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Americast: LGBT Rights Special: Padam Vice President

LGBT Rights Special: Padam Vice President

BBC Radio - Americast, LGBT Rights Special: Padam Vice President

Is this the most divisive issue in American politics?

Are LGBT rights the most divisive issue in American politics? With Queer Eye’s Bobby Berk.

Rainbow flags symbolising LGBT freedoms are being flown in many parts of the world this Pride month, but in some parts of America they are being lowered due to state bans. Why have these kinds of issues become so political?

Bobby Berk, star of hit makeover show Queer Eye, joins the Americast team, along with a Republican activist, to tell us how LGBT people are feeling across the US political divide.

HOSTS:
• Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter
• Sarah Smith, North America editor
• Marianna Spring, disinformation and social media correspondent
• Anthony Zurcher, North America correspondent

GUESTS:
• Bobby Berk, ‘Queer Eye’ host
• Jerri Ann Henry, Republican LGBT rights activist

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This episode was made by Daniel Wittenberg, with Alix Pickles, Natasha Fernandes and Miranda Slade. The technical producer was Mike Regaard and the sound designer was David Crackles. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.

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