Gay exhibit, which was going to be held at the smithsonian. 1995, so this was the 50th anniversary. In the midst of this, i decided with one of my students, whose mother survived the atomic bombing in hiroshima, we decided we would do Something Special to commemorate the 50th anniversary. We brought students to kyoto and hiroshima. This, theere planning smithsonian exhibit got canceled. Bring some we would artifacts to American University and it do an exhibit here on the 50th anniversary. That was the first time that the a bomb museum ever did an exhibit outside of japan. We have been doing one every year cents. This is the 70th anniversary of the bombing and we decided to do it again at American University. We combined artifacts from hiroshima and nagasaki with the marie key hiroshima panels. Marukiare the hiroshima panels. To where be compared the guernica paintings. Put together with these artifacts and with childrens drawings from an Elementary School in hiroshima, as i will explai
Bombs that were dropped by the u. S. Military during the vietnam war. Panelists include an environmentalist, a vietnam veteran, and several Staff Members from project for new, a vietnambased educational and bomber moving excavation bomb removing excavation. This was hosted in conjunction with the vietnam traveling exhibit. Hello. Interlude, an interlude that will remind us of 50 years ago in a very different way, but i want to first make two informational points. One is, you see that poster that is over there . What that is is imagining the wall if it represented all of vietnamese, lao, and cambodian that were killed. Our numbers were the different than the ones we heard today, but in any case, the white is there, that recognition of all of the deaths is a far more massive issue. I would like to introduce mary poster, if she will stand up. You will hear her at the white house tonight. Poignantlyer speak about her situation. Mary is from ball state university, where they organized the o
For our right to be able to get married in a church. For us, faith is really important. Its really difficult to actually have a religious ceremony. I think within five years i or so, i think we will have Same Sex Marriage in the church. So, how did we get here . And is everyone in the country able to benefit from the changes in the law ten years on . I guess its how equal is equal marriage . Its ten years since the first Same Sex Marriages in the uk and, for many people, it is a bit of a milestone. Part of me struggled to come out and i wish id done it a bit sooner, and i wondered if we had more role models when i was growing up, if that might have been a bit easier. A six week stop to fighting in the middle east. I also speak to lots of people in this job and hear different opinions on issues in the news and, historically, the law hasnt always been on the side of gay people. It took decades of protests and campaigning to eventually see marriage laws change in march 2014. I am now very
Changed things as much as it seems like it might ve. Theres still so much work to be done to try and fight for our right to be able to get married in a church. For us, faith is really important. Its really difficult to actually have a religious ceremony. I think within five years i or so, i think we will have Same Sex Marriage in the church. So, how did we get here . And is everyone in the country able to benefit from the changes in the law ten years on . I guess its how equal is equal marriage . Live from washington, this is bbc news. Israels Foreign Minister says his countrys military its ten years since the first could suspend its planned Same Sex Marriages in the uk incursion into rafah and, for many people, if there is a deal where hamas releases its remaining hostages. It is a bit of a milestone. Part of me struggled to come after more russian attacks on ukraine, president zelensky out and i wish id done it renews his appeal for a bit sooner, and i wondered if we had more western
Equal is gay marriage . Wanting that this programme contains flashing images. I think if i look back to when i came out, when i was 22 a couple of years before, you know, gay marriage was a thing that you could do the world that was around me or any person thinking about coming out then is so different to what a lot of people seem to experience now. Theres a couple of teachers who are, like, lgbt trained. I didnt come out till i was in my 205. Yeah, that was a difficult, difficult time for me. I mean, i always knew i was gay, so i actually saw all of my siblings get| married, one by one. And weve a decade since that law changed. Societys changed, expectations have changed. Im interested to know whether gay marriage has changed things as much as it seems like it might ve. Theres still so much work to be done to try and fight for our right to be able to get married in a church. For us, faith is really important. Its really difficult to actually have a religious ceremony. I think within f