Isn't It Queer

Jonny does the year in review episode. Rona P. Andemic offers some commentary about resolutions. Jonny closes out with gratitude for the Southern Illinois LGBTQ+ community.

Jonny interviews local trans advocate and campaigner for the Ray Linzi bit for the US Congress, Clare Killman. They discuss election shenanigans, recent anti-trans legislation co-sponsored by Tulsi Gabbard, the elevation of TERF discourse in the UK and US, and a host of other issues impacting the trans community.

Jonny Talks with Tara Bell and Brandon Groff about the Rainbow Cafe's upcoming "Merry Queermas" virtual event. He then checks in on some recent SCOTUS refusals to take up cases coming out of Indiana challenging same sex parents appearing on birth certificates. Finally, he reviews some ways Illinois Blue Cross/Blue Shield is denying coverage to LGBTQ clients and their dependents that it would otherwise authorize for straight clients.

Jonny reviews EU sex scandals, the Trump Administrations new rules allowing anti-LGBTQ discrimination, how mysterious obelisks became an opportunity for homophobia, and a UK ruling making it harder for trans youth to get access to puberty blocking therapies.

Jonny reviews some positive statistics about HIV/AIDS and reviews eight important cultural moments that mark our attempts to combat the disease. He reviews important strides in LGBTQ+ representation and likely policy initiatives of the Biden/Harris administration. He ends with a collection of recent stories about gay and trans representation in popular culture.

Jonny reviews the uptick in the murder of Trans people worldwide and in the US. He revisits the misleading exit poll data that suggests Trump pulled more of the LGBTQ vote in 2020 than in 2016. And he ends with a story about a law suit against IL Blue Cross Blue Shield for not covering the medical costs of gender confirmation therapy.

Jonny reviews the exit polling data that Trump earned 28% of the LGB(TQ) vote in the last election. He also reviews the LGB presence at last weekend's "Million MAGA March" in DC. He reviews some good news and bad news from the European Union. He ends with a tribute to local drag performer extraordinaire, Blanch Dubois.

Jonny reviews some of the major LGBTQ+ victories in the 2020 elections.

Produced on the Election Day but released on the day after, this episode anticipates the turmoil to come. Jonny first delves into the Trump Administration's attempts to whitewash their LGBTQ+ record and the strange phenomenon of LGBTQ Trump supporters. He then coasts through a series of good news items about the LGBTQ community that may have been eclipsed by the US elections. These include children with same sex parents performing better academically, the state department dropping law suit appeals over the citizenship of children with same sex parents, Texas abandoning its attempts to allow social workers to discriminate against LGBTQ clients, non-virtual Pride in Taiwan, and the engagement announcement of Megan Rapenoe and Sue Bird.

Jonny shares some of the wonderful speeches and endorsements from this year's Rainbow Cafe virtual gala, marking its 20th anniversary. He does a brief check in on the news and then turns it over to Rona P. Andemic for some spooky holiday words of wisdom.