On today's episode of Cool Queers Doing Cool Shit, Kelsey sits down with Dr. Iman Alsaden, an abortion provider in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, a queer media aficionado, passionate poker player, and perhaps queerest of all, Kelsey's partner. This conversation winds through Iman's identities as a queer, Arab, abortion provider, digs into Iman's many varied gay hobbies, explores where Iman found community and solace as a young queer, and gives a brief look into Kelsey and Iman's relationship, including where Iman looks to for motivation to keep going, in spite of the troubling times in our world.

Kelsey is always looking for more queers committed to community care to feature on the podcast! If you have a suggestion, drop her a line at coolqueersdoingcoolshit@gmail.com

Show Notes

• Iman doesn't have social media (blessings to them!) but you can support people accessing abortions at their clinic in Kansas by donating to Planned Parenthood Great Plains and the Kansas Abortion Fund. And if you're really trying to reach them, I happen to know a guy who can pass along a message to Iman (spoiler alert, I'm the guy).


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