In December of last year, Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr, issued a so-called “declaration” slamming gender affirming care. Now 20 states have sued him to block his attempts to end gender affirming care in America. Joining us to discuss this case is an attorney from the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office working on the lawsuit: Lindsey Middlecamp, a Special Counsel for the Rule of Law with the Minnesota Attorney General’s office.

Plus, we take a look at the upcoming Supreme Court election in Wisconsin. And a wrap-up of elections in Chicago last night: how did LGBTQ candidates do? Plus Vermont has caved to an anti-LGBTQ hate group allowing anti-LGBTQ parents to foster LGBTQ kids in that state.

 As we await the SCOTUS ruling on conversion therapy bans (Chiles v Salazar), Equality Illinois CEO Channyn Lynne Parker and Conversion Therapy Survivor Network’s President Curtis Lopez-Galloway join us to discuss what’s at stake, including a new resource: The Illinois Conversion Therapy Legal Accountability Guide. Get the guide here: https://www.naswil.org/post/coalition-launches-powerful-new-weapon-against-conversion-therapy?nvep=&hmac=&emci=c00c0976-32d4-f011-8195-000d3a1d58aa&emdi=ea000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&ceid=

Connect with Equality Illinois: https://www.equalityillinois.us

Connect with Conversion Therapy Survivor Network: https://www.conversionsurvivor.org

THEN: Managing Editor of the Dallas Voice, Tammye Nash, joins us to discuss Trump attaching James Talarico on trans rights. We also get into a breakdown of the Texas primaries and upcoming run-offs. Plus, another rainbow crosswalk slated to be removed. 

The Dallas Voice is in its 43nd year as the Voice of the LGBTQ Community in North Texas and beyond. Visit their website at DallasVoice.com and their social media pages on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and BlueSky. Connect with them here: https://dallasvoice.com

Three big stories we’re covering today. The media is reporting the boycott against Target is over. But is it? Has Target actually changed course? Ulla Nilsen from Unidos MN joins us to discuss. Connect with Unidos MN here: https://unidos-mn.org

Ballet Co.Labortary has a new ballet based on Freddie Mercury called Freddie: Break Free. It runs April 10 – 12, 2026  at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts. Founder and Artistic Director Zoé Henrot will join us. Featuring live music by Queen tribute band The Crown Jewels & the professional dancers of Ballet Co.Laboratory, this is not your typical night at the ballet. For tickets and more info: https://www.balletcolaboratory.org/freddie-break-free

Gideon Cohn-Postar from the Institute for Responsive Government joins me to talk about the SAVE Act and IRG’s new report on Proportional Representation. Gideon is IRG’s

Director of Federal Affairs. Read their new report on Proportional Representation here: https://responsivegov.org/research/the-cost-of-better-representation-a-framework-for-understanding-the-financial-impact-of-proportional-representation-on-state-elections/

TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them) and Nick Venegoni (he>they) of the Queer Spirit Community + Podcast join us here on the Gaily Show on the 2nd Saturday of each month. During this time they share support and care practices to help us all navigate these challenging times together while staying mindfully informed.

Queer Spirit is an inclusive space centering Queers + Allies. Find them at thequeerspirit.com

Dinosaur World Live is now playing at Children’s Theatre in Minneapolis through April 5th. Joining us from the show is Sebastian Chambers. Sebastian is an actor, mover and award-winning puppeteer whose credits include Glyndebourne Opera, Theatre Peckham and Hours Theatre Company.

Connect with Sebastian on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sebchambers_/

Hungry Like the Wolf opens March 19 at The History Theater in St. Paul. It’s a groundbreaking history of the Willmar Eight, the women who led the first American bank strike right here in Minnesota. Its playwright Sandra Struthers joins us. Sandra is a therapist, actress, theater and storytelling teacher, director, and writer.

To connect with Sandra: https://www.sandrastruthers.com

Brianne Brinker is back with a new piece examining the Olympics and what the Men’s Hockey Team shows us about the current state of sports. Which led me to ask: how political are sports these days? Brianne is a former NCAA Division I men’s hockey goalie and coach who publicly transitioned in her 50s while serving as Assistant Athletic Director at Union College. Her new memoir is Skating Out of the Vault came out last year. Connect with Brianne here: https://authenticallybrianne.com

Buy her memoir here: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9781966655381

Read her post and follow her on Substack: https://authenticallybrianne.substack.com

TO START: The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has just handed down a truly disturbing ruling about transgender healthcare that has legal implications for all Americans. 

PLUS: We’re going to discuss the implications of a new report that says people are having relationships with (and sexually experimenting with) AI. What?!

THEN: Jake Wittich, Managing Editor of Windy City Times is back with his award-winning reporting. Here is what he has for us today:

https://windycitytimes.com/2026/03/10/lightfoots-ice-accountability-project-builds-database-of-alleged-immigration-agent-misconduct/

https://windycitytimes.com/2026/03/03/chicago-pride-parade-announces-free-to-be-proud-theme-and-community-grand-marshals/

https://windycitytimes.com/2026/02/24/caprice-carthans-academy-honors-mentorship-legacy-of-trans-trailblazer/

Windy City Times has been the voice of Chicago’s LGBTQ+ community since 1985. This year marks the news outlet’s 40th anniversary of uplifting queer stories, reporting with Pride and chronicling LGBTQ+ history. Visit http://WindyCityTimes.com/newsletters to sign up for the publication’s weekly LGBTQ+ news updates.

Alex Burness joins us to discuss his investigative reporting into the persecution American Samoans face just for voting. Despite having US Passports and US Social Security numbers, they are not considered US Citizens. And the US government is arresting them for voting. Read the article here: https://boltsmag.org/prosecuted-for-voting-american-samoans-alaska/

Read all of Alex’s reporting for Bolts Magazine here: https://boltsmag.org/authors/alex-burness/

Then, Part 2 of “Should the LGBTQ community support the Iran War?” This time looking at the LGBTQ community’s approach to immigration and foreign policy through the lens of the negotiations to end Iran’s nuclear program.New polling suggests that Americans don’t think the Democratic Party is too progressive, they think they’re too weak. Big implications for LGBTQ rights, which is considered “too progressive” by “strategists.” Read more about the poll here: https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-democrats-real-problem-isnt

Luis Argenta from Unidos Minnesota joins us to discuss Kristi Noem’s ouster, plus Governor Walz and AG Ellison testifying before Congress.

Then: Should the LGBTQ community support the Iran War?

Finally, Abuelita opens at The Capri Theatre on March 19th. Written by queer playwright Nathan Yungerberg, Abuelita follows Davia, who has come from Iowa after the death of her daughter, so her grandson Jesús can connect with the culture of his unknown Nuyorican father. But New York is “hotter’n a blister bug in a pepper patch,” and as the heat rises, Davia’s world begins to transform—making way for an exciting new life filled with music, dancing, community, and awakening.

For tickets and more information: https://www.primeprods.org/abuelita

Threshold Theatre in Minneapolis is debuting a collection of four new short plays by LGBTQ+ playwrights called 4Play. Threshold Theater’s Artistic Director and 4Play’s Director James Knight-Zappa joins us to discuss. For more tickets and more information: https://www.thresholdtheatermpls.com/#/

Our very own Jim Pounds is starring in Stage North’s production of  Mrs. Parker and Mr. Porter opening this weekend! For tickets and more information: https://stagenorthmpls.org

THEN: It’s Oscar season! Which means brutally honest Oscar reviews! And John gives us his brutally honest Oscar review of Hamnet.