Last night on The Agenda with Joe Solmonese we took some time to look back, given an important anniversary in our movement this week.  May 17th marks three years of marriage equality in Massachusetts and we had the authors of a new book — “Courting Equality”— that chronicles the struggle.  Authors Patricia Gozemba & Karen Kahn were our guests.  Then I presented a package that shared some personal reflections of the day with clips I gathered up in the Bay State three years ago.

Turning to some other news, we were joined by Jason Knight who was discharged from the military two years ago for being gay. Interestingly, he was called back into service recently, but now that he’s gone public with his story, the Navy has fired him again.  Hear his story in his own words.

Transgender advocates are taking a strong message to Washington today by bringing in transgender people from around the country to lobby their Members of Congress.  Donna Rose, who sits on HRC’s Board of Directors, joined us to talk about the grassroots lobbying sponsored by the National Center for Transgender Equality.

Then we thought it was high time we checked in with our favorite TV expert — Gail Shister.  She writes a TV column for the Philadelphia Inquirer and chatted with Joe and Mary about the recent Ellen coming out anniversary, what’s the future for Rosie and how GLBT themed shows fared this season.

Then we had an extended conversation I’ve been calling e-GLBT.  We hosted John Aravosis of the widely popular AmericaBlog.com and Sarah Warn who founded AfterEllen.com and works as the director of online editorial for the GLBT network Logo.  With them we looked at online GLBT communities from every angle — how they started, how they evolved, where they are today, and how they influence our politics.  Listen to the fascinating conversation in parts one and two.

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