The Gaily Show

The Gaily Show

Weekdays 2-3 PM

The Gaily Show is the only daily LGBTQ radio news and talk show in the US. GLAAD Media Award nominees John Parker and Jim Pounds host an unapologetic hour with legislators, authors, journalists, organizers, researchers, and more. We feature the following contributors (see graphic below for schedule):

  • Tammye Nash, Dallas Voice
  • Jake Wittich, Windy City Times
  • Joe Reberkenny, Washington Blade
  • Dr. Samuel Clowes Huneke, George Mason University
  • Ilana Masad, Author & Critic
  • TanyaMarck Oviedo and Nick Venegoni, Queer Spirit podcast

Windy City Times has been the award-winning voice of Chicago's LGBTQ+ community since 1985. The Washington Blade has provided award-winning national and international news coverage of the LGBTQ community since 1969. Dallas Voice has been the award-winning voice of the LGBTQ Community in North Texas and beyond since 1983.

Websites: samuelcloweshuneke.com ilanamasad.com thequeerspirit.com/podcast

 

The Gaily Show
The Gaily Show

The Gaily Show is the only daily LGBTQ radio news and talk show in the US. GLAAD Media Award nominees John Parker and Jim Pounds host an unapologetic hour with legislators, authors, journalists, organizers, researchers, and more. We feature the following contributors (see graphic below for schedule): • Tammye Nash, Dallas Voice • Jake Wittich, Windy City Times • Joe Reberkenny, Washington Blade • Dr. Samuel Clowes Huneke, George Mason University • Ilana Masad, Author & Critic • TanyaMarck Oviedo and Nick Venegoni, Queer Spirit podcast Windy City Times has been the award-winning voice of Chicago's LGBTQ+ community since 1985. The Washington Blade has provided award-winning national and international news coverage of the LGBTQ community since 1969. Dallas Voice has been the award-winning voice of the LGBTQ Community in North Texas and beyond since 1983. Websites: samuelcloweshuneke.com ilanamasad.com thequeerspirit.com/podcast

Fallout from Supreme Court’s Conversion Therapy Decision

Curtis Lopez-Galloway is the founder and President of the Conversion Therapy Survivors Network. He returns to the show to help us better understand yesterday’s decision by the Supreme Court to allow the abusive practice known as conversion therapy. Connect with the Conversion Therapy Survivors Network here: https://www.conversionsurvivor.org

SCOTUS Rules In Favor of Child Abuse, Cites “Free Speech.”

Minnesota State Rep. Leigh Finke (DFL-66A) joins us to discuss the Supreme Court’s 8-1 ruling in Chiles v Salazar. SCOTUS ruled that Colorado’s ban on Conversion Therapy violates free speech rights. Conversion therapy is considered not only child abuse due to its overwhelming negative outcomes, but its providers have been convicted of consumer fraud. They’ve…

No Kings Drew Millions. Trump Sues MN. Plus: Bogus Trans Survey.

3,300 No Kings protests drew 8 million demonstrators. We look at the numbers in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Chicago, and the Pioneer Valley (MA). Trump just announced a lawsuit against Minnesota regarding trans athletes. We take a look. FYI, Trump just lost a suit against Minnesota. Plus, Amherst, MA defies ICE with a new policy. AND: there…

Skylar Lyralen Kaye’s Bachelorx. Bobuq Sayed’s No God But Us

Skylar Lyralen Kaye (of the hit web series Assigned Female at Birth) joins us to discuss their new memoir: Bachelorx. THEN: For Bobuq Sayed’s debut novel No God But Us, Publishers Weekly named Bobuq one of PW’s Spring 2026 Writers to Watch. They join us to talk all about No God But Us.  Connect with…

Building Trans Power in Massachusetts

The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition’s Deputy Director Kelsey R. Grunstra joins us to today to unpack MTPC’s current advocacy priorities (S.2725, H.2656, 2.681/H.1188), their 2026 Community Needs Assessment, as well as MTPC’s resources on Intersectional Trans Civic Education Curriculum and Identity Document Assistance. Connect with MTPC here: https://www.masstpc.org On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/masstpc/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/massachusetts-transgender-political-coalition/ On…

Dems Flip Florida Seat. Chicago HIV Funding Mismatched

Democrats flipped the legislative seat that represents Mar-a-Lago. But it was a low turnout election, so should we temper our excitement? Colorado has passed a conversion therapy law that will allow people to sue people practicing conversion therapy. Plus, Jake Wittich is back reporting on these stories: Illinois primary: LGBTQ+ candidates secure state and local…

No Kings Protest Previews for MN and Chicago. Plus, Vincent Tirado’s New Novel. Description:

In Vincent Tirado’s new novel: Demons clash with inheritance claims as secrets unfold and violence is unleashed over twelve harrowing hours trapped in a house with the worst thing imaginable: family. They join us to discuss You Should Have Been Nicer To My Mom. Buy You Should Have Been Nicer To My Mom here: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9780063383234 …

Anti-Transgender Healthcare “Declaration” Struckdown

A federal judge has struck down RFK Jr’s anti-transgender healthcare “declaration.” Lindsey Middlecamp, a Special Counsel for the Rule of Law with the Minnesota Attorney General’s office, returns to unpack the ruling and what it means for healthcare clinics and systems moving forward. Then White House Correspondent for the Washington Blade Joe Reberkenny is back…

Buffy Revamped’s Jacob Jackson. Plus, Ilana Masad’s Queer Book Recs

Buffy Revamped is closing this weekend at Chicago’s Studebaker Theatre. Its star Jacob Jackson is our guest today. Buffy Revamped is all 144 episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as told through the eyes of the one person who knows it inside out… Spike. It was Officially the Best Reviewed Comedy Show of Edinburgh Festival…

Unpack This For Me: LGBTQ+ Media Landscape

Dana Piccoli is the Managing Director of News is Out and the founder of Queer Media Matters. She hosts the new podcast limited series: The Map of Us. It takes a deep dive into the groundbreaking 2025 LGBTQ+ Media Mapping Project which explores queer news deserts, shrinking revenues, safety and reporting under threat, and collaboration.…