October 27, 2019

LGBTQ News: Title VII At The Supreme Court, LGBTQ Voters and MA's Growing LGBTQ Teen Population

57 minutes

The Supreme Court reviews three cases charging employment discrimination while the fate of LGBTQ workers hangs in the balance. The high stakes 2020 elections are around the corner, yet one in five LGBTQ adults is not registered to vote. And more than 15 percent of Massachusetts high schoolers identify as LGBTQ. How will the state support this young and growing demographic?

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…

Boo! It’s Halloween season, which means that it's time to dress up in your favorite spooky getup. For local costume makers and sellers, Halloween is Christmas. Americans spent $9 billion on Halloween last year. But with last minute shoppers and online shopping websites creeping in, these local costumers have got a lot of blood, fangs, and skeletons to sell.

Guests:

Eric Bornstein — Freelance mask and cosplay maker for the Somerville-based company Behind the Mask.

Jeanne Keenan — Owner of the Costume Company, a Waltham-based theater costume store.

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