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Today’s show is all about Colin Powell’s death from complications associated with Covid, and his mixed legacy as an African-American trailblazer, who was the first Black US Secretary of State...

https://gay.americablog.com/2021/10/colin-powells-mixed-legacy.html

Today’s podcast is an interview with Dixon Osburn, an old friend and colleague who was one of the key players in the repeal of the US military’s ban on gay service members, the infamous “Do...

https://gay.americablog.com/2021/09/the-history-of-dont-ask-dont-tell.html

In his captivating memoir, famed sex columnist Alexander Cheves details his childhood as the football-playing son of evangelical Christians, growing up on a farm and doing missionary work. There ...

https://gay.americablog.com/2021/09/as-wholesome-as-folsom-alexander-cheves-kinky-and-brilliant-memoir-my-love-is-a-beast-confessions.html

In today’s podcast, Cliff and I talk about Lindsey Graham having the vapors of the new omnibus LGBT rights legislation in Congress, then we talk about guns, the filibuster, immigration, and som...

https://gay.americablog.com/2021/03/lindsey-graham-r-hot-mess.html

The deadly attack on three Asian-American-run massage parlors in Atlanta, killing eight people, six of whom were Asian women, has put the spotlight yet again on the rise in violence against Asian...

https://gay.americablog.com/2021/03/asian-americans-pay-the-price-for-trumps-hate.html

Rising Democratic star Congressman-elect Ritchie Torres (D-NY) joins us to talk about his recent election to Congress as the first African-American and Latino member of Congress to be openly-gay,...

https://elections.americablog.com/2020/12/cong-elect-ritchie-torres-d-ny-on-trump-biden-and-2021.html

There has never been an openly-gay (or transgender, for that matter) US Cabinet secretary. And it’s not clear that we’re getting one now. Why does it even matter? Read on. Over the past 30 ye...

https://gay.americablog.com/2020/12/will-there-ever-be-a-gay-cabinet-secretary.html

Americans aren’t “hardened” to Coronavirus deaths. For most of us, the deaths were never real in the first place. Sure, if you lived in New York City, you probably knew people who got serio...

https://gay.americablog.com/2020/12/the-covid-pieta.html

My longtime friend and colleague, Dana Beyer, who is a trans woman, joins us to talk about all things transgender. Cliff and I approached this episode from the perspective that there are no dumb ...

https://gay.americablog.com/2020/12/trans-101-an-introduction-to-transgender-issues-with-guest-dana-beyer.html

Fordham Law Professor Jed Shugerman explains the Supreme Court's historic LGBT rights decision outlawing job discrimination against gay and trans people. The post Today’s landmark LGBT Suprem...

https://gay.americablog.com/2020/06/todays-landmark-lgbt-supreme-court-decision-explained-by-fordham-law-prof-jed-shugerman.html

As part of the never-ending rewriting of history that seems soldered into the genes of some self-proclaimed “woke” lefties, the largest victory in LGBT rights history — marriage equality �...

https://gay.americablog.com/2019/12/pete-buttigieg-is-a-bad-gay-here-we-go-again.html

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg called out Donald Trump yesterday for his ongoing criticism of John McCain. In a tweet, Buttigieg not only said that we should “honor” McCain ...

https://elections.americablog.com/2019/03/buttigieg-calls-out-trump-for-draft-dodging-attacking-mccain.html

Help Mayor Pete Buttigieg qualify for the Democratic presidential debates. He needs 65,000 donors from 20 states to qualify. Helps us break this LGBT glass ceiling. Please donate to Mayor Pete & ...

https://elections.americablog.com/2019/03/help-mayor-pete-buttigieg-qualify-for-the-democratic-debates.html

In today’s UnPresidented podcast we delve into the latest shutdown updates and a few LGBT stories in the news, including Mike Pence’s wife Karen’s decision to work at a virulently homophobi...

https://gay.americablog.com/2019/01/karen-pence-is-a-bigot.html

Cliff and I had a great conversation with Rosie O’Donnell about a whole slew of subjects, including the origins of her long-running feud with Donald Trump (“he’s a carnival barker”), Russ...

https://americablog.com/2018/09/rosie-odonnell-on-trump-kavanaugh-the-apprentice-tapes-mueller-leaving-the-view-growing-up-gay-and-the-elections.html

Raymond Kethledge is reportedly on Donald Trump’s short-list for the Supreme Court. In addition to being a staunch conservative, Kethledge is a member of the Anglican Church in North America. A...

https://gay.americablog.com/2018/07/potential-trump-supreme-court-nominee-kethledge-attends-anti-gay-activist-church.html

As a straight college kid with two lesbian moms, Zach Wahls famously spoke out in favor of gay marriage before the Iowa House of Representatives back in 2012, when he was only 19 years old. Zach...

https://elections.americablog.com/2018/05/support-lgbt-hero-zach-wahls.html

Starbucks just did it again. On the heels of the coffee chain’s racist treatment of two African-American customers, Starbucks is now embracing homophobia, transphobia and anti-Semitism. Please ...

https://gay.americablog.com/2018/05/tell-starbucks-that-homophobia-transphobia-and-anti-semitism-are-bad-business.html

Advice columnist and LGBT advocate Dan Savage joins us for a wide-ranging conversation about politics, sex, and everything in between. This episode is definitely not-safe-for-work. We talk to Dan...

https://americablog.com/2018/03/dan-savage-sex-politics-podcast.html

I had the joy of interviewing Star Wars star Carrie Fisher (aka Princess/General Leia) who passed away unexpectedly last Christmas. It was right before the 2008 elections, and Fisher one-woman sh...

https://americablog.com/2017/12/star-wars-carrie-fisher-interview.html