The Gaily Show

The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition’s Deputy Director Kelsey R. Grunstra joins us to today to unpack MTPC’s current advocacy priorities (S.2725, H.2656, 2.681/H.1188), their 2026 Community Needs Assessment, as well as MTPC’s resources on Intersectional Trans Civic Education Curriculum and Identity Document Assistance.

Connect with MTPC here: https://www.masstpc.org

On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/masstpc/

On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/massachusetts-transgender-political-coalition/

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/masstpc

Democrats flipped the legislative seat that represents Mar-a-Lago. But it was a low turnout election, so should we temper our excitement? Colorado has passed a conversion therapy law that will allow people to sue people practicing conversion therapy.

Plus, Jake Wittich is back reporting on these stories:

Illinois primary: LGBTQ+ candidates secure state and local wins, stumble in federal contests

https://windycitytimes.com/2026/03/17/illinois-primary-lgbtq-candidates-secure-state-and-local-wins-stumble-in-federal-contests/

Chicago reshuffling how $8M in HIV funding will be directed after grant process mismatch

https://windycitytimes.com/2026/03/18/chicago-reshuffling-how-8m-in-hiv-funding-will-be-directed-after-grant-process-mismatch/

Windy City Times has been the voice of Chicago’s LGBTQ+ community since 1985. That’s 41 years 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.

Jake Wittich is managing editor of Windy City Times, where he reports in-depth stories on Chicago’s LGBTQ+ community and oversees the publication’s growing newsletter operation. And the Chicago Journalist’s Association named him Journalist of the Year 2025.

In Vincent Tirado’s new novel: Demons clash with inheritance claims as secrets unfold and violence is unleashed over twelve harrowing hours trapped in a house with the worst thing imaginable: family. They join us to discuss You Should Have Been Nicer To My Mom.

Buy You Should Have Been Nicer To My Mom here: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9780063383234 

Connect with Vincent here: https://www.v-e-tirado.com

A federal judge has struck down RFK Jr’s anti-transgender healthcare “declaration.” Lindsey Middlecamp, a Special Counsel for the Rule of Law with the Minnesota Attorney General’s office, returns to unpack the ruling and what it means for healthcare clinics and systems moving forward.

Then White House Correspondent for the Washington Blade Joe Reberkenny is back with new reporting on:

Joe Reberkenny is the White House Correspondent for the Washington Blade. He is a graduate of American University, where he studied Broadcast Journalism and Political Science with a focus on gender, race, and politiics. He covers LGBTQ issues and political news with a particular passion for exploring queer history in the nation’s capital. Read all of his reporting here: https://www.washingtonblade.com/author/joe-reberkenny/

Buffy Revamped is closing this weekend at Chicago’s Studebaker Theatre. Its star Jacob Jackson is our guest today. Buffy Revamped is all 144 episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as told through the eyes of the one person who knows it inside out… Spike. It was Officially the Best Reviewed Comedy Show of Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023.

Get your tickets here: https://www.fineartsbuilding.com/events/buffy-revamped/

THEN: It’s the 3rd Friday of the month, and author and critic Ilana Masad joins us to discuss queer books we need to be reading and she has a special set for us today. Here is the link to Ilana’s latest article: https://flaminghydra.com/fish-face/

Here are the books and links to get your copies!

The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf 

https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9780670674244

Something Queer is Going On by Elizabeth Levy

https://www.thriftbooks.com/series/something-queer/49626/

Frog and Toad by Arnold Loebel

https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9780062883124

Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh

https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9780440416791

Bodies Are Cool by Tyler Feder

https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9798217002535

Red: A Crayon’s Story by Michael Hall

https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9780062252074

Neither by Airlie Anderson

https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9780316547710

Ilana Masad is a writer of fiction, nonfiction, and criticism whose work has been widely published. She holds a PhD from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and is the author of the novels All My Mother’s Lovers and Beings, as well as the coeditor of the forthcoming anthology Here for All the Reasons: Why We Watch The Bachelor. https://www.ilanamasad.com/

Dana Piccoli is the Managing Director of News is Out and the founder of Queer Media Matters. She hosts the new podcast limited series: The Map of Us. It takes a deep dive into the groundbreaking 2025 LGBTQ+ Media Mapping Project which explores queer news deserts, shrinking revenues, safety and reporting under threat, and collaboration.

Listen to The Map of Us: https://newsisout.com/the-map-of-us-podcast/ 

Connect with Dana: https://danapiccoli.com

Buy Dana’s novel Savor The Moment: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9781642470420

Connect with News Is Out: https://newsisout.com

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