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BREAKING NEWS: The Supreme Court Declines to Hear Same-Sex Marriage Case 🎉, Trump's Triflin' Commutation of George Santos & Snoop Dogg joines GLAAD at Jackson State University


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Family, this week on Queer News Anna DeShawn continues to bring you the stories that matter most to our community. Our top story breaks down the victories across the board after November 4th's election day. Continuing in politics, Anna revisit's the topic of George Santos in light of his recent commutation granted by Trump and discuss the Supreme Court's upcoming decision on a case that could effect gay marriage for all. In culture and entertainment, we take a look abroad at the first elected, openly-gay Prime minister of the Netherlands, GLAAD's Darian Aaron talks about featuring Snoop Dog during the first stop of their HBCU tour titled: Generation Z & HIV: An HBCU Tour and Benjie Coy is back with our entertainment roundup talking the Real Housewives of Potomac and more. Let's get into it.

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00:26 Welcome to Queer News

00:47 The Fate of Marriage Equality in America

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04:46 Queer News Headlines

05:44 People Centered Policies Win on Election Day

13:50 Trump Commutes Disgraced Former Representative George Santos

17:27 Focal Point Coaching Program: Turn Clarity into Cash, https://focalpoint4u.com

18:50 The Netherlands Elect Its Youngest and First Openly Gay Prime Minister

20:54 GLAAD & Snoop Dogg

28:42 Benjie Brings our Entertainment RoundUp

29:35 Anna's Got A Word

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Zohran Mamdani's Full Victory Speech, November 4th, 2025

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Breaking News: Marriage Equality in America

In a surprising turn of events the same Supreme Court that overturned Roe v. Wade has rejected Kim Davis' case to consider overturning same-sex marriage in Obergefell v. Hodges. This is worth celebrating!

This Week's Top Story

People Centered Policies Win BIG on Election Day

Turn the volume up! Zohran Mamdani is New York's 111th mayor. Mamdani's win is huge for a myriad of reasons as he is New York's first Muslim and South Asian Mayor and he's one of the youngest at just 34 years old. Several other states have wins locally including New Jersey, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. These wins also tell us people on all sides are fed-up with the current administration.

This Week In Politics

Trump Commutes Disgraced Former Representative George Santos

Trump commuted the former representative on Friday writing on his social media "George Santos was somewhat of a 'rogue,' but there are many rogues throughout our Country that aren't forced to serve seven years in prison".

This Week In Entertainment and Culture

The Netherlands Elect Its Youngest and First Openly Gay Prime Minister

Rob Jetten, 38 years old, of the D66 party narrowly beat his opponent Geert Wilders in the Dutch election. Jetten's next challenge is to build a coalition that can help him claim enough seats to overtake the House of Parliament.

GLAAD Kicks Off HBCU HIV Tour with Snoop Dogg

GLAAD's HBCU Tour launched with a surprise fireside chat featuring Snoop Dogg, an event that immediately drew mixed reactions from the Black and Queer communities; GLAAD addresses this controversy, confirming they held Snoop accountable and that he came on his own dime to convey his heart to the students.

Benjie Brings our Entertainment RoundUp

RHOP drama & HBCU Homecoming fashion contributor Benjie Coy celebrates gives us what we need to know.

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About Queer News

An intersectional approach to a weekly news podcast where race & sexuality meet politics, entertainment and culture. Tune-in to reporting which centers & celebrates all of our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & comrade communities. Hosted by Anna DeShawn. New pod drops every Monday by 9am CT.

Edited by Ryan Woodhall.

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