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Tell Your Pride is where queer joy, bold interviews, and chosen family take center stage. Join Shimmer each week for real talk, radiant pride, and conversations that keep our community shining out loud.
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The Beauty of Becoming: Shimmer's Story (opens the original)
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Host Shimmer (Quinn Villagomez) closes out this chapter of Tell Your Pride by sharing the deeply personal journey that led her to living openly and authentically as a trans Latina woman. With honesty, humor, and heart, Shimmer reflects on growing up in a traditional Mexican family, facing bullying, finding comfort in music and art, and discovering the courage to embrace her true self. She talks about coming out, the evolving relationships within her family, the realities of transition, and the l
From Magic to Heart Stop: Jeff Gavin Hits All the Right Notes (opens the original)
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On Tell Your Pride , host Shimmer sits down with Twin Cities recording artist, dancer, choreographer, and actor Jeff Gavin for a conversation about music, identity, and the creative journey behind the spotlight. Jeff shares how childhood performances, community theater, and studying vocal performance at Berklee College of Music helped shape his career, and why he's passionate about creating music that's both deeply personal and irresistibly danceable. Jeff reflects on releasing his debut album M
From Hospice to Hope: Reneka Evans' Extraordinary Story (opens the original)
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After being admitted to hospice with AIDS in 1996, Reneka Evans transformed her life into one of service and advocacy. On Tell Your Pride , host Shimmer brings honest conversations with LGBTQIA2S+ leaders, advocates, and changemakers to the airwaves on WFNU Frogtown Community Radio. In this episode, Shimmer sits down with humanitarian and community leader Renika Evans, who shares how being admitted to hospice with AIDS in 1996—and surviving against the odds—inspired a lifetime of advocacy and se
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