Don Lemon: “Process Is the Punishment”

Don Lemon: “Process Is the Punishment”

Author: Overnight Productions, Inc. February 17, 2026 Duration: 28:58
Was Donald Trump’s personal antipathy towards Don Lemon the real reason behind the gay African American journalist’s arrest? Lemon made a surprise appearance at the Human Rights Campaign’s New York City gala, then spoke out for the First Amendment after his initial court appearance. The pioneering work on sexual liberation of Anais Nin and notable February dates in LGBTQ+ history in the Rainbow Rewind (produced by Sheri Lunn and Brian DeShazor). And in NewWrap: cohabitating same-gender couples in the Philippines can now be recognized as joint owners of property that they acquire during their relationship, trans people in the U.K. can use bathrooms and changing rooms that match their gender identity – except in the workplace, public school officials in the U.K. are being directed to notify parents if their child’s behavior suggests that they are questioning their gender identity, New Hampshire’s Republican Governor Kelly Ayotte for the second time vetoes a bill to require trans students to use sex-segregated school bathrooms and changing facilities that match their gender assigned at birth, embattled U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s fiery five-hour joust with minority Democrats culminated in an explosive confrontation with Vermont’s lesbian Congress member Becca Balint, and more international LGBTQ news reported this week by Sarah Montague and Joe Boehnlein (produced by Brian DeShazor). All this on the February 16, 2026 edition of This Way Out! Join our family of listener-donors today at thiswayout.org/donate/.

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