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Series
PFLAG New Orleans - Expanding the Rainbow
Producing Organization
WHIV-FM
Contributing Organization
WHIV-FM (New Orleans, Louisiana)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-1b6b4a38a5f
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Description
Episode Description
PFLAG Board member, VP of No Age and Archivist of Krewe Armenious [sp] Frank Abbruscato describes his coming out experience and how he became an advocate. His story precludes the AIDS crisis; and includes contextual details about LGBTQ activism in New York up to and during the emergence of AIDS in the US, including introduction of HIV testing. Discussion includes reference to historical difficulties for LGBTQ communities and combating lack of knowledge about many LGBTQ experiences; and recognition of ongoing threats to rights for LGBTQ+ people. PSA: Preparing for hurricane season by watching for and avoiding flooded streets. PSA: Sharing locations of in-person PFLAG monthly support meetings.
Series Description
This program supplies information about upcoming events and news that affects the LGBTQ+ Community and the greater community of all mankind.
Broadcast Date
2024-08-01
Asset type
Episode
Genres
Talk Show
Topics
LGBTQ
Social Issues
Media type
Sound
Duration
00:58:31:27
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Credits
Producing Organization: WHIV-FM
AAPB Contributor Holdings
WHIV-FM
Identifier: cpb-aacip-a4cfa673a79 (Filename)
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Citations
Chicago: “PFLAG New Orleans - Expanding the Rainbow,” 2024-08-01, WHIV-FM, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed June 23, 2026, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-1b6b4a38a5f.
MLA: “PFLAG New Orleans - Expanding the Rainbow.” 2024-08-01. WHIV-FM, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. June 23, 2026. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-1b6b4a38a5f>.
APA: PFLAG New Orleans - Expanding the Rainbow. Boston, MA: WHIV-FM, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-1b6b4a38a5f