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Gay USA: Sept. 13-19, 2011
The North Carolina legislature votes to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot in 2012 to ban legal recognition of same-sex marriage and other relationships. Gov. Jan Brewer of AZ continues to fight treating state employees fairly. US Senator Barbara Mikulski comes out-for repealing DOMA.A rash of killings and beatings of transgendered people in D.C. in what activists call a transgender community in crisis. A high school in TN is blocking formation of a GSA on campus. Arthur Evans, one of the true pioneers of the modern LGBT movement, dies in San Francisco. Britain will lift the lifetime ban on gay men from donating blood, but some restrictions remain. A breakthrough using HIV to cure cancer. Men with HIV are at increased risk for transmitting Hepatitis C sexually. The American Psychiatric Association says it is OK for kids to watch Chaz Bono on "Dancing with the Stars"
Email this pageGay USA: August 30-Sept. 5, 2011
Our guest this week is Michael Musto, Village Voice columnist, humorist, and gossip who is out with his wonderful collection of essays, "Fork on the Left, Knife in the Back" (Vantage Point), dedicated to "everyone who is still speaking to me." Michael dishes with us about reality shows, Broadway, closeted celebrities, the continued allure of New York, the death of nightlife, and his early years as the only Italian only-child in Brooklyn. You can read him in the Village Voice in "La Dulce Musto" and online where he serves up "La Daily Must.o" Texas Gov. Rick Perry, now the frontrunner for the Republican nomination for President, joins the crowd and signs an anti-gay marriage pledge. Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, will step down in March. A search is underway for a successor. Federal government vigorously prosecuting Dan Choi for White House protest v. DADT. An anti-gay politician in Puerto Rico resigns after being caught peddling his flesh to men on Grindr. Gay man takes over Apple Computers: Is he the most powerful gay man in America? Iranian journalist sentenced to four years and 80 lashes for interviewing gay people. Brave Reggae singer Mista Majah P makes pro-gay album and gets death threats. Chaz Bono and Carson Kressley are set to compete on "Dancing with the Stars."
GRITtv: Media Panel: Healthcare, US Blind to Middle East Atrocities and Tom Delay's New Gig
According to a report released last week, one person dies every 12 minutes due to lack of heath insurance-- an appalling fact ignored in the mainstream media. Also in this week's headlines: the UN General Assembly kicked off and Tom Delay joins the cast of "Dancing With the Stars." We are joined by Rose Aguilar, Andrew Golis, Ali Abunimah and Margaret Kimberley, to discuss these and other under-reported-- as well as "over-reported"-- affairs from this past week.
