Hospitals' desperate need for donated blood during COVID-19 forced an end to a long-held policy blocking gay men from donating. But not without controversy. The Navy waived the Trump administration's ban on transgender personnel for one lieutenant. Is this the first step in rescinding the ban altogether? And another historic moment in Boston will, for the first time, not be celebrated with a party in the streets — Boston Pride's 50th anniversary has been postponed to next year.

Those stories and more on our LGBTQ News Round Table.

Guests:
Grace Sterling Stowell — executive director of the Boston Alliance of Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Youth, or BAGLY.

Janson Wu — executive director of GLAD GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders.

Sue O'Connell — political commentator for NECN and co-publisher of Bay Windows and South End News.

LATER in the show:

Digital Bingeing: Time On Screens During COVID-19

Never before did parents think they’d be encouraging more screen time. But now, in the midst of a pandemic and nation-wide social distancing, we’re telling our kids to get online. That is, when they don't have to share the Wifi with the adults in the house...

With school lessons online on Zoom, and social media like TikTok all the rage, what's the impact of double the screen use? And what are the privacy implications of virtually sharing so much of our personal lives?

Guests:

Dr. Delaney Ruston - primary care physician based in Seattle, documentary filmmaker, and creator of award-winning film "Screenagers" and "Screenagers NEXT CHAPTER."

Leah Plunkett - associate dean and associate professor at University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law, faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard, and author of “Sharenthood.”

SHOW CREDITS:

Under the Radar with Callie Crossley is a production of WGBH, produced by
Hannah Uebele and engineered by Dave Goodman.

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