With making change . Also, the debate over kink at pride. Some say these events need to be more familyfriendly, others say pride has to welcome absolutely everyone. The chairman of San Franciscos leathermens Discussion Group joins us live. And lgbtq history goes back a lot further than you might think. Our producer brings us the latest research on people like Alexander The Great and william shakespeare. From nbc news in washington, im Joshua Johnson, welcome to the week. This week brought some big developments in the fight over Voting Rights. Yesterday, the doj announced that it is suing the State Of Georgia over restrictive new voting laws passed there. This as the biden administrations first major move against numerous republicansupported laws. Critics say theyre designed to make it harder to vote. The lawsuit comes just days after democrats in congress failed to advance the for the people act. Attorney general Merrick Garland called on congress to do more. Our complaint alleges that
With making change . Also, the debate over kink at pride. Some say these events need to be more familyfriendly, others say pride has to welcome absolutely everyone. The chairman of San Franciscos leathermens Discussion Group joins us live. And lgbtq history goes back a lot further than you might think. Our producer brings us the latest research on people like Alexander The Great and william shakespeare. From nbc news in washington, im Joshua Johnson, welcome to the week. This week brought some big developments in the fight over Voting Rights. Yesterday, the doj announced that it is suing the State Of Georgia over restrictive new voting laws passed there. This as the biden administrations first major move against numerous republicansupported laws. Critics say theyre designed to make it harder to vote. The lawsuit comes just days after democrats in congress failed to advance the for the people act. Attorney general Merrick Garland called on congress to do more. Our complaint alleges that
With making change . Also, the debate over kink at pride. Some say these events need to be more familyfriendly, others say pride has to welcome absolutely everyone. The chairman of San Franciscos leathermens Discussion Group joins us live. And lgbtq history goes back a lot further than you might think. Our producer brings us the latest research on people like Alexander The Great and william shakespeare. From nbc news in washington, im Joshua Johnson, welcome to the week. This week brought some big developments in the fight over Voting Rights. Yesterday, the doj announced that it is suing the State Of Georgia over restrictive new voting laws passed there. This as the biden administrations first major move against numerous republicansupported laws. Critics say theyre designed to make it harder to vote. The lawsuit comes just days after democrats in congress failed to advance the for the people act. Attorney general Merrick Garland called on congress to do more. Our complaint alleges that
community and the right is never going to accept me or look out for me or want me, part of the broader picture. so let s stop infighting and start focusing on advancing our community. yeah, there s bigger battles to fight than within each other. you know, sexuality, it s human nature. we portray ourselves a little more hypersexual than maybe other parts of the community, but we re still part of this community. before i have to let you go, there may be someone who s watching this who either identifies with you as a leatherman or knows someone who is kinky or who s into something that may seem unusual and just doesn t know what to do with them or with themselves anymore. for someone who may be wrestling with that, thinking about that, what would you say to them before i ve got to let you go? i would say that, you know, do some research. read and part of leatherman s
divide comes from today? there was a piece in rolling stone that referred to puriteens. these teens who want to keep kink out of pride celebrations. i m not sure this is generational. i think this has been here since the community coalesced in the last few decade, but where do you see this debate coming from? i think that the right has a way oaf infiltrating our subconscious to where there s a little self-loathing. but i have to say, whether miami wearing high heels or boots or a fig leaf marching down mark street, i m still part of this community and the right is never going to accept me or look out for me or want me, part of the broader picture. so let s stop infighting and start focusing on advancing our community. yeah, there s bigger battles to