Nancy

"The L Word" is a soap opera, and maybe not even a particularly good one at that. But it's also essential viewing for queer women.

— Cameron Esposito is an actor, comedian, and producer.

— Sarah Shahi, Erin Daniels, and Mia Kirshner played Carmen, Dana, and Jenny on The L Word. Ilene Chaiken was the show's co-creator and executive producer.

Special thanks to Cassie Sercia and Autostraddle's Riese Bernard.

Episode scoring by Jeremy Bloom with additional music by Kai Engel ("Seeker") and Lawrence Grey ("The St Marks Shake"). Theme by Alexander Overington.

Nore Davis tells jokes about his brother, Khalil, being transgender. But they've never really just sat down to talk about it. Plus: Patti Harrison responds to the president.

— Nore Davis is a comedian. You can listen to his albums Home Game and Away Game on Spotify. Khalil Davis runs a website promoting financial literacy within the transgender community called The Trans Capitalist.

— Patti Harrison is a comedian who made her network debut on The Tonight Show, where she criticized Donald Trump's proposed ban on transgender people serving in the military.

Episode scoring by Jeremy Bloom and Isaac Jones. Additional music by Drake Stafford ("Casets"), Benedek ("Cruzin"), and Broke For Free ("Drop of Water in the Ocean"). Theme by Alexander Overington.

Even after "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was repealed, the military wasn't an easy place to be out.

— Audrey Quinn, a WNYC health reporter, reported and produced this story.

Special thanks to Alex Wagner, Tarak Shah, Todd Breasseale, and Sue Fulton.

Episode scoring by Jeremy Bloom and Isaac Jones with additional music by Andy G. Cohen ("A Perceptible Shift"), Kevin MacLeod ("Dances and Dames," "Faster Does It," and "I Knew a Guy"), Anamorphic Orchestra ("Creature Comforts" and "Taking Dark Matter Lightly"), the U.S. Army Band ("To The Color"), and the U.S. Army Old Guard Fife & Drum Corps ("Soldier's Farewell"). Theme by Alexander Overington.

Thanks for the invite, but Tobin's going to skip your pool party.

— Sabri Ben-Achour is a senior reporter for Marketplace.

— James T. Green is a producer for The Nod.

— Babetown hosts pop-up events for queer women.

Episode scoring by Jeremy Bloom and Isaac Jones with additional music by Joey Pecoraro ("Sour Sweets") and Gangi ("Proton Beat"). Theme by Alexander Overington.

Your friendly neighborhood LGBTQ podcast is back for season 2. Kathy’s dating, Tobin’s at the beach, and just to make sure this trailer lands up high in the search results: What time is the solar eclipse? New episodes starting Sunday, Aug. 20!

RuPaul navigates performance art with Broad City's Abbi Jacobson in the new WNYC Studios and MoMA podcast A Piece of Work.

Subscribe to A Piece of Work wherever you get your podcasts.

Nancy theme by Alexander Overington.

An estimated 15,000 trans people currently serve in the U.S. military. We spoke with Jordan Blisk, a former senior airman in the U.S. Air Force Reserves, about why he wanted to serve to begin with, and how it transformed his life for the better.

— Here's BuzzFeed's comic about Jordan's experience being trans in the military.

Nancy theme by Alexander Overington.

Q Daily is an 11-year-old trans boy. With puberty looming, he and his family have big decisions to make.

— Yasmeen Khan is a reporter covering education and youth for the WNYC Newsroom. Her stories were mixed by Wayne Shulmister.

Nancy theme by Alexander Overington.

Maybe don't overthink this one.

— A-Camp is an annual summer camp for queer women organized by the website Autostraddle.

Episode scoring by Jeremy Bloom with guitar performance by Hannis Brown. Theme by Alexander Overington.

Sometimes when you speak up, the world answers. 

— Gavin Grimm is a transgender rights activist suing his school district in federal court. The Vice documentary excerpted in this episode was reported by Diana Tourjee for Broadly. Bank Street School for Children is a private progressive school in upper Manhattan.

— Alaska is an LA-based drag queen and former winner of RuPaul's All Star Drag Race. Zoë Sobel is a radio producer in Unalaska, Alaska.

Episode scoring by Jeremy Bloom, Jesse Spillane ("Super Bubbly"), 1000 Names ("Rio"), and Broke for Free ("The Great"). Theme by Alexander Overington.