117: Ten Year Anniversary Episode, pt. 1

About this episode

The episode celebrates the 10-year anniversary of We Want the Airwaves with a panel of artists from Queer & Trans Artists of Color, Volume Three.

We Want the Airwaves celebrates 10 years with a panel featuring six of the artists from Queer & Trans Artists of Color, Volume Three : Anthony J. Williams , Kamal Al-Soylaylee , Joamette Gil , Venus Kii Thomas , Qwo-Li Driskill , and Osa Atoe ! (This is the first part of a two-part episode, so you will only hear Ant, Kamal, and Jo on it.) This panel is co-hosted by Maliha Ahmed, co-editor of Queer & Trans Artists of Color, Volume Three , and sponsored by the Aydelotte Foundation, Black Studies, Film & Media Studies, and the Libraries at Swarthmore College. Art by Gabriela Riveros and Dan Nosheny. Tune back in next month for part two! Read the transcript here . Support the podcast here .

People in this episode

Host: Maliha Ahmed

Guests: Anthony J. Williams, Kamal Al-Soylaylee, Joamette Gil

Topics covered

• anniversary
• queer artists
• trans artists
• panel discussion
• celebration
• art

Keywords

• anniversary
• queer artists
• trans artists
• panel
• celebration
• art
• Nia King
• Maliha Ahmed
• Aydelotte Foundation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Black Studies, Film & Media Studies, Libraries at Swarthmore College

Books & works: Queer & Trans Artists of Color, Volume Three

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