Show Guests: January 08, 2012
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The most compelling hour of Dean's show yet! Congressman Alcee Hastings joins Out-Law: America's Alternative Voice to speak about the issues of equality and federal laws, decry the boundaries placed upon the equal rights movements that affect everyone, and he even gets in a comment or two about his fellow representatives from South Florida.
Join Dean and Congressman Hastings for an amazingly animated hour of discussion about the history of discrimination, and learn why Mr. Hastings says its everyone's duty to stand up to oppression, no matter who is affected!
Show Guests: January 08, 2012
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HIV, AIDS and the law. These are the things that impact the LGBT community in great measure, and Dean tackles the issues and the evolution of thought that governs those issues of HIV and AIDS.
Join Dean and his special guests. We have Steve Fallon, of Latinos Salud & Skills4, and Angelo Castillo, President of Broward House. This is one of the most hard-hitting Out-Law Shows yet, as Dean and his guests uncover the realities of a new surge of HIV/AIDS cases in South Florida, and particularly in Broward County! Plus, learn about the taboos that remain for those who are at highest risk for contracting HIV, 30 years after the first outbreaks were at their worst!
Show Guests: January 01, 2012
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We ring in the new year with some old allies (well, not THAT OLD!). Dean interviews long-time equal rights supporter Sue Gunzberger, who has been helping further the cause of equality for gays — and those who are not gay — in her capacity as a Broward County Commissioner. Hear the struggles she has personally and politically had to endure as a staunch ally of the GLBT community.
Joining Sue Gunzberger, her son, Ron, who is also a major player in Broward County's long struggle for equality. Hear Ron's insights as he recounts being member of the political underground and emerging as a mainstream activist in the 21st Century!
Show Guests: December 25, 2011
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For the holidays, we examine gays and religion. The multitude are impacted by the religious messages that perplex, perturb and even alienate members of the GLBT community. But, how do those who thirst for spiritual focus find it, when they are gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered?
Dean speaks with three leaders of the faith, a pastor, a retired reverend and a rabbi, as we probe deeper into the spiritual elements and religious impact of being gay and faithful. Guests include the Right Reverend Grant Ford (Ret.) of the Sunshine Cathedral MCC in Fort Lauderdale, Rabbi Greg Kanter of Temple Sinai in Delray Beach, and Pastor Tom Millner of the Church of the Holy Spirit Song in Wilton Manors.
Show Guest: December 18, 2011
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Gays and the law! Dean Trantalis interviews Howard Finkelstein, Broward County's lead public defender, to find out how the law has treated people in the LGBT community through the years, and how the law addresses gay and lesbian issues, at the criminal level, today.
This is a frank discussion of the abuses of power at the hands of the police, the Broward Sheriff's Office, the racial profiling of African Americans and how the police in South Florida use certain laws, even today, to target certain ethnic groups and cultures.
Show Guests: December 11, 2011
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Out and Legal! Florida's judiciary has been a legal battleground for gay and lesbian rights, but what happens when the judge is also gay? Dean interviewed three of Broward County's prominent jurists, all judges on the circuit or county courts in Fort Lauderdale.
Dean interviewed Circuit Court Judge Susan Greenhawt, the Administrative Judge for the Unified Family Division. Joining Judge Greenhawt: County Court Judge Robert Lee, the County Civil Chairperson, and Circuit Court Judge Lisa Porter, who was recently moved to the Circuit Criminal Division.
Show Guest: December 04, 2011
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Gays and Adoption. The Out-Law Show for December 04 featured very special guest Robert Rosenwald, the former ACLU attorney who successfully argued to overturn Florida's ban on gays adopting children. The case went to the 3rd District Court of Appeals, which ruled unanimously that gay and lesbian parents were just as capable and just as loving as their non-gay counterparts.
Mr. Rosenwald details the fight to get money to argue the case, and the legal and political environment that prevailed at the time he got the case, which was on behalf of two gay men fighting to adopt a child they had reared in foster care for several years.
Show Guests: November 27, 2011
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Women of Politics. The Out-Law Show for November 27 featured three lesbian commission women, from three separate cities, who have risen to prominence in South Florida. The program featured Wilton Manors Commissioner Julie Carson, Oakland Park Commissioner Sheri McCartney, and Margate Commissioner Lesa Peerman.
All three women discussed their views about lesbians and gays in the political arena, how their sexual orientation played a role in their respective campaigns and the future of city, state and federal laws affecting the LGBT community as more gays and lesbians rise to various positions as elected office holders.
Show Guests: November 20, 2011
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No Bully Zone! The Out-Law Show for November 20 featured a roundtable discussion about bullying of gays and lesbians in schools and colleges around the United States and South Florida.
The program featured Jesse Wilson of the Gay Straight Alliance at Nova Southeastern University; Daren Capirchio, an admistrator from Nova Southeastern University; and Robert Loupo, the Executive Director of Safe Schools South Florida, an outreach and advocacty group based in South Florida that aims to bring information about bullying, and solutions to it, to school administrators, teachers, and students in public and private schools.
NOVEMBER 13, 2011
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The lone Republican of the Broward County Commission, Chip LaMarca joined Dean Trantalis and former Wilton Manors Mayor Sandy Steen for Out-Law: America's Alternative Voice on Sunday, November 13, 2011.
The conversation ranged from the reasons for Chip LaMarca's decision to run against openly-gay incumbent Ken Keechl to Sandy Steen's position as the head of the Broward Log Cabin Republicans, a gay group, which is headed by a non-gay woman.
NOVEMBER 6, 2011
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Al Lamberti was our featured guest on Out-Law for our November 6, 2011 broadcast and stream. The Broward County Sheriff was also joined by Commander Rick Wierzbicki of the BSO Hate Crimes Unit, and Michael Albetta, who is best known for his role with the Florida GLBT Democratic Caucus.
Dean Trantalis spoke with our guests about the changes in BSO policy toward the gay and lesbian community in South Florida, talk about Hate Crimes, bullying in our schools, and address many other issues surrounding the present political and legal climate impacing the GLBT community in South Florida and across the nation.
OCTOBER 30, 2011
The very first broadcast and stream of Out-Law: America's Alternative Voice, was held on Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors, during the Wicked Manors Halloween Celebration. The show featured noted community leaders, including George Castrataro, John Castelli, Norm Kent and Elizabeth Schwartz.
The program marked a turning point in 21st Century Gay and Lesbian activism, bringing a new type of program to the airwaves and the Internet.
Host Dean Trantalis and his guests covered the extraordinary journey the GLBT community has taken during the past three decades in South Florida.
