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Audio This News is So Gay (8/27/25): Diagnosing Trans Media Coverage & the Latest LGBTQ+ Bans

Featuring: Candice Norwood (The 19th), Darian Aaron (GLAAD), Jason Villemez (Philadelphia Gay News)

By Ken Schneck

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Health & Wellness, HIV & AIDS, Podcasts, Transgender

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August 27, 2025

^{(left to right) Ken Schneck, Candice Norwood, Darian Aaron and Jason Villemez}

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

A new Trump administration executive order on homelessness is causing a ton of concern in the LGBTQ+ community. What’s behind the alarm?
Southern HIV/AIDS Awareness Day just passed. Why is such a day even needed?
Bans, bans, bans. Where are the latest bans on LGBTQ+ public life?
And our queer joy segment finally has a name. But more importantly, where is our roundtable finding queer joy this week?

Joining us to discuss these stories and more:

Reporter for The 19th, Candice Norwood.
GLAAD’s Director of Local News for the U.S. South, Darian Aaron.
Freelance editor/writer and former editor of the Philadelphia Gay News, Jason Villemez.
Hosted by: Ken Schneck, editor of The Buckeye Flame.

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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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