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Guest / 2:30pm EST - Today, ground breaking news out of the First Circuit Court Of Appeals, where a three judge panel unanimously found DOMA to be Unconstitutional.  Arthur S. Leonard, New York Law School professor and contributor to Gay City News, returns to the show to discuss the ruling and what happens moving forward.

Guest / 3:30pm EST - This June, In The Life will be highlighting the LGBT Latino experience in a new special, Orgullo Latino.  Carlos Mayorga and Carlos Anaya, producers of the special, join us today to discuss those LGBT Latino's who are becoming leaders within the community.

Guest / 4:30pm EST - Eric Berkowitz, author of Sex And Punishment: Four Thousand Years of Judging Desire, joins us this afternoon to talk about his book which looks at the history of sexual prohibition and the criminalization of sex.

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Guest / 2:30pm EST -  Sam Leith joins us to talk about his new book, Words Like Loaded Pistols: Rhetoric From Aristotle to Obama.  In it, he discusses the history of rhetoric,  when people first began to study it, how it is used for good and evil, and its place in politics today.

Guest / 3:30pm EST - Chely Wright, the country music star who came out in 2010, returns to the show to discuss a new film, Wish Me Away, which documents her life leading up to her coming out and what her life has been like as a lesbian in the world of country music.

Guest / 4:30pm EST - Tiphany Adams, one of the women featured in the Sundance Channel's newest show Push Girls, joins us this afternoon to talk about the show, her paralysis and how that has played effected her life as she explores her sexuality as a bisexual.You can catch Push Girls on June 4th at 10pm EST on the Sundance Channel.

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Dharun Ravi, Mitt Romney and Anti-Gay Bullying 50 Years Later

This is my take on the sentencing of Dharun Ravi for his crimes against Rutgers student Tyler Clementi, over at Huff Post Gay Voices.

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Guest / 2:30pm EST - Today, the verdict in the Dharun Ravi case, the former roommate of Tyler Clementi, was sentenced to 30 days in prison and three years probation.  Suzanne Goldberg, director of the Center For Gender and Sexuality Law at Columbia Law School, who has said in interviews that she feels Ravi should get a  hefty punishment to deter future bullies, joins us today to react to this verdict.

Guest / 3:30pm EST - Joe Jervis, who runs the popular blog Joe My God, joins us today to discuss the stories making headlines in the gay blog-o-sphere.

Guest / 4:30pm EST - It's been nearly two weeks since President Obama came out in support for marriage equality.  Since his decision, we've seen the Republican Party scrambling to clear up their message while trying to appeal to independents while also trying to keep the base of their party happy.  R. Clarke Cooper, executive director of the Log Cabin Republicans, who has been speaking out saying what President Obama did is just a distraction, joins us today to explain.

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Guest / 2:30pm EST - Peter Montgomery, Senior Fellow with the People For The American Way, joins us today to discuss what the fringes of the right wing are saying, and all the hate they are covering, at Right Wing Watch.

Guest / 3:30pm EST - Arlie Russell Hochschild, author of The Outsourced Self: Intimate Life In Market Times, joins us to talk about her new book which looks at our moving away from handling our own lives and how we've let others structure it.

Guest / 4:30pm EST - Meredith Baxter joins us to talk about her memoir Untied: A memoir of Family, Fame, and Founder.  She talks about coming out later in life, her addiction, and the abusive relationship with her husband David Birney.  

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My CNN Appearance Re: Obama on Marriage Equality

My CNN appearance from Wednesday night after President Obama came out for marriage equality. GOProud's Chris Barron was on the panel, and actually gave the president credit.

A President Liberates Himself and the World

What a week it's been on the show. Hard to catch my breath! Just posting my piece from HuffPost Gay Voices yesterday, about the president's big news: Obama and Gay Marriage: A President Liberates Himself and the World. Read it and let me know your thoughts.

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Guest / 2:30pm EST - In Colorado, a Civil Unions Bill that had the support from the Governor and some Republican's, failed due to Republicans filibustering and running out the clock on a Tuesday deadline.  Brad Clark, executive director of One Colorado, talks with us about the this strategy and the news that broke yesterday after President Obama came out for marriage, that Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper would call legislators to debate the Civil Unions Bill in a special session.

Guest / 3:30pm EST -  We speak with Evan Wolfson, founder and president of Freedom To Marry, about President Obama's coming out in support of marriage equality, the fallout from North Carolina and what President Obama's support means as we fight for marriage equality in several other states.

Guest / 4:30pm EST - Chris Geidner, senior political reporter with MetroWeekly, joins us to talk about the President's support for marriage equality, how he came to this decision and the support he's been getting for finally evolving.

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Joe Biden: For Gay Marriage Before He Was Against It

My column on HuffPost Gay Voices from yesterday, regarding Biden coming out for marriage and then the White House taking it back.

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Guest / 2:30pm EST - Tomorrow, North Carolinian's head to the polls to vote on Amendment One, which would define marriage between one man and one woman under the state's Constitution.  Adam Bink, director of online programs with the Courage Campaign, returns to the show to talk about the work he's doing on the ground there to get people out to vote against Amendment One.

Guest / 3:30pm EST - Last month, the news that came out of the White House that President Obama wouldn't sign an Executive Order banning discrimination of LGBT people who work with companies that are contracted by the government.  Tico Almeida, president of Freedom To Work and who was at a meeting with advocates when they were told this news, returns to update us on the efforts he and others are taking to change the president's mind.

Guest / 4:30pm EST - Author A.J Jacobs joins us to talk about his new book Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection, which chronicles his life after being hospitalized with pneumonia and his drive to change his life style and too achieve the maximum level of healthy.

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