Noah Michelson, the Voices Editorial Director and Executive Editor of Queer Voices at The Huffington Post, and the co-host of the Love + Sex Podcast returns to the show as he does every Thursday to help us close out the week with the stories making headlines over at Queer Voices. You can also follow Noah on twitter.
For over a year, long
before the Obergefell marriage equality ruling, many warned that the backlash
to LGBT equality would be ugly and intense, and that too many LGBT leaders and
much of the media weren’t paying attention, caught up in the wins — what I’ve
dubbed victory blindness. And what happened last night in North Carolina isn’t
only the latest example of it; it’s the most far-reaching and frighteningly
successful example so far. a sweeping bill which overturned existing ordinances
protecting gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in cities and counties
across the state — and which banned transgender students from using restrooms
that correspond with their gender identity was signed by the GOP governor, Pat
McCrory. Joining me today to talk all about
this sweeping anti-LGBT bill is Chris Sgro is the Executive Director of Equality North Carolina.
Yesterday, The Supreme
Court heard oral arguments in a case about access to contraception and
religion, the case called Zubik v. Burwell, centers around the objections of the plaintiffs to filling out a 2
page form that provides information about their insurance plans when they wish
to be exempted from the regulation under the Affordable Care Act that requires
many employers to provide free insurance coverage for contraception to their
female workers. The plaintiffs argue
that even filling out a form with information about their insurance plans
violates their religious beliefs and that they should also be exempt from this
as well. Joining me today to talk all
about the case, yesterday’s oral arguments, and the affect that a 4-4 ruling
will have on women across the country is
Ian Millhiser a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress Action Fund and the Editor of ThinkProgress Justice.
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