The Gaily Show

Author Isabella Tousignant joins us to discuss her new memoir The Uninvited Passenger. In it she talks about current trans issues in the age of MAGA misinformation and hate, growing up trans but with no place to express it or a way to come out, coming out late in life, and the complications of staying married. Connect with Isabella and buy the book at: http://www.theuninvitedpassenger.com/

Ohio’s Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Dr. Amy Acton supports a ban on transgender athletes, so we take a look at her LGBTQ record. We speak with Arienne Childrey, a candidate for the 84th District in the Ohio House. Then we look at the larger picture of LGBTQ health equity in Ohio.

Connect with Arienne Childrey: https://www.arichildrey.com

Link to Dr. Joanne G. Patterson’s work: https://cph.osu.edu/people/jpatterson

Link to the LGBTQ Ohio health dashboard: https://www.lgbtqohio.org/self-reported-health-dashboard

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 https://washingtonblade.com.

Children Theatre Company’s Artistic Director Rick Dildine will join us to discuss the new Core Company and the upcoming 2026-2027 season. More info: https://childrenstheatre.org/the-core-company/. Journalist Faefyx Collington will be here to discuss their latest reporting on the EEOC & Flint Del Sol. 

Connect with Faefyx

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/author/faefyxcollington/ 

https://bsky.app/profile/faefyx.bsky.social 

https://faefyxcollington.com/ 

Unidos MN’s Luis Argueta joins us to discuss the Target boycott and a joint Back-to-School mutual aid drive family-friendly block party on Saturday, August 1, 2026 at 10am. More info: https://unidos-mn.org/corporate Ginger Murray will be here to discuss her campaign for the Democratic nomination in Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District. Andrew Newman from Lyric Arts’ The Prom stops by to talk about the show! Tickets: https://www.lyricarts.org/prom   

Connect with Ginger Murray

Website: https://gingerforuscongress.com/  

YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/@GingerForUS  

BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/gingerforus.bsky.social  

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gingerfor_us  

Paul Russell joins us to talk about his upcoming novel The Angels Came to Sodom in the Evening which comes out on October 06, 2026. And it’s the third Friday of the month, which means author and critic Ilana Masad will be back at the bottom of the hour to share this month’s queer book recommendations:

Hotshot: A Life on Fire by River Selby

I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself by Mac Crane

The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

Ilana Masad is a writer of fiction, nonfiction, and criticism whose work has been widely published. She holds a PhD from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and is the author of the novels All My Mother’s Lovers and Beings, as well as the coeditor of the forthcoming anthology Here for All the Reasons: Why We Watch The Bachelor. https://www.ilanamasad.com/

Jim Pounds hosts and continues our 2026 election coverage with a look at critical state legislative elections in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Then he talks about an Illinois gun law that was just upheld by a federal court. Then with the passing of Sen. Lindsey Graham and Sen. Mitch McConnell MIA, Jim talks about aging politicians with special guest Philip Anthony of the Downright Upright Show.