The Gaily Show

The Gaily Show

Weekdays 2-3 PM

The Gaily Show is the only daily LGBTQ news and talk show in the country. GLAAD Media Award nominees John Parker and Jim Pounds are your hosts for an unapologetic hour-long program talking with leading legislators, authors, journalists, health care providers, researchers, and more. Tune in Monday-Saturday at 2pm or watch on our YouTube channel (@TheGailyShow). Stream us everywhere you get your podcasts!

On Wednesdays, tune in for the Washington Blade's White House Correspondent Christopher Kane or Windy City Times' Managing Editor Jake Wittich.

Windy City Times is Chicago's award-winning LGBTQ media outlet and you can read all of Jake's reporting at https://windycitytimes.com/author/jake-wittich/. Since 1969, the Washington Blade has provided award-winning national and international news coverage of the LGBTQ community and you can read all of Christopher's reporting at https://www.washingtonblade.com/author/christopher-kane/.

 

The Gaily Show
The Gaily Show

The Gaily Show is the only daily LGBTQ news and talk show in the country. GLAAD Media Award nominees John Parker and Jim Pounds are your hosts for an unapologetic hour-long program talking with leading legislators, authors, journalists, health care providers, researchers, and more. Tune in Monday-Saturday at 2pm or watch on our YouTube channel (@TheGailyShow). Stream us everywhere you get your podcasts! On Wednesdays, tune in for the Washington Blade's White House Correspondent Christopher Kane or Windy City Times' Managing Editor Jake Wittich. Windy City Times is Chicago's award-winning LGBTQ media outlet and you can read all of Jake's reporting at https://windycitytimes.com/author/jake-wittich/. Since 1969, the Washington Blade has provided award-winning national and international news coverage of the LGBTQ community and you can read all of Christopher's reporting at https://www.washingtonblade.com/author/christopher-kane/.

Reimagining queer versions of classic books

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…

Chicago’s surprise LGBTQ Director Search, a new LGBTQ Candidate running for Congress in Illinois, and Hastings Pride is almost here!

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…

Paris debuts new memorial to LGBTQ Holocaust victims and LGBTQ performers extend Eurovision winning streak

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.

LGBTQ workplace protections banned, Texas votes to repeal sodomy law, Florida’s drag ban is banned, plus a review of Overcompensating 

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.

Disco Witches of Fire Island and A Sharp Endless Need

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…

Care Activism

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

Christopher Kane, White House Correspondent for the Washington Blade

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

What to make of Pope Leo, LGBTQ candidate announces run for for Illinois’ 8th, a literal book burning in Ohio

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…

Brazil’s gender-neutral IDs, July 7 deadline for trans service members, UK Supreme Court Chaos

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…

Ode to Walt Whitman at Open Eye Theatre

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…