The Gaily Show

Nebraska LGBTQ+ advocates are getting ready for “The Classy-Tacky Ball,” Sundance film festival announces they are a wrap on Utah – the same week Utah bans Pride flags.

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Anne Laughlin joins us to discuss a writer’s life—discussion of networking, volunteering, giving back to the writing community. How do you do it? Why? It’s Trans Day of Visibility, so we’re going to make some facts more visible. Plus, one of the most seismic setbacks against the far-right: A leader who committed crimes was held accountable by a court! Far-right, 4-time French Presidential candidate was found guilty of embezzling 4 million euro.

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Transatlantic Love Affair’s production of Red and the Mother Wild opens March 28 and runs through April 12.

Co-founder and co-artistic director Allison Vincent joins us to discuss. Red and the Mother Wild is a tale of what lies beyond the bounds of our cultivated lives. Inspired by the themes and hidden corners of Red Riding Hood, the piece weaves revisioning of TLA’s 2011 Fringe show, Red Resurrected, with new material developed as part of ILLUSION’s 2024 Fresh Ink series.

Journey into the deep dark woods, where wolves are not what they seem, and the wild has something to teach us all. For tickets and more info: https://www.illusiontheater.org/illusion-calendar/2025/3/28/red-and-the-mother-wild

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On this week’s Thinking Clearly, Thinking Queerly episode, we sit down with Manuel Betancourt to discuss his new book Hello Stranger. It is a book about chance encounters and what a stranger can reveal about who we are and who we could still yet be. The book grapples with everything from online sexting, real-life cruising, divorces, and throuples. 

Order Hello Stranger: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9781646222292

Connect with Manuel on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bmanuel.bsky.social

Manuel’s website: https://mbetancourtcom.wordpress.com

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Christopher Kane returns to the show to discuss his new reporting from the White House and nationally.

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Abigail Swetz, the Executive Director of Fair Wisconsin, joins us to discuss the April 1st WI Supreme Court race’s impact for the LGBTQ community, anti-trans legislation in the WI Legislature, and their upcoming Equality on the Hill day. Connect with Fair Wisconsin: https://fairwisconsin.com

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Tammye Nash, the managing editor of the LGBTQ newspaper Dallas Voice, joins us to discuss the Voice’s recent reporting on proposing felony charges for ‘gender identity fraud’. Plus, with all of MAGA’s talk of “protecting children,” we introduce “The Patriots for the Protection of Children Act” which looks at the facts and proposes solutions to the very real dangers affecting US youth.

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Tyler Susan Jennings from CTC’s Disney’s Frozen: The Musical joins us to talk about the show which opens April 15. Plus John and Jim share film reviews!

Tickets for Disney’s Frozen: https://childrenstheatre.org/whats-on/frozen/#book

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It’s Thinking Clearly, Thinking Queerly and we’re talking with Ariel Gore and her new book: Rehearsals for Dying: Digressions on Love and Cancer. It’s a memoir of gay marriage and a searing critique of the for-profit breast cancer industry. In John’s new essay for A Queer in the Cosmos, John argues we need to rename and rethink the Sun.

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On today’s show John Parker and Jim Pounds debate if Democrats need to push for generational change with their elected leaders. Plus Viktor Orban’s Hungary passes a law outlawing Pride events and Arkansas proposes a bill that would ban gender affirming haircuts.

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