight into Arizona’s criminal justice system about the experiences of LGBTQ+ people in our courts, jails, and prisons.
Full Transcript Coming Soon.



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