Isn't It Queer

It's Stacy's last show, and we go out with a "Pow," "Bang," Biff"! We share some news from the protests in Chicago, the transmisogynist comments of Senator Ted Cruz, and end the show with a love fest for new shows about women superheroes -- particularly Jessica Jones and Supergirl. Good times! We will miss you, Stacy, and look forward to hearing about your new life on the Left Coast!

Jonny is joined by Craig Gingrich-Philbrook to discuss holiday charitable giving that supports LGBTQ communities. We also review the continued but softening LGBTQ boycott of the Salvation Army. You can find the stories and links that we discuss on-air at our Flipboard site: http://tinyurl.com/nd2axsd

The podcast returns from an unplanned hiatus while its creators were busy making performance events! In this episode, Jonny interviews Colin Whitworth about his upcoming production of "Hell House: A Show about Christ and the Closet." We also discuss new support for a federal ban on conversion therapy and a study noting Facebook's popularity as the preferred social media site for coming out. More information about "Hell House" available here: https://www.facebook.com/events/718924581540701/

Jonny and Stacy interview Wil Davis about plans for the upcoming 7th Annual Carbondale Pride Picnic. We also revisit our broadcast about the 6th Annual Carbondale Pride Picnic from last year.

Jonny and Stacy discuss the projects that are keeping them so busy lately, the Rowan County Clerk in Kentucky who still won't give out marriage licenses, the raid on RentBoy.com, and TERF activist Cathy Brennan's law suit against AfterEllen. We are still conducting the fall membership pledge drive for the station; please support the station that hosts us at WDBX.org.

Stacy and Jonny discuss recent Illinois legislation signed into law by Governor Rauner that extend protections and recognition to LGBTQ people, The Windy City Times reporting of the induction of 11 people into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame, an explanation of "cisgender" following a listener request for clarification, survey data on US and UK youth increasingly self-identifying as bisexual, and John Oliver's recent segments on "This Week Tonight" in support of LGBT rights. Please note that we are still conducting the WDBX fall pledge drive; please support independent community radio that makes this podcast possible by making a donation at http://www.wdbx.org/ .

Jonny and Stacy discuss the importance of community radio and why you should make a pledge during the current pledge drive, issues of queer representation in mainstream and independent film, the continued plague of trans women murders across the country, and the problems with trans exclusive environmental advocacy in the organization Deep Green Resistance. Please support this podcast by supporting the independent community radio that makes it possible; make a pledge donation at http://www.wdbx.org/ .

Jonny and Stacy are joined again by Matt Baccus to encourage listeners to submit content to his local zine project, "Queerbondale," by this Friday (8/14). We then discuss several international stories of LGBTQ rights and activism, offer some queer perspectives on the current campaigns for the 2016 Presidential election, and check in again on the controversy over the upcoming feature film, "Stonewall."

Jonny and Stacy discuss the impact of Illinois budget woes on LGBTQ and other resources, the stabbings at the Israel Pride Parade, Caitlyn Jenner's "I Am Cait" and the conundrum of a conservative Republican trans advocate, and controversy over the feature film about the Stonewall riots.

Jonny and Stacy are joined by Matt Baccus (a.k.a. Tammy Cannons) to discuss the launch and call for submissions for the new local zine, "Queerbondale." They also discuss the Equality Act, Netroots Nation's attempt at intersectionality, the Boy Scouts of America's new policy of allowing LGBT leaders, and President Obama's LGBT advocacy in Kenya. [Submissions for "Queerbondale" are due August 9 at [email protected] ; more information about the project can be found at https://www.facebook.com/events/881416641950632/]