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Gaywaves interview with Marc Gofstein, the openly gay man and LGBTQ activist who could become the next member of the Ohio House of Representatives

Marc Gofstein has a good chance of becoming the next member of the Ohio House of Representatives, and is an openly gay man and long time LGBTQ rights activist. Marc talks about himself and his journey as well as the politics of Ohio's 26th House District and the state of LGBTQ activism in Ohio.

 

This segment aired July 15, 2021.

Gaywaveslook back on Pride 2008, the 30th anniversary of the Rainbow flag

2008 was the 30th anniversary of the Rainbow Flag as a Pride symbol.

In 2008, Eric Resnick interviewed Gilbert Baker, who created the Rainbow Flag, for the Pride Guide of the now defunct Gay People's Chronicle.

Baker died in 2017.

This segment is Resnick reading some excerpts from that interview to close out Gaywaves' commemoration of Pride 2021.

 

This segment aired June 24, 2021

Gaywaves analysis of the Fulton v. City of Philadelphia decision with SCOTUS Whisperer Shannon Minter

Shannon Minter is the legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, and in this Gaywaves appearance, offers sharp analysis of the U.S. Supreme Court decision Fulton v. City of Philadelphia -- what it means, and what it doesn't, and most importantly, how it effects the future of the LGBTQ rights movement.

Shannon also offers smart commentary on the Equality Act, which is now stalled in the U.S. Senate.  This is a point of view not being expressed on corporate media nor said out loud by LGBTQ advocacy organization leaders.

 

This segment aired June 24, 2021

Gaywaves interview on the 40th Anniversary of AIDS in the USA with Gil Kudrin

June 5, 1981, forty years ago this week, reports appeared of a strange new illness that seemed to only affect gay men. That illness turned out to be AIDS.

 

Our guest on Gaywaves this week is Gil Kudrin, who is one of the longest survivors of AIDS on the planet, and a leader of ACT UP Cleveland at the time when LGBT men and women, through efforts like ACT UP and other activist efforts, taught the National Institutes of Health how to deal with the problem, and how to serve the gay population at a time when our government did not even utter the words.

 

This segment aired June 10, 2021

Gaywaves interview with Dominic Deweiler regarding anti-LGBTQ measures inserted into Ohio's budget

The Ohio Senate has included in its version of the state budget, SC 3909, known as the "Medical Practitioner Conscience" language that would allow any medical professional to refuse treatment to anyone, including LGBTQ patients if the provider has a religious objection of any kind. This measure was inserted into the budget at the last minute, and anonymously late Tuesday, in time for the Senate to vote on Wednesday afternoon.

 

Equality Ohio has mobilized resistance to the best of their ability, but this came on fast and the resistance nneds to grow quickly.

Our guest on Gaywaves today is Dominic Detweiler, Equality Ohio's public policy strategist. The conversation is focused on where this needs to go.

 

Listeners are urged to contact key members on the conference committee, for the purpose of demanding this language bet taken out of the conference report.

Conference chair Rep. Scott Oelslager  (614)752-2438

Vice chair Senator Matt Dolan (614)466-8056

       dolan@ohiosenate.gov

House Speaker Robert Cupp (614)466-9624

 

This segment aired June 10, 2021

 

Gaywaves interview with Eliana Turan on Pride in the CLE

It is once again time for Pride in the CLE, and Eliana Turan, the development director for the LGBT Center of Greater Cleveland, joins the show to talk about events, post-COVID recovery, and the current and future of the Pride event.

https://lgbtcleveland.org/pride/

 

 

This segment aired May 20, 2021

Gaywaves interview with Dr. Henry Ng, Director of the Transgender Surgery and Medicine Program at the Cleveland Clinic

Dr. Henry Ng, the Director of Transgender Surgery and Medicine Program at the Cleveland Clinic, makes his second appearance on Gaywaves to talk about the biology of transgender youth.

 

This interview is critical during this time of political attacks on transgender girls in scholastic sports, where the proponents, for political gain, are deliberately spreading disinformation and outright lies about transgender athletes.

 

Dr. Ng clears up the science, and explains medical treatment, hormones, genetics and in this area.

 

This segment aired May 6, 2021.

Gaywaves coverage of Ohio House committee hearing on the pending anti-transgender "look between girls' legs bill."

Ohio has bills in the House and Senate to prohibit transgender girls from playing scholastic sports.

 

This segment airs the sponsor testimony on H.B. 61 in the House Primary & Secondary Education Committee, and analysis.

 

This segment aired April 29, 2021.

Gaywaves interview with National Center for Lesbian Rights Legal Director Shannon Minter

National Center for Lesbian Rights Legal Director Shannon Minter joins Gaywaves for the fifth time, this time to discuss the need to expand the federal judiciary and the number of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court as it pertains to protecting hard-fought LGBTQ rights long term.

 

Also discussed are the anti-transgender initiatives popping up in states, and the state of the Equality Act.

 

This segment aired April 22, 2021

Gaywaves interview with Flex Spas Cleveland general manager James Foster

Flex Spas Cleveland has been in the news recently due to it having been a crime scene.

 

General manager James Foster joins the show to talk about what happened and what his team's response has been to continue to ensure a safe experience for patrons.

 

We also discuss Flex Cleveland's ongoing protocols to deal with the COVID 19 crisis.

 

This segment aired April 8, 2021.