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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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  • Marriage Equality Fear Mongering & Disappearing Queer Data

    Marriage Equality Fear Mongering & Disappearing Queer Data
    Aug 20 2025
    We have to talk about Kim Davis and marriage equality – how much should we be worried? Is the media coverage fearmongering – what does the data say about it? Yet another report from the Trump Administration appears to have scrubbed LGBTQ+ data – what’s missing? Native leaders are pushing back on gender-affirming care restrictions for tribal citizens – what does this pushback look like? Joining us to discuss these stories and more: Data and Technology Reporter for The 19th, Jasmine Mithani Communications Lead and Spokesperson for the U.S. PLHIV Caucus, host of the HIV Unmuted Podcast, and Managing Editor at The Sero Project, Juan Micheal Porter II. Senior staff writer for The Buckeye Flame, HL Comeriato 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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    37 mins
  • Conversion Therapy Headlines & the Queer Loss of Public Broadcasting

    Conversion Therapy Headlines & the Queer Loss of Public Broadcasting
    Aug 13 2025
    Conversion therapy is in the news all over the place – what’s the latest? A class action suit has been filed on behalf of incarcerated trans people who are being forced to detransition. What are they experiencing? And the homophobic sermon gone viral from the Sure Baptist Church in Indiana still has legs – why are we still talking about it? Joining us to discuss these stories and more: Reporter for The Ohio Capital Journal, Susan Tebben Training Director at Investigative Reporters and Editors, Adam Rhodes. Digital editor for Indiana Public Broadcasting, Lauren Chapman. 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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    42 mins
  • Spotlighting LGBTQ+ Immigration Issues & a New Washington Memo Only Benefits… Straight White Men?

    Spotlighting LGBTQ+ Immigration Issues & a New Washington Memo Only Benefits… Straight White Men?
    Aug 6 2025
    In an effort to preserve gender-affirming care, sixteen states filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration. A new report highlights the intersection of the LGBTQ+ community and immigration enforcement in Los Angeles County that has massive implications for policy effects nationwide. The latest memo out of Washington appears to be written solely to benefit white men; and we’ll be covering its contents and drill down on its local area effects. Joining us this week to discuss these stories and more: Reporter for HuffPost covering LGBTQ+ rights, Lil Kalish Religion and culture reporter at Fresnoland and a corps member for Report for America, Gisselle Medina Contributing editor for The New Republic, editorial board member at NY Daily News, and co-founder of the weekly immigration policy newsletter BORDER/LINES, Felipe De La Hoz 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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    43 mins
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