About this episode

Gaelynn Lea returns to discuss her experiences with accessibility in music venues and her new memoir.

This week, Sam and Charlene welcome back of their favorite guests, Gaelynn Lea! Gaelynn is an author, songwriter, musician, and Disability Rights activist. She talks about her struggles playing non accessiblevenues ,but is only playing accessible ones niow! She also talks about her new book,"It Wasn't Meant to Be Perfect: A Memoir." To get on our email list, receive weekly show updates, or offer feedback/guest suggestions, email disabilityandprogress@samjasmine.com!

People in this episode

Hosts: Sam, Charlene

Guest: Gaelynn Lea

Topics covered

• Disability Rights
• Accessibility
• Music
• Memoir
• Activism

Keywords

• Disability Rights
• Gaelynn Lea
• accessible venues
• memoir
• music

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: It Wasn't Meant to Be Perfect: A Memoir

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