What are the realities of same-sex parenting today?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about LGBTQ families. At least 270,000 children under the age of 18 are being raised by gay and lesbian couples in the US. But gay parents still face legal, political and economic obstacles that can complicate their families and sometimes put them at serious risk. If you or someone you know is in a family with same-sex parents, what's your experience? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. How are LGBTQ families re-shaping our notion of family? It's Your Call with Holly Kernan and you.

Guests:
Amie Miller, author of She Looks Just Like You
Judy Appel, executive director of OUR Families Coalition

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How does the Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal achieve LGBT equality?

How does the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell relate to a broader movement for LGBT equality? On the next Your Call we'll talk about Congress' decision to repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, the law that for 17 years meant gays and lesbians could serve in the U.S. military provided they didn't reveal their sexual orientation. The policy led to the discharge of 14,000 soldiers from the military and the harassment of countless others. How will this repeal change the future for gay rights? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Tommi Avicolli Mecca -- writer, performer and activist, editor of Smash the Church, Smash the State: The Early Years of Gay Liberation

Laura Slattery, member of Knights Out

Kevin Naff, editor of the Washington Blade

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How should our political leaders stand against homophobia?

What's the responsibility of our political leaders to stand against homophobia? On the next Your Call, we'll talk about the disastrous effects of homophobia and the role leaders can play in preventing it. Recent teen suicides have exposed the incredible pressure and prejudice LGBTQ youth still experience. But few elected officials have taken on the issue. Why? Can we encourage them to speak out? Does it matter? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How are queer youth "making it better" for themselves? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Dan Savage, author of the sex advice column Savage Love, and creator of the It Gets Better Project

Danielle Askini, national program manager for the Gay Straight Alliance, and collaborator with the Make It Better Project

Cyd La Luz, young LGBT activist, OutLoud radio alum, and graduate of Reed College

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What does it mean to be transgender or transsexual today?

What does it mean to be transgender or transsexual today? On the next Your Call, we'll speak with activists for gender-queer rights about the cultural and legal issues facing the transgender community. The American Psychiatric Association is deciding whether or not to eliminate "gender identity disorder" as a diagnosis. How should our healthcare system and society support transgender people? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What is the place of trans people in the broader movement for LGBT liberation? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Matt Wood--staff attorney for the Transgender Law Center
Kim Pearson--co-founder and executive director of Trans Youth Family Allies

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What's the Best Path to Gay Rights?

Now that the LGBT movement has an ally in the White House, how are activists gearing up to push for real change rather than feel-good rhetoric? What's the best strategy for advancing gay rights today? The state LGBT marriage equality movement seems bitterly divided on whether to challenge Proposition 8 in 2010 or 2012. Are we ready for that fight again? Is there enough money to be raised in a recession? And how would this battle in California affect the push for equality in Washington DC?

Join us live at 11 or email us at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What's the best strategy for advancing gay rights today? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Rick Jacobs, founder and chair of the Courage Campaign, an online organizing network pushing for progressive change in California.

Geoff Kors, executive director of Equality California, which works to achieve equality and secure legal protections for LGBT people.

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Your Call 090209 How does gay marriage change society?

How does gay marriage change society? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with professor Lee Bagdett, author of "When Gay People Get Married." She argues that marriage changes gay people more than gay people change marriage. How has concept of marriage changed over time? Send us an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 a.m.

Are there ways you're hoping gay marriage will change our society? It's Your Call with Ben Temchine and you.

Guest:
M.V. Lee Badgett, an economist at the University of Massachusetts and the Institute for Gay and Lesbian Strategic Studies

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Your Call 063009 How has the LGBT movement changed America?

How has the movement for LGBT liberation and equality changed America? On the next Your Call, we'll have an intergenerational conversation with LGBT activists about the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots and the future of the movement. How much progress has been made? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 a.m. What challenges does the gay community face today? What's the best strategy to go about fighting for rights like gay marriage? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Kate Raphael, a member of LAGAI-Queer Insurrection, which is one of the oldest radical queer groups in the country. She is a former San Francisco LGBT Pride Parade grand marshal.

Boyce Hinman, California Communities United Institute

Danielle Askini, works with Gay Straight Alliance Network

Tommi Avicolli Mecca, a former member of GLF/Temple University, is editor of Smash the Church, Smash the State: The Early Years of Gay Liberation.

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