This is a good interview with Im Lynde (NYC Pride Executive Director) and Bernie Wagenblast (NYC Pride Parade Grand Marshal, MTA announcement voice) about this year's Pride event, personal journeys, and the general state of things.
Bernie Wagenblast is one of the grand marshals of the 2026 New York City Pride March and Im Lynde is executive director of NYC Pride.
NYC Pride picks Bernie Wagenblast, voice of the subways, as a grand marshal
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/bernie-wagenblast-nyc-pride-grand-marshal
Trans rights PAC Christopher Street Project celebrates first anniversary
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/christopher-street-project-anniversary
Don Lemon at HRC dinner: 'When the First Amendment becomes optional, democracy becomes hollow'
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/don-lemon-speech-hrc-dinner
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has asked for an investigation into a suburban Chicago police department for allegedly sharing data from automatic license-plate readers with a Texas sheriff seeking a woman who had an abortion. The police department in Mount Prospect, northwest of Chicago, also provided immigration information to outside agencies. Giannoulias was behind a 2023 law that prohibited sharing data from roadside cameras to police for the purposes of tracking abortion patients or undocumented immigrants. Giannoulias has asked the attorney general to investigate and has set up an audit system to ensure future compliance.
On this #TransDayOfVisiblity, I want to specifically highlight Bernie Wagenblast.
She is one of the famous announcer voices for New York City's Metropolitan Transit Authority! (See video for demonstration)
From her wikipedia page: Bernie Wagenblast is a transportation journalist, radio personality and voice-over artist. She is the founder and editor of the Transportation Communications Newsletter. She also edits The AASHTO Daily Transportation Update, published by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and hosts AASHTO's ETAP Podcast and the ITE Talks Transportation podcast for the Institute of Transportation Engineers.
Trans folks putting the 'trans' in public transit!
#transdayofvisibility #transit #publicTransit #publicTransportation #trans #transJoy #bernieWagenblast #MTA #NYC #solarPunk
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