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Leading Queer

Bard Queer Leadership Project

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Frequency: 1 episode/45d. Total Eps: 19

A podcast by Queer people, for Queer people! Our Hosts, Provost John Weinstein and BQLP Director Carla Stephens, chat with various leaders in the Queer community who share their strategies, stories, and struggles in leading while Queer. New Episodes Monthly ~ By the Bard Queer Leadership Project (BQLP), a revolutionary Bachelor of Arts degree program designed for, and by, LGBTQIA+ college students to elevate LGBTQIA+ students and college graduates into leadership roles in school & across the workforce while serving as a space for actualizing educational. https://bqlp.simons-rock.edu/

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Ron Buckmire; Social Justice is Radical AND Mathematical

Season 2 · Episode 5

Wednesday, July 8, 2026 • Duration 44:14

To beat the heat, the BQLP sits down with Dr. Ron Buckmire to talk about how cool Math can truly be.

Dr. Ron Buckmire is the Dean of the School of Computer Science and Mathematics at Marist University. Ron has been a professor and Associate Dean at Occidental College as well as a Program Director at the National Science Foundation. Importantly, Ron has been a longtime advocate for the LGBTQ+ community since coming out in college at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He has passionately advocated on behalf of historically excluded youth, particularly LGBTQ+ and racial/ethnic minorities, interested in participating in Math and other STEM disciplines. Ron is a Fellow of and Vice-President for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at the prestigious Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). He is also a co-founder and board member of Spectra, the association for LGBTQ+ mathematicians and their allies.

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Albert McLeod-- Indigenous Educator, Activist, and Icon

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 • Duration 50:50

This month, the BQLP sits down with a Canadian legend, second to Céline Dion herself!

"Albert McLeod is a Status Indian with ancestry from Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation and the Metis communities of Cross Lake and Norway House in northern Manitoba. One of the founders of the Two‐Spirited People of Manitoba, Albert began his 2Spirit advocacy in Winnipeg in 1986 and became an HIV/AIDS activist in 1987. He was the director of the Manitoba Aboriginal AIDS Task Force from 1991 to 2001. In 2018, Albert received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Winnipeg. He was also a member of the sub‐working group that produced the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People National Action Plan Report in 2020–21. In 2020, Albert joined Team Thunderhead, the team that won the international competition to design the 2SLGBTQI+ National Monument. Based in Winnipeg, Albert works as a consultant specializing in Indigenous peoples, 2Spirit history and identity, cultural reclamation and cross‐cultural training."

Learn more at 2spiritconsultants.ca

https://humanrights.ca/author/albert-mcleod

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Colonel Bree Fram, Space Force Astronautical Engineer and Co-Leader of the Air Force LGBTQIA+ Initiatives Team

Season 1 · Episode 7

Friday, January 3, 2025 • Duration 40:02

Happy Holidays, Leading Queers! In this month's episode, we are talking all things Space: The Final Frontier with Colonel Bree Fram. Bree Fram is an author, podcaster, keynote speaker, and active-duty colonel and astronautical engineer in the United States Space Force. Bree also co-leads the Department of the Air Force LGBTQ+ Initiatives Team, dedicated to eliminating barriers to LGBTQ+ military service in the Air and Space Force.

Bree came out publicly as transgender on the day the transgender ban in the military was dropped in 2016. She transitioned while in a command position and served through the re-imposition of a transgender ban from 2019-2021. She is currently one of the highest ranking out transgender officers in the United States military.

Bree has appeared on national and international media. She hosts the “Forged in Fire” podcast. Her books include: With Honor and Integrity: Transgender Troops in Their Own Words (its sequel, Valor and Visibility: The Next Chapter of Transgender Service, is scheduled for publication next month), and Forging Queer Leaders: How the LGBTQIA+ Community Creates Impact from Adversity.

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Chad Topaz, Data Scientist and Co-Founder of the Institute for the Quantitative Study of Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (QSIDE)

Season 1 · Episode 6

Saturday, November 30, 2024 • Duration 49:57

Are you ready to GOBBLE up this month's episode? This month, the BQLP is thankful to be speaking with award-winning researcher and educator, Chad Topaz. Chad is Professor of Complex Systems at Williams College and co-founder of an independent nonprofit organization: Institute for the Quantitative Study of Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (QSIDE), a research-to-action institute working at the intersection of social justice and data science. The author of 70 scientific papers and pieces of public scholarship, Chad’s work has been covered nationally and internationally in The Atlantic, Forbes, The Guardian, MIT Technology Review, Mother Jones, People, Smithsonian Magazine, and more. He is driven to engage the public about the synergy of data science and social justice. https://chadtopaz.com/

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Nadine Smith, Acclaimed Activist & LGBTQIA+ Advocate from Florida

Season 1 · Episode 7

Wednesday, October 30, 2024 • Duration 50:43

Boo! Did we scare you? This Hallows eve episode, the BQLP chats with Florida activist and icon, Nadine Smith. Nadine is the Executive Director of Equality Florida, the state's largest organization dedicated to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. In 2022, she was named to the Time100, TIME Magazine's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. An award-winning journalist turned organizer, Nadine was one of four national co-chairs of the 1993 March on Washington. She served on the founding board of the International Gay and Lesbian Youth Organization. Nadine was part of a historic meeting with then-President Bill Clinton, the first Oval Office meeting between a sitting President and LGBTQ community leaders. She also served on President Obama's National Finance Committee.

Nadine has been named one of the state's "Most Powerful and Influential Women" by the Florida Diversity Council. She has received the League of Women Voters' Woman of Distinction Award, and in 2018 was named one of the 100 Most Influential Floridians by Influence Magazine. She is a Florida Chamber Foundation Trustee and currently serves as chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Florida Advisory Committee.

https://www.eqfl.org/team

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Jim Fielding, CEO and Author of All Pride, No Ego

Season 1 · Episode 6

Saturday, September 28, 2024 • Duration 46:29

Happy 1st Birthday to the BQLP! This episode, we reflect on 1 year of the BQLP and Jim Fielding's book All Pride, No Ego. As one of the first openly gay CEOs of a Fortune 500 company, Jim has paved the way for Queer leaders in the corporate world and beyond. Some of the companies he's headed you might have heard of! Do Disney Stores Worldwide, Claire's, and 20th Century Fox ring some bells? Fielding now shares his philosophies on how to lead with pride while dismantling one's ego for the betterment of both the self and the collective, whether that be a company, program, or individual. He was also the inaugural guest for the BQLP Queer Leaders Vision Forums, a quarterly talk series on Simon's Rock campus for invited Queer Leaders.

Grab your copy of 'All Pride, No Ego' HERE

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Clark Wolff Hamel, Director of Education Programs-PFLAG-NYC

Season 1 · Episode 5

Friday, August 30, 2024 • Duration 40:49

Back to school with the BQLP! In this month's episode, we chat with educator and Director of Education Programs for New York City's PFLAG, Clark Wolff Hamel. An alum of Bard College, Clark shares his philosophies on advocating for inclusive education, LGBTQIA+ classroom resources, and how to navigate what can be an increasingly hostile environment for Queer individuals--as both an educator and lifelong learner

https://www.pflagnyc.org/

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Representative Malcolm Kenyatta, Candidate for Pennsylvania Auditor General

Season 1 · Episode 4

Wednesday, July 31, 2024 • Duration 46:25

Did you just fall out of a coconut tree? This guest certainly didn't! This month the BQLP is happy to chat with Representative Malcolm Kenyatta, member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, Philly native, and candidate for Pennsylvania Auditor General. Please, check your registration and VOTE! For more information: ⁠https://www.vote.org/ More information on Representative Kenyatta from ⁠https://malcolmkenyatta.com/about/

"In the legislature, he holds multiple leadership roles, including as a member of the Philadelphia Delegation leadership team. He serves on several committees: State Government, where he chairs the subcommittee on Government Operations; Commerce, where he chairs the subcommittee on Financial Services and Banking; and as a member of the Finance, Liquor Control, and Judiciary committees.

Breaking barriers, Kenyatta became the first openly LGBTQ+ person of color and one of the youngest members of the PA General Assembly in 2018. In 2022, he made history as the first openly LGBTQ+ person of color to seek a U.S. Senate seat. In April 2024, he became the Democratic nominee for Auditor General, marking the first time an openly LGBTQ+ person was nominated for statewide office by a political party in Pennsylvania. In 2020, he was chosen to give the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention as part of a group of ‘Rising Stars.’

In 2023, President Joe Biden appointed Kenyatta to chair the Presidential Advisory Commission on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Black Americans." His legislative career and life have been the subject of two award-winning documentaries: “Going Forward” and the Today Show-produced feature-length film, “Kenyatta: Do Not Wait Your Turn.”

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Andrea Barrica, Sex Educator & Tech Entrepreneur

Season 1 · Episode 3

Wednesday, June 26, 2024 • Duration 41:50

Happy Pride Month! For your pleasure, this month we are in conversation with Andrea Barrica, the founder of O.School, a sex education platform. Andrea has also co-founded financial services companies, worked as a venture capital investment advisor, and is a managing partner at Mahway which provides a unique model for business creation.

https://www.o.school/

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Joy Redmond, Trans Composer & Pianist

Season 1 · Episode 2

Wednesday, May 29, 2024 • Duration 41:12

On this week's episode, the BQLP chats with Ms. Joy Redmond (she/her), a composer and musician based in New York City. Joy holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees from The Juilliard School, where she studied composition with Matthias Pintscher. Currently, Joy’s musical pursuits include composing for concert, stage, and media works, collaborating with other artists as a producer and arranger, and performing on keyboards in a variety of genres. In January, Joy’s one-act opera “Hairpiece,” exploring the power of authentic gender expression, debuted as part of the American Opera Initiative at the Kennedy Center.

https://www.kennedy-center.org/video/digital-stage/opera/2024/american-opera-initiative-hairpiece/

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