It’s been over a month since testimony was heard on Maryland’s Bill 566, a proposition which would prohibit discrimination “based on gender identity with regard to public accommodations, housing, and employment” in the state. The Maryland legislature is slated to adjourn on Monday, and both the House and the Senate have failed to take action on the legislation.

They’re just waiting for it to die.

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Welcome to the new City Paper podcast, “Five Minutes* You’ll Never Get Back.” Each Tuesday, City Lights Editor Mike Riggs and I will go head to head on current issues of sex, media, and politics (but mostly sex). What will you get for your five minutes?

- Sexy/Unsexy, in which we praise, shame last week’s talking points.

- Intern Bobby, in which intrepid City Paper intern Bobby Allyn asks the questions.

- Hess v. Riggs, in which we disagree.

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