While most of the country had a day off, we were working hard on last night’s edition of The Agenda with Joe Solmonese to bring you our usual mix of politics, opinion and culture.

We started out the show with Holly Ryan, chair of the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition. The Human Rights Campaign recently gave her organization a grant of $25,000 to work towards passing a gender discrimination and hate crimes bill. She was our guest to talk about their plans. Listen in.

Then it was time for a presidential political roundup with Gail Collins of the New York Times. In 2001 she became the first woman ever appointed editor of the Times editorial page and after some time off to work on a book, she returned to the Times as a columnist last year. She had some interesting opinions on why Romney is still the Republican frontrunner and why she thinks women voters are afraid of the kind of big changes promised by Obama. Listen to parts one and two.

We switched gears and chatted with returning Agenda guest Robert Bianco. He’s USA Today’s resident TV critic and he filled us on how the writer’s strike is going to affect the award shows, spring sweeps and the upcoming fall season.

From TV to the tried and true novel, we welcomed author Michael Lowenthal. This openly gay writer has just released Charity Girl in paperback about a shameful and little-known chapter in American history. He was our guest to talk about the book and his career.

Finally on that cold winter evening, we set our sights on some warmer destinations. Agenda favorite Ed Salvato joined us from XM’s New York studios to walk us through the winter issue of Out Traveler, which he edits. Among the highlights he discussed are celebrating important points in life through travel and the top gay spas. Listen in.

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