Legal director for the National Center for Lesbian Rights, which co-sponsored SB 1172.
Legal director for the National Center for Lesbian Rights, which co-sponsored SB 1172.
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Shannon Minter
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FROM Shannon Minter
Which Way, L.A.?
“Conversion Therapy:” Free Speech versus Science While advocates of “conversion therapies” claim they can turn gays and lesbians into heterosexuals, the state legislature recently banned them as potentially damaging to minor children. But the law might not go into effect because two federal judges have issued conflicting opinions involving regulatory powers and the 1st amendment.
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Ex-FBI Director Comey tells his side of the story Today, former FBI Director James Comey came close to calling the President who fired him a liar. The White House denied the claim and called it insulting, but Republican Senators did not challenge Comey’s truthfulness. Many questions remain: did the President try to obstruct a federal investigation? Later, we’ll go behind the “velvet rope” for a look at 5-Star health care for the richest Americans.
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Trump's new look at civil rights and global warming President Trump is reportedly ready to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. We look at the possible consequences. On the second half of the program, we hear about cuts in Obama-Era civil rights programs called for by the Trump Administration's first budget plan.