WEDNESDAY WITH TOM WITT

Originally started during Summer 2013 with Thomas Witt, executive director, Equality Kansas the largest premier statewide organization for the LGBT communities.

Program Summary: Jan. 14, 2015

Segment Summary:  1st Hour - “This Way Out” the international gay and lesbian radio magazine. (30 min.) Gays and lesbians in Ghana go on with their illegal lives; a Turkish lesbian looks to the UN; "Transparent" and "The Normal Heart" score Golden Globe Awards; trans Eurovision Contest winner Conchita Wurst sings for the "Heroes"; a club assault kicks Russian gays in the apathy, 26 Egyptian men are tried for "debauchery", Vietnam okays same-gender weddings, an Irish priest comes out for equality, and more LGBT news from around the world.

Then Amanda Marcotte’s outstanding “RH Reality Check” from the vital news web site RH Reality Check. On this episode of Reality Cast, a researcher from Media Matters discusses conservative myths about contraception. In another segment, host Amanda Marcotte looks at the Christian right’s strange new tactic to replace pray-away-the-gay, and rape denialism continues to get its hooks into conservative pundits.

2nd Hour: We go LIVE with Equality Kansas Executive Director Thomas Witt to discuss state of the state of Kansas.