Be Your Own Beacon

Between his own business, making sure that the Yes For Transit campaign was successful, and just living his life, He squeezed me in his busy schedule to talk about being trans in the workforce, his intersections, dealing with conservative relatives and again, just living his life being victorious. Let's give it up for Yes Segura! Rahhhhhhh! Learn more about him and Smash The Box in the links below! Email: Blitzurbanism@gmail.com Website: www.YesSegura.com IG + Twitter: @blitzurbanism Facebook: Yes Segura LinkedIn: Yes Segura Email: Info@stbox.org Website: www.Smashthebox.org Twitter: @StboxSea Facebook: @StboxSea As always, I can be reached at Les@LesLighthouse.com; IG and Twitter

Author of "It's About Damn Time" and Backstage Capital Founder Arlan Hamilton discusses her journey to being a venture capitalist.  Learn more on what that means here.   https://www.itsaboutdamntime.com/ Follow Arlan Here Instagram Twitter Backstage Capital on Twitter As always, I can be reached at Les@LesLighthouse.com; IG and Twitter

Ya'll, it was cool chatting with Dizz and Khadija of rIVerse. We discussed a lot from Black Lives Matter, diversity, intersections and their journey and their song "Stand Up". They describe this powerful track as "a searing call-to-action in the current global fight against police brutality and systemic racism. The track empowers listeners of all races to fight back against police violence, racial profiling and a corrupt system that targets Black men, women, and children." Learn more on rIVerse in the links below! Stand Up Video rIVerse on Instagram rIVerse Facebook Page rIVerse on Soundcloud rIVerse TikTok As always, I can be reached at Les@LesLighthouse.com; IG and Twitter

Our health is important.  Links: https://linktr.ee/jcvmdmph Resources... www.outcarehealth.org https://www.211.org https://auntbertha.com https://www.goodrx.com https://www.nurx.com https://plushcare.com/prep-online/ Reach out to me at Les@Leslighthouse.com IG:  @endoqueer Twitter:  Lessequalmore Facebook: Les's Lighthouse and endoQueer (group)

Rayceen Pendarvis is an emcee, moderator, speaker, freelance writer, wedding officiant, community advocate, and lifelong Washingtonian. In addition to hosting various Team Rayceen events, including The Ask Rayceen Show, a free monthly event on first Wednesdays, March through November, at HRC Equality Center in DC, Rayceen regularly hosts festivals, fundraisers, fashion shows, and various annual events. Over the decades, Rayceen has received numerous honors, among them being recognized as a Capital Pride Hero in 2016 and being a finalist in The Mayor’s Arts Awards for Excellence in the Humanities in 2017. As an inspirational speaker, a tireless advocate for the community, disseminator of information, and host of numerous LGBTQ Pride events, Rayceen has earned the monikers High Priestess of Love, Goddess of DC, Queen of the Shameless Plug, and Empress of Pride. In addition to the Tell Rayceen interview series, which is on YouTube and Vimeo, Rayceen can be found on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Team Rayceen (organization only) Twitter: @TeamRayceen Facebook: TeamRayceen Instagram: teamrayceen The Ask Rayceen Show (event only) Twitter: @AskRayceen Facebook: AskRayceen Instagram: askrayceen Rayceen Pendarvis (person/individual only) Twitter: @RayceenHRH Facebook: Rayceen Pendarvis Instagram: rayceenpendarvis As always, I can be reached at Les@LesLighthouse.com; IG and Twitter: Lessequalmore ; FB: Les’s Lighthouse

Yep, we're still in a pandemic. Or if you read this wayyyyy later, there was a pandemic at the time. What have you been doing during this time? Has your creativity sparked? Or continued? It was cool to chat with Felton and learn more about his journey on creativity, intersectionality and beyond! Remember everyone that creativity intersects everything! You can subscribe to the Be A Beacon Podcast anywhere you find podcasts. Also leave a rating on the platforms that allow you to do so and subscribe now! Keep up with Be A Beacon updates here : http://eepurl.com/glH1zT IG: Lessequalmore; Twitter: Lessequalmore; FB: Les's Lighthouse Learn More on Felton Kizer and his works in the links below! https://www.feltonkizer.co/ https://www.readalphabeticalorder.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/feltonkizer/ https://www.instagram.com/kizerquarterly/ https://www.instagram.com/offkiltermag/

Welcome to the 2nd season premiere of The Be A Beacon Podcast! It was cool to sit and chat with Black queer women that are literally planning our communities! I wanted to have this topic on because we need to be more engaged in the community planning process. From the way houses and apartment buildings are built to our shopping centers, grocery stores and parks, and just how we live in general, it's all connected. Why does this matter to our communities? Watch and listen! To view the episode on video, click here: https://youtu.be/cX5nkOfLWK0 You can subscribe to the Be A Beacon Podcast anywhere you find podcasts. Also leave a rating on the platforms that allow you to do so and subscribe now! Keep up with Be A Beacon updates here : http://eepurl.com/glH1zT IG: Lessequalmore; Twitter: Lessequalmore; FB: Les's Lighthouse Sponsored by: The Black Urbanist and the Thrivance Group Learn More on the guests! Tamika Butler: www.TamikaButler.com; Twitter: @TamikaButler; IG: tamikalbutler; FB: tamikabutler Ebony Dumas: IG: @djnattyboom Desiree Powell: IG: @thedee_p; Twitter; @BLCKSPCES; and the website blckspces.com

It was great chatting with Cassy and Krystal about the organization they've co-founded; which is the LGBTQ Dignity Project. If you're listening to this before June 26th, There's exciting in person and virtual events coming up! Like the Black and LGBTQ in America online panel discussion on June 26th! Turn in and Learn more on the organization in the links below! https://www.lgbtqdignityproject.org/ https://www.facebook.com/LGBTQDignityProject/ Follow and keep up with The LGBTQ Dignity Project on IG @LGBTQDignityProject and Twitter @Dignity_LGBTQ Feel free to out to be at Les@Leslighthouse.com Subscribe for email updates : http://eepurl.com/glH1zT FB: Les's Lighthouse IG and Twitter: Lessequalmore

One community we don't I feel communicate with enough in our community are our lgbtq+ siblings on the autism spectrum.  So it was cool to chat with Elizabeth Graham and listen to her incredible journey!  Read more of her academic papers on autism spectrum disorders  http://marshall.academia.edu/ElizabethGraham?fbclid=IwAR3GrvLAE-6fuj4KI-SkOoXPzzKx_z1GP_to07A3J4sXQRpfOya2Z4pKu98 Feel free to reach out at Les@leslighthouse.com or through the socials: IG, Twitter:  Lessequalmore FB: Les's Lighthouse

Check out Kai Brown aka Stud Slayer as talks about her journey as a masculine of center woman who openly embraces stud for stud dating and sex positive relationships. And definitely learn more on her upcoming documentary on her stud for stud journey titled Slayed: The Untold Story! IG: Slayeddocumentary and stud_slayer_ Twitter @Studslayer

Join the Sangha on June 1st from 7pm-8:30pm Eastern "We will be calling into our circle of community those precious  beings we have lost to police state violence so casually perpetrated against us as well as a racist healthcare system that has cost the lives of too many to Covid-19. This offering takes place as many of us are physically separated from our loved ones and communities to underscore that we are not alone in our anger or grief." Below is the Zoom invitation. We hope you can join. https://www.facebook.com/events/3114960345192076/ More on Heart Refuge Mindfulness Community: https://www.facebook.com/HeartRefugeDC/ Reach out! FB:  Les's Lighthouse IG, Twitter: Lessequalmore Leslighthouse,com 

I was pleased to talk with Jerome Horne, who is very active in the online urban planning and advocacy space, as well as a transit ridership specialist in Indianapolis, about his journey as a black man in a Baltimore native black family, in the early 2000s Atlanta suburbs, in college in Southwest Georgia and now in Indianapolis and online. You can find Jerome in so many online spaces, both him and his glorious collection of transit signs, which I can't help but nerd out over as a transit geek myself. Keep up with Jerome! Main Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jerome.a.horne International Micro Museum of Transit (the Facebook Page for all of his transit memorabilia) : https://www.facebook.com/MicroTransitMuseum/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HorneJerome Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jahorne LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerome-horne-80b84263/ How to keep up with me, Les! Contact me anytime at Les@Leslighthouse.com and stay updated by subscribing to my email! I’m on social on Facebook at Les’s Lighthouse and lessequalmore and at Instagram and Twitter. You can support the Be A Beacon Podcast financially through Venmo and CashApp or by purchasing something from the online store.

The self described chill power couple discusses their journey both as a trans man and pan woman married couple. They also talk about their community involvements, careers and challenges. Keep up with me Les at LesLighthouse.com, where you can find more episodes like this. Subscribe to my email list for episode updates! http://eepurl.com/glH1zT How to keep up with Jay: Learn more about the Transgender Assistance Program in Virginia that he's involved with that has a list of resources and trans-related sites/links. www.tapvirginia.org And order tea from him here: Teadaddycompany@gmail.com (Website coming soon) How to keep up with Shawnon: Her book, Where the Color Purple Grows Collection I: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1717081061/ref=cm_cr_arp_mb_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8 Twitter and IG: @healingprose Facebook business page (editing and writing): https://www.facebook.com/Healingprose

Lee Levingston Perine is a DC-based creative who is doing big things! He’s the founder of Makers Lab and his latest project is a virtual Black Pride Festival happening this May!  Click on the event link for tickets and the the other link for more details on Makers Lab: https://www.blknspace.com/ https://www.makerslabdc.co/ Contact me anytime at Les@Leslighthouse.com and stay updated by subscribing here!   FB: Les’s Lighthouse ; IG and Twitter: Lessequalmore

Folks, 2019 for me has been a year of many ups and downs. After years of having this idea in my head, I bought this website and started to put content on it, Facebook and Instagram. I took the stand-up comedy stage for the first time, even joining a collective of women committed to making our art and work better. I took some of the messages from the videos and vended my card line for the first time. I still managed to find time to go to my full-time job and follow my partner Kristen all over the place as we support the growth of her urban planning and policy venture The Black Urbanist. What you haven’t seen as much until lately is the struggle. The health challenges. The changes at work. Still feeling like I have to be a certain way or in a certain space to survive. And then I sat down and thought about how I really want to enter 2020. I’m a firm believer in being able to manifest what you need in your future and I’ve decided to challenge myself over the next 30 days, starting on January 1, to apply some of the wisdom and lessons I’ve learned in my life actively. I’m inviting you to join me, FOR FREE, on this journey. If you decide to do so, you’ll see a message around 8 am Eastern, , on the Les’s Lighthouse Facebook group page, in your email (subscribe at www.leslighthouse.com), with a daily lesson and challenge. Then around 8:30-8:45 pm Eastern, I will go live in the Facebook group and encourage you to share your thoughts and tease what the next day’s challenge will be. Don’t despair if you miss a one or a couple of days. All the messages will stay up through the challenge and we will have a moment for you to reflect on your progress as we go through the course. Also, stay tuned for special bonuses and chances to work with me in the future. Again, this is a chance to work with me and see my training methods FOR FREE, which is not guaranteed in the future. Again, follow the Les’s Lighthouse GROUP page so you won’t miss out on all of the trainings, not just the daily nugget of wisdom from January 1-30 as we start 2020 with purpose! Btw: I cuss. So there will be cursing. Not a lot, but some. But we all say a fuck and a shit here and there. But if there’s sensitive ears around... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Man the holidays used to be rough. I fuckin’ hated it. It reminded me of everything that wasn’t. But once I began to give thanks to what was and no fucks given to everything else. It got easier. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Hallmark who? A lot of the lgbtq+ community is only acknowledged in June for mainly economic purposes and to look “diverse”. In general, don’t embrace those that don’t embrace you. Keep it moving on this motivational Monday! Go to leslighthouse.com/shop to purchase your bias free cards! https://checkout.square.site/buy/TJJDRLX2BQZFGLUQFAZA2D3P --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This episode discusses end of year lessons and thoughts and why you sold just go with the flow and embrace your crazy. Also spoke on the inspiration of ‘Les’s Lighthouse and the greeting cards! To shop for the greeting cards, go to Leslighthouse.com/shop and you can find the Les's Lighthouse patterns on fabric (including masks) and wallpaper at the lovely Kristpattern Spoonflower store ! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

My first episode! Life has taken me through a lot of shit. But for me it was like do I wallow in it, or wash it off and start again. In this episode, I spent about 10 minutes telling you about it. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app