New America Nyc

With 37 states recognizing legal same-sex marriage and increased visibility of LGBT characters on television shows like Transparent and Orange Is the New Black, the gay rights movement is claiming an unprecedented victory. But the future of gay rights is far from inevitable. Despite massive gains, Michelangelo Signorile’s It’s Not Over: Getting Beyond Tolerance, Defeating Homophobia, and Winning True Equality provides stinging evidence that age-old hatred and homophobia are still basic facts of American life. How do we hold the political, social, and media establishments accountable to discrimination? Can we get past mere tolerance and achieve a fuller acceptance? Join New America NYC for a conversation between Michelangelo Signorile and Slate’s June Thomas on the state of LGBT rights and the effort to keep the momentum for equality moving forward.