NEW YORK, March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM today
announced that television personality Rosie
O'Donnell will host an intimate Q&A session in front of
a select group of listeners featuring journalist, author, and gay
rights activist Michelangelo
Signorile for the SiriusXM "Town Hall" series on
Thursday, April 2.
Moderated by Emmy Award winning comedian, television personality
and LGBT pioneer Rosie O'Donnell,
"SiruisXM's Town Hall with Michelangelo
Signorile" will air on Monday, April
13, 2015 at 4:00 pm ET on
SiriusXM Progress channel 127, on Thursday,
April 16 at 2:00 pm ET on
SiriusXM OutQ channel 106 and via satellite and through the
SiriusXM Internet Radio App on smartphones and other connected
devices, as well as online at siriusxm.com. For full rebroadcast
dates and times, please visit www.siriusxm.com/townhall.
For the sit-down interview at SiriusXM's New York City studios, SiriusXM host
Michelangelo Signorile will join
Rosie O'Donnell to discuss his book,
It's Not Over: Getting Beyond Tolerance, Defeating Homophobia,
and Winning True Equality (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) and the
current status of gay rights in America. With the Supreme
Court set to hear arguments over the constitutionality of same-sex
marriage on April 28, Signorile will
share with SiriusXM listeners nationwide his thoughts on America's
deep-rooted homophobia and overcoming the current
obstacles.
"SiriusXM's Town Hall with Michelangelo
Signorile" is part of SiriusXM's "Town Hall" series,
featuring iconic entertainers and figures sitting down with studio
audiences of SiriusXM listeners. Previous SiriusXM "Town Hall"
specials have featured Bruce
Springsteen, Tom Petty,
Eminem, Katy Perry, Willie Nelson, Alicia
Keys, KISS, Tony Bennett,
Coldplay, Cher, Ringo Starr,
Taylor Swift, Usher, Pearl Jam,
Roger Waters and the surviving
members of Nirvana.
After the broadcast, "SiriusXM's Town Hall with Michelangelo Signorile" will be available on
SiriusXM On Demand for subscribers listening via the SiriusXM
Internet Radio App for smartphones and other mobile devices or
online at siriusxm.com. Visit www.siriusxm.com/ondemand for more
info on SiriusXM On Demand.
Rosie O'Donnell has served as
America's best friend and a special inspiration to women of all
ages. She was host and executive producer of the critically
acclaimed and Emmy Award winning nationally syndicated talk/variety
series "The Rosie O'Donnell Show," and most recently returned to
daytime television as co-host of ABC's The View. She produced
the musical "Taboo" on Broadway and can currently be seen in
her recurring role as Rita Henricks
on ABC Family's "The Fosters." A tireless crusader for
children, she established the Rosie's For All Kids Foundation,
which has awarded more than $27 million
dollars in grants to over 1,400 child-related non-profit
organizations benefiting low income families across the country.
Rosie's Theater Kids provides free in-school, after-school
and summer instruction in musical theater to the public school
children of New York. Recently,
Rosie received an incredible milestone in philanthropy when she was
awarded the prestigious Isabelle
Stevenson Award at the 2014 Tony Awards for her dedication,
commitment and unconditional generosity towards arts education and
New York City's public
schools.
Michelangelo Signorile is the
host of SiriusXM's The Michelangelo Show which airs on
SiriusXM Progress channel 127 and is an editor-at-large for
Huffington Post Gay Voices. An award-winning journalist,
Signorile has written for dozens of publications, including the
New York Times, Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine,
Salon, and The Village Voice.
For more information on SiriusXM, please visit
www.siriusxm.com.
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