AudioThis News is So Gay (3/4/26): Reporting on LGBTQ+ Orgs Who Are Actually Doing Pretty Darn Well

Featuring: Ben Jodway (The Buckeye Flame) and Gisselle Medina (Fresnoland)
(left to right) Ben Jodway, Gisselle Medina and Ken Schneck

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

  • We’ve spent time talking about LGBTQ+ orgs struggling in the current climate, but where are there stories of LGBTQ+ orgs doing pretty darn well?
  • Creative protests. What are folks doing out there to use their artistic abilities to protest injustice?
  • 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:

  • Rural LGBTQ+ beat reporter for The Buckeye Flame and a corps member for Report for America, Ben Jodway.
  • Religion and culture reporter at Fresnoland covering topics spanning immigration, LGBTQ+ and local cultural events and a corps member for Report for America, Gisselle Medina.
  • Hosted by Ken Schneck, editor of The Buckeye Flame.



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