After Round Two of the pressure campaign from the queer community to make Candy Mero-Carlson pay for her bigotry, we talk with Josh Croke (@joshua.croke), an organizer of the demonstrations and founder of Love Your Labels and many other things. We talk about the council meeting Tuesday and the council’s two affirmative votes on public petitions from the queer community. What they mean and what they don’t! Then we take the conversation wider, to the nightmare times.

That’s the first hour. After that, Chris and I talk about the Human Rights Commission, civilian review boards, and the One Weird Trick some of our city councilors have.

Here’s a sick picture of Josh at the rally Tuesday taken by Giselle Rivera Flores

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