The issue of gay rights has been on the mind of writer Christopher Piatt. Piatt campaigned for President Obama and traveled to Washington for the inauguration, but the past few months have made him disenchanted. Listen to an excerpt from his open letter to the President, which was originally performed at the Playground Theater in Chicago.

Music Button: Connie Price & the Keystones, “Tell Me Something”, from the CD Tell Me Something, (Ubiquity)