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In the News with Ann & Andy | taped (4-6-16)

If you thought North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law was bad, wait until you hear about the one in Mississippi—though there is a piece of good news from there as well.

Corporations DO think the North Carolina law is bad and are starting to bail out of the state.

A tourist from LA in Miami Beach is viciously beaten for being gay.

Sentencing for the killer of transgender Islan Nettles in Harlem.

The first out gay LA City Council Member, Bill Rosendahl, has died at 70.

Greg Louganis is finally immortalized on a Wheaties box.

As drug prices soar completely out of control, ACT UP marks its 29th anniversary with demonstrations against Big Pharma around the world.

Another big cartoon character comes out.

Anderson Cooper’s 92-year old mother comes out.

Queen Latifah receives a GLAAD Award for playing bisexual Bessie Smith and does not come out.

Andy reviews three great productions from the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Brooklyn Academy of Music starring out gay actor Antony Sher. See Antony talk about his role as Falstaff at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smu24...

NOTE: We had to re-tape the last part of our show this week due to a technical glitch. Associate Producer Bill Bahlman joined Andy for the last 15 minutes of today's show. Ann was unreachable to come back to the studio.

In the News with Ann & Andy & Bill | taped (4-27-16)

The protests against anti-LGBT laws in North Carolina and Mississippi intensify.

We’ll show you how President Obama addressed the anti-LGBT laws in North Carolina and Mississippi and his encounter with a non-binary student in Britain.

The Republican presidential campaign goes into the toilet. Literally.

There’s a new national gay historic site in New York City.

Do all the women who will be added to U.S. currency have something interesting in common?

We will appraise the legacy of Prince.

The leader of the Bangladeshi gay movement was brutally murdered in his home.

Egypt continues its crackdown on gay people.

Andy reviews the Broadway musicals of AMERICAN PSYCHO and WAITRESS as well as TOAST, a Richard Bean play about working in a bread factory.

LINKS IN THE NEWS:

Flush Discrimination! www.transgenderequality.org/flush

Taiwan video on all-gender restrooms: http://www.appledaily.com.tw/realtime...

Conference on HIV Criminalization, “HIV is Not a Crime II,” University of Alabama, Huntsville, May 17-20: www.HIVisNotaCrime.com

ACLU tracks anti-LGBT legislation: https://www.aclu.org/lgbt-nondiscrimi...

Several pods of dolphins were seen off the shores of the Breton Wildlife Preserve swimming in oil and a chemical dispersant mix from a BP oil spill.