Gore Vidal Cures Amnesia

Week of June 2, 2014
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Director Nicholas Wrathall talks about The United States of Amnesia, his documentary on the elegant, acerbic all-around man of letters who presided with a certain relish over what he declared to be the end of American civilization (interviewed by Steve Pride).

Janet Mason reviews Heal This Way written by Little Monsters and photographed by Tracey B. Wilson, and Coming Around: Parenting Lesbian, Gay and Transgender Kids by Anne Dohrenwend.

And in NewsWrap: mob lynches gay man in Ghana and hunts for his boyfriend, Luxembourg's Parliament leans toward marriage equality, NOM takes on Oregon after record fines in Maine, religiously-weakened ENDA draws U.S. activists' fire, Peruvian Congressman comes out, and more news reported by Natalie Peoples and Jason Proctor (produced this week by Steve Pride).

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Farewell Vidal & Bornstein's Trans-gressions

Author-essayist-playwright Gore Vidal gives a final history lesson from his own life, including reflections on his friendships with James Baldwin, Eleanor Roosevelt, and his decades-long relationship with significant other Howard Austen (excerpted from a May 2008 interview with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now!).

Think of Kate Bornstein as "a work in transgress" -- she and correspondent Dixie Treichel discuss the original Gender Outlaw's ongoing transitions as revealed in her award-winning writings (including her new memoir, A Queer and Pleasant Danger.

And in NewsWrap: Vietnam considers the reality of equality, Jerusalem Pride takes back the street, U.S. low-prioritizes same-gender partner deportations, Connecticut case hastens "DOMA's" demise, hate groups get more than chicken feed from poultry politics, and more news reported by Jenn Mahoney and Rick Watts (produced by Wenzel Jones and Steve Pride).

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