Wendy Stuart will be hosting TriVersity Talk! this Wednesday at 7 PM ET with guest co-host Jed Ryan and featured guest Robert Valin.
TriVersity Talk! is a weekly web series with featured guests discussing their lives, activism and pressing issues in the LGBTQ Community. With TriVersity Talk!, the goal is to laugh and learn.
TriVersity Talk! Is part of TriVersity’s ICARE Initiative. ICARE stands for Increasing Community Awareness through Relevant Education. ICARE Programs are generously funded by The Greater Pike Community Foundation.
A native and proud New Yorker, Jed Ryan has been a freelance writer and photographer with a focus on LGBTQ issues since 1994, when printed magazines and film cameras were still very much the norm. He won The Stonewall Society Pride in the Arts Awards “Reviewer of the Year” Award in 2005 and The Pride in the Arts “MOJO” Award in 2010. Through the years, his writings and photographs have appeared in a wide variety of both print magazines and websites, which included his being a Contributor for Huffington Post from 2015 through 2018. Jed now writes for his own online magazine, Lavender After Dark. His face has appeared on the covers of Bear World and Bear Mais (More Bear), for which he was the first American to appear on the cover of that Brazilian magazine. Most recently, Jed has moved into filmmaking. He produced, co-wrote, co-directed, and acted in the short mockumentary Modest Male Exposure, which won the Filmesque Cinefest Award for “Best Indie Spirit Short” in 2023. The film was also an Official Selection for three additional film festivals. A sequel is currently in production. Jed is also a Medical-Surgical Certified Registered Nurse who just celebrated his 25th year at a large teaching hospital in New York City. But his proudest achievement is his nine-year marriage to Joseph Aiello. They live in Queens, New York with their pet mustelids, Jollibee and Skerritt.
As a third generation New Yorker, Robert Valin is the Founder & Producer of The Urban Bear, Social Events for the Bear Community & all who love them. He hosts the annual Urban Bear NYC each September, now celebrating its16th year, as well as numerous Bear events both nationally and internationally. He is also the Co-Founder of Queerful.com which shines a light on LGBTQIA+ small businesses while supporting Queer grass roots causes and charities. When not building community, he is a voice talent for radio, film and television.
Watch TriVersity Talk! Live on Wednesday at 7 PM ET on YouTube here:
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