The Gaily Show

Tammye Nash from the Dallas Voice returns in the second half of the show today, while John and Jim also discuss reliigon in schools and touch on Rep. McBride’s comment that maybe LGBY supporters overplayed their hand.

Our first annual LGBTQ media survey is open. It aims to discover where folks get LGBTQ news, perceptions of how media covers LGBTQ community, utilization of LGBTQ media, preferred content, & the role of radio/podcasts. Take the survey here: https://tinyurl.com/LGBTQMEDIASURVEY. It’s time to acknowledge that facts don’t and won’t change people’s minds when it comes to supporting the LGBTQ community. We talk about what can. New details in the case against Vance Luther Boelter. Twin Cities Pride is this weekend! Lots of AM950 programs will be broadcasting live on location!

Director Charles Askenaizer discusses the production of Angels in America at the Invictus Theatre in Chicago playing through September 7. Plus, John and Jim have reviews for you.

An ordained priest, playwright, and theologian, Shannon TL Kearns joins us to discuss his newest book: No One Taught Me How To Be A Man. In it, he recounts how after he transitioned he made a radical discovery. His experiences of masculinity are similar to cisgender men: they both have universal worries about not being a “real man.” Kearns describes a form of manhood “built for the well-being of the world, and for people of all genders.” Buy your copy of No One Taught Me How To Be A Man: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9798889830924 Connect with Shannon: https://www.shannontlkearns.com

Jake Wittich, Managing Editor for Windy City Times, is back with his reporting on the milestone Pride Flag ceremony at the Chicago Park District, Cook County Commissioner Kevin Morrison rallies LGBTQ+ leaders, and GroceryLand stages a comeback.

Rep. Sandra Feist (DFL-39B) shares her reflections on the legacy of Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, who is being remembered as the most consequential Speaker of the House in Minnesota history.

John will talk with Kat Rohn, Executive Director of OutFront Minnesota, about the life and legacy of Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman who was assassinated in her home along with her husband. Additionally, we’ve got updates about the status of MN State Senator Hoffman and his wife’s condition, and the new federal charges against suspect Vance Boelter.

John and Gaily Show Executive Producer Jim Pounds have reviews galore for your weekend! Theatrical productions: Mae West and The Trial of Sex at Crane Theatre and Significant Other at Lyric Arts. Films: The Lost Boys and The Summer of Carmen. Television: Everything I Like and with HBO’s Gilded Age returning this month, we look back at the queer storyline in the first two seasons.

Hilary Otey, co-founder of Queermunity in Minneapolis, discusses how Queermunity programmed  feels like an answer to the question of how to create Pride programming for marginalized folks within mainstream Pride celebrations. View all of their events for Pride season here: https://www.queermunitymn.com/events

Plus, updates on Andry José Hernández Romero, an openly gay 32-year-old Venezuelan makeup artist wrongly deported to a concentration camp in El Salvador. And MSNBC’s ratings are…not great.