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Gender-affirming care resumes for trans service members, the community mourns Jill Sobule and Doechii makes Billboard’s top 10 - May 5, 2025
Family, your favorite queer radio personality Anna DeShawn is back with another informative episode of Queer News — where race and sexuality meet politics, culture, and entertainment. This week, we celebrate a long-overdue win for trans service members in the military and Robert De Niro’s beautiful public support for his trans daughter. We honor Jill Sobule’s contribution to queer music and celebrate Doechii’s major music milestone. If you need a word of encouragement this week, keep listening till you get to Anna’s Word. Let’s get into it.
🏛️ PoliticsA Win for Trans Service Members The Pentagon is ordered to resume gender-affirming care for trans troops after multiple court victories — a huge step forward for inclusion in the military.
Trump Targets PBS & NPR In a late-night move, Trump signs an executive order to cut public funding for NPR and PBS, threatening access to fact-based media in rural America.
🎭 Culture & Entertainment
Robert De Niro Publicly Supports His Trans Daughter De Niro speaks out with love and clarity after his daughter Airyn comes out as trans, saying, “I don’t know what the big deal is.”
Remembering Jill Sobule The queer music community mourns the tragic death of trailblazing artist Jill Sobule, whose anthem "I Kissed a Girl" paved the way for generations of queer musicians.
Doechii Breaks Into the Billboard Top 10 After eight months, Alligator Bites Never Heal cracks the Top 10 — proof that authentic artistry and physical sales still make waves.
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00:26 Welcome to Queer News
01:38 Leave a Queer News Tip, Email info at e3radio.fm or leave a message here https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/s/243669/19/rc6z5z67pp1op502
02:55 Join the QCrew, https://bit.ly/JoinQCrew
03:24 Queer News Headlines
03:50 A Win for Trans Service Members
05:54 Trump Targets PBS & NPR
11:39 Learn more about the Help Stop Hate Campaign, https://ilstophate.org
12:10 Support Queer News Coverage at World Pride 2025, https://bit.ly/QNPWorldPride2025
13:16 Your Mental Health Coverage Is Just As Important As Your Physical Health Coverage, https://getcovered.illinois.gov/resources/mental-health-parity.html
13:47 Robert De Niro Publicly Supports His Trans Daughter
15:06 Remembering Jill Sobule
16:41 Doechii Breaks Into the Billboard Top 10
17:58 Anna's Got A Word
📣 Stay Connected
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Subscribe for news & queer deals: Queer News Newsletter, https://bit.ly/QueerNews
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Follow Anna @annadeshawn on social for the latest queer news updates!
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Rate, review, and share this episode to help amplify LGBTQ+ voices.
📢 Queer News Tip Line: Got a story I should cover? Send it my way! https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/s/243669/19/rc6z5z67pp1op502 or email info at e3radio dot fm
🌈 Join the QCrew: If you believe LGBTQ stories need to be amplified, support the work we do. Join the QCrew today! https://bit.ly/3L3Ng66
🎧 We are Queer News Done Right.
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Subscribe to our YouTube Channel
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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 every Monday by 9am CT.
Edited by Ryan Woodhall.
Brought to you by E3 Radio, and distributed on The Qube.
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Family, your favorite queer radio personality Anna DeShawn is back with another informative episode of Queer News — where race and sexuality meet politics, culture, and entertainment. This week, we celebrate a long-overdue win for trans service members in the military and Robert De Niro’s beautiful public support for his trans daughter. We honor Jill Sobule’s contribution to queer music and celebrate Doechii’s major music milestone. If you need a word of encouragement this week, keep listening till you get to Anna’s Word. Let’s get into it.
🏛️ PoliticsA Win for Trans Service Members The Pentagon is ordered to resume gender-affirming care for trans troops after multiple court victories — a huge step forward for inclusion in the military.
Trump Targets PBS & NPR In a late-night move, Trump signs an executive order to cut public funding for NPR and PBS, threatening access to fact-based media in rural America.
🎭 Culture & Entertainment
Robert De Niro Publicly Supports His Trans Daughter De Niro speaks out with love and clarity after his daughter Airyn comes out as trans, saying, “I don’t know what the big deal is.”
Remembering Jill Sobule The queer music community mourns the tragic death of trailblazing artist Jill Sobule, whose anthem "I Kissed a Girl" paved the way for generations of queer musicians.
Doechii Breaks Into the Billboard Top 10 After eight months, Alligator Bites Never Heal cracks the Top 10 — proof that authentic artistry and physical sales still make waves.
🌈✊🏾🏳️⚧️✨
00:26 Welcome to Queer News
01:38 Leave a Queer News Tip, Email info at e3radio.fm or leave a message here https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/s/243669/19/rc6z5z67pp1op502
02:55 Join the QCrew, https://bit.ly/JoinQCrew
03:24 Queer News Headlines
03:50 A Win for Trans Service Members
05:54 Trump Targets PBS & NPR
11:39 Learn more about the Help Stop Hate Campaign, https://ilstophate.org
12:10 Support Queer News Coverage at World Pride 2025, https://bit.ly/QNPWorldPride2025
13:16 Your Mental Health Coverage Is Just As Important As Your Physical Health Coverage, https://getcovered.illinois.gov/resources/mental-health-parity.html
13:47 Robert De Niro Publicly Supports His Trans Daughter
15:06 Remembering Jill Sobule
16:41 Doechii Breaks Into the Billboard Top 10
17:58 Anna's Got A Word
📣 Stay Connected
-
Subscribe for news & queer deals: Queer News Newsletter, https://bit.ly/QueerNews
-
Follow Anna @annadeshawn on social for the latest queer news updates!
-
Rate, review, and share this episode to help amplify LGBTQ+ voices.
📢 Queer News Tip Line: Got a story I should cover? Send it my way! https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/s/243669/19/rc6z5z67pp1op502 or email info at e3radio dot fm
🌈 Join the QCrew: If you believe LGBTQ stories need to be amplified, support the work we do. Join the QCrew today! https://bit.ly/3L3Ng66
🎧 We are Queer News Done Right.
🌈✊🏾🏳️⚧️✨
Interested in advertising? Email: info at e3radio.fm
Subscribe to our YouTube Channel
https://youtube.com/@e3radio
🌈✊🏾🏳️⚧️✨
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 every Monday by 9am CT.
Edited by Ryan Woodhall.
Brought to you by E3 Radio, and distributed on The Qube.
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