A special Gen Z guest joins Lena, Omme, and Katie for the month of June to discuss LGBTQ+ history, present, and future. This episode touches on the legacies of the Stonewall riots and the AIDS epidemic, gender identity and generational differences, debates and prejudices within the community, and the importance of allyship. Katie, characteristically, is intimidated by the concept of emojis as pronouns, and Lena reveals that while working on the show she may have (gasp) learned a thing or two herself.

Episode sources and links can be found below:

Nonbinary pronouns are older than you think

explaining xenogenders

Stonewall monument

Interactive AIDS Quilt

Omme's article on language is made up

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This episode was recorded and produced on the traditional lands of the Congaree and East Cherokee tribes.