The Gaily Show

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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Jake Wittich reporter for the Windy City Times, Chicago’s LGBTQ newspaper joins us to discuss: Chicago Women in Trades suing the feds, Lurie Children’s Hospital pausing gender-affirming care, and the Illinois Community denouncing politicians who are going back on LGBTQ rights . Plus, while other states are removing sex education, New Mexico lawmakers are advancing pro-LGTBQ sex ed. Plus, we break down the tolerance “paradox” as Trump’s gay Treasury Secretary blasts, LGBTQ community for being intolerant while he cancels a performance from a gay men’s chorus at the Kennedy Center for the Arts. 

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Gavin Newsom caught suppressing pro-LGBTQ legislation is a symptom of Democratic leadership. Plus, a debate on whether or not all LGBTQ discrimination is based solely on gender identity. 

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Triassic Parq debuts at Minneapolis Musical Theater March 22. It’s a retelling of that famous dinosaur-themed film, this time seen from the dino’s point of view. Artistic Director Andrew Newmann, Director Kjer Whiting, and actor Max Kile join us. Plus, Max Austin shares his new book That Is What We Are.

Tickets and info Triassic Parq: https://www.aboutmmt.org/triassic-parq/

Connect with Max Austin: https://www.maxaustinauthor.com

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For this week’s Thinking Clearly, Thinking Queerly, Lara Lillibridge joins us to talk about writing craft and what it can mean to write queerly. She is the author of creative fiction and fantasy. Her most recent book The Truth of Unringing Phones came out last year. Lara was the Interviews Editor for Hippocampus Magazine and was awarded their Literary Citizen of the Year for 2019.

Website: http://www.laralillibridge.com/texis/raconteur/

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Just weeks after MSNBC took a hatchet to their anchors of color, the network made history (in a good way) with the newly named anchors for its show: The Weekend.

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The Supreme Court will take up a Colorado case challenging that state’s ban on conversion therapy. And in Texas, a state employee was fired not for misconduct, but because he included his pronouns in his email signature.

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Chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party Ben Wikler joins us to break down the Wisconsin Supreme Court race on April 1st. In Arizona, cops are now being called into women’s bathrooms to determine who is and isn’t a woman.

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Amy Spalding returns to The Gaily Show with her new queer novel: On Her Terms. Plus, Craig Johnson joins us to discuss as he directs “Proof” at the Gremlin Theatre running March 7-30.

Buy On Her Terms: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9781496751157

Get tickets to Proof: https://gremlintheatre.org/proof/

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As we continue to assess and understand fascism in the United States, Dr. Laurie Marhoefer joins us to discuss his book Sex and the Weimar Republic: German Homosexual Emancipation and the Rise of the Nazis. One of the first LGBTQ liberation movements in the world: what can we learn and what pitfalls can we avoid repeating?

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