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GRITtv: Kate Clinton: My Retirement Plan

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Humorist and activist Kate Clinton takes heart from the National Equality March and the new generation of activists for gay rights. She points out that we need both the established organizations that have done the hard work of pushing for legislation for years, and the young, new, excited generation willing to push boundaries and move on. Kate's not retiring yet, but she does have hope for the future.

GRITtv: The F Word: Equality March Shows What Grassroots Can Do

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The National Equality March on the D.C. mall Oct. 11 drew one hell of a crowd. If for-profit media had given each equality marcher the air time dedicated to the 60,000 or so teabaggers that came to D.C. a month ago, they'd still be hogging the airwaves, dawn to dusk. Most reports estimate Oct. 11's turnout at 100-200,000. We might have learned that the march was organized by locally-focused, nationally-connected activists representing every race, class and faith.Imagine what we'd learn, given half a chance.

Democracy Now!: Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009

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President Obama has once again pledged to repeal “don’t ask, don’t tell,”  and we talk with West Point graduate and Iraq war veteran Lieutenant Dan Choi, who’s facing discharge from the military for revealing he is gay, and with attorney and longtime gay rights activist Urvashi Vaid about the Obama administration’s stance toward gay rights. And author Barbara Ehrenreich documents what she says is the destructive power of the positive thinking movement in the United States, from breast cancer, to the workplace, to the economy, to politics as a whole.

GRITtv: Marching For Equality in D.C.

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When will we finally have equality for all before the law? The president's making a speech at Human Rights Campaign on the eve the National Equality March. We talk to three women who will be present and speaking out at the march: poet and activist Staceyann Chin, Sherry Wolf, author of "Sexuality and Socialism: History and Politics of Gay Liberation," and radio host "Aiyi'nah Ford, who was recently kicked out of a D.C. diner after engaging in a public display of affection with her partner.

GRITtv: What Makes a Woman? The Bullying Of Caster Semenya

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On Aug. 19 Caster Semenya burst onto the world scene with her record-breaking, 800-meter run. But for Semenya, known as The Pride of South Africa, it was a race that was quickly contested when the International Association of Athletics Federations ordered tests be done to verify her gender, thus sparking a cacophony of accusations, speculation and misinformation.

GRITtv: Oct. 8, 2009

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On today's panel Janet Green, Katie Baratz, Staceyann Chin, poet, activist and author, and author Sherry Wolf discuss "what makes a woman?" and artist and author Erika Lopez performs "The Welfare Queen." Plus all the day's news that fits.

Two Spirits

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Joey Criddle is a Two Spirit man fighting with other LGBTQ Native Americans to reclaim the place of honor that many Two Spirits once held prior to colonization. "Two Spirits" follows Joey as he leads parallel lives -- one as a co-director of the Two Spirit Society of Denver and the other as a father attending the Mississippi wedding of his Pentecostal son. Joey's words bridge the gap between the closeted man he was in Mississippi and the Two Spirit activist he is today.

GRITtv: Pride: A Civil History

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40 years after Stonewall, where is the gay liberation movement headed next? "Pride: A Civil History" reflects on the history of the struggle and where it stands today. The film was made for Los Angeles Pride and brought to us by dustinwdesign.com. Take a look.

Gay USA: Turmoil in NY, Washington and California

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The New York State Senate is now back in the hands of Republicans due to two Democratic defections, but the fate of the LGBT and AIDS agendas are up in the air, including a late-breaking story that out gay Sen. Tom Duane is in negotiations with the new Republican-led caucus about bringing the marriage equality bill to the floor. "Gay USA," hosted by Ann Northrop and Andy Humm, offers comprehensive weekly news and analysis by and about the LGBTQ community.

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