The Gaily Show

The ACLU has launched a new lawsuit against the Trump administration. Plus, 100+ clergy have demanded a meeting with Target Corporation – who has been conspicuously quiet about what’s happening in Minneapolis. The Gaily Show is the only daily LGBTQ radio news and talk show in the U.S. Watch us on YouTube daily at 2pm.…

John Parker takes you to the front lines of the Twin Cities’ response to “Operation Metro Surge,” featuring on-the-ground interviews from a community gathering with State Senator Scott Dibble and leaders from the ACLU and Transforming Families. We dig into how Minnesotans are organizing to support neighbors facing ICE deployments and highlight new mentorship programs…

Beans Velocci joins John to discuss their new book Sex Isn’t Real: The Invention of an Incoherent Binary (Duke University Press, 2026), looks at how sex emerged as a privileged way of sorting bodies not despite but because of its incoherence. Rather than focus on those whom scientists and medical doctors cast out of male…

Updates on ICE’s invasion of Minneapolis. We review what local officials are saying, plus where ICE has been conducting their raids. We also talk about what to do if you encounter ICE. Specifics from the American Civil Liberties Union can be found here: https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/immigrants-rights  In the second half hour, Robert Mgrdich Apelian joins us to…

In this week’s Unpack This For Me episode, the authors of the upcoming book A Black Queer History of the United States join me to unpack their landmark book tracing the lives of LGBTQ+ Black Americans. It comes out on January 20th! Pre-order your copy here: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9780807008553 Dr. C. Riley Snorton is a professor of…

John continues coverage of the killing of Renee Good by ICE agents.

The first half of today’s show focuses on the breaking news coverage of ICE shooting and killing a woman in south Minneapolis. For the second half of the show, Joe Reberkenny of the Washington Blade returns with his analysis. The Gaily Show is the only daily LGBTQ radio news and talk show in the U.S.…

The Gaily Show is the only daily LGBTQ radio news and talk show in the US. GLAAD Media Award nominees John Parker and Jim Pounds host an unapologetic hour with legislators, authors, journalists, organizers, researchers, and more. We feature the following contributors (see graphic below for schedule): • Tammye Nash, Dallas Voice • Jake Wittich,…

Host John Parker and Executive Producer Jim Pounds review 2025 news stories: what surprised us and what didn’t. And we’re not just counting down to 2026, at midnight ACA subsidies expire for 24 million Americans.  Then, we play some trivia! In 1998, USA Today and Gallup did a poll of Americans asking them what they…

Managing Editor for Windy City Times Jake Wittich guests hosts today’s episode!   Jake’s guest is Kae Petri is the Board President and co-founder of the Trans Journalists Association. Kae discusses the TJA’s newest tool: the Trans News Initiative, which tracks how the media covers trans communities. Review it here: https://www.transjournalists.org/introducing-the-trans-news-initiative/ To lea...

It’s the Christmas season and for Christians that’s time to celebrate Christ’s love. And what better way to do that but by having foster parents discriminate against their queer foster kids. A new rule change this month in Massachusetts makes it official. Plus, 3 Democrats voted against transgender healthcare and 3 didn’t even bother showing…

Jeffrey Epstein wrote a devastating letter about Trump’s “love of young, nubile girls” We’ll read it on air. The Oklahoma Supreme Court just struck down a new school curriculum that turned Oklahoma’s public schools into “Sunday Schools”. But that’s not stopping the University of Oklahoma. They just gave their psychology students the green light to…

Latest Epstein updates. Also thinking about marriages today. While MAGA files a new lawsuit to end marriage equality, they are also seeing marriages falter on farms with the divorce rate going up. And farmers are overwhelmingly MAGA. What’s the deal? In the wake of last week’s announcement that the Trump administration will end gender affirming…

Getting us started today, John and Jim provide breaking news about Netflix’s Boots, a review of Heated Rivalry’s Episode 4, the documentary Go Figure: The Randy Gardner Story, plus 4 LGBTQ Christmas Rom-Coms debuting this month.    THEN, Ilana Masad joins us on the third Fridays of the month to share books you need to…

Dale Stark is the Director of Marketing and Communications at Hennepin Arts. He is our guest to break down the eight Broadway touring shows coming to the Twin Cities from January through August of 2026. Dale has worked on over 250 national broadway tours, which includes launching many of those tours, over 400 hundred events…

The Democrats (+4 Republicans) have forced a vote to keep your healthcare insurance premiums affordable. Kentucky special election results. PLUS Windy City Times Managing Editor Jake Wittich Reports: Gay couple wins $104M in I-90 crash case ‘Dining Out’ traces a century of queer restaurants—starting in Chicago The Equality for Every Family Act signed by Illinois…

Speedskater Conor McDermott Mostowy, who won bronze and silver medals at the US championships this fall, has his sights on the 2026 Olympics. He is our guest to talk about his recent medals, being an out athlete in speedskating, and his road to the 2026 Olympics. Support him here: http://www.gofundme.com/f/be-a-part-of-my-milan-2026-journey AND, Joseph Lezza joins us…

The 6W Project has attempted to prove the Texas Women’s Privacy Act is unenforceable in a stage protest this month. But they didn’t go far enough. Based on how the law is written, protestors can inflict maximum damage and force MAGA to repeal it. We discuss how. Zoé Henrot Artistic Director & Founder of Ballet…

Go. Dog. Go! Ve Perro Ve is a bilingual musical coming to Children’s Theatre Company this January. Joining us to discuss is its sound designer Jamie Salvador Lupercio. To get your tickets to Go Dog Go ve Perro Ve head to https://www.childrenstheatre.org. To hear Jaime’s compositions and learn more about his work you can go…

The 2025 Chicago Journalist of the Year, Jake Wittich, joins us for a special episode of Unpack This For Me. While you know him as a featured contributor to The Gaily Show (bi-weekly on Wednesdays), we take this opportunity for him to unpack how he goes about his work. What does it mean to be…

Joe Reberkenny, White House Correspondent for the Washington Blade shares about his exclusive interview with the expelled Congressman who was convicted of wire fraud and identity theft. And then George Santos was pardoned by Trump. And, Arlington Texas has voted to remove protections for its LGBTQ residents. We break down the story. Plus, we will…