Radio Gag - The Gays Against Guns Show

Radio GAG Hosts Ti Cersley and Sean Stefanic speak with Po Murray of the Newtown Alliance about the NSSF, located right in Newtown, a few miles from Sandy hook Elementary School. A new segment: Discussing gun safety with gun owners with Guillermo Sabatier, Gun Owners for Safety, Giffords. In Memoriam- Pamela Sled, 62 years old, and Promise Mays, 21 years old, 8/18/21, Frankfort, Indiana

“Guns in Cinema” Part 2 . Catch the conversation with Film Director Ethan Coen and Writer/Director Mary Molina on storytelling and violence in American culture in an interview by Radio GAG producer Tricia Cooke.

Join hosts Sean Stefanic and Sarah Lilly for this vital update on gun violence prevention. Mexico Sues US Gun Manufacturers. We’ll explain why gun manufacturers have been immune from liability since 2010 and how that has increased in violence and death in Mexico and our border towns. Gun manufacturers profit from illegal trafficking and have the means to regulate how their weapons are sold and transported. Guest Eugenio Weigend of AmericanProgress.org will share their research on gun violence in Mexico and the bloody face of drug cartels fighting the Mexican Military with weapons obtained illegally from the US. Barry Graubert of MOMS Demand Action NY explains some of the implications of this lawsuit which is being tried in Massachusetts and could ask for 60 Billion in damages.

The trevor Project and Suicide Prevention”. Host Ti Cersley covers last week’s gun violence in this country, ABC News tracked more than 900 shooting incidents Between Saturday, July 17, and Friday, July 23. Fellow gaggers Sean Stafanic and Shep Wahnon will discuss The Trevor Project’s report on the effect of guns in the LGBTQ community and how vulnerable our youth is  to gun violence and suicide. In Memoriam- Taya Ashton, 20 years old, 7/17/21, Suitland, Maryland.

Join us and listen in to Part 1 of this series on the use of art to protest and promote social change. We will consider “Artivism” and it’s impact from the AIDS Quilt to the pink Pussy Hats of the Women’s March. Co-hosts Sarah Germain Lilly and Sean Stefanic share their experiences in the streets and in performance. Artivist Kween Elissa Stein gives us the 411 on the art and activism we call ”Artivism”, and Leslie Lee of the “Soul Box Project” shares her almost monumental work on the project which has created over 70, 000 origami boxes so far and puts them on display across America . Sean shares our “In Memoriam”: Moussa Fofana who was killed in Maplewood New Jersey at the town recreational complex.

On this week’s show State Senator Zellnor Myrie explains his successful legislation to hold gun manufacturers accountable for the consequences of their products. And Giffords Gun Owners for Gun Safety spokesperson Jonathan Gold talks about the potential misuse of Ghost Guns. Sean Stefanic leads this week’s In Memorium, David Xavier Castro.

Radio GAG finishes Pride month celebrating victories in gun violence prevention legislation in New York State. Shep Wahnon interviews special guest State Sen. Brad Hoylman on New York State Legislation and Sarah Lilly speaks to gun violence prevention activist Scott Pappalardo on the growing threat of ghost guns. Libby and Sarah deliver our In Memoriam: The names of ten trans people who have been murdered since the end of April.

Activists Ti Cersley and Shep Wahnon host Radio GAG’s Pride 2021 show. Libby Edwards speaks to Jim Fouratt, lifelong Gay activist and originator of the Gay Liberation Front, about Gay activism from Stonewall to present in the context of Feminism and the right to love and have sex. Tigger! James Ferguson shares the origins of Gays Against Guns “Human Beings” and the In Memoriam of Kimmi Icon Braxton. Host Ti Cersley interviews organizer Jay W. Walker on Reclaim Pride and the Queer Liberation March.

Summer Activism is hot in the Gay Community and on Radio GAG. Join us 6/15 at 2:30 PM to learn about @babeccherrygrove BaBec- the Black and Brown Equity Coalition of Cherry Grove on Fire Island. Josh Tjaden and guest host interview Tomik Dash and Victor Jeffreys on the upcoming activism and celebrations for Juneteenth Weekend on Fire Island. BaBec has been organizing, educating and celebrating with the businesses and gay community for several years, leading up to this year’s Juneteenth bash! • • • The weekend’s events include Teadances, Salon conversations, and both Pride and Diversity marches to raise awareness of discrimination and violence in these communities. • • • In the spirit of summer 2020’s racial reckoning, the work continues with Beyond Diversity Education and a call to end police and gun violence against black and brown queer folk and others. The show will include a report on Gays Against Guns Pulse 5 Years Event, commemorating the 49 lives lost to gun violence at the Pulse Nightclub on 6.12.26.

Radio GAG celebrates the life and advocacy of Harvey Milk with a two hour broadcast, featuring special guests including Harvey’s nephew, Stuart Milk of the Harvey Milk Foundation and human rights activist, Cleve Jones. Featured content includes Harvey Milk’s “political will” courtesy of Milk colleagues Walter Caplan and Dan Nicoletta, originally remastered from the cassette recording by Jenni Olson and friends. Additional archival news clips courtesy of Pacifica Radio Archives. Hosts: Sarah Germain Lilly and Josh Tjaden

Radio GAG host Ti Cersley will covers the proposed assault weapons ban with special guest from Connecticut Against Gun Violence Jeremy Stein. Ti brings us updates on an upcoming Supreme Court Case that has staggering implications for carrying weapons in our nation depending on how it is decided by the court’s 6-3 conservative Majority.

Tune in as we explore Stories Beyond Statistics, Chitown GVP Summit, and Street Corner Resources! In Memoriam for 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant.

Disturbed by the January 6 unsuccessful coup at the Capitol? Find out about the successful 1898 coup that eerily resembles it by taking a walk through “Wilmington’s Lie” by David Zucchino. Writer and independent publisher Wendy Jones joins RADIO GAG host Paul Rowley in the studio to discuss this little-known history. Together, we can make sure it never happens again.

This week on Radio GAG we speak about violence interruption with Iesha Sekou of Street Corner Resources. SCR works in Harlem to "Speak Peace Forward" and break the cycle of violence, trauma and retaliation. In Remembrance: Aiden Wolfe, age ten, victim of child abuse. And Author Crystal McCreary shares mindfulness from her "Little Yogi Deck", techniques for children and youth to process emotional trauma.

Radio GAG this week covers the action taking place in the streets and in our Congress. As our nation and communities in Georgia and Colorado react to the devastating mass killings of this week, there is already legislation moving into the Senate that will reduce gun violence. Radio GAG remembers the victims on this show and on the Gays Against Guns Human Beings facebook page. We cover the GAG response in an action at the New York Public Library Main Branch and how the media defines a mass shooting. Ti Cersley hosts, Paul Rowley and Sarah Germain Lilly contribute.

Featured Guests: Mom's Demand Action discuss the rise in everyday gun deaths and the legislation needed to stop it.

This week’s show we’ll discuss White Supremacy in the Military over the last few years and what the Pentagon can do about it. Host Ti Cersley speaks to fellow Air Force veteran Omar, about how Black Veterans have been Targeted throughout our country's history.

This week we talk to members of The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) about the continuum of violence from handguns to nuclear weapons. In Memoriam: Jarred James Sykes January 17, 2021.

Hosts Sarah Germain Lily and Jay W. Walker celebrate our newest Fierce Kween, Carolyn B. Maloney, U.S. Representative for New York's 12th congressional district. Congresswoman Maloney has pushed several key bills to crack down on gun violence by making gun trafficking illegal. In memoriam: Gabriel Alexis Henderson, 25 years old, 2/15/21, Cornelius, North Carolina.

Radio GAG hosts the Parkland Trauma Anniversary Show. Interviews with Manuel and Patricia Oliver whose son, Joaquin inspired them to create "Change the Ref", to stop gun violence and save lives. And author Hana Bajramovic on her book for young adults called "Whose Right is it? The Second Amendment and the Fight Over Guns".