The Gaily Show

Joe Reberkenny, White House Correspondent for the Washington Blade, joins us to discuss Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva’s swearing in to the House of Representatives. Joe had an exclusive one on one with her. Yesterday was Veterans Day and Joe has new reporting on the status of trans service members. Plus, we can’t get enough talking about Kim Davis’ loss and Joe will talk about his new reporting on that story.

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 politics. 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/

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.

The Gaily Show is the only daily LGBTQ radio news and talk show in the U.S. Watch us on YouTube daily at 2pm. Catch us on the radio at 2pm CST on AM950 Radio (Minneapolis) or at 5am CST on WCPT 820 (Chicago). Follow us on Bluesky: @thegailyshow.org

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We’ve become so used to Florida, that we often forget just how much they have crushed the rights of LGBTQ people in that state. It’s Veterans Day and we take a look at the status of Trans Veterans. Plus, breaking down the headlines that the Senate Dems “caved”.

The Gaily Show is the only daily LGBTQ radio news and talk show in the U.S. Watch us on YouTube daily at 2pm. Catch us on the radio at 2pm CST on AM950 Radio (Minneapolis) or at 5am CST on WCPT 820 (Chicago). Follow us on Bluesky: @thegailyshow.org

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2025 Election Results: We know now how big our wins were last Tuesday. And it was BIG. Plus, Kim Davis lost her chance to overturn gay marriage. Now she owes $360,000. Dr. Samuel Clowes Huneke returns to break this down for us, plus we’ll get into the proposed ending to the longest government shutdown in history. 

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. You can buy his books and learn more about his research at his website: samuel clowes huneke dot com.

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

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

The Gaily Show is the only daily LGBTQ radio news and talk show in the U.S. Watch us on YouTube daily at 2pm. Catch us on the radio at 2pm CST on AM950 Radio (Minneapolis) or at 5am CST on WCPT 820 (Chicago). Follow us on Bluesky: @thegailyshow.org

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As we enter winter, this is a period of ancestral remembrance and honoring our queer ancestors. Today, Queer Spirit’s TanyaMarck and Nick offer us care practices for this season! Connect with Queer Spirit, TanyaMarck, and Nick here: thequeerspirit.com

The 2025 Queer & Funny Improv Festival is November 9th. The organizers will join us to discuss their curated line-up of queer improvisers and groups. Get your tickets here: https://www.queerandfunny.com. Then, One Voice Mixed Chorus presents Protest Lines on November 15th. Their Executive Director, Jerome Evans, is our guest. Get your tickets here: https://www.onevoicemn.org/upcoming-events/protest-lines

The Gaily Show is the only daily LGBTQ radio news and talk show in the U.S. Watch us on YouTube daily at 2pm. Catch us on the radio at 2pm CST on AM950 Radio (Minneapolis) or at 5am CST on WCPT 820 (Chicago). Follow us on Bluesky: @thegailyshow.org

We’re revisiting our conversation with attorney and writer Kat Grant. We discuss Christian Nationalism. Kat was a Freedom From Religion’s Equal Justice Works Fellow from 2022-24 focusing specifically on the intersection of LGBTQIA+ rights and state church separation. Kat is a contributing writer for Freethought Now and author of the blog, Transing Boundaries analyzing the intersections of law, religion, politics, and queerness!

The Gaily Show is the only daily LGBTQ radio news and talk show in the U.S. Watch us on YouTube daily at 2pm. Catch us on the radio at 2pm CST on AM950 Radio (Minneapolis) or at 5am CST on WCPT 820 (Chicago). Follow us on Bluesky: @thegailyshow.org

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2025 Election Results, plus Windy City Times Jake Wittich

Big night for Dems in Tuesday’s election. Particularly bad for anti-Trans lawmakers. We take a look. Plus, Jake Wittich, Managing Editor of Windy City Times is back with new reporting on how a transgender man is alleging discrimination for trying to use the bathroom at Chicago’s Round1 arcade. Plus, New GenderCool leader Chase Glenn invites Chicago to meet the ‘Champions’ at a November fundraiser.

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 WindyCityTimes.com/newsletters to sign up for the publication’s weekly LGBTQ+ news updates.

The Gaily Show is the only daily LGBTQ radio news and talk show in the U.S. Watch us on YouTube daily at 2pm. Catch us on the radio at 2pm CST on AM950 Radio (Minneapolis) or at 5am CST on WCPT 820 (Chicago). Follow us on Bluesky: @thegailyshow.org

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Queer owned FWDIO studios is hosting a fundraiser to support their new animated pilot and celebrating diversity in media in Baltimore. Founder AJ Writer joins us to discuss this and how Sapphic Lit Pop Up, a collective of queer artists and authors, will be selling their work during a happy hour at the Lord Baltimore Hotel, in Baltimore.

Here’s the link to donate: https://t.co/KDbiGbZuXI

Plus, as the Supreme Court looks to strike down bans on conversion therapy, we have a story about electroshock therapy. And it’s election day across America. We take a look at the state of the races.

The Gaily Show is the only daily LGBTQ radio news and talk show in the U.S. Watch us on YouTube daily at 2pm. Catch us on the radio at 2pm CST on AM950 Radio (Minneapolis) or at 5am CST on WCPT 820 (Chicago). Follow us on Bluesky: @thegailyshow.org

For the first time, The Gaily Show will be offering its endorsements on who to rank in the Minneapolis Mayoral election. Executive Producer Jim Pounds and host John Parker have categorized their ranking endorsements as follows: Rank, Split Vote, No Recommendation.

Rank means both John and Jim agreed that voters should rank the candidate. Split Vote means one of them recommends ranking the candidate and the other doesn’t. No recommendation means neither John nor Jim recommend ranking the candidate.

Later in the show, we’ll preview tomorrow’s elections. Check-in on the Government Shutdown.

The Gaily Show is the only daily LGBTQ radio news and talk show in the U.S. Watch us on YouTube daily at 2pm. Catch us on the radio at 2pm CST on AM950 Radio (Minneapolis) or at 5am CST on WCPT 820 (Chicago). Follow us on Bluesky: @thegailyshow.org

Mike Nejman is here to talk about his road-trip memoir Laughing at the Sun. Plus, Mike Albo joins us to talk about his new audio book Hologram Boyfriends!

Connect with Robert Fischer: http://www.robertfischerphoto.com/index.html and https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/blue-zebra-8336

Connect with Michael Nejman here: https://www.michaelnejman.com

Get your copy of Laughing at the Sun here: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9781512080971

Get your copy of Homo Erectus here: https://www.amazon.com/Homo-Erectus-Edward-Proffitt/dp/1879194341

Connect with Mike Albo: https://www.mikealbo.net

Get your copy of Hologram Boyfriends: https://read.macmillan.com/hologram-boyfriends-audio-original-9781250393821

The Gaily Show is the only daily LGBTQ radio news and talk show in the U.S. Watch us on YouTube daily at 2pm. Catch us on the radio at 2pm CST on AM950 Radio (Minneapolis) or at 5am CST on WCPT 820 (Chicago). Follow us on Bluesky: @thegailyshow.org

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