Joe was back with a fresh new edition of The Agenda with Joe Solmonese last night on XM Satellite Radio. We started out the show, as per usual lately, with an update on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Joe filled us in on all of the moving pieces.

Then we welcomed David Leavitt, author of the new book The Indian Clerk. Leavitt is a prolific author with a number of novels, non-fiction works and articles. He is also a noted scholar on GLBT themes in literary history. Hear his discussion of his work and the state of GLBT literature today. Listen to parts one and two.

Because Halloween is almost a high holiday for GLBT people, we dug into the topic with Jody Wheeler of DoorQ.com. His new site is launching tomorrow as an online home for GLBT sci-fi, fantasy and horror fans. Listen in.

We got straight at politics with Kristina Wilfore, executive director of Ballot Initiative Strategy Center. BISC is at the center of statewide progressive ballot campaigns – both advancing a positive agenda and beating back negative attacks. She was our guest in-studio to talk about ballot initiatives in the past few cycles and to forecast 2008. Listen here.

Finally we welcomed author and sexuality expert Bronwen Pardes to the show. Her book Doing it Right is a critical resource for parents who want to teach their children responsible sexuality. She is also a contributor to the popular What If Someone I Know Is Gay?