Guess who decided to drop a surprise episode of Native As I Can Be? Your homie Geno Effin Ray, that's who. I have been away for a long time trying to decide what to do with this podcast and if I want to keep going. Ultimately I decided to try and get a few more episodes out and give it another chance to grow and audience and hopefully provoke some thought.

My very special guest today is Duane Quintana. Duane is the founder of a.l.p.h.a. (https://alphaidaho.org/), a non for profit sexual health site founded in 2003 in Boise, Idaho. She is now currently located in San Francisco, CA  where she is a clinical research coordinator at AHHA, a research study aimed at developing guidelines to screen for pre-cancerous anal lesions caused by HPV. In  this episode, Duane will walk us through growing up in a small town in Idaho, her HIV diagnosis, her drag show persona B0nni33 Vi0l3t, the founding of a.l.p.h.a., her current work and combining queer lifestyle with spirituality. 

Duane can be found on youtube on the channel A Queer Chaplain and instagram at @sparkleisassparkledoes. 

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