AudioThis News is So Gay (9/17/25): Navigating Rapid Response to LGBTQ+ News (While Staying Sane)

Featuring: Jacob Reyes (GLAAD), Dana Piccoli (News is Out) and Spencer Macnaughton (Uncloseted Media).
(left to right) Ken Schneck, Jacob Reyes, Dana Piccoli and Spencer Macnaughton

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

  • This has been an absolutely wild week for the LGBTQ+ community, thrown in to stories that we would be thrilled to be nowhere near. How are LGBTQ+ journalists keeping up?
  • There is just so much happening in Texas. What is going on in the Lone Star State?
  • An LGBTQ+ Media Mapping Report is now officially out for everyone to see. How are LGBTQ+ newsrooms faring out there in the world?
  • And, of course, where is our roundtable finding queer joy in this news lately?

Joining us this week to answer these questions and so many more:

  • News and Rapid Response Coordinator for GLAAD, Jacob Reyes
  • Managing Director for News is Out, Dana Piccoli
  • Founder and Editor in Chief of Uncloseted Media, Spencer Macnaughton
  • Hosted by: Ken Schneck, editor of The Buckeye Flame


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