a gay rights advocate who was raised in a lesbian household. and david, he's a researcher and author in the field of adoption, foster care and gay parenting. welcome, everyone, to "the stream." and david i want to start with you. we mentioned that a number of these studies have emerged and they focus on the success or failure of these households. there's data on whatever a person holds on the subject. do you see anything scientifically that points to any valid conclusions? >> i do, and i think i would like to correct you. because you're giving an impression that there's a body of research that says that children raised in gay and lesbian households are disadvantaged. there are one or two studies that found that. but the vast majority of consistent research has found no disadvantage of children raised by gay and lesbians. the most recent, the critical review, found it extreme flawed. >> yes, can i respond to that. >> sure, bobby, go ahead. >> first of all, i want to say that as a child of a same-sex couple, and as a by sexual dad myself, i think

about the rights of gay and lesbian, bisexual and transgendered americans. i think in a nutshell, the vast majority -- vast majority -- of americans believe that individuals ought to have the right to earn a living free from discrimination, to be judged on their performance in the workplace based on their talent, their ability and their qualifications. interestingly enough, since 1996, 17 states, including my state of iowa, have passed legislation that includes basic employment protections for all lgbt americans. i will use that -- that acronym or that -- those letters to explain lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered americans. 88% of fortune 500 businesses have included protections in their nondiscrimination policies. as have the majority of small businesses. over a hundred major businesses, including pharmaceutical companies, technology companies, banks, manufacturing companies, chemical companies have announced their support for this bill. in fact, there's polls that show that 8-10 americans already believe that discrimination against people because of

or lesbian. not because they couldn't do the job, not because they weren't doing their job, just fired because that's who they were. and geas guest what, that gay person walked down the courthouse door and it's locked, it's locked just as it was for people with disabilities before 1990. just as it was for african-americans before 1964. and for women. many of these young people working here, young women, they don't realize in the lifetime of their parents, at least their grandparents anyway, could you fire someone because she was a woman. or not hire someone because she is a woman. and guess what -- the courthouse door was locked. you had no recourse. now, some states passed civil rights laws. we had some states pass civil rights laws. as i said, we've had 17 states in america that do have laws on the books that ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. but how about rest of the states? as i said, over 56% of american workers live in states in which there is no prot

to protect them and people that are gay, lesbian, and by sexual too. so it is a rough road for people to live their lives. but we have courageous people, like chaz bono and his family, that are trying to help make the trance part of this bill, more acceptable. fred, thank you very much. thank you for being with us today, and celebrating. mexico has been battled drug related violence for years. the new president says he is trying to find the world that his efforts there are making a difference. the city of monterey has been singled out as a place where crime is down, but some say things aren't what they seem. rachel is in month roy, the government says brought down behalf, but is that the case. >> really couldn't leave the area we rah now, which is considering one of the safest in the city, because there are up to seven killings a day. as you will see, the government, especially the state government has taken new steps into trying to improve security here. >> better equipped, better paid and more scarefully vetted. part of a new state police force forme

her and her female friend and we were sitting watching lesbian porn for hours watching lesbian porn onthe girls sent me to get party favors and come back and it took me a couple of hours. i get aroused you know. i am a man >> kirk: let me get this straight. and you found the condom you found the condom in the trunk? >> yes. >> kirk: all right so you are watching lesbian porn. everyone. [laughter] you and then she and her friend. you got so excited driving and thinking about them together that you decided to take care of yourself? >> my business myself >> kirk: and did you this in the trunk? [laughter] >> i did this in my car on the way home. >> kirk: and they have a law like texting and driving and do not do that and drive at the same time. [laughter] why was it in the trunk? >> i don't know what am i supposed to do with it? she would find it in the trash. iould notice if someone was throwing condoms in the trash >> kirk: you would have felt bad if they were waiting for you >> no, i'm rock 'n roll ready >> kirk: next, john and terry break their pact not to get busy with other people? w

i came out as a lesbian in my 40s and when i moved here in 1988 i was pressuring my gratuidegree. i would like to say i served in another position and was active and traveled around the country for the educational advocacy for the rights of lgbt people and during that period i spoke with numerous national organized having to do with help and serves for elders such as the american society on aging and task force for lblt and national alzheimer's association. so i was had the great opportunity to bring to attention the unmet needs of a very large invisible population not only in california but throughout the country. which became some of the great work that was later recognized by the state department of the aging and other organizations throughout the country and with the federal officer on aging. i'm now semi retired i live at a senior complex in san francisco. i continue to volunteer for the lgbt seniors. i'm now a representative that the health and aging program. and now that i'm a senior myself i'm getting to know what it feels like to be on the other side of the table. i remem

and in boston, lee, executive director of gay and lesbian advocate defenders or glad. and how have things changed in recent years, and is it something that makes somebody who watches statistics and public opinion research say, wow? >> yes. the short answer is yes, it does. we've gone through a lot of change from a nation where we opposed same-sex marriage to where the majority support same-sex marriage. these trends are very unusual because in most social issue you just don't see movement like this. for example, about ten years ago 60% of americans said that they opposed same-sex marriage. today 50%, over half of americans say they support it. so we've seen this dramatic shift unlike probation wher aboe numbers have stayed the same over the last decade or the death penalty where the numbers have moved a little bit more in opposition to the death penalty, by most americans support the death penalty. so yes, support of same-sex marriage has been a big move. >> when you see this, what do you explain it yourself? >> it absolutely com comports with that. not only as an amer

immediately the gay rights said you repealed the ban on gays and lesbian in pas this. so they have been figuring on legalize ates to same-sex marriage and got the senate to approve it. they discovered there were who were at icans least thinking about supporting there like orrin hatch and john who voted no in 1996 when a similar version was brought and other republicans a little more socially moderate, deals with to make democrats, they basically put together a large lobbying campaign and got it done. >> some of them, pat toomey is p for re-election in a state that is kind of a democratic state for him. >> that's right. >> but what happens in the house with this? >> that is the sort of big unanswered question. the speaker john boehner has think this is necessary because state protections are already in place. most corporations have policies that basically ban there from happening. here is also concern among republicans this is too broadly written and it will invite new litigation. accountability office report done over the summer helped quell that riticism by saying in

i am retired now, but i did lose a job when i was young for being a lesbian. until later in life, i stayed deep in the closet to keep from losing another job. all of the nondiscrimination bills help us define who we are as a people, she continues, and underscores or believe in life, liberty, and the spiewr pursuitf happiness for every american." by one survey, far more than a third of individuals -- lgbt individuals -- have experienced some form of harassment or discrimination in the workplace. that's a tremendous impact on the pursuit of happiness. that's a tremendous shrinking of freedom and liberty, as envisioned in our founding documents, our vision for this nation. now, there are a number of issues that have been raised as colleagues have talked about this bill before it comes to the floor here. and i wanted to address some of them. first, this bill is fully inclusive. it includes the lesbian, the gay, the bisexual and the transgender community. it should be fully inclusive because discrimination is wrong. discrimination shrinks opportunity. discriminat

the support of seven republicans who say it is high time there was a federal law protecting gay and lesbian workers against discrimination. there's a patchwork of state laws right now. 21 states plus the district of columbia, washington, d.c., protect against this type of discrimination. if it fails here on capitol hill, the white house has not ruled out an executive order. but that would only affect federal contractors. alex? >> yeah, we should all be able

bringing out someone who served openly in the military as gay or lesbian and being, like, look, they served openly but now that they're a civilian, they have to go back in the closet because they're worried they're going to be fired because they live in a state without these protections. i think that in part was why don't ask, don't tell repeal was so successful. because you saw these patriots who had served and who weren't able to do so openly tell their stories, and that's what they're going to be doing, going forward to try to make it hit home more for the members. >> the power of the personal example. in just a few minutes, we'll be joined live by a member of the whig party. a whig won an election last tuesday. this isn't your great, great, great, great grandfather's whig party. we'll hear from him, we'll find out whether the whigs are ready to retake the country by storm. and if they're still mad at andrew jackson. that's up ahead. [ male announcer ] how can power consumption in china, impact wool exports from new zealand, textile production in spain, and the use of medical tech

. >> jon: you mean a black former lesbian because -- >> i do? clearly she experimented with both and stuck with one. >> jon: you know, you guys are going way out on a limb here. >> i think it's smart political analysis. >> shrewd expertise. >> make it up [bleep] because there's no consequence for being wrong (laughter) >> jon: see that's my point. let me show you something. this is true. these are from their past big electoral night predictions. >> what does 2010 mean for 2012. >> i tell how the vice presidential candidate is going to be. marco rubio, presidential nominee. >> sarah palin. >> i say hillary clinton absolutely hands down, she's got the money. >> i think that person is mike huckabee. >> marco rubbio 2012, vice presidential nominee. >> what does this mean for 2012. >> subway series, it's rudy versus hillary in 2008. >> yeah, so what's your point. >> jon: they were all completely wrong. >> and they are all still on tv. >> yeah. >> that's right. >> yeah! (cheers and applause) >> whooo! >> aasif mandvi, jason jones and al madrigal, ever

child. >> a florida lesbian couple had a daughter in 2004. one woman i d donated the egg ad one carried the baby of the in 2006 they split. and the one fled the country and they hired a investigator and tracked her down be in australia. on thursday the biological mother does have parental rights and she should be able to see and raise this girl who is now about brian nears ol nine years. this is a couple that produced a child and were going to parent didding to. that is what lots of couples do. that is consistent with other area of family law in florida and with national law. >> the legal sticking point was this. when the biological mom donated her egg the lower court ruled three she signed away her parental rights. the the judge signed a 1993 law preventing egg donors from hunting down families. because in thi in this case bece couple intended to race the child together that law didn't apply. the birth mother'scation was fwhrimtiony to begin with. >> for the gestational parent, the birth parent to claim that her rights have been violated in

that tasnatasha reports on whato the ruling. >> a lesbian couple had a daughter in 2004. one woman donated the egg and another carried the baby. in 2006 they split. the birth mother took the girl and fled the country. the biological mother hooiferred a private investigator and tracked them down in australia and so began the fight on thursday. the florida strea supreme courtd that the biological mother does that parental rights and she should be able to see and raise this girl who is about nine years old. >> this is a couple that got together and produced a child and intending to parent the child together. that is what lots of couples do. this is protecting the expectations of that couple. that is consistent with every area of family law in florida and with international law. >> the legal sticking won't was this. when the biological mom donated her egg. lower court ruled that she signed away her parental right. the judge signed a 1993 law to prevent egg donors from hunting down families. but the supreme court ruled that because this couple intended to raise this girl toget

it's tough enough to be lesbian and gay and trying to raise a family.our own family member diss you publicly, it must be horrible. i just wish that the right wing of the republican party would let its candidates out of this prison of having to be so mean-spirited toward a fellow american. we believe in equal rights in this country. the problem in america is not that too many people want to get married. that's not the problem. >> you have done some work for the enzi campaign, who liz cheney is running against, the republican senator, the incumbent. i'm not going to ask you about the specific issue or the specific debate. but republican support for same sex marriage is a mirror reflection of what it is nationally. republicans oppose same sex marriage, majority of them. when van says i wish the right wing wouldn't let the rest of the republican party, is that accurate? it seems to me a majority of republicans oppose same sex marriage. they oppose 58%, support 36%. >> i think there is a lot of truth in both what van said as far as how people look at whether

it does accept gay and lesbian members but rejects the practice of homosexuality as incompatible withhristian teaching. >>> a live look at the big board. this morning the markets are down so far you can see the dow is down 83. >>> the rain is causing significant problems on roads. this is a live look from our mobile weather. within the past hour the three left lanes on northbound 101 at the 280 split were flooded. also, a major injury accident on the peninsula highway 84 and university avenue. and they opened up in san francisco a little more than an hour ago. this is a live look right now at the embarcadero. you can see people out there with raincoats and rain gear and umbrellases. and a live look now at the bay bridge. midday traffic slow going across the span at least westbound coming into the city. >> i guess it's a slow day for you, right, lawrence? >> not much going on. take the rest of the day off. [ laughter ] >> this has been something else. it started to quiet down early on this morning but now it's really picking up again. and now look what we got off the coastline. another

republicans you now against protecting gays and lesbians, discrimination on the job.hey're against equal bay for women, they're gets the voting rights act. they won't even vote on immigration, and now the cheney family feud. first, listen to senate candidate liz cheney on fox news sunday. >> your sister mary, who is married to a woman put out this post. she had, for the record, i love my sister, you, but she is dead wrong. >> listen, i love mary very much, i love her family very much, this is just an issue on which we disagree. >> that's just ugly. then you have the poor parents, putting out this statement -- this is an issue we have dealt with privately for many years and are pained to see it become public. well, i'm going to talk to you, govern governor. the problems with the republican party is having, including people and welcoming people, are not private, they are out in the public. it seems to me that all of the things that were said a years ago about doing things to pock more inclusive have gone out the woipt. instead they seem tore hoping that a glitchy websit

in response to the substance of your question, i think that those who are gay and lesbian are free to love whoever they want to love. and in states where they define it in that way, they're free to call it marriage. in other states they can call it a civil union, but i think it is unfair, and i think it even can smack of anti-religious bigotry to suggest that if you have a view different, if you believe marriage should be defined as a man and woman, that you are ip sew facto a bigot -- >> i am not asking you to change your opinion. and i say this all the time, and i put myself out there on this. and i've told other republicans. you don't have to change your mind, but listen, i defended you on religious freedom as an atheist and i defend religious people as an atheist. isn't it time, though, that your wing of the republican party accept and embrace good conservatives, like the log cabin republicans, good conservatives like lisa murkowski, don't you think it's time to recognize that in some ways the tide is turning, and we should be more inclusive of these values without having to chang

we have a program at community connections specifically for lesbian and transgendered folks. and it focuses in on the additional feeling of disaffiliation, of stigma that people experienced when they tried to come out to family members. there are very few communities, regrettably, where you are easily embraced when you reveal an alternate lifestyle, so that you may have been traumatized physically or sexually as a child but then, as you come to identify yourself more fully as a person, you're traumatized all over again for your honesty. and we get into also, i mean the whole bullying aspect within the schools, you know, not only against lgbt youth that are experimenting and really haven't made up their minds as to their sexuality, and so on and so forth. but on top of that, then you lay the layer of the trauma in school. correct, dr. clark? well, yes. that's part of the kind of traumatic experience that dr. harris was talking about. and again, working with different agencies, we're trying to educate providers and educators as well as family members about the experiences of lg

that is what we're trying to get the supreme court to say. >> okay, but in defense of a lesbian coupleif they have a legal right to be protected and not to be discriminated against, based on the fact that they're lesbians, but all of these groups are allowed to exclude them, nonetheless, then doesn't that gut the purpose of the law, and the law in fact? >> well, i think there is a difference between turning somebody down because of who they are, and the elaine photography, taking pictures of people in other circumstances. it is the event that they're going to communicate. so you -- the homosexual or liberal photographer that doesn't want to photograph westboro baptist. he doesn't want to communicate the messages of the church services. it is not religious discrimination against the people who hold the views of that church. so i think that they're basically mixing these together. there are some professions, website designers, videographers that create messages. and for the government to say you're just like -- you have to do any message that anybody walks in the door, i think is a viola

we said love the sinner, hate the sin and that's saying that being a lesbian or gay is a sin.hink they're looking if for a more compassionate way to cloak the bigotry. that's what i think it is. it isn't that traditional families are under assault by society. it is that traditional families are evolving under the pressures of some positive, some negative that are brought on by society and evolving in good ways whether it's a single mom or a married, you know, lesbian couple. whatever that incarnation happens to be. it's about people getting together and engaging in loving and peaceable ways to add to the fabric of the community that is surround them and ought to be about. >> i think it is also about just expanding the definition of traditional family. >> family. >> family is just supporting. do you eat dinner? do you clean your house snogt do you love each other? it is not about the status, whether the people are married or whether they're accepted by the community. but instead, about how they relate to each other so it should be about the action that they do as a family than

. >> reporter: looking for answers, mike reached out to the gay, lesbian, and straight education network byard is glsen's president. >> hello. >> he went with us to a specific training for pe teachers and coaches, and he also had an experience of coaching students who would never show up on his team or in a gym class. we had him meet with some students. >> reporter: but for these young people, this is a highly unlikely and difficult encounter. >> two of the places that lgbt students avoid, as much as they can, are locker rooms and pe. they just don't want to be there. and frankly, they tell us they're more likely to talk to a cop than they are to a coach. >> we will turn it over to coach mike rice. >> reporter: and for mike rice, a major step in his search for redemption. >> it's hard talking about it. it's hard sitting in a classroom full of gay and lesbian students and being told you are not better than a bully. >> reporter: the group did not hold back. >> why is a gay man lower than a straight man? that doesn't make sense. >> my question do you, do you really realize what you did wron

bill, including democrat ben cardin of maryland, pressed today for federal action to protect gay, lesbiansexual and transgender employees. >> if we're going to be able to adequately compete globally, we need to empower all of the people of this country. we can't leave anyone behind. >> brown: "enda," or the "employment non-discrimination act," bans employers from using sexual orientation or gender identity to discriminate in hiring and employment. the bill cleared a key procedural hurdle monday evening, marking a turnaround from 1996. >> the aye's are 49, the no's are 50. the bill is not agreed to. >> brown: then, a similar measure failed in the senate by a single vote. that same year, congress adopted "doma," the "defense of marriage act," barring federal recognition of same-sex marriage. 17 years later, the u.s. supreme court has overturned "doma," more states are legalizing same- sex marriage and polls find the american public increasingly accepting of gay rights. >> i think we'll finish enda this week. and there's been good work on both sides. there's been trust, which is so very, ver

some of the problem has been people don't think right now you can discriminate against gays and lesbianssgendered people. so this is really important to do, whether we take care of it within the national guard, through a federal directive or the law that needs to happen. this is important oh, and i think our real barrier has been that most people assume it's in place because they have supported it and it makes common sense to not discriminate. >> chris, real fast. the state of texas has said it will not give spousal i.d. cards to same-sex couples. what can chuck hagel do to make texas and the other eight states change their ways? >> one of the issues that was raised when chris johnson from the "washington blade" asked about this was the fact that the federal government does fund a lot of the state national guard programs. and so there is that funding string they're going to be able to point to. and there is the fact that the national guard is -- can be run by the federal government in certain aspects. and hagel made clear that they are going to push for the states that have thus far refu

at the end of her life, she became an inspiration for those meddling pancreatic cancer and for the lesbian/bisexual and transgender community. the tale of a quiet hero, sally ride's story demonstrates that the sky is no limit for those who dream of reaching for the stars. [applause] walter nagel accepting on behalf ustin. partner, bayard r [applause] rustin was a giant in the american civil rights movement, openly gay at a time when many had to hide who they loved. his unwavering belief that we are all equal members of a single human family took him from his first freedom ride to the lesbian/gay/bisexual and transgender rights movement. thanks to his unparalleled skills as an organizer, progress that once seemed impossible appears in retrospect to have been inevitable. 50 years after the march on washington, he organized, rustin asnors bayard one of the greatest architects for social change and a fearless advocate for the most vulnerable citizens. [applause] arturo sandoval. [applause] arturo sandoval is one of the world's finest jazz musicians. or into poverty in cuba, held back by his go

work on the employee nondiscrimination act which would ban workplace discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons. at 5:30, the senate will turn to an executive session for debates on to judicial nominations for u.s. district courts. it will also hold a procedural vote to proceed to the employee nondiscrimination legislation. live coverage of the senate can be seen on c-span 2. >> more hearings on the health care law are scheduled to take place this week on capitol hill. on tuesday, maryland -- marilyn thenner will come before senate health, education, labor, and pensions committee. her agency is responsible for overseeing the healthcare.gov website. that hearing will be live at 10:00 a.m. eastern live on c- span. a day later, hhs secretary kathleen sebelius will testify before this -- the senate finance committee. we will have that live wednesday at 10 a.m. eastern, also here on c-span. >> what's the most important issue congress should consider in 2014? that's the question for middle and high school students in c- span's "student can" video competition. make i

that we are all equal members of a single human family took him from his first freedom ride to the lesbian by sexual and transgender rights movement. thanks to his unparalleled skills as an organizer, progress that once seemed impossible appears in retrospect to have been inevitable. 50 years after the march on washington, he organized, america honors bayard russ tin as one of its greatest architects for social change and a fearless advocate for its most vulnerable citizens. arturo sandoval. world's finest jazz musicians. born into poverty in cuba and held back by his government, he risked everything to share his gifts with the world, eventually defecting with help from dizzy gillespie, his mentor and friend. in the decades since, this is astonishing trumt perrer, me analyst and come poeszer has inspired audiences in every corner of the world and wakened a new generation of great performers. he remains one of the best ever to play. lanya smith accepting on behalf of her husband, dean e. smith. dean e. smith spent 36 seasons taking college basketball to new heights. as head coach at the uni

on congress to pass senate bill 815 that extended the firm protections on hiring and limit to gay, lesbian and transgender workers. he wrote, in part and i quote, "so long as the law remains sigh lend on the workplace rights of gay and lesbian americans we as a nation are effectively concepting to discrimination against them." a vote takes place today on the bill. >> if you look behind us you will notice bay lights still twinkling and the hours are extended, now, until the sunrise s which is changed because of the time change. >> 5:08 is when the sun is going to set. outside, it was a cool and cloudy weekend but no measurable rain again. we are going to look at temperatures that are going to lift as high pressure takes over and that will keep us from seeing rain again. you are looking at the temperatures in the south bay highlighting cupertino and saratoga at 39 and they are the cool spot, alum rock at 40, and 41 in santa clara and the park and san jose with sunnyvale and los gatos at 42 degrees. it is chilly. we do not have any cloud cover, no moisture in the air, nothing to hold the temp

save everybody. >> andy, are you a lesbian. have you ever gone through anything like this in your family say with somebody who hates cats and you want to marry your cat which you mentioned many times. >> yeah, i don't -- there is not a single word in that question that made a lick of sense. >> lick? >> i married a jew. i feel like i can speak about this. >> every time i hear the story i think one thing. let's play the feud. i want to see -- there has to be an snl cheney family feud. >> i thought you were throwing to something. >> no. i feel bad for dick and lynn cheney and i feel bad that this whole thing went public. it wouldn't have been public, except liz cheney is running for public office. if you don't want things to go public don't run for public office. >> thank you. and on that note we have to take a hard break. that's tv talk for -- i don't know. "red eye" after dark. kids, get your parents' permission because andy levy will be shirtless. and are you allowed to secretly film people? that story is done. >>> are they bei