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New research into Google’s algorithm finds that when LGBTQ teens are in crisis and searching for help online, Google is giving them debunked religious therapy as the top options. A Michigan judge issued a ruling that essentially (and shockingly) approves of January 6th. And according to everyone in the country, the Democrats are in “disarray.”…

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We break down Trump’s and MAGA’s threats to “invade” Chicago. Over 20,000 people marched in political protest in Washington DC over the weekend. Plus, Dr. Samuel Clowes Huneke returns to share his perspectives on how to describe MAGA: is Fascist the right term and has the US always had Fascism woven into its federal and…

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“Only Ugly Guys” runs at Gremlin Theatre in St. Paul from Sept 11th-27th. Playwright Kurt Engh joins us to discuss! For tickets and more info: https://events.humanitix.com/only-ugly-guys. Plus, Eli Clare’s new book Unfurl is out September 16th and Eli joins us to talk about this queer disabled love song that explores the pulsing core and porous…

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Brianne Brinker is a former NCAA Division I men’s hockey goalie and coach who publicly transitioned in her 50s while serving as Assistant Athletic Director at Union College. Her new memoir is Skating Out of the Vault which comes out September 16. It explores identity, love, and resilience. Pre-order your copy here: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9781966655381

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We discuss Gerika Mudra’s lawsuit against Buffalo Wild Wings for anti-LGBTQ discrimination. Sara Jane Baldwin, senior staff attorney at Gender Justice joins us to discuss the case. Gender Justice filed the charge of discrimination with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights on behalf of 18-year-old Gerika Mudra. In other legal news, the Michigan Attorney General,…

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 A comprehensive review of the latest news and developments on last week’s shooting at Annunciation Catholic School and Church in Minneapolis.

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The film Twinless opens in theaters September 5th. John and Jim give us their advance reviews! Get your tickets here: https://www.fandango.com/twinless-2025-241636/movie-overview Plus, Minneapolis Musical Theatre’s concert production of Anyone Can Whistle runs September 5th – 14th at the Conn Theatre. Tickets and more info: https://www.aboutmmt.org/2025-26-season/

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Nia Bentall is the Senior Director of Mobilization & Partnerships at Vote Forward. Vote Forward is a pro-democracy nonprofit committed to supporting voter participation. Since launching in 2017, Vote Forward has organized 285,000 volunteers to write more than 40 million letters to voters to get them to the polls. We talk about the successes and…

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John Parker and Jim Pounds host today and provide updates on a mass shooting at a Minneapolis church. Plus Jake Wittich, Managing Editor for Windy City Times provides us with LGBTQ news from Chicago and the midwest.

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Harvard has cut positions designed to support LGBTQ students. Surprising legal victories for the LGBTQ community in Kenya and Czech Republic. A judge rules that Pennsylvania can’t throw out mail ballots. And one area of Republican resistance to Trump is happening in the Senate.

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Ron DeSantis just erased a memorial to the victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting. Liberal think tank Third Way issues their own Don’t Say Gay memo. HHS cancels $12 million sex-ed grant after California refuses to eliminate gender identity lessons. Not to be out done: the Supreme Court just set back health research a generation.

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Crime Ink: Iconic (An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Famous Queer Icons), is a new anthology of crime fiction and it comes out September 2nd. Its co-editor (John Copenhaver) and one of its contributing authors (Anne Laughlin) join us! Plus, Jim and John review the films Spark and Perfect Endings. Purchase your copy of…

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John is joined by exectuve producer Jim Pounds, Jalisa McKee of Native Roots Radio and Trading Post, and other special guests.

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Freda Ndidi Epum joins us to discuss her memoir: The Gloomy Girl Variety Show: A Memoir. Merging memoir, poetry, and criticism, this radical literary revue traces a first-generation Nigerian American’s search for home and belonging on her own terms. Purchase your copy here: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9781558613102. Connect with Freda here: http://www.fredaepum.com. Plus, anti-LGBTQ protestors used the threat…

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Tammye Nash, Managing Editor of the Dallas Voice returns with new reporting on what’s happening in Texas with the proposed maps and Democratic boycott. Plus, a federal judge struck down Florida’s book ban law. Finally. But Trump has already implemented 69% of Project 2025. We’ll break down what it means and lawsuits challenging these actions.…

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We bring you our in-depth reporting from Iceland’s 2025 PRIDE week! See below for links. Key Reykjavik Pride links: 1) hinsegindagar.is/en/ 2) https://dunda.is 3) instagram.com/pottery.by.jane/ 4) instagram.com/brst.art In other news, Arkansas is trying to ban haircuts for trans people. Yes, really. And the state of Georgia is forcing incarcerated people to de-transition.

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Daniel M. Lavery’s new novella Christmas at the Women’s Hotel drops October 14. He joins us to discuss! Pre-order your copy here: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9780063455016 Plus, Jim and I review an Italian gay double-feature for you: Mascarpone and Mascarpone: The Rainbow Cake. And we preview the upcoming The Joffrey + Ballet in the U.S. opening October 3…

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Attorney Christina Fialho and Mayor of West Hollywood Chelsea Byers discuss the new proposed ordinances in West Hollywood that would legally recognize family structures of all kinds: non-nuclear, polyamorous, and chosen families. Learn more at the City of West Hollywood’s website: https://www.weho.org. Connect with Chelsea here: https://christinafialho.com.  

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We say goodbye to Christopher Kane as he leaves the Washington Blade for a new role. He shares his latest (and last) reporting for the Washington Blade. Plus Jake Wittich Managing Editor for Windy City Times is back to share his reporting on Chicago protests targeting hospital cuts to gender-affirming care for youth, the Illinois…

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The United States Senate is officially considering legislation to ban pornography in the United States. Nepal has held its first ever Pride parade. The United States Airforce will kick out trans servicemembers and will not pay out earned retirement benefits.

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The American Idol star has a new album dropping August 8. We’ll talk about his time on Idol (it’s eye opening) as well as his new album. Follow Jim on Instagram @jimverraros for updates and stream his new album everywhere you get your music on August 8!

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John and Jim are in Iceland for Reykjavik Pride! They’ll join guest host Philip Anthony live. Then, Philip takes you through the newest LGBTQ national headlines.

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Tammye Nash, Managing Editor of the Dallas Voice returns with new reporting on X, Y, Z. Plus, incoming! Drag Queen Jessica L’Whor will be performing all across the Twin Cities August 8-10 (Gay 90s, Union Rooftop, and Mall of America!). Learn more: jessicalwhor.com Dallas Voice just started its 42nd year as the Voice of the…

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Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner and LGBTQ people have one response: America, we warned you. Brown University is the latest to give up academic freedom. But Ulta Beauty is not backing down from selling a new cosmetics line from Jonathan Van Ness. Plus, the new Artistic Director of Children’s Theatre Company, Rick…

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Jonathan Parks-Ramage joins us to discuss his new novel: It’s Not The End of the World. Order your copy here: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9781639736140. Plus, Author Lance Garland’s new memoir Out There: Dispatches from My Personal Wilderness is coming out October 7th. Pre-order it here: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9781595343253

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April Bethea and Sammy Luffy from the Funders for LGBTQ Issues join me to talk about their annual tracking report of LGBTQ grantmaking on this week’s Thinking Clearly, Thinking Queerly episode. Key links: https://lgbtfunders.org/newsposts/tracking-report-launch/ https://lgbtfunders.org/data-explorer/ https://lgbtfunders.org/research-item/2023-tracking-report/ https://lgbtfunders.org/research/#Data

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Jake Wittich Managing Editor for Windy City Times is back to share his reporting on how a new lawsuit against Northwestern University claims the university used its ‘discrimination policy’ to justify LGBTQ+ cuts. Plus, Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton has outlined her LGBTQ+ rights platform and policy agenda for her Senate bid. Windy City Times…

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It’s time to get on board with repealing and replacing the second amendment. Another federal court on Friday granted a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration. U.S. Olympics has banned trans women athletes. Christians who are federal employees can legally try to convert their colleagues to Christianity in the workplace. Speaking of Christians, a…

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John puts his Editor’s hat on to consider who Trump’s protecting with the Epstein files and how investigative journalists should figure it out. Plus, John and Jim go on a tour of the US identifying all the (known) MAGA elected officials who are watching porn at work or credibly accused of soliciting kids for sex.…

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The Washington Blade’s Christopher Kane makes his bi-weekly appearance, plus the LGBT advocacy of the late Ozzy Osbourne, Trump loses another court case related to AIDS funding, and a landmark decision leaves countries liable to lawsuits for not mitigiating climate change.

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Guest host Jake Wittich is joined by Anna DaShawn and Maureen SanDiego

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John and Jim review two new LGBTQ films from 2025: The Wedding Banquet (a remake of Ang Lee’s 1990s film of the same name) and A Nice Indian Boy (starring Karan Soni and Jonathan Groff). Plus, the Emmy nominations are out. Lot’s to discuss.

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Neil Aasve, founder of The Visibility Impact Fund, joins us to discuss what bisexual specific programming looks like, the current state of bisexual+ philanthropy, and why identity focused funding matters. Learn more and donate here: https://www.visibilityimpactfund.org

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Jake Wittich, Managing Editor of Windy City Times, returns to discuss LGBTQ Illinois State Senator Mike Simmons’ bid for Congress. Plus, U.S. Rep Robin Kelly pledges to confirm only pro-LGBTQ+ judges in U.S. Senate bid. Plus, Jake sat down with Evan Low president and CEO of the LGBTQ+ Victory Institute. Windy City Times has been…

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Amy Hewitt, Director of the Institute on Community Integration at the University of Minnesota joins us to discuss looming funding cuts from the Trump administration. For 40 years, the Institute has led research and policy development for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Plus, LGBTQ philanthropic giving takes an alarming dive in a recent report…

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It’s the second Monday of the month and Samuel Clowes Huneke returns to discuss MAGA followers, Mahmoud v Taylor, and the Big Ugly Bill. Plus, the EEOC will take-up cases on discrimination against trans people after a temporary ban. And Rosie O’Donell responds to Trump’s statement saying he wants to take away O’Donnell’s citizenship. Samuel…

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Men-Who-Read is a Twin Cities book club for Gay, Bi, and Straight men who love reading non-fiction books, want to read more, and meet like-minded men in person. Founder Paul Cram and member Andrew Donager join us to discuss how this book club’s growth, its annual book challenges, and how its queer and allied readers…

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We take a look back at the first six months of the Trump Administration with David Reddish who is the Lead Anchor/Commentator of Occupy Democrats TV. We talk about the Big Ugly Bill, Supreme Court, anti-trans legislation, and more. Connect with David on Instagram: @thegailymagneto. Watch Occupy Democrats: https://www.youtube.com/@occupydemocratsyoutube

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Dr. Ken Schneck, editor of The Buckeye Flame, joins us to discuss This News is So Gay a new weekly podcast described as Meet The Press…But Gayer. Learn more about This Is So Gay: https://thebuckeyeflame.com/category/podcasts/ or stream it everywhere you get your podcasts. Legislators in Pennsylvania blocked an anti-trans bill. Plus, Pope Leo will continue…

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 The Wisconsin Supreme Court has upheld the ban on conversion therapy that Governor Evers’ administration pursued a year ago. We’re getting new reporting about the big ugly bill’s medicaid cuts will impact the LGBTQ community. CA Governor Newsom’s budget negotiations reveal how anti-LGTBQ he’s become. Plus, Israel destroyed Iran’s Evin prison with its airstrikes and…

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MAGA and the Christian Nationalists are all up in arms about rainbows on crosswalks. Libraries are getting bomb threats as Christian Nationalists continue to get staff fired. As Musk launches the “America Party” should Progressives do the same and create a 4-party system?

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Listen to Queer Spirit Radio the first Saturday of every month at 2:30 as part of the Gaily Show!

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Jake Wittich, Managing Editor of Windy City Times, is back to talk about how Trans Up Front is changing Illinois and how Greg Harris was honored decades of LGBTQ+ advocacy. Plus, we talk about the Big Ugly Bill and UPenn’s humiliation.

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We take a look at the big ugly bills impacts on the LGBTQ community. Plus the Supreme Court is already gearing up to attack LGBTQ kids again when they come back from summer break.

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Twin Cities Pride, the Hungary Pride March, and Pride Fest in Marquette, Michigan. Plus, we actually one a case at the Supreme Court last Friday. We break down how.

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John is joined by Abigail James Dillon of MELSA; Scott Duff and Ellen Miller of WCPT 820 in Chicago join to preview Chicago’s Pride Parade plus other conversation.

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John is joined by Cathy Renna, Director of Communications for the National LGBT Task Force. Plus, John continues Queer in the Cosmos.

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Christopher Kane of the Washington Blade returns to discuss national stories with the Supreme Court, North Carolina politics, and Representative Robert Garcia, plus John and Jim on the dread of upcoming Supreme Court decisions

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Tammye Nash from the Dallas Voice returns in the second half of the show today, while John and Jim also discuss reliigon in schools and touch on Rep. McBride’s comment that maybe LGBY supporters overplayed their hand.

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Our first annual LGBTQ media survey is open. It aims to discover where folks get LGBTQ news, perceptions of how media covers LGBTQ community, utilization of LGBTQ media, preferred content, & the role of radio/podcasts. Take the survey here: https://tinyurl.com/LGBTQMEDIASURVEY. It’s time to acknowledge that facts don’t and won’t change people’s minds when it comes…

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Director Charles Askenaizer discusses the production of Angels in America at the Invictus Theatre in Chicago playing through September 7. Plus, John and Jim have reviews for you.

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An ordained priest, playwright, and theologian, Shannon TL Kearns joins us to discuss his newest book: No One Taught Me How To Be A Man. In it, he recounts how after he transitioned he made a radical discovery. His experiences of masculinity are similar to cisgender men: they both have universal worries about not being…

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Jake Wittich, Managing Editor for Windy City Times, is back with his reporting on the milestone Pride Flag ceremony at the Chicago Park District, Cook County Commissioner Kevin Morrison rallies LGBTQ+ leaders, and GroceryLand stages a comeback.

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Rep. Sandra Feist (DFL-39B) shares her reflections on the legacy of Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, who is being remembered as the most consequential Speaker of the House in Minnesota history.

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John will talk with Kat Rohn, Executive Director of OutFront Minnesota, about the life and legacy of Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman who was assassinated in her home along with her husband. Additionally, we’ve got updates about the status of MN State Senator Hoffman and his wife’s condition, and the new federal charges against…

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John and Gaily Show Executive Producer Jim Pounds have reviews galore for your weekend! Theatrical productions: Mae West and The Trial of Sex at Crane Theatre and Significant Other at Lyric Arts. Films: The Lost Boys and The Summer of Carmen. Television: Everything I Like and with HBO’s Gilded Age returning this month, we look…

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Hilary Otey, co-founder of Queermunity in Minneapolis, discusses how Queermunity programmed  feels like an answer to the question of how to create Pride programming for marginalized folks within mainstream Pride celebrations. View all of their events for Pride season here: https://www.queermunitymn.com/events

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Plus, updates on Andry José Hernández Romero, an openly gay 32-year-old Venezuelan makeup artist wrongly deported to a concentration camp in El Salvador. And MSNBC’s ratings are…not great.

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Lex Exworthy from UP Peninsula Pride joins us to discuss Marquette Pride. Learn more and connect here: www.uprainbowpride.org. Plus, starting today, and then bi-weekly, Tammye Nash, the Managing Editor for the Dallas Voice, will join us to share the Dallas Voice’s award winning LGBTQ journalism. Dallas Voice just started its 42nd year as the Voice…

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Starting today, Dr. Samuel Clowes Huneke will join us monthly to discuss LGBTQ politics and queer history! Connect with Samuel here: samuelcloweshuneke.com. Plus, revisiting the story of Pete Hegseth stripping Harvey Milk’s name off a Navy Ship. And the Supreme Court unanimously just made reverse discrimination lawsuits super easy.

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Jim Pounds hosts this special edition of the Gaily Show live from Golden Valley Pride!

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Listen to Queer Spirit Radio the first Saturday of every month at 2:30 as part of the Gaily Show!

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Best selling author Marie Rutkoski’s new novel Ordinary Love comes out June 10. It’s a sweeping romance of two people trying to forge a path toward hope, bound by a love they discovered when they were too young to understand its power. Plus, Dale Stark from Hennepin Arts joins us to talk about the 2025…

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Looking at your apartment, house, and condo have you thought to yourself: I’ve got to find a way to organize all of this. Did you know how you organize can be a reflection of how we’re feeling about the world. We’re talking about organizing with Jake Stepansky, who is also the co-founder and Board President…

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Jake Wittich, Managing Editor for Windy City Times, is back with his reporting on Channyn Lynne Parker, CEO of one of Brave Space Alliance, being tapped as interim CEO of Equality Illinois. A queer Wisconsin teenager is seeking hate crime charges after being attacked at an Illinois McDonald’s. Plus, there are so many Pride events…

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70+ European lawmakers headed to Pride to march in a Pride event after Hungary bans all Pride events. A trans man was arrested for using the bathroom conservatives told him to use. Months after LGBTQ community helped elect Arizona Senator Gallego, he just called us ‘dangerous’. Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says “we’re all going to…

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Another segment of “Is It Left-Wing Extremism?” looking at amnesty for undocumented immigrants. Speaking of, MN is trying to take away health insurance for tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants just months after enrolling them. Plus, Lori Dokken’s upcoming Fireside Theatre concert event at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres: SHOUT SISTER SHOUT is June 8! Lori joins…

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History is being made again, as Keith Stern’s newest book “Queers in History Returns” is the follow-up to his original groundbreaking and perennial bestseller Queers in History, originally published in 1993 on CD-ROM. The current update covers more than 5000 years of history and it just dropped May 27. reviews for you: Pee-Wee as Himself…

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In this week’s Thinking Clearly, Thinking Queerly, we dive into LGBTQ Elder Law. As MAGA is cutting Medicaid, and threatening to roll back gay marriage and cut Medicare and Social Security, what laws and documents (medical power of attorney, wills, etc.) do we need as queer folks to protect us? We’ll be joined by David…

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The Washington Blade’s White House Correspondent Christopher Kane returns to the Gaily Show to give us an inside look at what’s happening in DC. Plus, Abigail Dillon from the Metropolitan Library Service Agency (MELSA) will be here to talk about their upcoming booth at Pride, as well as their Pride month booklist: melsa.org Read Christopher…

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As the federal government has slashed $800 million in federal research into the LGBTQ community, be part of state-based and nonprofit LGBTQ research. In Minnesota, you can participate in the first-ever statewide LGBTQ Community Needs Assessment. Nationwide, you can participate in the Trevor Project’s National Survey of LGBTQ youth and young adults.  If you’re 13-24,…

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Christopher Tradowsky’s debut novel Midnight at the Cinema Place drops June 10. His novel is a luminant exploration of 90s queer culture and the complexities of friends discovering love and themselves in San Francisco. Walking Shadow’s production of Mae West and the Trial of Sex opens May 31 at Walking Shadow Theater in Minneapolis. Its…

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It’s our weekly episode of Thinking Clearly, Thinking Queerly. We meet author Rey Terciero whose new book Dan of Green Gables drops June 3. It is a queer reimagining of Anne of Green Gables. We talk about queering the classics as Rey has also done with Little Women and Northanger Abbey. Pre-order Dan of Green…

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Jake Wittich, Managing Editor for Windy City Times, is back with his reporting on Chicago’s surprise search for an LGBTQ Director, Cook County’s LGBTQ Commissioner Kevin Morrison is running for Congress, and a look back, and forward, of Chicago’s En La Vida magazine. Plus, Hastings PRIDE is coming up, we chat with organizers about why…

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Heading across the pond today as Paris opens a new memorial dedicated to LGBTQ Holocaust victims. Plus, for the third year in a row, an LGBTQ performer has won Eurovision. Oh, and the Pope is still a Catholic when it comes to gay marriage.

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Shocker: Texas House votes to repeal sodomy law. Appeals court bans Florida’s drag ban. Far-right MAGA judge strikes down workplace protections for transgender workers. Plus, Overcompensating debuts on Prime Video.

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It’s new novel Friday! Blair Fell’s newest novel Disco Witches of Fire Island just came out on May 6. If you like spicy queer romances with a dash of fantasy, this is for you! And Mac Crane’s A Sharp Endless Need came out two days ago! It’s serving sapphic high-school women’s basketball romance. Connect with…

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It’s our weekly Thinking Clearly, Thinking Queerly episode. My guest is TanyaMarck Oviedo who is the co-host of the Queer Spirit podcast. We’re going to talk about care (self-care, community care, and more) as activism. Listen to the podcast: https://queerhealingjourneys.com/podcast/ Explore the community: https://queerspirit.mn.co

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Christopher Kane returns to the Gaily Show to give us an inside look at what’s happening in DC. Christopher is the White House Correspondent for the Washington Blade. Read Christopher’s reporting here: https://www.washingtonblade.com/author/christopher-kane/ Learn more about the Washington Blade and it’s membership plans here https://washingtonblade.ac-page.com/support-washington

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We took a look at Pope Leo XIV. What do we make of him from LGBTQ perspective? An LGBTQ candidate has announced a run for Illinois’ 8th Congressional District. And there was a literal book burning in Ohio when a guy checked out 100 books and burned them. They were of course LGBTQ, Jewish, and…

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Brazil’s superior court of justice paves the way for gender neutral IDs in a unanimous decision. Pete Hegseth has given trans service members a July 7 deadline to quit. The UK Supreme Court has unleashed chaos with its ruling on gender. Here’s the story of a trans man who asked 60 gyms if he could…

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Ode to Walt Whitman, the acclaimed silent puppet poem about queer poets Walt Whitman and Federico Garcia Lorca opens at Open Eye Theatre this month. Its creator Bart Buch joins us! Plus, authors Joseph Lezza & Richard Mirabella share the books they are loving and that you should be reading this spring. For tickets and…

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On this week’s Thinking Clearly, Thinking Queerly episode, Nick Venegoni started the Queer Spirit podcast in 2018. Fast forward seven years, and there is a whole community built around the show, a care-centered space for queer folks, brand new Care Chats mini podcast, and 10 new interns through UCLA’s Behavioral Health Support Specialist Certification program…

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Jake Wittich, Managing Editor for Windy City Times, is back with his reporting on the new Chicago Teachers Union Contract which includes a number of LGBTQ+ protections and the debut of The First Homosexuals at Wrightwood 659 in Lincoln Park (Chicago). Windy City Times has been the voice of Chicago’s LGBTQ+ community since 1985. This…

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Tammye Nash, Managing Editor for the Dallas Voice, returns to the show to share the Dallas Voice’s coverage of a dangerous new bill in Texas that would give parents permission to taunt and abuse their kids just for being LGBTQ. In Florida, advocates crushed every piece of Anti-LGBTQ legislation this year.

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Angie Craig, Minnesota’s first LGBTQ legislator, announces Senate run. Trump and MAGA have slashed $477 million in LGBTQ research. Maine wins its lawsuit against Trump freezing USDA funds over trans women in sports. John and Jim discuss how we need to give up the idea that Progressives and Democrats can go back to the way…

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Jonathan D. Katz, one of the country’s pre-eminent queer art historians, joins us to discuss The First Homosexuals: The Birth of a New Identity which opens May 2 and runs to July 26 at Wrightwood 659 in Lincoln Park, Chicago. More than 300 paintings, drawings, sculptures, prints, photographs, and films will be on view, presented…

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On this week’s Thinking Clearly, Thinking Queerly episode, we meet Dr. Gwen Bass whose book Immaculate Misconception charts how her Lesbian parents found a doctor willing to perform an artificial insemination procedure in secret, using sperm from an anonymous donor. Her book explores: what happens when we’re born into an identity we didn’t choose? What…

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Christopher Kane returns to the Gaily Show to give us an inside look at what’s happening in DC. Christopher is the White House Correspondent for the Washington Blade. Read Christopher’s reporting here: https://www.washingtonblade.com/author/christopher-kane/ Learn more about the Washington Blade and it’s membership plans here https://washingtonblade.ac-page.com/support-washington

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Infamous fabulist George Santos is headed to jail for the many, many, many lies he told. Plus Caitlin Jenner is begging for money for her legal defense against allegations of financial malfeasance. Oh, did we mention Trump just pardoned a Nevada politician who paid for cosmetic surgery with funds to honor a slain officer?

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It’s election day in Canada, we take a look to see if there are any anti-LGBTQ attack ads. Minnesota sues Trump (again). This time for banning funding for schools who have trans athletes. Poland repeals it’s final “LGBTQ-free” zone. And in another installment of “Is It Left-Wing Extremism?” We take a look at universal healthcare…

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Craig Johnson returns to the Gaily Show to talk about Joyful Noise which opens tonight at Bucket Brigade in St. Paul. Plus, Max Wojtanowicz joins us to discuss the gay rom com Significant Other which opens at Lyric Arts this May. For tickets to Joyful Noise: https://www.bucketbrigadetheater.com/joyful-noise/ For tickets to Significant Other: https://www.lyricarts.org/significant-other

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It’s our weekly Thinking Clearly, Thinking Queerly episode and we have Gender Justice’s Noah Parrish (Communications Director) and Monica Meyer (Political Director and Trans Equity Trainer), who will share their Trans Equity training! A perfect opportunity to connect with Gender Justice’s excellent educational resources. Learn more about Gender Justice’s trainings here: https://www.genderjustice.us/work/trans-equity-trainings/ and their advocacy…

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Managing Editor for the Windy City Times’ Jake Wittich returns to the show to break down their recent reporting on the LGBTQ community. Read Jake’s reporting here: https://windycitytimes.com/author/jake-wittich/. Stay up-to-date with all of Windy City Times award-winning journalism here: https://windycitytimes.com/newsletters/

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The Supreme Court will hear a case today that could make “Don’t Say Gay” the law all across the country. Both Christian and Muslim religious groups are asking for a verdict that will create such confusion in schools that they will end LGBTQ curriculum completely.

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The oldest LGBTQ bar in Wisconsin has closed. Trump/Vance wants the UK to repeal anti-hate speech laws if they want a trade deal with the US. Alabama passes its own “Don’t Say Gay” bill for all grades. MAGA turns on Rep. Nancy Mace. Plus, a new Gaily Show segment: “Is it Left-Wing Extremism?”

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