Dec 10 2008

Progressive TV Watch: Sex Change Hospital

Another show to watch: cross posted on Choice Words by our own Molly Dilworth!
Has anyone seen this show on WeTV called Sex Change Hospital?

“Based in Trinidad, Colorado, this six-part series follows patients as they arrive in this Old West mining town—dubbed the ‘Sex Change Capital of the World’—to see Dr. Marci Bowers, formerly Mark Bowers, who’ll provide them with the ultimate life-changing operation. From retired grandfathers to construction workers,…more

Dec 1 2008

World AIDS Day

On this, World AIDS Day, you can catch Madonna’s documentary “I Am Because We Are” on the Sundance Channel at 9 p.m. (EST). The documentary takes a look at the devastating scourge of the disease in Africa. The documentary addresses the role that limited resources and low access to medical facilities, and gender discrimination play in spreading the disease.

Here at GoLeft, we also love the Good Catholics Use Condoms Campaign - which…more

Nov 19 2008

Tyra Highlights Teen Sexuality

Over the summer more than 10,000 teenage girls and young women took part in an anonymous survey through the website of the “The Tyra Banks Show.” Survey questions focused on sexuality, sexually transmitted diseases and teen pregnancy, amongst other things, and the results were shocking. 

Here are some findings from the survey:

* On average, girls are losing their virginity at 15 years of age.
* 14 percent of…more

Nov 19 2008

Grey’s Anatomy Tackles Animal Rights - Guest Blogger Mat Thomas

TV Watch: Grey’s Anatomy
by Mat Thomas

Popular and critically-acclaimed doctor show Grey’s Anatomy should be commended for recently airing an episode exploring the question of whether it is justifiable to use live animals as subjects for the education of surgeons-in-training. One of the main subplots of “Life During Wartime” (episode 506) focuses on a “skills lab” in which live, anesthetized pigs are critically injured so that they can…more

Nov 6 2008

Activists Win Big on Proposition 2 in CA

The YES! on Prop 2 campaign has been the greatest undertaking on behalf of farm animals in U.S. history, raising enough public awareness and support to end three of the cruelest confinement systems with one ballot measure in spite of massive funding from the industry–backed opposition.

The YES on Prop 2 campaign was run by Californians for Humane Farms, a coalition headed by Farm Sanctuary and the Humane Society of the United States.…more