Summer’s officially here, and most of you probably have backyard barbeques and beach time on your Agenda, but we had some great news and views on last night’s The Agenda with Joe Solmonese.

We started out the show talking to Harry Knox, the Human Rights Campaign’s director for religion and faith programs. Harry is back fresh from the United Church of Christ’s 50th Anniversary General Synod in Hartford, Conn., where he delivered a speech entitled, “Remembering Who We Are: LGBT People and the United Church of Christ in 2057.”

Then we turned to science and tackled the age-old question of nature versus nurture with New York magazine’s David France. He has an article in the current issue called “The Science of Gaydar” which looks at some of the physical traits shared by gay men and the latest research into the basis of sexual orientation. Listen in parts one and two.

We were thrilled to welcome two long-time activists and authors to The Agenda. Last week co-host Mary Breslauer sat down with Sue Hyde, the author of Come Out and Win: Organizing Yourself, Your Community and Your World, and the director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s Creating Change Conference. Then Lisa Keen joined us to talk about her new book, Out Law: What LGBT Youth Should Know About Their Legal Rights. She is the former executive editor of The Washington Blade, and now writes for The Boston Globe and for GLBT newspapers in several major cities.

Then we turned from activism to fashion with Katherine Wheelock of Details magazine. Her article on newsstands now is titled, “Who Says All Gay Men Are Stylish?” Katherine, Joe and Mary dished about fashion dos and don’ts and dispelled some of those stereotypical myths.

Finally, Wednesday is the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion in New York City — the birthplace of the modern GLBT rights movement. Author and historian Martin Duberman was our guest to talk about his seminal work on the event, Stonewall, as well as his new book, The Worlds of Lincoln Kirstein. Listen in.