If I need to quickly grab and go and beat it out of my house because there's a fire in my neighborhood or my home is flooding, I need to have uh quick access to documents that are important to me. So, when I say that, I mean identification documents. I mean copies of your license, your passports, deeds to your home, titles to property.David, what's the one conversation that you try to avoid having. >> Oh, your heated debate about why Madonna was robbed of an Oscar in 1997. >> No, I'm talking about money.>> ...

In Becoming a Black Man in America, SirDiamond reflects on what it took to grow into himself as a Black, trans man—navigating identity, visibility, and belonging in a world eager to define him. Through personal storytelling, he explores how naming and embracing every part of who we are can become a source of strength, leadership, and responsibility within our communities. SirDiamond (he/him) is a 26-year-old dynamic storyteller, creator, and advocate hailing from Columbus, Akron, and Cleveland, Ohio. As a d ...

[Applause] [Music] [Applause] When I was a kid, I used to watch my mom getting ready to go out with her friends for the night. She would spritz herself with perfume, curl her asymmetrically cut hair. She'd spritz on perfume, put on her makeup, grab grab her pumps and her doornocker earrings because this was the late 80s and early 90s.So, I would be transfixed. It was like watching a magic trick. This person would go from being my mommy to being this beautiful and powerful being.I remember one night when my ...

Being a part of the LGBTQ+ community, there are a lot of challenges. It's really easy to feel othered, especially in spaces like the internet and gaming, just because there are a lot of unsafe spaces out there. So when we see people like us on stages or in video games or on the front page of big websites, it really does make us feel like we belong here.Finding yourself is such a hard journey, and having people in your corner makes that journey a little bit easier. Having someone be there for you when you co ...