Audio This News is So Gay (11/12/25): Demystifying (and Queering) Redistricting & Covering LGBTQ+ Org Cuts
Featuring: Susan Tebben (The Ohio Capital Journal), Adam Rhodes (Investigative Reporters and Editors) and Lauren Chapman (Indiana Public Broadcasting).

Here’s what we’re covering on this week’s episode of This News is So Gay:
- No, redistricting isn’t the sexiest topic we could cover, but it is currently one of the most heated. But how gay really is redistricting?
- New reports are abounding that LGBTQ+ organizations are just not doing very well across the country. How bad is it out there?
- Names and pronouns. New efforts in various states to restrict names and pronouns. What are these efforts? And, y’know, why?!
- And, of course, queer joy. Where is our roundtable finding queer joy in the news right now?
Joining us this week to answer these questions and so many more:
- Reporter for The Ohio Capital Journal, Susan Tebben
- Training Director at Investigative Reporters and Editors, Adam Rhodes.
- Digital editor for Indiana Public Broadcasting, Lauren Chapman.
- Hosted by: Editor of The Buckeye Flame, Ken Schneck
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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