AudioThis News is So Gay (2/4/26): Navigating Protests and Our Journalist Colleagues Being Arrested

Featuring: Dana Piccoli (News is Out), John Parker (The Gaily Show) and Joe Reberkenny (The Washington Blade)
(left to right) Dana Piccoli, John Parker, Joe Reberkenny and Ken Schneck

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

  • The fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis have hit the LGBTQ+ community hard and spawned some questionable media coverage. What is the latest that you need to know?
  • Journalists are being arrested. What does that mean for our work?
  • The Supreme Court heard two cases that could determine the fate of how states protect trans athletes. What went down inside the courtroom?
  • And, of course, queer joy. Where is our roundtable finding queer joy in the news right now?

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

  • Managing Director for News is Out, Dana Piccoli
  • Host of The Gaily Show, John Parker
  • Steve Elkins Fellow and White House Correspondent for The Washington Blade, Joe Reberkenny
  • Hosted by Ken Schneck, editor of The Buckeye Flame



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