This News is So Gay cover art

This News is So Gay

This News is So Gay

By: Evergreen Podcasts
Listen for free

About this listen

 Think 'Meet the Press', but gayer. This News is So Gay is a weekly LGBTQ+ reporters roundtable, featuring a rotating panel of LGBTQ+ journalists from across the country covering national hot-button queer news and views. Substantive yet entertaining, our weekly episodes will keep you in the know on all the latest news from those actually covering what's going down.© 2025 Politics & Government
Episodes
  • Finding Focus in Covering LGBTQ+ News When it Just Keeps Coming

    Finding Focus in Covering LGBTQ+ News When it Just Keeps Coming
    Oct 8 2025
    The cuts to gender-affirming care continue to leave families stranded amid growing uncertainty across the country – including Ohio’s Nationwide Children’s Hospital ending gender affirming care for all patients, including adults. There is so much LGBTQ+ news coming at journalists from every angle. How do they pick the stories they are going to cover? And, of course, where is our roundtable finding queer joy in this news lately? Joining us this week for these stories and more: LGBTQ+ Reporter for The 19th, Orion Rummler Religion and culture reporter at Fresnoland and corps member for Report for America, Gisselle Medina Investigative journalist and lead designer at Uncloseted Media, Sam Donndelinger Keep up with The Buckeye Flame online: Website: https://thebuckeyeflame.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebuckeyeflame/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thebuckeyeflame.com Support for This News is So Gay comes from the LGBTQ+ Opportunity Fund of the Cleveland Foundation, leveraging philanthropy to empower LGBTQ+ communities.
    Show More Show Less
    45 mins
  • EXTRA, EXTRA: Trailblazing and Visioning and Hustling in Queer Journalism

    EXTRA, EXTRA: Trailblazing and Visioning and Hustling in Queer Journalism
    Oct 1 2025
    Anna DeShawn is a media visionary who creates unique spaces and places for black and indigenous people of color and for queer and trans people of color. In 2009, Anna founded E3 Radio, an online radio station that plays queer music and reports on queer news with a focus on intersectionality. In 2020, Anna co-founded The Qube, a podcast production company and curated platform to discover the best music and podcasts by BIPOC, queer, and trans creatives. Extra, Extra is an opportunity to hear more from the LGBTQ+ journalists who have helped define the field and continue to shape opportunities for LGBTQ+ journalists. Keep up with The Buckeye Flame online: Website: https://thebuckeyeflame.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebuckeyeflame/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thebuckeyeflame.com Support for This News is So Gay comes from the LGBTQ+ Opportunity Fund of the Cleveland Foundation, leveraging philanthropy to empower LGBTQ+ communities.
    Show More Show Less
    29 mins
  • Crisis Hotline Cut Headlines and (Early!) Pride 2026 Reporting

    Crisis Hotline Cut Headlines and (Early!) Pride 2026 Reporting
    Sep 24 2025
    We’re seeing the effects of cutting LGBTQ+ specific services for callers to 988, the crisis hotline for queer youth. The absolute horror-show of issues faced by incarcerated trans folks are still getting coverage, but likely not as much as it should. Amidst this, there are stories of resilience and joy in small towns across the country. Plus, we’re somehow already talking about Pride 2026! Joining us for these stories and more: LGBTQ+ Beat Reporter at the 19th, Kate Sosin Training Director at Investigative Reporters and Editors, Adam Rhodes Digital editor for Indiana Public Broadcasting, Lauren Chapman. Find “Indiana’s Legislative Trail” at https://ipbs.org/projects/civicallyindiana/gov.html Keep up with The Buckeye Flame online: Website: https://thebuckeyeflame.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebuckeyeflame/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thebuckeyeflame.com Support for This News is So Gay comes from the LGBTQ+ Opportunity Fund of the Cleveland Foundation, leveraging philanthropy to empower LGBTQ+ communities.
    Show More Show Less
    43 mins
No reviews yet
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.