This week on the Queer News podcast Anna DeShawn reports on the country’s first federal hate crime about gender identity. Anna gives a Nex Benedict update as well. In politics, Ghana passed an anti-LGBTQ bill where queer folks could be imprisoned while Arizona tried to pass an anti-trans measure and it didn’t work. Woot! In culture & entertainment, Laverne Cox has dropped part 2 of her TripHopera. We’ve got a Queer Eye replacement for Bobby. And the universal pictures trailer for Wicked has dropped and we see Cynthia Erivo is playing The Wicked Witch of the West. Let’s go! 

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00:38- Anna responds to comments from the Queer News listenership survey

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3:48 - Queer News headlines

4:40 - The country’s first federal hate crime about gender identity. 

7:01 - Nex Benedict update 

9:29 - Ghana passed an anti-LGBTQ bill where queer folks could be imprisoned 

10:10 - Arizona tried to pass an anti-trans measure and it didn’t work. 

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11:33 - Laverne Cox has dropped part 2 of her TripHopera. 

13:54 - We’ve got a Queer Eye replacement for Bobby. 

15:23 - The universal pictures trailer for Wicked has dropped and we see Cynthia Erivo is playing The Wicked Witch of the West. 

16:10 - Anna’s Got a Word

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This is a special drop to end a beautiful Black History Month. We are coming to you with an interview featuring Raquel Willis. Anna DeShawn had the opportunity to sit down with Raquel and discuss her new book "The Risk It Takes To Bloom". They talk about her career being an out Black trans woman in the media and the journey she took to write her memoir. We hope you enjoy it. 

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In The Risk It Takes to Bloom, Raquel Willis recounts with passion and candor her experiences straddling the Obama and Trump eras, the possibility of transformation after the tragedy, and how complex moments can push us all to take necessary risks and bloom toward collective liberation. 

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Raquel Willis is an award-winning activist, journalist, and media strategist dedicated to collective liberation, especially for Black trans folks. She is an executive producer with iHeartMedia’s first-ever LGBTQ+ podcast network, Outspoken, and the host of Afterlives, a podcast centering the lives and legacies of trans folks lost too soon to violence. She is also the author of The Risk It Takes to Bloom: On Life and Liberation.

Raquel has held groundbreaking posts, including director of communications for Ms. Foundation for Women, executive editor of Out magazine, and national organizer for Transgender Law Center. She co-founded Transgender Week of Visibility and Action with civil rights attorney Chase Strangio. She is the president of the Solutions Not Punishments Collaborative’s executive board and serves on the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art board.

She published the GLAAD Media Award-winning “Trans Obituaries Project,” in 2022, she executive-produced and hosted “The Trans Youth Town Hall” with Logo. The work was nominated for the GLAAD Awards and won Gold distinction in the Shorty Awards. She was also honored as a 2023 ADCOLOR Advocate.

Her writing has been published in Black Futures by Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham, Bulgari Magnifica: The Power Women Hold edited by Tina Leung, The Echoing Ida Collection edited by Kemi Alabi, Cynthia R. Greenlee, and Janna A. Zinzi, and Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha Blain. She has also written for Essence, Bitch, VICE, Buzzfeed, The Cut, and Vogue.

Raquel is a thought leader on gender, race, and intersectionality. She’s experienced in online publications, organizing marginalized communities for social change, non-profit media strategy, and public speaking while using digital activism as a major tool of resistance and liberation.

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This week on the Queer News podcast Anna DeShawn reports on the tragic death of Nex Benedict. Nex, we speak your name today. In politics, government officials can refuse to marry you in Tennessee. In culture & entertainment, HIV advocate and shero Hydeia Broadbent passes away at 39. The Catholic church where Cecilia Gentili’s funeral services were held called it a scandal and a new book is out that explores gender in all of its beautiful forms. Let’s go! 

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00:51 - Queer News is nominated for an Ambie

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4:29 - Queer News headlines

5:10 - Nex Benedict we speak your name today

13:36 - Government officials can refuse to marry you in Tennessee

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14:38 - HIV/AIDS advocate & icon Hydeia Broadbent passes away

16:10 - The Catholic church calls Cecilia Gentili’s homegoing services a scandal

20:00 - A new book is out that explores gender in all of its beautiful forms

21:39 - Anna’s Got a Word

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This week on the Queer News podcast Anna DeShawn reports on some global news. Greece has legalized same-sex marriage and Nepal has recognized it’s first lesbian marriage. In politics, a Tennessee pride organization wins $500,000 in an anti-LGBTQ discrimination case and Utah’s Governor calls for Natalie Cline to resign after her anti-trans Facebook post. In culture and entertainment, let’s talk about Cecilia Gentili’s epic homegoing services in New York City. Brittney Griner going back to Baylor to have her jersey retired and a collection of queer comedians are coming together in an upcoming Netflix special. Let’s go! 

00:00 - Welcome to the Queer News podcast 

00:48 - Anna answers questions from the Queer News listenership survey

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2:56 - Queer News headlines

3:49 - Greece has legalized same-sex marriage and Nepal has recognized it’s first lesbian marriage 

7:25 - A Tennessee pride organization wins $500,000 in an anti-LGBTQ discrimination case

9:55 - Utah’s Governor calls for Natalie Cline to resign after her anti-trans Facebook post

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14:43 - Cecilia Gentili’s epic homegoing services in New York City brings out over 1,000 queers to pay their respects

18:24 - Baylor finally retires Brittney Griner’s jersey 

20:14 - Queer comedians are coming together in an upcoming Netflix special called the Gender Agenda

21:44 - Anna’s Got a Word

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This week on the Queer News podcast Anna DeShawn celebrates the life of Cecilia Gentili, an icon who passed away last week. In politics, Utah becomes the 11th state to pass legislation restricting bathroom rights for our trans siblings. Indiana launches a form for people to report schools teaching LGBTQ inclusion but it didn’t go how they thought. In culture and entertainment, Brittney Griner’s book is available for pre-order. Rupaul’s Madame Tussauds London wax figure is revealed and GLAAD partners with the NFL during super bowl week. Let’s go! 

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00:48 - Anna answers questions from the Queer News listenership survey

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2:49 - Queer News headlines

3:33 - We celebrate the life of Cecilia Gentili

7:35 - Utah passes anti-trans bathroom law

9:24 - Indiana launches a form for people to report schools teaching LGBTQ inclusion but it didn’t go how they thought

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12:39 - Brittney Griner’s book “Coming Home” is available for pre-order

14:20 - GLAAD partners with the NFL during super bowl week

17:08 - Rupaul’s Madame Tussauds London wax figure is revealed 

18:28 - Anna’s Got a Word

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This week on the Queer News podcast Anna DeShawn finally gets to report on a political win because anti-trans legislation is defeated in Iowa. While Florida is still up to its same shenanigans. In culture & entertainment, I attended “The Advocate Educator’s Handbook” book launch here in Chicago, Baylor is retiring Brittney Griner’s jersey, Amber Glenn makes history in figure skating and Victoria Monet makes history in music. There are a couple more stories in here too. Let’s just jump right on in. Let’s go! 

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2:39 - Anna shares some good news

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5:21 - Queer News headlines

5:57 - Anti-trans legislation is defeated in Iowa 

8:29 - Florida is still up to its same sshenanigans

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13:04 - “The Advocate Educator’s Handbook” book launched in Chicago

16:05 - Baylor is retiring Brittney Griner’s jersey

18:59 - Amber Glenn makes history in figure skating

20:21 - Victoria Monet makes history in music

21:23 - Will Ferrell’s new movie “Will & Harper” gets picked up by Netflix

22:43 - Anna’s Got a Word

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This week on the Queer News podcast Anna DeShawn remembers ABilly Jones-Hennin, a life long LGBTQ advocate who passed away last week at the age of 81. In politics, three hundred anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced across 35 states so far this year. The man who murdered Taya Ashton in 2021 was sentenced to 48 years in prison. In culture and entertainment news, a scholarship has been named in honor of O’Shae Sibley, Queer Eye has drama and Anna is loving this season for Colman Domingo who is set to star as Nat King Cole. 

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00:21 - Queer News Listenership Survey Update

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3:58 - Queer News headlines

4:53 - ABilly Jones-Hennin, a life long LGBTQ advocate who passes away

8:12 - 300 anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced across 35 states this year

10:45 - The man who murdered Taya Ashton last year was sentenced to 48 years in prison

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12:45 - A scholarship has been named for O’Shae Sibley

14:48 - Queer Eye drama between Bobby & Tan

17:46 - Loving this season for Colman Domingo

19:36 - Anna’s Got a Word

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This week on the Queer News podcast Anna DeShawn remembers Kitty Monroe, a Latina trans woman who was murdered in Arizona. Missouri is continuing their commitment to hate with another record day of hearing 9 anti-trans & anti-LGBTQ bills in one day. Anna attended Creating Change 2024 in New Orleans and tells us all about it. GLAAD won an Emmy and dropped their 2024 GLAAD award nominees. Giselle Byrd becomes the first Black trans woman to lead a regional theater company and Shannon Balenciaga is on VH1’s “My True Crime Story” spilling the tea about her $17.5 million dollar scam.

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3:55 - Kitty Monroe we speak your name, 

7:03 - Missouri hears 9 anti-trans bills in one day

9:39 - Anna attends Creating Change in New Orleans

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18:16 - GLAAD wins an Emmy

21:09 - Giselle Byrd makes history

23:34 - Shannon Balenciaga is on VH1’s “My True Crime Story”

25:19 - Anna’s Got a Word

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This week on the Queer News podcast Anna DeShawn shares some top queer news stories and drops a special edition honoring the work of Coretta Scott King while celebrating everything Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was to the world. Just as Dr. King was called to this civil rights work, so was Coretta. History has put her in boxes that keep her narrative somewhere behind Martin’s but no, not here on this podcast. On Queer News she is not just the wife of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. She is the movement.

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6:27 - Honoring Coretta while Remembering Martin 11:27 - Words from Coretta 12:06 - Dr. King & Coretta’s Partnership 17:49 - Leading Dr. King’s Remembrance

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Family, Happy New Year 🎉

This week on the Queer News podcast Anna DeShawn is in the midst of ramping back up into the groove of life post the holidays. So for today we are dropping part two of the special end of the year recap Anna did with the Bad Queers podcast. They go month by month and highlight our top queer news stories. 

In part 2, we continue with July through December highlights. This includes the release of Janelle Monáe's Lipstick Lover, the Montgomery River Brawl, Robin Roberts marriage and Brittney Griner's story being released. Low lights include the conflict in The Congo and Israel/Gaza/Palestine, remembering O'Shae Sibley, transphobia on the rise and Cassie gets justice from Diddy. This is just a taste. Enjoy! 

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6:06 - Part 2: 2023 Year in Review with Bad Queers podcast

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