As the issue of Same Sex marriage is covered widely in the media  "Beyond Gay Marriage" takes an a critical  look at the Gay Marriage movement and asks : Why is gay marriage the primary issue of the Gay Community ?  And is Same Sex marriage really the issue most LGBT people are interested in ?  What effect does the funding and emphasis on Same Sex Marriage  have on displacing other crucial  life and death LGBT  issues ?  This  radio documentary presents the voices of LGBT scholars and activists seldom heard in the media, all of whom provide a cutting edge  critique of the "Gay Marriage" movement and the mainstreaming of gay politics and talk about  what  progressive  Queers are working on instead.   Featured are  the voices of important LGBT scholars like  NYU Professor Lisa Duggan, Law Professor Dean Spade and Portland State University  Professor Priya Kandaswamy,  as well as  LGBT  activists like  Kenyon Farrow, Executuve Director of Queers for Economic Justice,   Brian Bassinger, Executive Director of the Aids Housing Alliance, SF and Kate Kendal, Excutive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights,  as well as many  others .  This documentary provides a  critque you will not hear anywhere else in the mainstream media,  yet it is a critque that raises fundamental questions about the direction of the Gay movement and Gay marriage.   

As the issue of Same Sex marriage is covered widely in the media  "Beyond Gay Marriage" takes an a critical  look at the Gay Marriage movement and asks : Why is gay marriage the primary issue of the Gay Community ?  And is Same Sex marriage really the issue most LGBT people are interested in ?  What effect does the funding and emphasis on Same Sex Marriage  have on displacing other crucial  life and death LGBT  issues ?  This  radio documentary presents the voices of LGBT scholars and activists seldom heard in the media, all of whom provide a cutting edge  critique of the "Gay Marriage" movement and the mainstreaming of gay politics and talk about  what  progressive  Queers are working on instead.   Featured are  the voices of important LGBT scholars like  NYU Professor Lisa Duggan, Law Professor Dean Spade and Portland State University  Professor Priya Kandaswamy,  as well as  LGBT  activists like  Kenyon Farrow, Executuve Director of Queers for Economic Justice,   Brian Bassinger, Executive Director of the Aids Housing Alliance, SF and Kate Kendal, Excutive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights,  as well as many  others .  This documentary provides a  critque you will not hear anywhere else in the mainstream media,  yet it is a critque that raises fundamental questions about the direction of the Gay movement and Gay marriage.