Isn't It Queer

Jonny is joined again by Craig (Danette will return next week) to discuss the Trump planned trans* ban from militaty service and its fallout, the Breakfast Club's and lil' Duvall's apparent endorsement of murdering trans* women, emotional labor and the unequal burden it places on minorities and women, a lawsuit settlement in a ground-breaking intersexuality case, and (briefly) the DOJ's assertion...

Jonny is joined by Craig to discuss the breaking news of Trumps military ban on trans people, the effects of ACA repeal/replace on LGBTQ+ community, the Teen Vogue anal sex guide controversy, and the recent increase in TV film using the "Bury the Gays" trope. If you are a casual listener or a fan, please consider nominating "Isn't It Queer" for a People's Choice Podcast Award at https://www.podcas...

Jonny is again joined by Craig to discuss AG Jeff Sessions speech to the Alliance for Defending Freedom, a deeper introduction to who the ADF is as a conservative Christian legal organization, pending LGBTQ+ cases in the SCOTUS, Justice Gorsuch's dissenting opinions in recent cases, and welcoming the first female Doctor to Doctor Who. Session's speech transcript and other supporting materials can...

Jonny is joined by Craig to discuss organizational boycotts of states due to their policies and legislation. We use as a case study the National Communication Association's upcoming national conference in Texas and how they have responded to Texas anti-LGBTQ legislation (and anti-Latinx policies) as well as the California travel ban for state employees to Texas.

Jonny and Danette offer a recitation of the LGBTQ Declaration of Equal Rights. They also discuss the German vote for Marriage Equality, the Texas Supreme Court attempt to limit Marriage Equality, five ways the Trump Administration threatens the LGBTQ community, Senator Kamala Harris as LGBTQ advocate, and how the Chicago Dyke March (and other organizations) negotiate intersectional inclusivity whi...

Jonny and Danette discuss the protests within queer community at Pride festivities around the country as well as recent Supreme Court decisions and actions affecting the LGBTQ+ community. Jonny also interviews Jeff Hale and Chris Jennings about the upcoming production of Hale's play, "Choices." (July 7-8 at 7pm in the O'Neil Auditorium on the John A. Logan Community College campus.)

Danette welcomes Jonny back from his two week hiatus and they discuss the new Pride flag in Philadelphia and what is the community in "queer community." Danette also shares a long-form interview with Brad Calcaterra of The Studio (where he also teaches in a program called Act Out) and co-creator of the documentary "Real Boy".

Jonny And Danette, embrace Covfee and discuss the impacts of the proposed federal budget on LGBTQ communities, pulling out of the Paris agreement on Climate, keeping activism focused and avoiding burnout and cynicism, France demonstrating how to hold Russia accountable for human rights violations and election tampering, the commercialization of Pride and Civil Rights, and linking LGBTQ concerns to...

Jonny and Danette discuss fundraising opportunities for local LGBTQ Youth Groups, the American Family Association's claims that the Rainbow Flag is the new Confederate Flag (um, no!), a check-in on Chechnya and the persecution of LGBTQ people there, Canada's announced plan to apologize for its government's past polices and practices of LGBTQ discrimination, how shifts in the US Census Bureau affec...

Jonny and Danette discuss The Russia Connection (thanks, Randy Rainbow!) that is plaguing our President, The release of Chelsea Manning from prison, the impacts of the Illinois budget crisis on SIU with a focus on cuts to LGBTQ and minority student support, the poor sales of Caitlyn Jenner's memoir, a Gallup poll that shows increased acceptance across the US for gay and lesbian relationships, less...

Jonny and Danette discuss the LGBT and Trans-inclusive Girls Rock Carbondale summer camp, SIU's cancellation of its search for a Vice Chancellor of Institutional Diversity, Trump's Religious Freedom Executive Order and how it still impacts LGBTQ communities, our many frustrations with the House passing the American Health Care Act, the FCC investigation into Stephen Colbert over alleged obscene an...

Jonny and Danette discuss surviving the ongoing Midwest floods, Lavender Graduation at SIU, the Trump Administration executive order on religious freedom expected to be signed on Thursday, Chechnya attacks on LGBT community that continue to get worse, a walkout of staff at Montreat College in NC over marriage equality discrimination, a Tennessee law that allows discrimination against LGBTQ people,...

Jonny and Danette discuss upcoming local events in April, anti-LGBTQ legislation in North Carolina and Texas, a Minnesota lawsuit against a school districts trans-inclusive bathroom policy that has been dropped, a NYT opinion essay distinguishing "tomboy" from trans, the persecution of gay men in Chechnya, the so-called "trendiness" of trans and gay among contemporary youth, and the outing of a tr...

Jonny and Danette discuss the Carbondale Town Council's declaration of the city as a "safe and welcoming community," pro-LGBTQ rulings in appeals courts across the country in April, a check in on North Carolina concerning private sector responses to the "repeal" of HB2 and new legislation attempting to nullify marriage equality there, a court opinion released regarding the Gavin Grimm case compari...

Danette and Jonny join the rest of WDBX in a weeklong party in the studio for its Spring Friendship Drive. If you are a regular listener to the show, please consider making a donation at http://wdbx.org/ . We also discuss results of the April 4 county and municipal elections, the 7th Circuit decision on Title VII that covers LGBTQ in workplace discrimination, recent anti-gay violence in the Nether...

Jonny and Danette discuss upcoming visit by a Civil Right themed art installation "Justice Fleet", events in the 11 Days of Compassion ( http://www.nonviolentcarbondale.org/11-days-for-compassion-schedule.html) , a local student protest for LGBT visibility, LGBT erasure in recent Trump executive orders, the large number of Trump appointees who are avowedly anti-LGBT,and the demise of AHCA.

Jonny is joined by AB and Alex to discuss their upcoming performance, "Grayscale: Perfoming Across Difference" -- a performance at the intersection of identity, environment, art and activism. We talk about themes and tactics in the show, including the material challenges of drag and reference to proposed cuts to the NEA and the importance of art in mobilizing publics and building community.

Danette and Jonny are joined by YouTuber, Ky McClosky, to discuss his work on YouTube, drag, androgyny, and growing up gay in Chicago and Southern Illinois. We also discuss keeping faith while resisting dogma in both religion and activism. Check out Ky's YouTube feed, K-SmilesXD, at https://www.youtube.com/user/ksmilesxd

Jonny and Danette discuss local events planned for International Women's Day as well as criticism of the proposed "A Day Without a Woman" strike, how the US Travel Ban is affecting LGBTQ refugees, companies that are backing out of public support for LGBTQ rights in order to preserve favorability with the Trump administration, caution about the romance of resistance in celebrating revolution, and h...

Jonny and Danette are joined briefly by Paulette Curkin to discuss upcoming local events for the March 8th protest event, "A Day without a Woman." https://www.sidaywithoutawoman.com/ We also discuss local queer YouTuber, K-SmilesxD, who will be on the show but couldn't make it today due to the storms overnight -- check out his feed at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4ln2pM3qpm6g2s9jaXgBgQ We the...

Jonny is joined by Anna Wilcoxen to discuss her upcoming performance "In Service of Venus," which deals with her various experiences in the service industry. We talk about the show but also about its central theme and the intersection of queer identity with labor issues. "In Service of Venus" will be presented at 8 pm on Thursday 2/23 through Saturday 2/25 in the Kleinau Theatre on the second floo...

Jonny and Danette are joined by Candice Sewell to discuss Black History Month and the intersection of Black and LGBTQ issues and concerns. A schedule of SIU Black History Month events can be found here: http://smrc.siu.edu/_common/images/brc/2017-black-history-month-calendar.pdf

Jonyy is joined by Lauran, Mic and Emily to discuss the Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies program on the Southern Illinois Campus, with particular emphasis on this weekend's upcoming annual WGSS Conference and a rally next week to show student and community support for WGSS. Keeping a focus on gender, we also discuss #dresslikeawoman, Sen. Elizabeth Warren being silenced on the Senate floor, the a...

Jonny and Danette discuss effectiveness of business boycotts as activist protest, the Boy Scouts of America allowing trans children, the Trump Administrations decision not to use and executive order to rescind Obama's LGBTQ protection orders, news of trans rights struggles in Texas, and the already looming threat of march- and protest-fatigue.

Jonny and Danette are joined by Paulette Curkin and Cade Bursell to unpack the weekends events, focusing particularly on DC protest events during the inaugeration, the National Women's March in D.C., and the sister march in Carbondale. Please note: the event Danette mentioned at the end of the show, the QPOC Panel discussion, takes place tomorrow (Thursday 1/26) from 5-8 pm in the upper level of G...