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There's no question that it's easier to come out now than it has been in the past — at least for some of today's youth, in some places, in some situations.  But is being gay such a non-issue that people shouldn't even have to come out?  In this edition, Adam disagrees with friends who say that being gay has no more effect on people than having brown eyes.

Mark, a new OutCaster in our main studio in Westchester County, NY, talks about his identity as a bisexual man in Dublin, Ireland, and about the phenomenon of bisexual erasure — the mistaken belief that bisexuality is not a real orientation but rather a temporary self-identification people adopt before they come out as gay.

Sydney reacts to the Republican Party platform, which some have called the most anti-LGBTQ party platform in history.

On this episode of OutCasting, we follow up on the previous version of OutCasting, which featured an abridged reading of the play, "Queering History," written by Maggie Keenan-Bolger with homeless LGBTQ youth.  The play illustrates the effects of the exclusion of LGBTQ history in our schools.  In this episode, OutCaster Travis talks with Maggie about the play.

Coincidentially, three years ago, on July 14, 2011, the Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful (FAIR) Act was signed into law in California, ending the exclusion of LGBTQ history in California schools. On an earlier edition of OutCasting, we spoke about the law with its sponsor, Cal. State Sen. Mark Leno.