Rachel Maddow keeps it real

I’ve been playing catch-up with a lot of people in Vancouver this past month, and while out with Barb Snelgrove last night, she told me to check out this Rachel Maddow interview with “author” and homo-to-hetero convert Richard Cohen:

Intense? No shit. Keep watching until she starts grilling him on race, and don’t miss her final punch at the end of the interview. Maddow is amazing and definitely deserves an LGBT salute from this blog.

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