This News is So Gay (1/7/26): Carrying Stories into 2026 and Covering Rainbow Crosswalks

Here’s what we’re covering on this week’s brand new episode of This News is So Gay:

• We are only a few days into 2026. What are some of the 2025 LGBTQ+ stories that we’re carrying with us into this new year?
• The removal of LGBTQ+ public displays is apparently still a priority. Where is the latest rainbow crosswalk drama?
• There are LGBTQ+ folks in the news that you may not know about, but you soon will in our latest round of, “Who the heck is that?”
• 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:

• Publisher and President of Dallas Voice and OUT North Texas, and co-chair of the National LGBT Media Association, Leo Cusimano
• Editor-in-Chief of Watermark Out News, Ryan Williams-Jent
• LGBTQ+ Beat reporter at The 19th, Kate Sosin

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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