(2012/02/19) This episode is totally gay (LGBTTIQQ2SA Rights)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 20 February 2012
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Edition #577
This episode is totally gay
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Act 1: Rick Mercer Rant Teen Suicide referring to Canada - Rick Mercer
Song 1: Solid Action - The Wes Hollywood Show
Act 2: Young, Gay And Homeless: Fighting For Resources - NPR Air Date: 11-21-11
Song 2: Skinny Love - Bon Iver
Act 3: Elizabeth Santorum's perspective on Gay Rights vs Real Gay Families - Dan Savage - Air Date: 1-06-12
Song 3: Oh well, Okay - Elliott Smith
Act 4: Gay Parents Better Than Straight Parents (Research) - Young Turks - Air Date - 01-22-12
Song 4: Is love enough (feat. Gentleman) - Michael Franti And Spearhead
Act 5: Letter D Pulls Sponsorship From Sesame Street - The Onion
Song 5: Sesame Street - Rugburns
Act 6: Mark Sam Rosenthal: The most natural thing - The Story Collider Air Date: 1-22-12
Song 6: Reproduction - Grease 2
Act 7: Cuddle Therapy - Gay To Straight Scam - Young Turks
Song 7: Let Go - Frou Frou
Act 8: Prop 8 ruled unconstitutional by California Supreme Court - Rachel Maddow Air Date: 2-7-12
Voicemails:
Gay male perspective on the anti-equality sect of LGBT community
Responses to the It Gets Better and Anti-Equality discussions - Elka from Indiana
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Final comments and conversation with Lauren about communication and advocacy
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show, for details visit |
| 0:06.4 | the membership tab at bestableleft.com. |
| 0:09.0 | Now welcome to the award-winning Best of the Left Podcast with us today from Rick Mercer, |
| 0:13.6 | NPR, Dan Savage, The Young Turks, The Onion Radio News, a story by Mark Sam Rosenthal |
| 0:19.7 | on the Story Collider Podcast and the Rachel Maddo Show. |
| 0:30.2 | Every year in this country, 300 kids take their own lives. |
| 0:33.7 | It is a mind-boggling number, and this past week, one of those kids was Jamie Hubley. |
| 0:38.6 | He was 15, he was depressed, and he happened to be gay. |
| 0:42.2 | And because this is 2011, we just don't read about a kid like Jamie, we can Google him. |
| 0:47.1 | And then the next thing you know, you're sitting at home watching his videos on YouTube. |
| 0:51.1 | And he was gay, all right. |
| 0:52.3 | He was a great big goofy gay kid singing lady Gaga on the internet. |
| 0:56.2 | And as an adult, you look at that and you go, you know what? |
| 0:58.6 | That kid's going places. |
| 0:59.9 | But for some reason, some kids they looked at that, and they attacked. |
| 1:03.5 | And now he's gone. |
| 1:04.6 | And because this story is all too familiar, we know exactly what's going to happen next. |
| 1:08.8 | Greeth counselors will go into the school as they should. |
| 1:11.6 | But what about the old-fashioned assembly? |
| 1:14.0 | You know, we're the cops show up, and there's hell to pay. |
| 1:16.4 | And they find out who's responsible, you know, like when the lunchroom is vandalized. |
| 1:20.4 | Because the kids who bully this boy, they know who they are. |
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