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4/30/13 - Panel

Joe Donahue — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:00:00 +0000

Today's panelists are WAMC’s Alan Chartock, and Ray Graf and Mike Spain, Associate Editor of The Times Union. Joe Donahue moderates.

Today's topics include:

Dredging
NBA player, Jason Collins announcing that he is gay
Sexual harassment in jails

Boy Scouts Delay Decision on Gays

Associated Press — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:51:48 +0000

IRVING, Texas (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America's national executive board has delayed a decision on whether to lift its longstanding ban on gay scouts and leaders.

BSA said Wednesday the organization will take action on the resolution at its national meeting in May.

The organization said last week it was considering a shift of its policy, which has led officials to remove gay leaders and scouts. That announcement pushed years of debate over the policy to an even higher level.

Vox Pop : Open Forum - Lifting the Ban on Gay Boy Scouts : 1/29/13

Patrick Donges — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:00:00 +0000

The Boy Scouts of America appear poised to lift a longstanding ban on gay scouts and scout leaders as soon as their national executive board meeting, scheduled for next week.

Question of the Day - Gay Scouts and Troop Leaders?

Joe Donahue and Alan Chartock — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:16:00 +0000

Last summer, The Boy Scouts of America officially banned the participation of homosexuals as scouts or troop leaders.

The BSA will revisit the policy in their national executive board meeting and are expected to reverse that decision.

What do you think?

Oddly Normal: One Family's Struggle to Help Their Teenage Son Come to Terms with His Sexuality

Joe Donahue — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:12:00 +0000

In the spring of 2009, John Schwartz got a distress call from his wife. His 13-year old son, Joe, was on his way to the hospital after a failed suicide attempt.

Joe, a socially awkward but smart boy, had finally mustered the courage to come out as gay to his classmates who responded with discomfort and dismay. Hours later, he took dozens of Benadryl capsules with the intention of killing himself.

"Victory: The Triumphant Gay Revolution"

Joe Donahue — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:12:37 +0000

We speak with Linda Hirshman about her book, Victory: The Triumphant Gay Revolution.

Hudson Valley LGBTQ Center's 8th Annual Pride March

Joe Donahue — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:12:06 +0000

The Eighth Annual Pride March and Festival sponsored by the Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center steps off on Sunday, June 3rd on Main Street in New Paltz. We learn more about it and the other work Hudson Valley LGBTQ does from Virginia Apuzzo (Founding President and Life Time Board Member) and Jan Whitman (Founding Board Member).

NY Court Rules Calling Someone Gay Isn't Slander

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:27:50 +0000

A court in New York says it's no longer slander to falsely call someone gay because it's not something society sees as negative anymore.

The mid-level appeals court says that although falsely calling someone gay or lesbian has for decades been grounds for slander, that's no longer the case.

The decision Thursday by the mid-level appeals court involves the case of a Broome County man who sued a woman who called him gay in what he says was an effort to get his girlfriend to leave him. He says it hurt his relationship.

Zach Wahls - "My Two Moms"

Joe Donahue — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:56:43 +0000

We welcome Zach Wahls and speak with him about his book, My Two Moms: Lessons of Love, Strength, and What Makes a Family .

Kathleen Turner - "The Perfect Family" Out! For Reel screening 5/5

Sarah LaDuke — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:41:42 +0000

Star of stage and screen, Kathleen Turner, plays the lead in Anne Renton's film, The Perfect Family. The film is screening on May 5th in Northampton, Massachusetts as the season finale of the Out! For Reel series. Out! for Reel is a popular lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender film series for New England.