The Gaily Show

Harvard has cut positions designed to support LGBTQ students. Surprising legal victories for the LGBTQ community in Kenya and Czech Republic. A judge rules that Pennsylvania can’t throw out mail ballots. And one area of Republican resistance to Trump is happening in the Senate.

Ron DeSantis just erased a memorial to the victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting. Liberal think tank Third Way issues their own Don’t Say Gay memo. HHS cancels $12 million sex-ed grant after California refuses to eliminate gender identity lessons. Not to be out done: the Supreme Court just set back health research a generation.

Crime Ink: Iconic (An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Famous Queer Icons), is a new anthology of crime fiction and it comes out September 2nd. Its co-editor (John Copenhaver) and one of its contributing authors (Anne Laughlin) join us! Plus, Jim and John review the films Spark and Perfect Endings. Purchase your copy of…

John is joined by exectuve producer Jim Pounds, Jalisa McKee of Native Roots Radio and Trading Post, and other special guests.

Freda Ndidi Epum joins us to discuss her memoir: The Gloomy Girl Variety Show: A Memoir. Merging memoir, poetry, and criticism, this radical literary revue traces a first-generation Nigerian American’s search for home and belonging on her own terms. Purchase your copy here: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9781558613102. Connect with Freda here: http://www.fredaepum.com. Plus, anti-LGBTQ protestors us...

Tammye Nash, Managing Editor of the Dallas Voice returns with new reporting on what’s happening in Texas with the proposed maps and Democratic boycott. Plus, a federal judge struck down Florida’s book ban law. Finally. But Trump has already implemented 69% of Project 2025. We’ll break down what it means and lawsuits challenging these actions.…

We bring you our in-depth reporting from Iceland’s 2025 PRIDE week! See below for links. Key Reykjavik Pride links: 1) hinsegindagar.is/en/ 2) https://dunda.is 3) instagram.com/pottery.by.jane/ 4) instagram.com/brst.art In other news, Arkansas is trying to ban haircuts for trans people. Yes, really. And the state of Georgia is forcing incarcerated people to de-transition.

Daniel M. Lavery’s new novella Christmas at the Women’s Hotel drops October 14. He joins us to discuss! Pre-order your copy here: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9780063455016 Plus, Jim and I review an Italian gay double-feature for you: Mascarpone and Mascarpone: The Rainbow Cake. And we preview the upcoming The Joffrey + Ballet in the U.S. opening October 3…

Attorney Christina Fialho and Mayor of West Hollywood Chelsea Byers discuss the new proposed ordinances in West Hollywood that would legally recognize family structures of all kinds: non-nuclear, polyamorous, and chosen families. Learn more at the City of West Hollywood’s website: https://www.weho.org. Connect with Chelsea here: https://christinafialho.com.  

We say goodbye to Christopher Kane as he leaves the Washington Blade for a new role. He shares his latest (and last) reporting for the Washington Blade. Plus Jake Wittich Managing Editor for Windy City Times is back to share his reporting on Chicago protests targeting hospital cuts to gender-affirming care for youth, the Illinois…

The United States Senate is officially considering legislation to ban pornography in the United States. Nepal has held its first ever Pride parade. The United States Airforce will kick out trans servicemembers and will not pay out earned retirement benefits.

Dr. Samuel Huneke, Associate Professor of History at George Mason, joins us monthly and today he’s in conversation with our guest host: Ellie Krug. Get Samuel’s books and learn more about his work here: samuelcloweshuneke.com. Check out Ellie’s weekly show The Illegal Trans Woman weekly Saturdays at 4pm on AM950 and everywhere you get your…

The American Idol star has a new album dropping August 8. We’ll talk about his time on Idol (it’s eye opening) as well as his new album. Follow Jim on Instagram @jimverraros for updates and stream his new album everywhere you get your music on August 8!

John and Jim are in Iceland for Reykjavik Pride! They’ll join guest host Philip Anthony live. Then, Philip takes you through the newest LGBTQ national headlines.

Tammye Nash, Managing Editor of the Dallas Voice returns with new reporting on X, Y, Z. Plus, incoming! Drag Queen Jessica L’Whor will be performing all across the Twin Cities August 8-10 (Gay 90s, Union Rooftop, and Mall of America!). Learn more: jessicalwhor.com Dallas Voice just started its 42nd year as the Voice of the…

Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner and LGBTQ people have one response: America, we warned you. Brown University is the latest to give up academic freedom. But Ulta Beauty is not backing down from selling a new cosmetics line from Jonathan Van Ness. Plus, the new Artistic Director of Children’s Theatre Company, Rick…

Jonathan Parks-Ramage joins us to discuss his new novel: It’s Not The End of the World. Order your copy here: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9781639736140. Plus, Author Lance Garland’s new memoir Out There: Dispatches from My Personal Wilderness is coming out October 7th. Pre-order it here: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9781595343253

April Bethea and Sammy Luffy from the Funders for LGBTQ Issues join me to talk about their annual tracking report of LGBTQ grantmaking on this week’s Thinking Clearly, Thinking Queerly episode. Key links: https://lgbtfunders.org/newsposts/tracking-report-launch/ https://lgbtfunders.org/data-explorer/ https://lgbtfunders.org/research-item/2023-tracking-report/ https://lgbtfunders.org/research/#Data

Jake Wittich Managing Editor for Windy City Times is back to share his reporting on how a new lawsuit against Northwestern University claims the university used its ‘discrimination policy’ to justify LGBTQ+ cuts. Plus, Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton has outlined her LGBTQ+ rights platform and policy agenda for her Senate bid. Windy City Times…

It’s time to get on board with repealing and replacing the second amendment. Another federal court on Friday granted a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration. U.S. Olympics has banned trans women athletes. Christians who are federal employees can legally try to convert their colleagues to Christianity in the workplace. Speaking of Christians, a…

John puts his Editor’s hat on to consider who Trump’s protecting with the Epstein files and how investigative journalists should figure it out. Plus, John and Jim go on a tour of the US identifying all the (known) MAGA elected officials who are watching porn at work or credibly accused of soliciting kids for sex.…

The Washington Blade’s Christopher Kane makes his bi-weekly appearance, plus the LGBT advocacy of the late Ozzy Osbourne, Trump loses another court case related to AIDS funding, and a landmark decision leaves countries liable to lawsuits for not mitigiating climate change.

Guest host Philip Anthony is joined by Kat Rohn of OutFront Minnesota, and Tammye Nash of the Dallas Voice.

Guest host Jake Wittich is joined by Anna DaShawn and Maureen SanDiego

John and Jim review two new LGBTQ films from 2025: The Wedding Banquet (a remake of Ang Lee’s 1990s film of the same name) and A Nice Indian Boy (starring Karan Soni and Jonathan Groff). Plus, the Emmy nominations are out. Lot’s to discuss.