Sex in Crisis

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Proposition 8, which passed in California on Election Day, was one of the most controversial issues on the ballots this year. Find out how debates over sexuality are shaping American politics. Dagmar Herzog’s new book is Sex in Crisis.

Events:
Panel discussion, “Power & Sex: America’s War on Sexual Rights”, with Dagmar Herzog, Faye Wattleton, Katha Pollitt, and Lynn Paltrow moderated by Michelle Fine.
Mon. Nov. 17 at 7:00 PM
Elebash Recital Hall
The Graduate Center, CUNY
365 Fifth Avenue (between 34th and 35th Streets)
Free and open to the public

Dagmar Herzog will be speaking and signing books
Wed. Nov. 19 at 7:00 PM
Revolution Books
146 West 26th Street
Free and open to the public

Be alert for scams. WNYC never asks for nor accepts money for coverage or interviews. Anyone making such a request does not represent WNYC.

WNYC is funded by sponsors and member donations

Top Stories

Trump urged voters to pretend he’s on the ballot. In NY and NJ they listened.

Democrats relentlessly linked their GOP opponents to the Republican president.
Gothamist |

Brooklyn's Hakeem Jeffries is poised to lead a Democratic House. Will his party follow?

The likely House Speaker has trouble uniting Dems in NYC. Can he do it nationally?
Gothamist |

Republican Rep. Mike Lawler concedes to Cait Conley after voting machine snafu

Malfunctioning voting machines in Westchester County delayed ballot scanning in heavily Democratic Westchester County.
Gothamist |

Rebecca Bennett flips NJ Republican House seat for Democrats

A newcomer to New Jersey politics, Bennett won in what was once considered a safe Republican district, helping Democrats in their attempt to retake the House of Representatives.
Gothamist |
YOU ARE ONLINE