Wednesday, Jan 28, 2009

TTT JAN 28-GLBT: What do Minnesota's Gays Want?

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JANUARY 28 - GLBT: What do Minnesota's Gays Want?

Not an easy question to ask for this legislative session. Some advocates are pushing hard for a marriage bill and have a raft of stellar legislative co-sponsors in both houses in their corner, BUT, other groups are concerned about backlash and want to eliminate discriminatory statutes one-by-one. Just what do Minnesota's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender activists want - and will division in the ranks fragment or dilute support for any one legislative agenda? TRUTH TO TELL seeks to bring issues often confined to directly affected constituencies and their media outlets to a more general audience.

TTT's ANDY DRISCOLL & LYNNELL MICKELSEN talk with a variety of GLBT organizations and advocates about this legislative session's agenda around human rights issues and their differing approaches to ensuring equal treatment and recognition of same-sex families in housing, employment, health care, financial and estate matters.

GUESTS:• STATE SENATOR JOHN MARTY - Author, SF 3880, Marriage and Family Protection Act; • LAURA SMIDZIK - Executive Director, PROJECT 515; • JOHN TOWNSEND - Co-Host, KFAI's "FRESH FRUIT" and writer on GLBT issues.; • AMY JOHNSON, Executive Director, OUTFRONT MINNESOTA, GLBT Advocacy Group

Can't get us on the radio? Stream it from KFAI's Home Page. GLBT GRAPHIC by DJ-SLT.

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