What is the current state of our lives regarding sexual freedom? Ricci Levy with the Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance and adult film entertainer, Nina Hartley join us to talk about Sexual Freedom Day that took place recently.

In Broken Word, Jonathan Dudley lays the groundwork for a new generation of post-Religious Right evangelical political activists, who believe in evolution, rally behind the environmental movement, are moderate on abortion, and support gay marriage–and who are more faithful to orthodox Christianity than their counterparts.

New York now has same sex marriage and “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” has been repealed. Peter LaBarbera, president of Americans for Truth and Wayne Besen, executive director of Truth Wins Out debate the issues.

In Big Sex Little Death, Susie Bright introduces us to her influences and experiences, including her early involvement with notorious high school radicalsThe Red Tide as well as the magazine she co-founded in the 1980s, On Our Backs, which turned the lesbian and bisexual community upside down before it took the “straight” world by storm.

Transition is Chaz Bono‘s groundbreaking and candid account of a forty-year struggle to match his gender identity with his physical body and his transformation from female to male. Later, Rev. Robert Chase with Intersections International talks about an LGBT welcome ad that was rejected by Sojourners, a progressive Christian organization.

Could real estate mogul Donald Trump and now “birther”  be considering a presidential bid in 2012?  Charles Dunn, professor at Regent University says his candidacy will help to re-elect Obama.  Then, a lawsuit has been filed that challenges the discriminatory view that transgender men cannot work as men. Michael Silverman with Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund talks about he case.

Sara Hutchinson with Catholics for Choice examines the abuse of conscience clauses in the US. Should you have to perform jobs that are not morally justifiable? Later,  many health care providers do not dispense a full range of preventative care, especially advice on the use of and access to condoms to prevent the spread of HIV. Journalist, Kathryn Joyce talks about her piece in Conscience magazine, “Seeing is Believing: Questions about Faith-Based Organizations Involved in HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment.”

A Presbyterian minister who preached against homosexuality has a change of heart after meeting people who really understood the stakes. Murray Richmond wrote a piece for Salon.com describing what made him change his mind. Later, Steve Benen, contributing writer to Washington Monthly joins us to talk about what’s in the news.

Jay Bakker, son of the infamous televangelists Jim and Tammy Faye recounts how he came to an understanding of grace that led him to champion gay rights in the church in his new book Fall to Grace.

How free are students and teachers to express unpopular ideas in public schools and universities? Not free enough, Joan Del Fattore suggests in Knowledge in the Making. She investigates battles over a wide range of topics that have fractured school and university communities—homosexuality-themed children’s books, research on race-based intelligence, the teaching of evolution, the regulation of hate speech, and more.