February 09, 2021

LGBTQ News: Biden's Executive Order, Buttigieg's Confirmation, Companies Improve Workplace Equality

57 minutes

President Biden makes good on a campaign promise, issuing an executive order banning discrimination of sexual orientation and gender identity. Correcting the record on the historic importance of newly confirmed and openly gay Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. Plus, the Human Rights Campaign highlights recent dramatic strides towards workplace equality.

Those stories and more on our LGBTQ News Round Table.

Guests:

Grace Sterling Stowell — executive director of the Boston Alliance of Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Youth, or BAGLY.

E.J. Graff — Journalist, author and managing editor of the "The Monkey Cage" at the Washington Post.

Janson Wu — executive director of GLAD GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders.

Later in the show:

At first glance, Mama, Ella and Kevin seem to live in a here and now achingly familiar to a number of Black families. But very quickly, "Riot Baby" reveals itself to be a time-traversing tale of the future infused with the frustration and rage linked to incidents of the recent past. Author Tochi Onybuchi takes readers on the journey of siblings navigating their past, current and future worlds. "Riot Baby" is our February selection for “Bookmarked: The Under the Radar Book Club."

Guest:

Tochi Onyebuchi — author of Riot Baby, his first adult novel, which is available in bookstores and online now.

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