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This News is So Gay
Hosted by Evergreen Podcasts · EN
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.
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Covering the Death of an LGBTQ+ Publication
3d ago00:37:45Tap to summarizeAn LGBTQ+ publication in Minnesota, Lavender Magazine, has announced that they are closing up shop, ending a 30 year run. What has the reaction been and what does that loss of an LGBTQ+ publication mean for a community? The meeting between campaign representatives for Ohio Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton and 40+ LGBTQ+ representatives, by all accounts, did not go well. What happened – and why is coverage of this story causing backlash? This week’s roundtable: Managing director and editor of News is Out, Dana Piccoli Host of The Gaily Show, John Parker 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Covering the Trump Administration’s Latest Attacks on the LGBTQ+ Community
1w ago00:35:50Tap to summarizeWhat’s the latest from a White House correspondents dinner littered with homophobia and transphobia? Despite Congress funds allocated to restore the 988 hotline’s LGBTQ+ youth services, it’s still not back after its elimination a year ago. And what are the latest attacks on gender-affirming care across the country? This week’s roundtable: Politics and news editor at The Advocate, Christopher Wiggins LGBTQ+ Reporter for The 19th, Orion Rummler 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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EXTRA EXTRA: Amplifying “Pride on Full Display at the Obama Presidential Center”
2w ago00:36:48Tap to summarizeExtra, 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. In this episode, we’re amplifying a special edition episode of the Queer News podcast, “Pride on Full Display at the Obama Presidential Center”. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Reporting on LGBTQ+ Public Health, Queer Families and Faith-Based Coffee
3w ago00:32:49Tap to summarizeThe intersection of LGBTQ+ identity and public health continues to be loaded with stories; Giselle Medina and Celia Hack are here to cover the rates of LGBTQ+ homelessness and the Cleveland Clinic’s settlement with the Department of Justice. Family is a loaded word for our LGBTQ+ community, both biological and chosen. What has our roundtable been covering with this idea of “family"? This week’s roundtable: Religion and culture reporter at Fresnoland and a corps member for Report for America, Gisselle Medina. Health Reporter for Signal Cleveland, Celia Hack 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Chronicling Hyperlocal Efforts to Protect LGBTQ+ Lives
Jul 800:35:54Tap to summarizeLocal policies can affect LGBTQ+ lives just as much as national ones. What are some local governments doing to protect LGBTQ+ lives across the United States? While June may be over, stories of Pride celebrations continue as Pride events are still happening across the country – and we have some stories you definitely want to hear. This week’s roundtable: Rural LGBTQ+ beat reporter for The Buckeye Flame and a corps member for Report for America, Ben Jodway Editorial manager for Queer Kentucky, Divya Karthikeyan 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Reporting on Stories of Bad Public Policy and Much-Needed Queer Hope
Jul 100:38:23Tap to summarizeFederal and state governmental policies are affecting LGBTQ+ people across in all sorts of ways; like in housing and healthcare access. But not all those policies are negative – as California institutes a law that requires all public schools to have at least one all-gender restroom. There are a host of LGBTQ+ people you may not know, but should – who we introduce to you in our segment of “Who the Heck is That?” And of course, where is our roundtable finding queer joy in the world this week? This week’s roundtable: Training Director at Investigative Reporters and Editors, Adam Rhodes Reporter for The Ohio Capital Journal, Susan Tebben California Politics Editor for The Sacramento Bee, Lauren Chapman It is the Buckeye Flame’s 6th birthday and we are celebrating all month. We need your support to keep the Flame burning bright, so become a recurring donor to our scrappy queer nonprofit newsroom and it will support our journalism, which includes This News is So Gay. To donate, go to thebuckeyeflame.com 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Framing Data on LGBTQ+ Equality and What to Actually Do With the Numbers
Jun 2400:42:21Tap to summarizeThere is so much new data about LGBTQ+ communities and views on equal rights. What do those numbers have to tell us? We look at the existence of “nudifying” apps and the digital violence that can stem from them, as well as Ohio House Bill 172 and its push to limit physical and mental care for LGBTQ+ youth. And we have to talk about gay license plates – as a Lakewood, Ohio resident joins another lawsuit against the Ohio BMV. This week’s roundtable: Senior staff writer for The Buckeye Flame, H.L. Comeriato Technology reporter for the 19th, Jasmine Mithani It is the Buckeye Flame’s 6th birthday and we are celebrating all month. We need your support to keep the Flame burning bright, so become a recurring donor to our scrappy queer nonprofit newsroom and it will support our journalism, which includes This News is So Gay. To donate, go to thebuckeyeflame.com Links: If you are experiencing sexual violence or abuse, please call RAINN’s free, confidential hotline at (800) 656-HOPE, text HOPE to 64674. To chat live, click here. If you are a young LGBTQ+ person in crisis, please contact the Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor. If you are an transgender adult in crisis, please contact the National Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Unpacking LGBTQ+ Youth Challenges and Threats to Queer Media Representation
Jun 1700:35:32Tap to summarizeLGBTQ+ youth continue to face a myriad of challenges in living their authentic lives. What are some of the latest challenges being covered out there? Representation of LGBTQ+ characters in film and TV is under fire yet again; what is the FCC trying to do now? Plus: corporate support at Pride. How do Americans really feel about brands getting in on the Pride action? This week’s roundtable: Investigative journalist and lead designer at Uncloseted Media, Sam Donndelinger Senior Director of local news for the U.S. South for GLAAD, Darian Aaron It is the Buckeye Flame’s 6th birthday and we are celebrating all month. We need your support to keep the Buckeye Flame burning bright, so become a recurring donor to our scrappy queer nonprofit newsroom and it will support our journalism, which includes This News is So Gay. To donate, go to thebuckeyeflame.com 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Examining Broadcast Coverage of LGBTQ+ Issues and Where It Falls Short
Jun 1000:37:31Tap to summarizeThis week, we’re covering highlights from a recent report on 2025 weekday evening news coverage of LGBTQ issues; including how trans and gender-nonconforming people were rarely featured in the coverage. While Pride Month has us celebrating in the present, it’s important to take a look back to history. This week’s roundtable: Deputy Research Director for Special Projects and former LGBTQ program director at Media Matters, Brennan Suen Writer, editor, fact checker, and former senior politics editor at The Advocate, Trudy Ring 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Navigating Pride Month as a Queer Journalist and Previewing Upcoming LGBTQ+ Films
Jun 300:35:16Tap to summarizeIt’s Pride Month with events aplenty! How does that affect the life of queer journalists? GLAAD released their Social Media Safety Index & Platform Scorecard – is there good news to be found there? And it’s not just Pride Month – it’s also summer! What queer culture content should you be watching and reading this summer? This week’s roundtable: Managing director and editor of News is Out, Dana Piccoli Host of The Gaily Show, John Parker 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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