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  • Navigating Rapid Response to LGBTQ+ News (While Staying Sane)

    Navigating Rapid Response to LGBTQ+ News (While Staying Sane)
    Sep 17 2025
    It’s been an absolutely wild and dizzying news week. With LGBTQ-related details around Charlie Kirk’s murder being proven and debunked and referenced again over and over and the LGBTQ+ community getting thrown into the mix – how do we manage the deluge? There is so much happening across the country, and today we’re going to dive into some of the latest. And in the midst of the chaos – where is our roundtable finding queer joy this week? Joining us this week for these stories and more: News and Rapid Response Coordinator for GLAAD, Jacob Reyes Managing Director for News is Out, Dana Piccoli Founder and Editor in Chief of Uncloseted Media, Spencer Macnaughton 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 min
  • Examining Regional Queer Journalism and Celebrating Black Gay Pride

    Examining Regional Queer Journalism and Celebrating Black Gay Pride
    Sep 10 2025
    The Supreme Court case around conversion therapy is coming up fast. What’s at stake for LGBTQ+ communities across the country? Black Gay Pride celebrations are coming up in cities all across the country. Why are those celebrations so very important? And where’s our roundtable finding queer joy lately? Joining us this week for these stories and more: Staff writer for The Buckeye Flame, a corps member of Report for America, Ben Jodway Executive Director of Queer Kentucky, Missy Spears Award-winning journalist, writer, preacher, co-host of the B4Nine podcast, Mashaun D. Simon 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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    39 min
  • EXTRA, EXTRA: The History and Current State of LGBTQ+ Media

    EXTRA, EXTRA: The History and Current State of LGBTQ+ Media
    Sep 3 2025
    Extra, 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. Tracy Baim co-founded the Windy City Times in 1985. She’s the author of 14 books, including Gay Press, Gay Power: The Growth of LGBT Newspapers in America and has worked 41 years in local LGBTQ media, and has been inducted into the Chicago Gay & Lesbian Hall of Fame as well as the Hall of Fame for the Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists. Tracy currently serves as the executive director of Press Forward Chicago and helped spearhead the LGBTQ+ Media Mapping Project. 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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    39 min
  • Diagnosing Trans Media Coverage & the Latest LGBTQ+ Bans

    Diagnosing Trans Media Coverage & the Latest LGBTQ+ Bans
    Aug 27 2025
    The Trump administration executive order on homelessness, “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets”, is causing immense concern in the LGBTQ+ community. What are the latest restrictions surrounding queer public life in the United States? And tune in to hear where today’s panelists are finding queer joy in the world this week! Joining us to discuss these stories and more: Reporter for The 19th, Candice Norwood Director of local news for the U.S. South for GLAAD, Darian Aaron Freelance editor and writer and editor of Philadelphia Gay News, Jason Villemez 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 min
  • 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 min
  • 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 min
  • 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 min
  • Continued Assaults on Queer History & the LGBTQ+ Exhibit You Won’t See at the Smithsonian

    Continued Assaults on Queer History & the LGBTQ+ Exhibit You Won’t See at the Smithsonian
    Jul 30 2025
    Amy Sherald cancelled her art exhibit at the Smithsonian after the Smithsonian tried to remove one of the paintings. According to a new report, an alarming number of trans people live in a state with a policy that restricts bathroom access and the Trump administration is actively taking action against states regarding it. On top of all that, Kim Davis is back in the news – why??? Joining us this week to discuss these topics and many more are: Staff writer for The Buckeye Flame, via Report for America, Ben Jodway Founder of Three Plus One Media, thought leader, advocate and curator of The Colored Section substack, Zackory Kirk Writer, travel expert, former CEO of Pride Media, and currently the Executive director of GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, Diane Anderson-Minshall 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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    44 min