GLBTQ


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Debating Same-Sex Marriage / The Good Life
Michael Sandel
November 29, 2009
00:55:10
Lecture Twenty-Two: "Debating Same-Sex Marriage" If principles of justice depend on the moral or intrinsic worth of the ends that rights serve, how does society deal with the fact that people hold different ideas and conceptions of what is good?
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Bringing Charles Hammond Gibson to Life
John Anderson
October 10, 2007
01:07:51
Charles Hammond Gibson, Jr. (1874-1954) was a Boston writer and bachelor bon vivant, best known for having preserved his family's Beacon Street home as a museum of Victorian style and taste.
Chris Hedges: Who Are the American Fascists?
Christopher Hedges
February 14, 2007
01:13:32
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges explores the rise of the Christian right in America, drawing parallels with the rise of fascism in Europe prior to the Second World War. How does the vision of the United States as a Christian nation relate to our Bill of Rights?
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Homosexuality and Civilization
Louis Crompton
March 17, 2004
01:11:10
Louis Crompton, professor emeritus of English at the University of Nebraska, discusses the rich and terrible history of homosexuality across time and cultures, as described in his recent book, Homosexuality and Civilization.
LGBT Film Festival 2009: Queer Filmmaking Evolution
David Pendleton
May 10, 2009
01:06:13
A panel explores queer filmmaking and its history with those who make it and program it.
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Pagan Kennedy: The First Man-Made Man
Pagan Kennedy
March 20, 2007
00:48:25
Indie legend Pagan Kennedy celebrates her latest book, The First Man-Made Man: The Story of Two Sex Changes, One Love Affair, and a Twentieth-Century Medical Revolution.
Achy Obejas: Ruins
Achy Obejas
April 30, 2009
01:11:28
Achy Obejas discusses her new book Ruins, which tells the story of Usnavy, a young man who eagerly signed on for all the promises when the Cuban Revolution triumphed in 1959.
Kate Clinton: I Told You So
Kate Clinton
May 27, 2009
01:03:47
Comedian Kate Clinton shares from her third book, I Told You So, which spans refreshingly disparate topics: sexual hypocrisy and gay marriage; 9/11 and its aftermath; girls gone wild and boys gone to war; Hillary Clinton and US politics; baptism and waterboarding; intelligent design and bod