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This News is So Gay

This News is So Gay

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 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
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  • RERUN - EXTRA, EXTRA: Trailblazing and Visioning and Hustling in Queer Journalism

    RERUN - EXTRA, EXTRA: Trailblazing and Visioning and Hustling in Queer Journalism
    Feb 25 2026
    This week, we're returning to our discussion with Anna DeShawn. We'll be back with another reporter's roundtable next week. 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. 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. 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.
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    29 mins
  • Celebrating Some Major Queer Media Milestones

    Celebrating Some Major Queer Media Milestones
    Feb 18 2026
    Activism and journalism; where’s the line between them? Is there a line? Should there be more of a line? There’s a new tool in HIV prevention and care coming out of Philadelphia – what does it look like? Jake Wittich and Jason Villemez discuss how the incredible histories of Windy City Times and Philadelphia Gay News have laid the groundwork for everything we’re going today. Joining us on today’s roundtable: Managing editor for The Windy City Times, Jake Wittich Former editor of and current frequent contributor to Philadelphia Gay News, Jason Villemez 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.
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    33 mins
  • Digging Into the Latest ‘Coalition’ to Ban Marriage Equality

    Digging Into the Latest ‘Coalition’ to Ban Marriage Equality
    Feb 11 2026
    There were massive layoffs of journalists last week, including more than a third of The Washington Post’s newsrooms – how are journalists responding to that? National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day just passed. Did that get the recognition it needed and deserved? And finally, we’re back to the subject of marriage equality and Kim Davis this week, covering the latest national coalition to overturn marriage equality and how concerned people should be. This week’s roundtable: Senior staff writer for The Buckeye Flame, H.L. Comeriato Managing editor for The Sero Project and Communications Lead for the US People Living with HIV Caucus, Juan Michael Porter II Technology reporter for the 19th, Jasmine Mithani 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.
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    40 mins
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