The town gathers to decide how to protect the children & clean up the queer mess, incidentally caused by many men from Boise's businesses going all the way up to the top of Idaho. 💰

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Follow me on Instagram @queerserial for images from the true history, subscribe to periodic email updates here, and find more info & resources for the podcast at queerserial.com. Music comes from Blue Dot Sessions. “Radio clips” in this episode feature “The Problem with Jon Stewart” interview with Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, local news coverage of Florida’s 2023 trans sports ban, Governors Ron DeSantis and Glenn Youngkin spreading transphobia, followed by a trans high school teenager calling out Youngkin on CNN. Also featuring the 1950 Van Johnson version of “Let’s Choo Choo Choo to Idaho.” Also check out this fun version from the 1950 film The Duchess of Idaho. 

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