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Audio This News is So Gay: A Shift in LGBTQ+ College Support, An Unhinged Sermon and WNBA Expansion Excitement

Featuring: Jason Villemez (Philadelphia Gay News), Jake Wittich (Windy City Times) and Lauren Chapman (Indiana Public Broadcasting)

(left to right) Ken Schneck, Jason Villemez, Jake Wittich and Lauren Chapman

On this week’s episode of This News is So Gay:

  • LGBTQ+ college students might be on summer break, but how are their universities changing support services while they are gone?
  • A pastor in Indiana recently gave a sermon that went all kinds of viral – just how far from “love thy neighbor” did his words stray?
  • The WNBA has announced they’re expanding to three new cities – it’s a big deal for queer representation and fans!
  • And legislation around trans athletes that didn’t go horribly… is that even possible?

Joining us this week to talk about those stories and so many more are:

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Author

Dr. Ken Schneck (he/him) is the editor of The Buckeye Flame, Ohio’s LGBTQ+ newsroom. For this work, he was honored with the Sarah Pettit Memorial Award for National LGBTQ+ Journalist of the Year. He is the author of “Seriously, What Am I Doing Here? The Adventures of a Wondering and Wandering Gay Jew” and three LGBTQ+ Ohio history books. Schneck spent 25 years working in higher education, including 10 years as a dean of students and 13 years as a tenured professor of education. He is a graduate of the Executive Program in News Innovation and Leadership at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York.

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