The Fight for Equality: A Look at the State of the Gay Rights Movement

by via Democracy Now

Wed, Oct 14, 2009 6:47AM

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 :Tens of thousands took to the streets of Washington, DC on Sunday to continue the nationwide fight for equal protection for LGBT people in all matters governed by civil law. It's been described as the largest demonstration for gay rights in the nation's capital in over a decade. We speak with attorney and longtime gay rights activist Urvashi Vaid about the state of the gay rights movement and the Obama administration's stance toward gay rights.

Guest:

Urvashi Vaid, attorney and longtime gay rights activist. She is the executive director of the Arcus Foundation and the former executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. She is the author of Virtual Equality: The Mainstreaming of Gay and Lesbian Liberation. In April of this year, she was named one of Out magazine’s fifty most influential men and women in America.

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