Netroots videos: The Plan to Advance Marriage Equality; Joe on the catwalk

One of the panels that I served on at Netroots Nation 2011 was "The Plan to Advance Marriage Equality, Inside and Outside of the 112th Congress," moderated by my good friend Joe Sudbay, deputy editor of AMERICAblog.com and AMERICAblog Gay:

This panel will gather experts from the various fronts of the marriage equality struggle--the courts, Congress, state campaigns and online media--to answer the question: how do we work together to advance marriage equality in a challenging political environment? Too often activists, lawmakers and litigators work independently and don't communicate effectively with each other. Congressman Jerry Nadler, author of the Respect for Marriage Act, which would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), will join other leaders in the fight for marriage equality to build awareness and solidify alliances and strategies for moving forward.

The event was the idea of one of the strongest advocates on the Hill Congressman Jerry Nadler (D-NY8) and his selection of panelists represented a nice variety of points of view and experiences to discuss - Rick Jacobs of the Courage Campaign and co-founder of Brave New Films and Camilla Taylor, the Marriage Project Director of Lambda Legal. IMany people came up to me after the panel to say it was one of the most informative and enlightening sessions they attended. Thank the Congressman for that and Joe for great moderation; there was a lot of great Q&A, so take a look:

Watch live streaming video from fstv1 at livestream.com

Also see at AMERICAblogGay: NYT on Obama's evolving, and devolving, views on gay marriage - includes yet another excuse for past position in support of marriage equality

Now just to show you that it's not all about networking and panels at NN, check out the catwalk skilz of Joe Sudbay, who was one of the runway models the night before for the Made in America Fashion Show, sponsored by the Alliance for American Manufacturing.

Igor Volsky of Think Progress LGBT and I did a bit of coaching prior to the big show; Joe wanted to avoid a Zoolander moment.