AudioThis News is So Gay (8/13/25): Conversion Therapy Headlines & the Queer Loss of Public Broadcasting

Featuring: Susan Tebben (The Ohio Capital Journal), Adam Rhodes (Investigative Reporters and Editors) and Lauren Chapman (Indiana Public Broadcasting).
(left to right) Ken Schneck, Susan Tebben, Adam Rhodes and Lauren Chapman

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

  • Conversion therapy is in the news all over the place. What is the latest on this widely discredited but still-somehow-legal practice?
  • A class action suit has been filed on behalf of incarcerated trans people being forced to detransition. What are they experiencing?
  • A homophobic sermon in Indiana continues to have legs. Why are we still talking about one church’s hateful words?
  • And where are this week’s panelists finding queer joy in the news?

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