The Gaily Show

In this week’s Thinking Clearly, Thinking Queerly, we dive into LGBTQ Elder Law. As MAGA is cutting Medicaid, and threatening to roll back gay marriage and cut Medicare and Social Security, what laws and documents (medical power of attorney, wills, etc.) do we need as queer folks to protect us? We’ll be joined by David Rephan who is a partner at Chestnut Cambronne. In his twenty-five years of practicing law, he has focused his practice primarily in the areas of elder law, disability law (including special needs trust law), government benefits law, and veterans law.

The Washington Blade’s White House Correspondent Christopher Kane returns to the Gaily Show to give us an inside look at what’s happening in DC. Plus, Abigail Dillon from the Metropolitan Library Service Agency (MELSA) will be here to talk about their upcoming booth at Pride, as well as their Pride month booklist: melsa.org

Read Christopher Kane’s reporting here: https://www.washingtonblade.com/author/christopher-kane/

Learn more about the Washington Blade and it’s membership plans here https://washingtonblade.ac-page.com/support-washington

As the federal government has slashed $800 million in federal research into the LGBTQ community, be part of state-based and nonprofit LGBTQ research. In Minnesota, you can participate in the first-ever statewide LGBTQ Community Needs Assessment. Nationwide, you can participate in the Trevor Project’s National Survey of LGBTQ youth and young adults. 

If you’re 13-24, in the United States, and LGBTQ+ take the survey. Plus, now that rainbow-washing is over, what will we do to get rid of corporate “personhood” and reign in corporations who skirt tax laws, poison the environment, and ruin local economies? 

Take the Community Needs Assessment survey (Minnesota residents only): https://mnqt.info/survey

More info about Trevor Project Survey: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/research/

Take the survey (13-24 LGBTQ US residents only): https://trevorredcap.trvr.org/surveys/?s=ARPMDR8AYPPW9XXC&url_id=uKQmkL6z

Christopher Tradowsky’s debut novel Midnight at the Cinema Place drops June 10. His novel is a luminant exploration of 90s queer culture and the complexities of friends discovering love and themselves in San Francisco. Walking Shadow’s production of Mae West and the Trial of Sex opens May 31 at Walking Shadow Theater in Minneapolis. Its playwright, John Heimbuch, joins us to talk about the curious queerness of Mae West’s rise to fame as she fought against an obscenity charge in 1927.

Pre-order Midnight at the Cinema Palace: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9781668057261

Connect with Christopher: https://christophertradowsky.com

Mae West and the Trial of Sex tickets and info: https://walkingshadow.org/mae-west-and-the-trial-of-sex/

It’s our weekly episode of Thinking Clearly, Thinking Queerly. We meet author Rey Terciero whose new book Dan of Green Gables drops June 3. It is a queer reimagining of Anne of Green Gables. We talk about queering the classics as Rey has also done with Little Women and Northanger Abbey.

Pre-order Dan of Green Gables: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9780593385586

Connect with Rey: https://www.rexogle.com/about

Jake Wittich, Managing Editor for Windy City Times, is back with his reporting on Chicago’s surprise search for an LGBTQ Director, Cook County’s LGBTQ Commissioner Kevin Morrison is running for Congress, and a look back, and forward, of Chicago’s En La Vida magazine. Plus, Hastings PRIDE is coming up, we chat with organizers about why you need to be there.

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.

Heading across the pond today as Paris opens a new memorial dedicated to LGBTQ Holocaust victims. Plus, for the third year in a row, an LGBTQ performer has won Eurovision. Oh, and the Pope is still a Catholic when it comes to gay marriage.

Shocker: Texas House votes to repeal sodomy law. Appeals court bans Florida’s drag ban. Far-right MAGA judge strikes down workplace protections for transgender workers. Plus, Overcompensating debuts on Prime Video.

It’s new novel Friday! Blair Fell’s newest novel Disco Witches of Fire Island just came out on May 6. If you like spicy queer romances with a dash of fantasy, this is for you! And Mac Crane’s A Sharp Endless Need came out two days ago! It’s serving sapphic high-school women’s basketball romance.

Connect with Blair: blairfell.com

Buy Disco Witches of Fire Island: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9798892420341

Connect with Mac: marisacrane.org

Buy A Sharp Endless Need: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9780593733646

It’s our weekly Thinking Clearly, Thinking Queerly episode. My guest is TanyaMarck Oviedo who is the co-host of the Queer Spirit podcast. We’re going to talk about care (self-care, community care, and more) as activism.

Listen to the podcast: https://queerhealingjourneys.com/podcast/

Explore the community: https://queerspirit.mn.co