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Using religion to justify discrimination
August 2022 — Should LGBTQ people lose our right to be treated equally under the law in order to avoid offending some people’s religious beliefs?
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Covid-19 and AIDS
May-August 2020 – Activist Jay Blotcher joins OutCaster Lucas to talk about how the Covid-19 and AIDS pandemics were similar — and different.
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“It’s not my responsibility to educate you.”
August 1, 2022 — It can be an unfair burden when LGBTQ teenagers are asked by friends and family to be “the authority” about LGBTQ issues. But what happens if they prefer not to be?
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What happens when parents are unaccepting
July 1, 2022 — Youth broadcaster Carys talks about the hellish life of her friend Darwin, whose trans identity is rejected by his family. The emptiness left behind can be devastating.
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OutCaster Alex speaks at the Gilbert Baker Memorial in NYC, June 2017
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