KPR Presents: Sasha Issenberg, The Fight for Gay Marriage

By Kaye McIntyre

Published October 17, 2021 at 4:15 PM CDT

Conversation with Sasha Issenberg, Part 2

In honor of LGBTQ History Month, how marriage equality went from a political nonstarter to the law of the land in just thirty years. Kaye McIntyre visits with Sasha Issenberg, the author of "The Engagement: America's Quarter-Century Struggle over Same-Sex Marriage." O: The Oprah Magazine has named "The Engagement" one of the best LGBTQ Books of 2021.

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Kaye McIntyre

Kaye starts her weekends the same way you do: with Weekend Edition, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, This American Life, and The Moth Radio Hour. She started at Kansas Public Radio in 2001; in 2006, she became the producer of our weekly public affairs program, KPR Presents, which changed its name in 2025 to Prairie Journal. In her spare time, she loves to read, travel, and attend theater.

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