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Two great pioneers lost — trans activist Aimee Stephens and the king of rock and roll, Little Richard. ∎ Aimee Stephens, transgender hero, dies before Supreme Court rules on her case. ∎ Little Richard, the father of rock ‘n’ roll who died at 87, brought gay flamboyance to 1950’s America. ∎ US...

The U.S. already has over one million confirmed cases of Covid-19 and tens of thousands of deaths. Victims of the disease are disproportionately black and working class. What explains our failure to build a more caring state? Princeton Professor Eddie Glaude Jr. argues that we must grapple with the...

∎ LGBT activism helps get the anti-LGBT Franklin Graham to leave town when he was on the verge of expanding his Samaritan’s Purse operation in New York.   ∎ Reclaim Pride press conference to hold the Governor, Mayor, and Mount Sinai hospital to account for collaborating with bigotry was busted up by...

 Linda Sarsour: We Can’t Afford To be Bystanders During Covid-19

Episode Description: A pandemic is no place to be a bystander, says Muslim American activist Linda Sarsour. In this episode, Laura interviews Sarsour about her recently published memoir We are Not Here to Be Bystanders, which tells...

AIDS drug may help people with coronavirus; new TV recommendations. ∎ Fauci says AIDS drug shortens recovery for people with COVID-19. ∎ Trump set to legalize discrimination vs. LGBT people in health care. ∎ Among those we lost this week: AIDS activist Deloris Dockrey, gay author Seymour Kleinberg...

What are you watching? There’s a good chance it was edited by a woman. This time on the Laura Flanders Show, we talk with avant garde filmmaker and cinema studies professor Su Friedrich about the hidden sheroes of film editing, the names you don’t know but ought to know from Hollywood to Bollywood...

Gay COVID-19 survivor still can’t donate blood plasma; Broadway celebrates Sondheim’s 90th birthday online this Sunday. In the news with Ann and Andy (taped 4-22-20):   ∎ Pride events in June canceled from coast to coast due to pandemic.   ∎ LGBTQ groups maintaining services despite closed offices....

Take Back the App! We need platform co-ops now more than ever. If the 19th and 20th Centuries were about storming the factory and taking back the means of production, then the 21st Century is about storming the online platforms like Facebook, Google, and Amazon, and the apps that increasingly...

A mother of the movement, Phyllis Lyon, dies at 95; Reclaim Pride protests homophobic Franklin Graham in Central Park.∎ Phyllis Lyon, a mother of the US lesbian movement in the 1950s, dies at age 95.   ∎ Reclaim Pride challenges Franklin Graham’s bigoted ministry in Central Park.   ∎ COVID-19 claims...