How much better have things gotten for LGBT youth?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk to Ron Schmidt, author of Once Removed, about his journey from life as a closeted gay student in Catholic schools, to marriage and single-parenting, through alcoholism and psychotherapy, to working as a teacher in CA public schools and starting organizations to support LGBT youth. Are schools safer for queer students and families today? Join us at 10 or email us at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What's the best way to help LGBT youth feel safe and supported? It's Your Call with guest host, Angie Coiro, and you.

Guests:
Ron Schmidt, founder of South Bay chapter of the Bay Area Network of Gay and Lesbian Educators (BANGLE), and author of Once Removed: A Story of Love, Loss and a Cause Championed

Jill Marcellus, director of the Make It Better Project with the Gay-Straight Alliance

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Your Call 070309 Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call it's our Friday media roundtable where we look behind the headlines with a panel of journalists from across the media landscape. We'll discuss the Stonewall anniversary, the coup in Honduras and the American withdrawal from Iraq's cities. We'll be joined by Matthew Bajko of the Bay Area Reporter, David Barsamian of Alternative Radio and Alan Maas of the Socialist Worker. Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 a.m. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Alan Maas in San Francisco
Staff writer for the Socialist Worker, the weekly paper published by the International Socialist Organization. Alan is in town for this weekend's Socialism 2009 conference at The Women's Building on 18th St. in the mission.

Matthew Bajko in San Francisco
Staff writer for the Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco's oldest and largest local newspaper of record serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.

David Barsamian in San Francisco
Host and Director of Alternative Radio, heard on KALW Mondays at 1 p.m.

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Your Call 061708 The future of gay marriage in CA and the US

What's in store for the future of gay marriage in California and across the country? On the next Your Call, we'll discuss the recent California Supreme Court decision to legalize gay marriage. In November Californians will vote on a state constitutional amendment to ban same sex marriage. Will gay marriage influence the presidential race? And will California influence other courts around the country? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Kate Runyon, interim executive director of Triangle Foundation in Michigan.

Ian Palmquist, executive director of Equality North Carolina

Kate Kendell, executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, a public interest law firm that joined the legal battle to overturn the ban on same-sex marriage

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Your Call 121407 Friday Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call it’s our Friday Media Roundtable where we look at how the news of the week was covered. Did you get all the information you needed about your world? This week we’ll speak with Mother Jones’ new Washington Bureau Chief, David Corn about the torture tapes, debates and the final days of the Iowa campaign. We’ll also speak with Matthew Bajko of the Bay Area Reporter about covering the Bay Area’s growing and diversifying queer community. We’ll also get an update on the Vallejo mayor’s race. What was your story of the week?

Guests:
Matthew Bajko in San Francisco
Staff writer and editor at the Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco's oldest and largest local newspaper serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities;

Alexander Cockburn
Together with Jeffrey St. Clair, edits the political newsletter CounterPunch. He also writes the "Beat the Devil" column for The Nation and a weekly syndicated column for the Los Angeles Times;

David Corn, in Washington DC
Mother Jones Washington Bureau Chief, formerly of the Nation.

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