A look at Ken Mehlman, who has finally come out of the closet after denying his sexuality for years and leading the reelection campaign in 2004 of former President George Bush. Andy and Ann find that he's still supporting anti-gay politicians. They also explore the growing number of Republicans coming out of the closet and supporting gay marriage and how that might affect the LGBT movement in general.

Herb Boyd and Eddie Harris attended the annual meeting of the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund in Epes, Alabama, on August 21, and filed this special report for Free Speech TV. Speakers at the event included Shirley Sherrod, former Georgia State Director of Rural Development for the United States Department of Agriculture, and Ben Jealous, president and CEO of the NAACP, both who talk about the firing of Sherrod, the dirty tricks of Andrew Breitbart and the 24/7 news cycle that helped lead to her ouster.

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No same sex marriages in California yet since the overturning of Proposition 8 has been staid; the Air Force will not discharge Lt Col Victor Fehrenback under Don't Ask Don't Tell; the statistics are out for military discharges under Don't Ask Don't Tell for FY 2009 and once again women have been thrown out in highly disproportionate numbers than men; while there hasn't been much progress here in the states, other countries like Mexico, Costa Rica, and Germany, but Russia has released a new ugly poll; and congratulations to Neal Patrick Harris and David Burtka.

Most of this episode is dedicated to analyzing the Proposition 8 decision with Art Leonard, Professor of New York Law School; Mexico's Supreme Court upheld Mexico City's opening of marriage to same sex couples; Iran is set to execute a young man accused of homosexual rape.

Among this weeks news: There's a new study out looking at why we lost on Proposition 8 in California and what it's going to take to succeed next time, Lambda Legal Defense and the ACLU have filed suit against the state of Hawaii for denying civil unions to same sex couples, Bradley Manning (the guy who leaked the Afghan documents to Wikileaks) is gay and the right-wing is playing off that fact, the attorney general of New Jersey will not do a separate investigation of the cop killing of an allegedly gay man allegedly caught cruising in Newark, LGBT targeting of Target and Best Buy stores' c

For five days in June 2010, over 20,000 progressive activists, artists, and journalists took center stage in Detroit. The US Social Forum had come to town and Free Speech TV was the only network there to cover it. Watch the highlights of this conference and celebrate the movement toward a more just and peaceful society. Narrated by Laura Flanders.

Activists force the closure of BP stations in London; BP admits it 'Photoshopped' official images of its Gulf clean-up operations; the U.S. ends its ban on ties with Indonesian forces infamous for human rights abuses; and the U.S. toxic legacy in Fallujah, Iraq is called "worse than Hiroshima." These stories and more...

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