Gay USA 5/29/2024
This week, Andy Humm is joined by guest co-host Rob Shuter to discuss a range of LGBTQ news: The Presidential Medal of Freedom is awarded to LGBTQ allies Judy Shepard and Jane Rigby. House GOP is working to defund all non-profits, aiming to cut federal funding to LGBTQ organizations. Fifteen states are suing Biden to block rules protecting transgender students. Anti-LGBTQ bills are advancing in Alabama and Tennessee but have been stopped in Mississippi. There's a breakthrough in Texas politics, and The United Methodist Church declares that the "practice of homosexuality" is no longer incompatible with Christian teaching. Britney Griner speaks out, Belfast, Ireland elects its first openly gay mayor, and Paris Mayor stands up for a drag queen in an Olympic ceremony. Lastly, Kenya’s high court rules that it’s not acceptable to call for the murder of gay people.