Audio QT

In this episode of Audio QT, Karma Chávez talks with Professor Lisa Moore, who will be stepping down as the director of UT's LGBTQ Studies Program at the end of this semester. Lisa L. Moore is Archibald A. Hill Professor of English and Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at The University of Texas at Austin. She is the author or editor of five books, including Sister Arts: The Erotics of Lesbian Landscapes, which won the Lambda Literary Award. Karma R. Chávez is Bobby and Sherri Patton Professor and Chair in the Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies at The University of Texas at Austin. Follow: Karma: @queermigrations Resources: College of Liberal Arts | The University of Texas at Austin Profile for Lisa L Moore at UT Austin

In this episode of Audio QT, Karma Chávez talks with allgo co-founder and activist María Limón about her work supporting people living with HIV and AIDS in the early days of the pandemic, and the program called Informe Sida. This interview was recorded on December 1, 2021 and originally aired on KOOP Radio's People United program on Dec. 10. Thanks to Allan Campbell and KOOP for permission to reuse. María Limón, nacida y criada a la orilla del río que antes era grande, she finished raising herself among a circle of activists tending to issues as diverse as the gentrification of the East Side, getting the Texas national guard out of Honduras, and ensuring that Cuba stayed libre. Her fifteen minutes of fame involved the Austin police department flexing their authoritarian muscle at an anti-KKK rally and helping establish one of the longest-running queer POC organizations in the country while learning how to help close friends die. Having learned that changing the conditions that create injustice and inequality happens one meaningful connection at a time, she coaches people on uprooting the beliefs about ourselves and others an oppressive society shoves down our throats. UC Denver's Center on Domestic Violence provides the salary that brings home the fakin' bacon. Karma Chávez is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies at UT. Follow: Karma: @queermigrations Resources: https://allgo.org https://www.worldaidsday.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Limón

Jo Hsu speaks with Rocky Lane about trans and queer community in Austin, QTPOC activism and mutual aid, and the hope and wonder in trans life. Resources: Austin Black Pride: https://www.austinblackpride.org/Black Trans Leadership of Austin: https://btla.squarespace.com/Project Liferaft: https://projectliferaft.carrd.co/SwirlBaby LLC: https://www.swirlbabytv.com/Rocky's Instagram: @therockyverseRocky's Tiktok: @rockylane

This episode of Audio QT is a replay of an interview that Karma Chávez conducted with Sarah Schulman on 89.9 FM WORT Madison’s program “A Public Affair.” In it, Chávez and Schulman discuss Schulman’s recent book, Let The Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993 published in May by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. […]

In this episode of Audio QT, Karma Chávez talks with undocuqueer artivist Julio Salgado about how his work has grown over the last decade, its significance to the immigrant justice movement, and his hopes for life and organizing. Julio Salgado is the co-founder of Dreamers Adrift and the Senior Program Manager for The Center for Cultural Power. His status as an […]

In this episode of Audio QT, Karma Chávez talks with Dr. Cameron Awkward-Rich about his reflections on the lessons of 2020, the relationship between art and social movement, the importance of Black trans life, and what trans people have to teach all of us about how to get free.  Cameron Awkward-Rich is the author of Sympathetic […]

In this episode of Audio QT, Karma Chávez talks with Dr. Xavier Livermon about his work exploring how Black queer youth use art, aesthetics, and creative practice to animate Black freedom politics. Xavier Livermon is Associate Professor of Feminist Studies and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at UC Santa Cruz.  He has recently published Kwaito […]

In the inaugural episode for Audio QT, Dr. Karma Chavez, sits down with Dr. Laura Gutiérrez, a professor of Latin American and Latina/o performance studies; visual cultural studies; gender and sexuality studies; feminist theory; queer theory; race and racial formations; and inter-American and transnational studies. Laura G. Gutiérrez is an Associate Professor in the Department […]