Irish gay rights activists and supporters protest against the exclusion of Irish gay groups from marching in the St. Patrick's Day Parade as it makes its way up 5th Avenue on March 17, 2015 in NYC.

The Modern Fight For Gay Rights

The Leonard Lopate Show | Apr 3, 2015

Michelangelo Signorile discusses the present and future of gay rights. In It's Not Over: Getting Beyond Tolerance, Defeating Homophobia, and Winning True Equality, he argues that despite change, homophobia is still a basic fact of American life. 

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