Tagged: gay rights

The Immigration Front. Every day bi-national LGBT couples are denied the
same rights as heterosexual couples. Fighting for their lives instead of being
free to live them, these couples are subject to the homophobia of antiquated
immigration laws. But under Obama, there is both hope and change.
Marilyn talks with author Judy Rickard about her book, "Torn
Apart," a chronicle of over 20 couples struggling with this punishing policy,

The rainbow flag flying over the Castro District is symbolic of the gay community. But back in Harvey Milk’s day, San Francisco was not as gay-friendly. Consider the words of Milk’s speechwriter, Frank Robinson, from a promo for the film 2008 Milk: “When he came to town, there were a lot of gays living in town but there was no such thing as a gay community per se. People were friends of the community who would be your friends until you got between a rock and a hard place, and then they didn’t know you.”

A couple of weeks ago, KALW’s Holly Kernan was reading the San Francisco Chronicle and there was an article about a U.C.gay  Berkeley teacher being arrested for soliciting sex in a bathroom. The teacher is suing over it. Kernan found it strange that police would be doing sting operations in university bathrooms. It also seemed odd to her that consensual sex would be a crime.