Florida’s 'Don’t Say Gay' Bill passed yesterday & the state’s first openly gay senator Shevrin Jones joins The Morning Beat with an impassioned plea to keep fighting for our right to exist.

We celebrate International Women's Day! Mikala is bringing points honey, as we #BreakTheBias. 

Also, we continue our obsession with our dogs, we wanted to know if their barks mean they are talking to us. Plus, AJ is getting married soon and he gets some great advice from someone that shares what people do not tell you about queer weddings! 

Special guests: 

Dr. Clive Wynne - Professor of Psychology at Arizona State University and author of Dog Is Love: Why and How Your Dog Loves You.

Timothy DuWhite - Poet, Rapper, Essayist 

Are we all narcissists? AJ and Mikalah compete on who is the bigger narcissists! 

We discuss pro-basketball player Brittney Griner situation in Russia. Are student loans going to be freeze forever and so much more!

Special guests:

Alex Reimer - Digital content producer Audacy Sports; deputy managing editor Out Sports.

Bianca Quilantan - Education Reporter POLITICO.

Happy Friyay! 

We have some serious discussions today. for Red White & Q we discuss how trans kids and their parents are still very much in danger in Texas and we are joined with our political expert Samuel Garrett-Pate. Plus we are honor to have a mother to a trans son to discuss how  the 'Don't Say Gay' bill affecting real families in Florida?

Plus so much more like, how people don't want unsolicited D picks. But what if they do? How to send nudes unapologetically to your lover.

Special guests:

Samuel Garrett-Pate - From Equality California and Political Expert.

Judy Schmidt - from Orlando FL, a corporate communicator and writer by day and a mom of two, including to an afab (assigned female at birth) trans boy, 24/7.

How is the 'Don't Say Gay' bill affecting real families in Florida? Judy Schmidt, the mother of a 6-year-old trans boy Maxim, makes an impassioned plea for your support. She joins AJ and Mikalah for the conversation!