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A young asexual discovers
he’s not alone

The anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), declared unconstitutional in 2013 and 2015, required many same-sex couples to either break up or leave the country.  Originally presented in 2014. 

 


 

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Being in a binational same-sex relationship
before marriage equality

The anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), declared unconstitutional in 2013 and 2015, required many same-sex couples to either break up or leave the country.  Originally presented in 2014.

 

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The ridiculousness of
“Straight Pride”

Some straight people — the aggrieved ones (we all know who they are) – seem to feel left out because there’s no “Straight Pride” celebration.  OutCaster Alex explains why that is.  Originally presented in 2019.

 


 

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Supreme Court justices
attack marriage equality

LGBTQ youth react to a statement by religious conservative justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito about overturning marriage equality, a Supreme Court action now more likely following the reversal of Roe v. Wade.  Originally presented in 2020.

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Bruce Knotts, Director of the Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office, and OutCaster Lucas

Part 1 — October 1, 2019

 

Part 2 — November 1, 2019

 

Part 3 — December 1, 2019

 

Being LGBTQ in the United States can be difficult enough.  We have marriage equality but still no protection in much of the country from discrimination in employment, housing, credit, and other areas.  The Canadian Supreme Court recently ruled that protecting LGBT people from discrimination overrides religious beliefs.  The U.S. seems poised to take an opposite approach.

But it can be much worse in other parts of the world.  Russia, never known for tolerance, has its notorious gay propaganda” laws that increase antipathy toward LGBTQ people.  In Chechnya, gay men have been subject to police beatings and thrown off buildings.  OutCaster Dante commented on these atrocities in the September 2017 edition of OutCasting Overtime. 

And it gets worse.  So what are LGBTQ people to do when faced with these conditions in their home countries?  Get out of the country, one would say, and that’s what many do.  But exactly how?  How do they get the paperwork to travel to a different country?  Where do they go, and how do they gain admittance to a new country they hope will be safer?  Where do they settle?  Is there an “Underground Railroad” to assist them?  What additional challenges and dangers do they face because they’re LGBTQ?

In this three part series — OutCasting’s first international coverage — OutCaster Lucas talks these issues with Bruce Knotts, a longtime international LGBTQ advocate.  Bruce was a U.S. diplomat for more than 20 years before retiring from the State Department.  Shortly thereafter, he accepted his current position of Director of the Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office.

 


 

 

 

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