Still Black: An Interview with Dr. Kortney Ryan Zeigler

9/1/2013

Documentarian. Businessman. Fashionist-o? This week on the podcast I sat down with Dr. Kortney Ryan Ziegler, creator of the groundbreaking film Still Black: A Portrait of Black Trans Men to discuss his upcoming Hackathon for Transgender Empowerment, his vintage store Halmoni, and his organization Who We Know, which helps transgender entrepreneurs build sustainable businesses. Highlights include:

dos and don'ts of promoting yourself as an artist on social media,
how he got his gig blogging for the Huffington Post, and
WTF is academic hazing?

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