The Gist

Guests on the Show Today

Masha Gessen, author of Blood Matters: From Inherited Illness to Designer Babies, How the World and I Found Ourselves in the Future of the Gene 3:30 ET

James Hillis, contributing writer AfterElton.com, about his two-part investigative piece about gays in prime-time TV. 4:30 ET


UPDATE: Tobias Wolff, Chair of Obama's LGBT Advisory Committee, will join me at 4:30 ET to talk about Obama's Advocate issue and other topics. James Hillis will be on the show tomorrow instead of today.