Fired state employee fights for benefits
After Andrew Shirvell was fired from the Michigan Attorney General's office for misconduct, he sued and won unemployment benefits. Jeffrey Toobin and Deborah Gordon, the lawyer for a former University...
View ArticleLawsuit over therapy to change sexuality
Michael Ferguson tells AC360° that he participated in "very strange" interventions as part of a controversial therapy that was intended to change patients' sexuality from gay to straight. Now he's...
View ArticleDr. Drew on controversial therapy
Dr. Drew makes the distinction between kids subjected to reparative therapy and adults who choose the treatment that's meant to change a patient's sexual orientation. Anderson Cooper tells Drew what...
View ArticleBad medicine vs. First Amendment rights
California’s ban on a so-called therapy that claims to turn gay children and teens straight is under attack. It’s being challenged on first amendment grounds. But is this a case of free speech or bad...
View ArticleStudy: Homosexuality can be passed down
A new study considers what makes people gay. Anderson Cooper asks Dr. Drew about the controversial theory related to epigenetics and epi-marks that can be passed from father to daughter or mother to son.
View ArticleSantorum on Portman's gay marriage support
In an exclusive interview with CNN's Dana Bash, Ohio Senator Rob Portman announced he has changed his stance on same-sex marriage because his 21-year-old son is gay. CNN asked his conservative...
View ArticleMcCain: Suffering continues in Syria
Anderson Cooper spoke with Senator John McCain about the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Syria two years after civilian protests began, leading to a brutal crackdown by President Bashar al-Assad and a...
View ArticleKluwe: People 'not being treated fairly'
There are no openly gay players in the NFL. Minn. Vikings punter Chris Kluwe talks about why that is and when it might change. Kluwe says he believes some players are not open about their sexuality...
View ArticleAC360 411: Battle over same-sex marriage
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases concerning same-sex marriage. One case hinges on the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8, which bans such marriages in the...
View ArticleBarkley: Jason Collins will open debate
Charles Barkley, Emeka Okafor and Kenny Smith discuss Jason Collins, the first active pro player to come out and its impact on the NBA.
View ArticleFormer pro soccer player explains why he hid being gay
On Monday NBA player Jason Collins became the first openly gay athlete playing for an American pro sports team. The center who played for the Boston Celtics and Washington Wizards last year made the...
View ArticleSpike Lee: I support Jason Collins
Filmmaker Spike Lee talks with Anderson Cooper about the reaction to NBA player Jason Collins coming out. Lee believes the push for gay rights started with the Civil Rights Movement. He thinks Collins...
View ArticleWatkins: Being gay is not a choice
Anderson Cooper talks with LZ Granderson and Professor Boyce Watkins about NBA player Jason Collins coming out and why some people are offended by comparing the Civil Rights Movement to the gay rights...
View ArticleJason Collins: Living in the public eye
Anderson Cooper, Eva Longoria, Christiane Amanpour, Jeffrey Toobin and Amy Holmes talk about private lives exposed and the price of fame. And Anderson shares his personal message for NBA player Jason...
View ArticleChurch cancels Butler after Collins tweet
Fmr. NFL player LeRoy Butler was going to speak about bullying at a Wisconsin church, but they canceled because Butler supports Jason Collins, a gay NBA player. He tells Anderson Cooper why their...
View ArticleIs a boycott of the Sochi games enough?
While some debate whether an Olympic boycott is an appropriate response to the wave of anti-gay violence in Russia, some say that does not go far enough. Former White House senior adviser Richard...
View ArticleGreg Louganis on talk of Olympic boycott
Greg Louganis suffered through two Olympic boycotts during his career as an Olympic diver. There is talk of a new boycott over a law targeting gays in Russia. But Louganis explains to Anderson why he...
View ArticleA dangerous time to be gay in Russia
The number of anti-gay attacks in Russia is on the rise. Those speaking out for gay rights are being routinely beaten as police look on - sometimes by the police themselves. Now Russia's leaders claim...
View ArticleKeeping them Honest: Gay journalist punks Russian owned TV network
It was supposed to be a discussion about Bradley Manning, on the RT news network. But when it was time for openly gay American journalist James Kirchick to speak, he pulled out his rainbow suspenders...
View ArticleKeeping Them Honest: Texas Republican lawmaker defends reparative therapy
Reparative therapy is also known as gay conversion therapy. There is no scientific evidence this practice works and groups like the American Psychiatric Association have condemned it. New Jersey and...
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