(2014/04/28) The arc of history and the stumbles along the way (LGBTQ Rights)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 28 April 2014
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Edition #821
The arc of history and the stumbles along the way
Today we examine the old and new ways of looking at the LGBTQ community. We've come a long ways but we're still falling short of the mark.
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Pat Robertson: Christians Are Oppressed Because We Can't Stone Gays - @majorityfm - Air Date: 03-27-14
Ch. 3: Song 1: King of sorrow - Sade
Ch. 4: Act 2: How A Stone And The Woman Holding It Made A Bigot Back Down - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 01-21-14
Ch. 5: Song 2: Throwing stones - Shout Out Louds
Ch. 6: Act 3: Study Shows Homophobia To BW Unhealthy - @gibblertron Throwing Shade - Air Date 3-12-14
Ch. 7: Song 3: Killing yourself - Brian McSweeney
Ch. 8: Act 4: The Tipping Point On Public Discussion Of Marriage Equality - @fakedansavage - Air Date 4-8-14
Ch. 9: Song 4: I'm coming out - Diana Ross
Ch. 10: Act 5: Can the Damage in Uganda be Undone? - Rachel Maddow - Air Date: 03-18-2014
Ch. 11: Song 5: Raining men - Donna Summers
Ch. 12: Act 6: The Ali Forney Story - thefriendsproject - Air Date: 12-1-10
Ch. 13: Song 6: Gone to sleep - Moby
Ch. 14: Act 7: Ali Forney Center for LGBTQ Youth via @AliForneyCenter - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 15: Song 7: Activism - Shihan
Ch. 16: Act 8: Panti's Noble Call at the Abbey Theatre - Air Date: 02-12-14
Voicemails:
Ch. 17: Thoughts on the rolls of sex in societies - Nathan from Vancouver, WA
Ch. 18: Biological sex binary is a myth, apology to Matt from MI - Sonya from Minnesota
Ch. 19: Thoughts on labels - Chris from Colorado Springs
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Ch. 20: Final comments on Stonewall Uprising at the wave of history
Closing Music:
Here We Are - Patrick Park
ACTIVISM:
The Ali Forney Center
Sources/further reading:
"Seeking Shelter: The Experiences and Unmet Needs of LGBT Homeless Youth” via Center for American Progress
"Homeless Youth in Focus” via Von Diaz at Colorlines
"Why Homelessness Is A Major LGBT Issue” via Scott Keyes at Think Progress
Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich
Produced by:
Jay! Tomlinson
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| 0:12.7 | Now, welcome to the award-winning Best of the Left podcast with clips today from the |
| 0:16.5 | Majority Report, The Young Turks, Throwing Shade, Dan Savage, The Rachel Maddo Show, The |
| 0:21.2 | Friends Project, Activism from Best of the Left, and Panty at the Drag Queen. |
| 0:29.9 | I'm not the only one who is sentimental for a time's past. |
| 0:34.9 | Sometimes I go out, like I say, I went to a bar and it reminded me of back in my heyday |
| 0:40.5 | before I was married with children with a family when I would go out and spend all night |
| 0:47.9 | in the clubs as it were. |
| 0:51.4 | And even that sounds so rude with you. |
| 0:54.9 | But I'm not the only one who gets sentimental for a bygone area. |
| 0:59.2 | Here is Pat Robertson talking about how times have changed in terms of gay people and |
| 1:07.6 | gosh, what a shame. |
| 1:09.6 | I think you got to remember from the Bible, you look carefully at the Bible, what would |
| 1:14.6 | have happened in Jesus' time if two men decided they wanted to cohabit together and they |
| 1:21.4 | would have been stoned to death. |
| 1:23.3 | So Jesus would not have baked them a wedding cake nor would he have made them a bed to sleep |
| 1:28.8 | because they wouldn't have been there. |
| 1:31.5 | But we don't have that in this country here, so that's the way it is. |
| 1:36.2 | But ladies and gentlemen, I think we have to recognize what I said a few years ago at |
| 1:43.4 | that point homosexual marriage was condemned. |
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