Airing live on National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate WHYY, this 8th annual symposium features NPR Radio Times talk-show host Marty Moss-Coane as moderator with panelists Evan Wolfson, Executive Director, Freedom to Marry Project; Lord Mayor Klaus Wowereit, Berlin, Germany; Kate Kendell, Executive Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights; and Elizabeth Birch, Executive Director, Human Rights Campaign (HRC).

In the first hour, panelists examine the implications of the laws banning sodomy and the Supreme Court's upcoming rulings on these laws. In hour two, they explore Germany's attitude toward gays and lesbians, how it has changed considerably since the days of the Holocaust, and what Americans can learn from this country and its progressive culture of tolerance.