Audio This News is So Gay (10/28/26): Continuing to weather the worsening storm of anti-LGBTQ+ ads
Featuring: Jasmine Mithani (The 19th) and Ben Jodway (The Buckeye Flame)

Here’s what we’re covering on this week’s brand new episode of This News is So Gay:
- More political ads drama? Yes! More political ads drama. What is the latest?
- Some new data out there about violence against women and trans individuals. What do those numbers tell us?
- Are we LGBTQ+ folks being surveilled? One city councilperson wants us to be. Where and why?
- 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 so many more are:
- Technology reporter for the 19th, Jasmine Mithani.
- Rural LGBTQ+ beat reporter for The Buckeye Flame and a corps member for Report for America, Ben Jodway.
- Moderated by Ken Schneck, editor of The Buckeye Flame.
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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