Stories of LGBTTIAQ+ Elders: Who We Are podcast series

The role of this project is to provide Same Same But Black audience, friends and members of the LGBQTTIA and People Of Colour Community (P.O.C), of Henderson-Massey with a positive images of themselves in a positive and safe environment. The project is for community members that enjoy new content and open discussions around them and for members of the community who don’t feel comfortable in other environments for fears of being rejected. Everyone can listen in their own space in their own time and feel a connection.

Each 25 minute podcast will capture a snapshot on how our community looks from the interviewees’ point of view. About their experience living and the changes in community. Capturing an oral history of locals who may seem ‘invisible’ in everyday life. To provide a platform to hear their voices and stories.

ABOUT

Michelle is part of the Caribbean Society of New Zealand and Black Creatives Aotearoa. #SSBB was created in 2019 to try and make a difference. Michelle is a professional audio engineer with over 30yrs experience in sound, Radio Film and Television and Archiving. “With this Podcast series I hope to meet a demand to a audience with our community that is very rarely listened to unless there is a problem. My Aim is to move away from the negative and focus and celebrating our differences” – Michelle Mascoll, SSBB

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