The Gaily Show

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.

We take a deep dive into healthcare looking at LGBTQ Healthcare Pioneer Fenway Institute’s dropping of transgender healthcare, New York Attorney General Letitia James suing NYU Langone for doing the same. Then, Gender Justice has filed an appeal in North Dakota to get their Supreme Court to overturn a ban on transgender healthcare. 

Then, the Washington Blade’s White House Correspondent Joe Reberkenny joins us to talk about Peter Theil’s relationship to Jeffrey Epstein. The Supreme Court blocked CA Legislation to protect transgender students in schools. And James Talarico’s primary win in Texas.

Since 1969, The Washington Blade has been the nation’s independent source for fearless reporting earning the paper the moniker “the newspaper of record for the LGBTQ+ community.” Read their award-winning journalism at more than 100 locations throughout the DC region and online at washingtonblade.com.

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/  

Daniel Nichanian shares Bolts Magazine’s excellent and comprehensive March election guide. Daniel is the founder and editor-in-chief of Bolts Magazine, a digital non-profit publication that covers the nuts and bolts of power and political change. We’ve hosted journalists from Bolts, including Adam Rhodes and on Tuesday March 10 Alex Burness.

Read the 75 Elections To Watch This March:  https://boltsmag.org/whats-on-the-ballot/march-2026-elections-guide/ 

We also tracked DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s testimony to the Senate Judiciary committee today about Operation Metro Surge. Yikes. We’ll get into it.

We’re at war. In the Middle East. Again. Associate Professor of History Dr. Samuel Clowes Huneke will be here to discuss, along with his new book I Will Not Abandon You: Queer Women in Nazi Germany which comes out April 14. Pre-order here: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9781487554347

UP FIRST: Madi Johnson is Unidos MN’s St Paul Organizer, working with teams of community leaders around climate campaigns that directly improve the quality of life for working class families. She talks with us about Unidos MN Day of Action at the Minnesota Capital and climate change legislation.

Dr. Samuel Clowes Huneke is an award-winning associate professor of history at George Mason University. A historian of modern Germany, he is the author of numerous books and articles, including States of Liberation: Gay Men between Dictatorship and Democracy in Cold War Germany and A Queer Theory of the State. His new book I Will Not Abandon You: Queer Women in Nazi Germany comes out April 14, 2026. You can buy his books and learn more about his research at his website: https://samuelcloweshuneke.com. 

Pre-order I Will Not Abandon You: Queer Women in Nazi Germany: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9781487554347 

Buy A Queer Theory of State: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9783982389462

But States of Liberation: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9781487542146

It’s our weekly Unpack This For Me episode. This is when an expert guest joins us for the hour to unpack a particular issue affecting the LGBTQ and Allied community. Today our guest is unpacking the just announced and so called “Greater Than” campaign to end marriage equality in the United States. Our guest is Sarah M. Moore who is the Anti-LGBTQ+ Extremism Analyst for GLAAD focused on countering anti-LGBTQ+ extremism and hate. You can track and report anti-LGBTQ attacks here: https://glaad.org/anti-lgbtq-extremism-reporting-tracker/ Read GLAAD’s latest research here: https://glaad.org/research/