Media Appearances
This is a listing of various interviews with Yasmin, in print and radio, as well as her public events. This page is still in progress; please check back for updates.
"Neoliberalism's Handiest Little Tool": Against Equality on Marriage, No More Potlucks Interview (Print)
“Neoliberalism’s Handiest Little Tool”: Against Equality on Marriage
The Bill Good Show, Vancouver [working on getting the link up]
http://www.cknw.com/other/audiovault.html
Interview with Ryan and Yasmin, Denise Morris on the Old Mole Variety Hour show on KBOO, January 9, 2012,
Interview with Denise Morris on the Old Mole Variety Hour show on KBOO, January 9, 2012, approx. 15 minutes
Queercorps Radio Interview on January 10, 2012
Queercorps Radio Interview on January 10, 2012: starts at 18:50, approx. 25 minutes
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Fight: How the Death of DADT Extends the Reach of U.S. Militarization, Buzzsaw interview, September 30, 2011
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Fight: How the death of DADT extends the reach of U.S. militarization
DOMA Repeal: Interview with Denise Morris on KBOO, March 7, 2011
DOMA Repeal: Interview with Denise Morris on KBOO, March 7, 2011
Appearance on the Sausage Factory Radio Talk Show, Las Vegas [31 July, 2010]
I was on The Sausage Factory, hosted by Derek Washington, Chris Miller, and others. You can listen to the approximately 15 minute-segment here; it starts at 30 minutes into the hour:
Yasmin featured in Tikkun article, "The Transformative Promise of Queer Politics" [July 2010]
In May 2010, I was interviewed by Tikkun’s assistant editor, Alana Yu-Lan Price, for a forthcoming piece on the contemporary queer movement. That piece, titled “The Transformative Promise of Queer Politics,” and the issue it appears in can be found on newstands and on the web here:
Yasmin on KBOO Community Radio, talking about Don't Ask Don't Tell [31 May, 2010]
I was on KBOO again with Denise Morris, talking about Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Here's the description from the website:
In arguing for an end to the discriminatory "Don't ask, don't tell" law against gays serving openly in the military, many progressives wind up supporting what the military does -- fight wars to maintain US hegemony. Writer and activist Yasmin Nair talks with the Old Mole's Denise Morris about the contradictions. Here is Nair's recent article "DADT and the Silence / Silencing of Queer Anti-War Voices."
- Title: Queers and "Don't Ask Don't Tell"
- Album: May 31, 2010
- Length: 17:19 minutes (9.91 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 80Kbps (CBR)
Yasmin and Ryan Conrad on KBOO Community Radio, talking about Against Equality [22 March, 2010]
Ryan Conrad and I were on KBOO Community Radio (Portland, Oregon), talking about the Against Equality project. Here's the description from the station's website:
Sentimental fools gathering around marriage--but is that really the goal for queer communities and queer futures? Thus begins a discussion with Yasmin Nair and Ryan Conrad, activists and scholars of queer imagination. They discuss the Against Equality Archive Project: an online archive, publishing, and arts collective focused on critiquing mainstream gay and lesbian politics. As queer thinkers, writers and artists, [they] are committed to dislodging the centrality of equality rhetoric and challenging the demand for inclusion in the institution of marriage, the US military, and the prison industrial complex via hate crimes legislation.
- Title: Queer Imagination
- Album: March 22, 2010
- Length: 15:05 minutes (8.63 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 80Kbps (CBR)
The Politics of Inclusion: KBOO, Oct. 11, 2010
The Politics of Inclusion: KBOO, Oct. 11, 2010
On Immigration, Gender JUST and Rigo Padilla, on the Anna DeShawn show, "Real Talk" [December 11, 2009]
I was on the Anna DeShawn show, talking about immigration and immigration reform. You can listen to it here:
Yasmin on the front page of Chicago Sun-Times [September 23, 2009]
This image (soon to be replaced by a larger one, bear with us) appeared on the front page of the Chicago Sun-Times. Yasmin was interviewed for a cover story titled, "Are single getting a raw deal?" which appeared on September 23, 2009 to mark Singles Week.
My WBEZ (NPR Chicago) interview [June 1]
On June 1, Illinois began instituting its first civil unions, with much fanfare in the gay community. To their very great credit, WBEZ, the NPR affiliate in Chicago, decided to provide more than one view about gay marriage amongst queers. I was on the popular morning program Eight Forty-Eight, hosted by Alison Cuddy, to talk about why gay marriage is not and should not be a priority for many of us, and about the work of Against Equality, the editorial collective of which I am a part. You can listen to the entire interview here:
Interview with Ryan and Yasmin: Alex Blaze (The Bilerico Project), Oct. 17, 2010
Interview with Ryan and Yasmin: Alex Blaze (The Bilerico Project), Oct. 17, 2010
The Politics of Inclusion: KBOO, Oct. 11, 2010
The Politics of Inclusion: KBOO, Oct. 11, 2010
Queer writers/activists criticize marriage-equality movement at forum: Windy City Times - Oct. 13, 2010
Queer writers/activists criticize marriage-equality movement at forum:Windy City Times - Oct. 13, 2010
Interview withTime Out Chicago, Oct. 6, 2010
Interview with Time Out Chicago: Oct. 6, 2010