This News is So Gay (12/3/25): Covering Trump’s World AIDS Day ‘Cancelation’

*^{(left to right) Ken Schneck, Alex Cooper, Missy Spears and John Parker}*

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

The Trump administration has canceled recognition of World AIDS Day. Is there anything this administration could do at this point that would actually surprise us?
Yes, the 2025 election is over, but there are a slew of LGBTQ+ political stories happening across the country. What do you need to know?
Gender-affirming care and services continue to be a source of drama in the news. What is the very latest?
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:

Editor-in-chief of The Advocate, Alex Cooper.
Host of The Gaily Show, airing every weekday on AM950 Radio in Minneapolis and WCPT 820 in Chicago, John Parker.
Executive Director of Queer Kentucky, Missy Spears.
Hosted by: Editor of The Buckeye Flame, Ken Schneck.

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