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Trans Medical Tourism (KwokTalk: Breaking Boundaries)

Why this Industry Matters. The host for this show is Crystal Kwok. The guests are Anthony Wong and Bella Vongvisitsin. New research reveals the challenges and needs for gender affirming care among trans community that necessitates medical tourism. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6k-ynFpwaXt33MGAyHzUenc Please visit our ThinkTech website at https://thinktechhawaii.com and […]

Being a Trans Man in Hong Kong (KwokTalk: Breaking Boundaries)

Kaspar Wan. The host for this show is Crystal Kwok. The guest is Kaspar Wan. Kaspar speaks to the history of trans in Chinese societies, his sex change operation, and the importance of support in health care and family. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6k-ynFpwaXt33MGAyHzUenc Please visit our ThinkTech website at https://thinktechhawaii.com […]

Being Trans in Asia (KwokTalk: Breaking Boundaries)

Visibility and Vulnerability. The host for this show is Crystal Kwok. The guest is Brenda Alegre. Exploring trans identity in Asia and navigating spaces under traditional patriarchal societies. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6k-ynFpwaXt33MGAyHzUenc Please visit our ThinkTech website at https://thinktechhawaii.com and see our Think Tech Advisories at https://thinktechadvisories.blogspot.com. ThinkTech Hawaii streams […]

Hawaii LGBT Legacy Foundation and Honolulu Pride 2019 (Out and About)

Like what you see? Please give generously. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Celebrate the Rainbow. Learn about Hawaii’s LGBTQ+ Community Foundation, Pride Month and its signature Pride Parade & Festival and related events all month. What is Pride and why does it exist? Is it still important and relevant in 2019? What resources exist for the LGBTQ+ community and […]

Leitis In Waiting (Kwok Talk)

How this film can create awareness and impact on transgender issues.The host for this episode is Crystal Kwok. The guests for this episode are Joleen Mataele and Joe Wilson. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, then streaming earlier shows through the night. Check […]

Transgender Youths in Hawaii (episode 281)

Hayley Ikeda and Dymond Cabildo cover the status and experiences of transgender youths in Hawaii in regards to school policies. This episode includes interviews of six individuals in the LGBTQA community, three of which are transgender individuals. They also discuss the discriminations faced by trans kids, and what it takes to create a safe school […]

Transgender Voices

Valerie Ann Barnes, has served in the Navy for 20 years, and is currently the Assistant Project Engineering and Planning Manager for the Submarine Pre-planning Group, and Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu is currently the Cultural Director at Halau Lokahi, a public charter school dedicated to using Native Hawaiian culture, history, and education as tools for developing and […]

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Arizona Charges Giuliani and Other Trump Allies in Election Interference Case

Those charged included Boris Epshteyn, a top legal strategist for Donald Trump, and fake electors who acted on Mr. Trump’s behalf in Arizona after the 2020 election. [...]

Trump’s Immunity Claim Joins His Plans to Increase Executive Power

The former president is asking the Supreme Court to put the presidency above criminal law as he pursues a broader agenda of expanding the office’s power should he win the [...]

Campus Protests Over Gaza Intensify Amid Pushback by Universities and Police

There were dozens of new arrests, mostly in Texas, as universities moved to prevent pro-Palestinian encampments from taking hold as they have at Columbia University. [...]

Columbia Says Student Protesters Agree to More Talks and to Remove Some Tents

Nemat Shafik, the university’s leader, met privately with faculty members, who could soon decide to admonish her. Columbia’s board, though, made its support clear. [...]

Arizona House Votes to Repeal 1864 Abortion Ban

The almost-complete ban on abortions in the state could go into effect as soon as June 8 if the State Legislature does not repeal it, the state’s attorney general said. [...]

US secretly sends long-range missiles to Ukraine

Missiles delivered this month have been used to strike Russian targets in Crimea, US media say. [...]

Labour pledges to renationalise most rail services within first term

The party says it offers the "biggest overhaul in a generation" but ministers brand it "pointless". [...]

One-word Ofsted grades should stay, says government

The government says the judgements are useful for parents, after MPs called for them to be scrapped. [...]

Spain's PM halts public duties as wife faces inquiry

Pedro Sánchez says he will "stop and reflect" on whether to remain in the job. [...]

Girl arrested after teachers and pupil injured in school stabbing

A teenage girl has been arrested after two teachers and a pupil were stabbed in Ammanford, south-west Wales. [...]

Opposition candidate Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova is in the lead after winning almost almost 40% of the first-round vote. The election comes as North Macedonia seeks EU membership. [...]

Antony Blinken arrived in China for his second visit in a year to discuss a range of issues amid rising tensions between the two countries. [...]

Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of Miss Lieser" was long thought to be lost, when in fact it hung for decades in a private villa near Vienna. [...]

US President Joe Biden has said deliveries of much-needed artillery munitions and other supplies to Ukraine will commence within "hours" after he signed a long-awaited aid package into law. DW [...]

On a visit to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the German president said Germany and Turkey needed each other. Erdogan used to occasion to criticize the West's stance on the [...]

Meadows, Giuliani, 11 'fake electors' from 2020 are among those indicted in Arizona

Arizona is now the fourth state where charges have been brought against individuals involved in so-called "fake elector" schemes that sought to undermine Joe Biden's victory over Donald Trump. [...]

Gateway Pundit files for bankruptcy after election conspiracy defamation lawsuits

The influential website faced multiple defamation suits over conspiracy theories about 2020 election fraud that it's accused of promoting. [...]

What consumers should know about the milk testing positive for bird flu

Federal officials and scientific experts say the virus detected in retail milk samples may be inactive and unable to cause an infection. [...]

Heated arguments at the Supreme Court in newest abortion case

At issue is a clash between federal and state law about how pregnant women must be treated in the emergency room. [...]

Taylor Swift set a new record this week with, well, records. The vinyl kind.

Taylor Swift, whose latest album is now the first to surpass one billion Spotify streams in a single week, has smashed another record as well. [...]

A proposed repeal of Arizona’s near-total ban on abortions has won approval from the state House, clearing its first hurdle a week after a court concluded the state can enforce [...]

Curtis Mead hit his first homer of the season and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Detroit Tigers 7-5 to avoid a three-game sweep [...]

In one meeting, Biden and others sprang a surprise effort to persuade Speaker Johnson to pass the aid package [...]

'The Banshees of Inisherin' and Germany’s 'All Quiet on the Western Front' closely followed. [...]

"Sound of Freedom," a low-budget film about child sex trafficking, almost topped the box office. But its star Jim Caviezel has linked it to the QAnon movement. [...]

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