This News is So Gay (10/22/25): Covering New LGBTQ+ Data

*^{(left to right) Ken Schneck, Jasmine Mithani, Hope Pisoni and Ellen Knoppow}*

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

Some new research has been released on what the LGBTQ+ community thinks about the issues affecting our lives. What do those numbers reveal?
Anti-trans policies continue to abound across the country, some with consequences that you may not have considered. What is going on there?
Despite the attacks, there are some folks creating safe spaces for our LGBTQ+ siblings. What do those look efforts look like?
And, of course, queer joy. Where is our roundtable finding queer joy in the news right now?

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

Data and Technology Reporter for The 19th, Jasmine Mithani.
Investigative journalist at Uncloseted Media, Hope Pisoni.
Freelance journalist, Ellen Knoppow.
Hosted by Ken Schneck, editor of The Buckeye Flame

Support for This News is So Gay comes from the LGBTQ+ Opportunity Fund of the Cleveland Foundation, leveraging philanthropy to empower LGBTQ+ communities.

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