Equally Speaking
The following is a transcript of HRC’s morning news webcast "Equally Speaking." To view the current videos visit the main Equally Speaking page.
Good morning and thanks for tuning in to Equally Speaking, your morning dose of GLBT news from the Human Rights Campaign for Monday, May 5th. I'm Shelena Williams.
And I'm Betsy Pursell. First up, HRC's XM Radio show has a new home.
"The Agenda with Joe Solmonese," HRC's live XM Radio show, will air on XM Take Five channel 155 beginning with tonight’s broadcast. The show will continue to air live on Mondays from 6 to 8 p.m. eastern time. "The Agenda" will now open with a live call-in segment each episode. To learn more, visit hrc.org/theagenda.
Hunter College has released the results of a new poll that found only 2.9 percent of Americans older than 18 identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual. This is lower than the 4 to 5 percent often cited in voter exit polls. Exit polls generally provide an over-representative sample of GLBs as they vote much more consistently than the general population.
The Rhode Island Supreme court has ruled that a lesbian couple married in Massachusetts can’t get divorced in Family Court. However, one of the women has asked the high court to decide whether the divorce can be granted in Rhode Island’s Superior Court instead. If the marriage is dissolved, it will be Rhode Island’s first same-sex divorce.
The Colorado state House has given initial approval to a bill barring discrimination against gays and lesbians in housing and public accommodations. It would also prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation in consumer-credit transactions, membership in unions, the sales of cemetery plots and the assignment or transfer of public school teachers.
Democratic primary contenders Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have each been interviewed by local GLBT press in Indiana and North Carolina. The two states hold their presidential primaries tomorrow. Clinton and Obama are in a tight race to secure the Democratic presidential nomination.
In Israel, the Tel Aviv city council has signed an agreement with a prominent GLBT civil rights leader to build a monument honoring gays and lesbians persecuted during the Holocaust. The design for the monument will feature an iron triangle and bear the names of victims who have been identified. The Nazis required GLBT people to wear pink triangles to identify themselves as gay.
That's the news from us today. Thanks for tuning in to Equally Speaking.
Have a great day, and we’ll see you back here again tomorrow morning.