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This week on the Queer News podcast, Anna passes the mic to our trans siblings on this joyous day of visibility. Want to support this podcast? 🏳️‍🌈 Join the QCrew: If you believe LGBTQ stories need to be amplified, support the work we do. Join the QCrew for as low as $5 a month, https://bit.ly/3L3Ng66 🎧 We are Queer News Done Right. 00:26 Welcome to Queer News 01:25 Join the QCrew, https://bit.ly/JoinQCrew 01:36 Leave a Queer News Tip, Email info at e3radio.fm or leave a message here https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/s/243669/19/rc6z5z67pp1op50200:00:00 02:24 Trans Day of Visibility Stories 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ Important Episode Links Join the QCrew! Giving starts as low as $5/month Send In a Queer News Tip or email info at e3radio dot fm 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ Interested in advertising? Email: info at e3radio.fm Subscribe to our YouTube Channel https://youtube.com/@e3radio 📣 Stay Connected Subscribe for news & queer deals: Queer News Newsletter, https://bit.ly/QueerNews Follow Anna @annadeshawn on social for the latest queer news updates! Rate, review, and share this episode to help amplify LGBTQ+ voices. 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ About Queer News An intersectional approach to a weekly news podcast where race & sexuality meet politics, entertainment and culture. Tune-in to reporting which centers & celebrates all of our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & comrade communities. Hosted by Anna DeShawn. New pod drops every Monday by 9am CT. Edited by Ryan Woodhall. Brought to you by E3 Radio, and distributed on The Qube.

This week on the Queer News podcast, in top news, the WNBA and the Players Union have a verbal agreement! In politics, Idaho's ant-trans bathroom bill is on the move, and New York makes queer history again. In culture and entertainment, we caught up with the authors of the newly released book: Fair Game: Trans Athletes and the Future of Sports, and the Windy City Times is accepting nominations for their 30 under 30 outstanding LGBTQ+ individuals. Let's get into it. Want to support this podcast? 🏳️‍🌈 Join the QCrew: If you believe LGBTQ stories need to be amplified, support the work we do. Join the QCrew for as low as $5 a month, https://bit.ly/3L3Ng66 🎧 We are Queer News Done Right. 00:26 Welcome to Queer News 02:23 Join the QCrew, https://bit.ly/JoinQCrew 02:57 Leave a Queer News Tip, Email info at e3radio.fm or leave a message here https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/s/243669/19/rc6z5z67pp1op502 04:18 Queer News Headlines 05:15 We Have A 2026 WNBA season y'all! 10:45 Idaho's Newly Passed Trans Bathroom Ban Comes With A 5 Year Prison Sentence. 15:26 Newly Elected Judges Juliet Howard her wife, Norma Jennings make New York History 19:36 Book an ad today! Email info @ e3radio.fm 21:15 Subscribe to the Queer News Newsletter, https://bit.ly/QueerNews 21:55 The Authors of Fair Game: Trans Athletes and the Future of Sports celebrates their book release in Chicago! 29:37 Get your nominations in for Windy City Times 30 under 30 outstanding LGBTQ+ individuals 31:05 Anna's Word 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ Important Episode Links ☎️Leave Us a Voicemail for Transgender Day of Visibility Queer News Tip Line Links ✨Learn more about Queer Keys ✨Support Author M. Robertson aka Stormys Cloud Join the QCrew! Giving starts as low as $5/month Send In a Queer News Tip or email info at e3radio dot fm 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ Interested in advertising? Email: info at e3radio.fm Subscribe to our YouTube Channel https://youtube.com/@e3radio 📣 Stay Connected Subscribe for news & queer deals: Queer News Newsletter, https://bit.ly/QueerNews Follow Anna @annadeshawn on social for the latest queer news updates! Rate, review, and share this episode to help amplify LGBTQ+ voices. 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ This week's episode of Queer News is packed with historic milestones, urgent calls for justice, and accountability. Here is your social-media-ready breakdown of every story from Episode 330. This Week's Top Story We Have A 2026 WNBA season y'all! After months of negotiations and uncertainty, the Women's National Player's Association and the WNBA have reached an agreement 51 days before the start of the 2026 season. The tentative agreement is described by the WNBA as "one of the most transformational labor agreements ever reached in major professional sports." Improvements include significant salary caps and salary raises, housing for all players through 2028, commodified air travel, better training facilities and staff, Pregnant player trade consent, and increases in player bonuses. As of the writing of this story, the National Player's Association is awaiting the ratification that will make things final but this verbal agreement is a great step. The college draft is currently scheduled for April 13th and the Preseason games will begin on April 25th. This Week In Politics Idaho's Newly Passed Trans Bathroom Ban Comes With A 5 Year Prison Sentence. Idaho's majority republican House of Representatives has just passed HB 752, one of the most aggressive anti-trans bathroom bills advancing to the Senate this year. The bill states that "any person who knowingly and willfully enters a restroom or changing room in a government-owned building or a place of public accommodation designated for use by the opposite biological sex of such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor". A misdemeanor in Idaho is equivalent to a year in prison. Anyone unfortunate enough to be caught twice would be looking at up to five years in prison and the charge would be upgraded to a felony. That's not all, If a trans person was caught violating a bathroom ban in a different state, they could automatically qualify for a felony charge should they be caught in Idaho. The exact diction in the bill of "a similar statute" is rather vague and could open things up for that similar stature to be something as simple as a civil fine. Idaho's Senate is also a republican majority, but Governor Brad Little has not communicated publicly either way on how he'll sign when the bill hits his desk. Newly Elected Judges Juliet Howard her wife, Norma Jennings make New York History New York makes queer history with two newly elected Judges. Happily married couple Juliet Howard and wife Norma Jennings made history as the first queer married couple to be "concurrently sworn in as judges in the New York courts." The duo have made names for themselves long before this as trailblazers in the New York legal system. Norma Jennings made history last year as the first Black LGTBQ+ elected judge in Brooklyn and Native New Yorker Juliet Howard

This week on the Queer News podcast, New York makes queer history appointing Taylor Brown as the first trans woman to lead a city office. St. Petersburg paints the sky rainbow, and Katie Couric sits down with California Governor Gavin Newsom. In culture and entertainment, TS Madison was granted court protections against the DL Whisperer, LGBTQIA Business Week returns, and Sisters in Cinema celebrates their second anniversary. Let's get into it. Want to support this podcast? 🏳️‍🌈 Join the QCrew: If you believe LGBTQ stories need to be amplified, support the work we do. Join the QCrew for as low as $5 a month, https://bit.ly/3L3Ng66 🎧 We are Queer News Done Right. 00:26 Welcome to Queer News 01:44 Join the QCrew, https://bit.ly/JoinQCrew 02:14 Leave a Queer News Tip, Email info at e3radio.fm or leave a message here https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/s/243669/19/rc6z5z67pp1op502 02:33 Queer News Headlines 03:26 New York makes queer history appointing Taylor Brown as the first trans woman to lead a city office 07:46 You can't remove crosswalks from the sky. Florida's rebellion against rainbow crosswalk demolition. 09:54 Katie Couric and Governor Newsom have a One on One 16:03 Book an ad today! Email info @ e3radio.fm 16:32 Subscribe to the Queer News Newsletter, https://bit.ly/QueerNews 17:06 TS Madison granted court protection from stalker Naquan Palmer 20:24 LGBTQIA Business Week returns in 2026 22:18 Sisters in Cinema Celebrates Their Second Anniversary 36:08 Anna's Word 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ Important Episode Links Support Sisters in Cinema Today Join the QCrew! Giving starts as low as $5/month Send In a Queer News Tip or email info at e3radio dot fm 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ Interested in advertising? Email: info at e3radio.fm Subscribe to our YouTube Channel https://youtube.com/@e3radio 📣 Stay Connected Subscribe for news & queer deals: Queer News Newsletter, https://bit.ly/QueerNews Follow Anna @annadeshawn on social for the latest queer news updates! Rate, review, and share this episode to help amplify LGBTQ+ voices. 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ This week's episode of Queer News is packed with historic milestones, urgent calls for justice, and accountability. Here is your social-media-ready breakdown of every story from Episode 327. This Week's Top Story New York makes queer history appointing Taylor Brown as the first trans woman to lead a city office Mayor Zohran Mamdani made a historic announcement on Friday, March 13th at the Brooklyn Community Pride Center in Crown Heights. He was there to sign an executive order establishing a mayor's office on LGBTQIA+ affairs. As part of the order he appointed civil rights attorney Taylor Brown who was currently serving as the Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Bureau as its first director. Taylor becomes the first trans woman to lead any city office or agency in New York City. New York Attorney General Letitia James had this to say about Taylor, "In her time at the Office of the Attorney General, Taylor has been a tireless champion for fairness, dignity, and equal justice under the law. New Yorkers will be well served by her leadership, and I look forward to her continued service ensuring every LGBTQ+ New Yorker is protected and celebrated." This Week In Politics You can't remove crosswalks from the sky. Florida's rebellion against rainbow crosswalk demolition. As you know Florida has constantly been removing and painting over rainbow crosswalks as a part of Ron Desantis' order for the department of transportation to remove pavement surfaces that don't "comply with the national standard." Well, The city of St. Petersburg Florida found a creative way to combat the state's crackdown on Rainbow crosswalks and all you have to do to see it is look up! During this year's winter pride fest, the city of St. Petersburg illuminated the night sky with an array of colorful lasers that formed a rainbow. The lights could be seen for 60 miles and local residents took to the streets to photograph the beautiful display. The rainbow crosswalk in the sky shone for all three days of St. Petersburg's Winter Festival. The Rainbow laser installation,titled "Global Rainbow", was created by Yvette Mattern, who originally debuted the installation back in 2009. Katie Couric and Governor Newsom have a One on One Katie Couric opens up about her one on one interview with California Governor Newsom who had a lot to say about the upcoming primaries, his new memoir, and trans people in sports. Take a listen to this snippet of their interview and let's discuss it when you come back. This Week In Culture & Entertainment TS Madison granted court protection from stalker Naquan Palmer TS Madison was granted temporary court protection from internet famous stalker DL Whisperer otherwise known as Naquan Palmer. The dispute between the two has been building for quite some time, but arguably this all began when Naquan Palmer posted a video reacting to TS Madison interviewing NeNe Leakes. Naquan's commentary misgenders TS Madison

This week on the Queer News podcast, in top news, New York Attorney General Letitia James orders NYU Landon to resume gender-affirming care for minors. Current and past LGBTQ+ federal employees speak up about suing Trump, and Florida suddenly cuts funding for HIV and AIDS Health Care. In culture and entertainment, we uplift the 37th annual GLAAD awards. Want to support this podcast? 🏳️‍🌈 Join the QCrew: If you believe LGBTQ stories need to be amplified, support the work we do. Join the QCrew for as low as $5 a month, https://bit.ly/3L3Ng66 🎧 We are Queer News Done Right. 00:26 Welcome to Queer News 02:01 Join the QCrew, https://bit.ly/JoinQCrew 02:48 Leave a Queer News Tip, Email info at e3radio.fm or leave a message here https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/s/243669/19/rc6z5z67pp1op502 03:04 Queer News Headlines 03:37 NYU Langone abruptly ended gender-affirming care. New York Attorney General Letitia James Has Ordered Them To Resume Operations ASAP. 09:15 LGBTQ+ Federal Employees Speak Out on Suing Trump 12:19 Florida Suddenly Cuts Funding For HIV and AIDS Health Care 17:30 Book an ad today! Email info @ e3radio.fm 18:37 Subscribe to the Queer News Newsletter, https://bit.ly/QueerNews 19:10 Big Stars Shine At The 37th Glaad Media Awards 23:05 Anna's Word 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ Important Episode Links Support The Honorable Angelina Nordstrom Book - Double Spirit Join the QCrew! Giving starts as low as $5/month Send In a Queer News Tip or email info at e3radio dot fm 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ Interested in advertising? Email: info at e3radio.fm Subscribe to our YouTube Channel https://youtube.com/@e3radio 📣 Stay Connected Subscribe for news & queer deals: Queer News Newsletter, https://bit.ly/QueerNews Follow Anna @annadeshawn on social for the latest queer news updates! Rate, review, and share this episode to help amplify LGBTQ+ voices. 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ This week's episode of Queer News is packed with historic milestones, urgent calls for justice, and accountability. Here is your social-media-ready breakdown of every story from Episode 328. This Week's Top Story NYU Langone abruptly ended gender-affirming care. New York Attorney General Letitia James Has Ordered Them To Resume Operations ASAP. New York Attorney General Letitia James sets her sights on NYU Langone, ordering the Manhattan hospital to resume providing gender-affirming care weeks after they announced that they would be discontinuing their transgender youth health program. In a detailed letter Letitia's office explained that the hospital's sudden closure violates "the state's anti-discrimination laws by jeopardizing access to medically necessary healthcare for some of the most vulnerable New Yorkers." In the letter, she gave NYU Langone until March 11th to resume providing gender-affirming care or face "further action". Since Trump's 2025 executive order to cease gender-affirming care for minors, more than 40 hospitals nationwide have complied and closed their gender-affirming care for minors including California's biggest youth hospital Rady Children's Health which we reported on back in episode 323. Hospitals complying to the government at this rate sets a dangerous precedent for the government's involvement in one's personal healthcare, so it's great to see attorney generals such as Letitia James be vocal against this attempted tyrannical takeover. This Week In Politics LGBTQ+ Federal Employees Speak Out on Suing Trump A handful of LGBTQ+ federal employees have come forward to talk about their decision to sue Trump. Some commonalities in the cases include wrongful termination, blatant discrimination, and flagrant civil rights violations that are still being upheld by the current administration. Similarly all of these surfaced after Trump's onslaught of executive orders signed back in January of 2025. Illinois National Guard lead military and family readiness specialist LeAnne Withrow, NSA data scientist Sarah O'Neill, Former FBI employee David Maltinsky, TSA officer Danielle Mittereder, and the entire The Human Rights Campaign Foundation are amidst the group of LGBTQ+ federal employees who have come forward. Florida Suddenly Cuts Funding For HIV and AIDS Health Care Florida has suddenly cut funding for both HIV and AIDS health care on March 1st. This move puts tens of thousands of people at risk as they scramble to find additional financial assistance coverage for their medication. Florida's Department of Health announced the cuts to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program or ADAP for short last month. New federal guidelines dictate that the change in ADAP policy states that the program "will now only serve people who earn at or below 130% of the federal poverty level, or roughly $20,345." Mind you 60% of Floridians are enrolled in ADAP but due to the policy change more than half of those enrolled in the program will no longer qualify for financial aid. The emergency rule is only in effect for the next 90 days and it can be renewed. Still numerous people are left without financi

This week on the Queer News Podcast, Anna DeShawn sits down for an exclusive Season 5 interview with a leader who is truly "about that life": State Senator Mike Simmons. Representing the far north side of Chicago, Simmons made history as the first openly LGBTQ+ person and the first Ethiopian American to serve in the Illinois State Senate. Now, he's taking a monumental leap to run for U.S. Congress in Illinois' 9th District, bringing a track record of 50 bills passed into law in just four years. This special episode is an honest look at the "lived experience" we need in D.C., as Mike discusses his unique People's Legislative Councils and why he believes "creative protest" is the only way to combat the affordability crisis and protect marginalized communities. From the behind-the-scenes story of making Illinois a sanctuary state for trans families to a candid conversation about the fundraising gaps Black and LGBTQ+ candidates face, this interview is a reminder that authentic representation isn't just a buzzword—it's a tool for survival. Want to support this podcast? 🏳️‍🌈 Join the QCrew: If you believe LGBTQ stories need to be amplified, support the work we do. Join the QCrew for as low as $5 a month: https://bit.ly/3L3Ng66 🎧 We are Queer News Done Right. 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ Important Episode Links Learn more about Senator Mike Simmons Join the QCrew! Giving starts as low as $5/month Send In a Queer News Tip or email info at e3radio dot fm 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ Interested in advertising? Email: info at e3radio.fm Subscribe to our YouTube Channel https://youtube.com/@e3radio 📣 Stay Connected Subscribe for news & queer deals: Queer News Newsletter, https://bit.ly/QueerNews Follow Anna @annadeshawn on social for the latest queer news updates! Rate, review, and share this episode to help amplify LGBTQ+ voices. 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ About Queer News An intersectional approach to a weekly news podcast where race & sexuality meet politics, entertainment and culture. Tune-in to reporting which centers & celebrates all of our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & comrade communities. Hosted by Anna DeShawn. New pod drops every Monday by 9am CT. Brought to you by E3 Radio, and distributed on The Qube.

This week on the Queer News podcast, in top news Kansas dangerous anti-trans politics leads to hundreds of Trans Kansans losing their drivers licenses overnight. In politics, celebrations are in order as Texas has been issued a preliminary injunction by the Federal Court. In Florida, Pulse Nightclub is set to be demolished this month. In culture and entertainment, we dive into Wanda Sykes' new lead role, a trans Chicago comedian saves a baby from freezing in Lake Michigan and Queer folks win at the NAACP Image Awards. Want to support this podcast? 🏳️‍🌈 Join the QCrew: If you believe LGBTQ stories need to be amplified, support the work we do. Join the QCrew for as low as $5 a month, https://bit.ly/3L3Ng66 🎧 We are Queer News Done Right. 00:26 Welcome to Queer News 01:40 Join the QCrew, https://bit.ly/JoinQCrew 02:10 Leave a Queer News Tip, Email info at e3radio.fm or leave a message here https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/s/243669/19/rc6z5z67pp1op502 02:22 Queer News Headlines 03:23 Kansas Bill SB244 Overrided By Republicans Leading to Hundreds of Trans Kansans Losing Their Drivers Licenses Overnight. 08:30 Celebrations! Texas SB 12 has been issued a preliminary injunction by the Federal Court. 11:20 Pulse Nightclub Set To Be Demolished In March 14:25 Book an ad today! Email info @ e3radio.fm 14:55 Subscribe to the Queer News Newsletter, https://bit.ly/QueerNews 15:30 Let's Talk About Wanda Sykes New Lead Role 17:50 Trans Chicago Comedian Lio Cundiff Saves Baby From Freezing In Lake Michigan 20:46 Queer NAACP Award Winners 23:39 Anna's Word 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ Important Episode Links Help Lio Recover After Heroic Rescue Join the QCrew! Giving starts as low as $5/month Send In a Queer News Tip or email info at e3radio dot fm 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ Interested in advertising? Email: info at e3radio.fm Subscribe to our YouTube Channel https://youtube.com/@e3radio 📣 Stay Connected Subscribe for news & queer deals: Queer News Newsletter, https://bit.ly/QueerNews Follow Anna @annadeshawn on social for the latest queer news updates! Rate, review, and share this episode to help amplify LGBTQ+ voices. 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ This week's episode of Queer News is packed with historic milestones, urgent calls for justice, and accountability. Here is your social-media-ready breakdown of every story from Episode 327. This Week's Top Story Kansas Bill SB244 Overrided By Republicans Leading to Hundreds of Trans Kansans Losing Their Drivers Licenses Overnight. Recently Kansas Governor Kelly's veto was overridden by Kansas Republicans, allowing SB 244 to go into effect.This means that using the bathroom that doesn't match your sex assigned at birth in government buildings is now illegal. The bill also stated that Kansas drivers licenses now must reflect a person's sex assigned at birth. Hundreds of trans residents in Kansas received a letter from the state stating "Pursuant to the new law, if the gender/sex indication on the face of your current credential does not match your sex assigned at birth, you are directed to surrender your current credential to the Kansas Division of Vehicles.". They were given a 24 hour notice to surrender their license and get a new one. A lawsuit has been filed by the ACLU, the ACLU of Kansas, and Ballard Spahr LLP on behalf of two anonymous trans Kansans in response to the passing of SB 244 claiming that the bill is "violates the Kansas Constitution's protections for personal autonomy, privacy, equality under the law, due process, and freedom of speech." This Week In Politics Celebrations! Texas SB 12 has been issued a preliminary injunction by the Federal Court. In some good political news, Texas Senate Bill 12 has been issued a preliminary injunction by the Federal Court. The bill aims to "ban programs and discussions relating to race, gender identity, and sexual orientation in all public and charter schools in Texas from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade." That bill also includes the total ban of Genders & Sexualities Alliances clubs [formerly known as Gay-Straight Alliances]. A preliminary Injunction means that key parts of the bill were challenged, and until the issues are resolved, SB 12 won't go into effect. The tea is that the T.E.A or the Texas Education Association [tea for short] Commissioner was dismissed from the court because he failed to enforce the law in a timely manner. Pulse Nightclub Set To Be Demolished In March The Pulse Nightclub is set to be demolished on March 18th. The club has remained untouched since the massacre in 2016. The city of Orlando announced that key artifacts from inside the building have been transported to a warehouse for safe keeping and that "the Pulse sign will be removed on or near March 10, 2026, from outside of the building as a part of this process. The sign will be securely stored after removal." In the nightclub's place, the city plans to build a memorial for the 49 lives lost and they will reveal the designs for the memorial during a town hall meeting on March 5th. This We

This week our Queer News correspondent Corey Antonio Rose takes us behind the scenes for an intimate, "fly-on-the-wall" look at the creative process of up-and-coming star B DeVeaux. An immensely talented non-binary neo-soul singer and songwriter, B. is currently preparing for their landmark SF Jazz Festival debut, where they are tackling the monumental task of performing Jazmine Sullivan's 2008 classic Fearless from front to back. This special episode is a reminder to dream beyond the limits of your own imagination, because as B says, "when it happens, it's going to happen real quick." B.'s new single, "I Had to Learn," is out now on all streaming platforms. Go listen and support today, because we all we got! Want to support this podcast? 🏳️‍🌈 Join the QCrew: If you believe LGBTQ stories need to be amplified, support the work we do. Join the QCrew for as low as $5 a month, https://bit.ly/3L3Ng66 🎧 We are Queer News Done Right. 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ Important Episode Links Stream B. Deveaux's new single "I Had to Learn" TODAY Join the QCrew! Giving starts as low as $5/month Send In a Queer News Tip or email info at e3radio dot fm 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ Interested in advertising? Email: info at e3radio.fm Subscribe to our YouTube Channel https://youtube.com/@e3radio 📣 Stay Connected Subscribe for news & queer deals: Queer News Newsletter, https://bit.ly/QueerNews Follow Anna @annadeshawn on social for the latest queer news updates! Rate, review, and share this episode to help amplify LGBTQ+ voices. 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ About Queer News An intersectional approach to a weekly news podcast where race & sexuality meet politics, entertainment and culture. Tune-in to reporting which centers & celebrates all of our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & comrade communities. Hosted by Anna DeShawn. New pod drops every Monday by 9am CT. Edited by Ryan Woodhall. Brought to you by E3 Radio, and distributed on The Qube.

This week on the Queer News podcast, in top news Kansas governor vetoes SB 244 an anti-trans bathroom bill. We celebrate that! In politics, Virginia makes strides to protect marriage equality in the constitution and Senator Shevrin Jones is Florida Democrats new leader elect. In culture and entertainment, we have a special story on Musician B. Deveaux by our Queer News contributor Corey Antonio Rose. In sports, ESPN announces Women Sports Sundays and the Black Trans Film Festival opens registrations for 2026. Want to support this podcast? 🏳️‍🌈 Join the QCrew: If you believe LGBTQ stories need to be amplified, support the work we do. Join the QCrew for as low as $5 a month, https://bit.ly/3L3Ng66 🎧 We are Queer News Done Right. 00:27 Welcome to Queer News 05:20 Join the QCrew, https://bit.ly/JoinQCrew 06:30 Leave a Queer News Tip, Email info at e3radio.fm or leave a message here https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/s/243669/19/rc6z5z67pp1op502 07:13 Queer News Headlines 08:08 Anti-Trans Bathroom Bill SB 244 Dismissed By Kansas Governor Laura Kelly 13:54 Shevrin Jones Is Florida Democrats New Leader Elect 15:45 Book an ad today! Email info @ e3radio.fm 16:15 Subscribe to the Queer News Newsletter, https://bit.ly/QueerNews 16:46 The B Deveaux Special | A Story By Corey Antonio Rose 23:00 ESPN Women Sports Sundays Coming Soon 25:17 Black Trans Short Film Festival Registrations Now Open 27:00 Anna's Word 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ Important Episode Links Join the QCrew! Giving starts as low as $5/month Send In a Queer News Tip or email info at e3radio dot fm 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ Interested in advertising? Email: info at e3radio.fm Subscribe to our YouTube Channel https://youtube.com/@e3radio 📣 Stay Connected Subscribe for news & queer deals: Queer News Newsletter, https://bit.ly/QueerNews Follow Anna @annadeshawn on social for the latest queer news updates! Rate, review, and share this episode to help amplify LGBTQ+ voices. 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ This week's episode of Queer News is packed with historic milestones, urgent calls for justice, and accountability. Here is your social-media-ready breakdown of every story from Episode 325. This Week's Top Story Anti-Trans Bathroom Bill SB 244 Dismissed By Kansas Governor Laura Kelly We have good news regarding Kansas bills SB 244 and HB2426. The bills in question would've allowed private citizens to act as bounty hunters, encouraging them to search for trans people utilizing private business restrooms and sue them for as much money as possible. It was announced recently that Governor Kelly vetoed the Senate Bill 244. Now that Senate Bill 244 has been vetoed, the bill will return to the Senate. A potential override of the veto could still happen if there's enough votes in the republican-legislature and Kansas Republicans Ty Masterson and House Speaker Dan Hawkins have vowed to veto. The Senate needs 2/3rd's majority for the bill to become a law. While we wait to see what comes next for this bill, Kansans please continue to call your legislators. This Week In Politics Virginia Rep Abigail Spanberger Defends Marriage Equality and Abortion Rights In Constitution Amendments Virginia Representative Abigail Spanberger asks the local government and people of Virginia to take a stand. Earlier this month she wrote into legislation positive constitutional amendments for marriage equality. The amendment is to the 2006 Marshall-Newman Amendment which defined marriage as "between one man and one woman and barred recognition of any legal status 'approximating' marriage." The Marshall-Newman amendment was ruled unenforceable back in 2014, but Rep. Spanberger aims to eradicate it from the Virginia Constitution entirely. Revising the state constitution will also protect marriage equality in the state of Virginia should the supreme court ever revert that decision to the states. Shevrin Jones Is Florida Democrats New Leader Elect Continuing the good vibes in political news this week, Shevrin Jones was unanimously voted by the Florida Democrats to be the next Leader Elect starting 2028. Senator Jones has been a part of the Florida Senate since 2020 making history as the first gay person to be elected into the Senate. In a brief, but heart-felt statement on instagram he thanked his colleagues for their support: "Truly grateful for the trust my colleagues have placed in me to lead our Senate Democrats. This isn't about me. It's about US. This Week In Culture & Entertainment The B Deveaux Special | A Story By Corey Antonio Rose This week we have cooked up something special for you. Our Queer News correspondent Corey Antonio Rose has produced such a special story for us about up and coming star B DeVeaux. B is an immensely talented non-binary neo-soul singer and songwriter. B's new single I Had to Learn is out now anywhere you stream music. Def go and do that because we all we got! ESPN Women Sports Sundays Coming Soon Women's Sports Sundays is ESPN'S newest weekly prime-time programming announced on Thursday. Set to air this

This week on the Queer News podcast, In top news, The Trump Administration ordered the removal of the pride flag from Stonewall. Cathy Renna was there in person and left us a voicemail to share more about it. In politics, The Trump Administration attempts to revoke $600 million in health care funding from four states who've vocally opposed him, and we break down what the Transgender Bill Of Rights could look like. In culture and entertainment, Don Lemon pleads not guilty to federal charges and the Seeing Her docu-series premieres! Let's get into it. Want to support this podcast? 🏳️‍🌈 Join the QCrew: If you believe LGBTQ stories need to be amplified, support the work we do. Join the QCrew for as low as $5 a month, https://bit.ly/3L3Ng66 🎧 We are Queer News Done Right. 00:26:00 Welcome to Queer News 04:05:00 Join the QCrew, https://bit.ly/JoinQCrew 04:45:00 Leave a Queer News Tip, Email info at e3radio.fm or leave a message here https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/s/243669/19/rc6z5z67pp1op502 05:20:00 Queer News Headlines 06:01:06 The Trump Administration Orders The Removal of The Pride Flag From Stonewall 10:28:17 The Trump Administration Attempts To Revoke $600 million in health care funding from four states 12:50:00 The Trangender Law Center Breaks Down What A Transgender Bill Of Rights Could Look Like 16:18:00 Book an ad today! Email info @ e3radio.fm 16:47:06 Help Us Be Better - Take Our Survey here https://medill.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eShfyyVDy5qQmbQ?Newsroom=E3_Radio 17:46:08 Subscribe to the Queer News Newsletter, https://bit.ly/QueerNews 18:21:06 Don Lemon Pleads Not Guilty To Charges in Minnesota 21:50:00 The Seeing Her Docu-Series Premieres! 25:00:00 Anna's Word 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ Important Episode Links Join the QCrew! Giving starts as low as $5/month Send In a Queer News Tip or email info at e3radio dot fm Seeing Her Docu-series Episodes 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ Interested in advertising? Email: info at e3radio.fm Subscribe to our YouTube Channel https://youtube.com/@e3radio 📣 Stay Connected Subscribe for news & queer deals: Queer News Newsletter, https://bit.ly/QueerNews Follow Anna @annadeshawn on social for the latest queer news updates! Rate, review, and share this episode to help amplify LGBTQ+ voices. 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ This week's episode of Queer News is packed with historic milestones, urgent calls for justice, and accountability. Here is your social-media-ready breakdown of every story from Episode 324. This Week's Top Story The Trump Administration Orders The Removal of The Pride Flag From Stonewall The Trump Administration really tried it. Four days ago the Trump administration called for the removal of the pride flag from the Stonewall National Monument. The National Park Service complied, telling CNN that "Recent adjustments to flag displays at the monument were made to ensure consistency with federal guidance and applicable executive order…Stonewall National Monument remains committed to preserving and interpreting the history and significance of this site through its exhibits, programs, and educational initiatives" People quickly organized a protest the same day that the pride flag was removed from Stonewall and many prominent lgbtq+ activists spoke out. Cathy Renna, the communications director for the national LGBTQ taskforce, left the QNP team a voicemail sharing what it was like at the protests at Stonewall and the energy on the ground when the flag was raised once again. Tune in to this week's episode to hear the full story. This Week In Politics The Trump Administration Attempts To Revoke $600 million in health care funding from four states As if the removal of the pride flag wasn't enough, the Trump Administration is aiming to cut $600 million dollars in public health care funding to four states. California, Colorado, Illinois, and Minnesota are all at risk of losing millions in federal funding grants. It's not lost on anyone that these states are led by democrats who continue to vocally disapprove of The Trump administration and its deplorable actions. A spokesman from the HHS announced that "These grants are being terminated because they do not reflect agency priorities". Those "unreflected priorities" being programs aimed at the LGBTQIA+ community, HIV awareness, and disease outbreak management. On February 13th Illinois federal judge Manish Shah blocked the cutting of funds citing that "the states have shown that they would suffer irreparable harm from the agency action.". This action stops the Trump Administration from acting on their decision to rescind the funds for 14 days. The Trangender Law Center Breaks Down What A Transgender Bill Of Rights Could Look Like The Transgender Law Center speculated what a potential Trans Bill of Rights could look like after the U.S. House of Representatives made a call for the development of a Transgender Bill of Rights. "Should the bill advance, this resolution would outline a federal framework to protect trans and gender-expansive people's access to

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This week on the Queer News podcast, our top story contains a round up of anti-trans laws states are attempting to pass this year. In politics, We remember Jay Lee, and stand with California as they fight for trans youth. In culture and entertainment, The National Rainbow College Fund Launches Their 2026–27 Scholarship Program and Magic: The Gathering players raise more than $600,000 for Trans Lives. Want to support this podcast? 🏳️‍🌈 Join the QCrew: If you believe LGBTQ stories need to be amplified, support the work we do. Join the QCrew for as low as $5 a month, https://bit.ly/3L3Ng66 🎧 We are Queer News Done Right. 00:26 Welcome to Queer News 04:09 Join the QCrew, https://bit.ly/JoinQCrew 04:33 Leave a Queer News Tip, Email info at e3radio.fm or leave a message here https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/s/243669/19/rc6z5z67pp1op502 05:02 Queer News Headlines 05:34 Anti-Trans Law Roundup: A Brief Summary Of the New Anti-Trans Laws States Are Attempting To Pass 12:12 Remembering Jay Lee 15:00 The State of California Takes Legal Action After the Termination of Trans Youth Care 20:02 Book an ad today! Email info @ e3radio.fm 20:30 Subscribe to the Queer News Newsletter, https://bit.ly/QueerNews 21:06 The National Rainbow College Fund is Accepting Applications 23:28 Magic: The Gathering Players Raise Over $600,000 For Trans Lifeline 26:21 Anna's Got A Word 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ Important Episode Links Join the QCrew! Giving starts as low as $5/month Send In a Queer News Tip or email info at e3radio dot fm 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ Interested in advertising? Email: info at e3radio.fm Subscribe to our YouTube Channel https://youtube.com/@e3radio 📣 Stay Connected Subscribe for news & queer deals: Queer News Newsletter, https://bit.ly/QueerNews Follow Anna @annadeshawn on social for the latest queer news updates! Rate, review, and share this episode to help amplify LGBTQ+ voices. 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ This week's episode of Queer News is packed with historic milestones, urgent calls for justice, and accountability. Here is your social-media-ready breakdown of every story from Episode 323. This Week's Top Story Anti-Trans Law Roundup: A Brief Summary Of the New Anti-Trans Laws States Are Attempting To Pass For our top story this week, in this day and age it's important to stay up to date on the laws in this country as they seem to change almost everyday. We've rounded up four anti-trans laws that states are trying to pass in 2026. In Kansas, bills SB 244 and HB2426 are making big strides towards the senate. Those bills would allow private citizens to act as bounty hunters, encouraging them to search for trans people utilizing private business restrooms and sue them for as much money as possible. Nebraska is also trying to implement a whole slew of anti trans laws including bathroom bans for state owned buildings such as colleges, restrictions in gender-affirming care, and the possible ban of HRT for youth under 19 years old. As if Minnesota hasn't already been through enough, the Trump administration is targeting Trans athletes in the state. And Indiana is targeting incarcerated trans people with the bill SB 182. This Week In Politics Remembering Jay Lee Back in 2022, cherished member of the LGBTQ+ community in Oxford Jay Lee vanished without a trace. His remains were found last year. For years his family searched for answers, and now all has been revealed. Dateline released a 2 hour episode detailing Lee,s disappearance and two trials that led to the conviction of Sheldon "Timothy" Herrington Jr, Lee's murderer. The State of California Takes Legal Action After the Termination of Trans Youth Care One of the largest hospitals that offered gender affirming care to youth in the state of California, Rady Children's Hospital, announced last month that they'd no longer be offering those services. This was a devastating blow to trans youth in California as the hospital served over 1,900 patients seeking gender-affirming care with approximately 1,450 of those patients under 19 for the past 14 years. The state of California is now suing them. California Attorney General Rob Bonta is leading the lawsuit against the Rady Children's Hospital. Bonta's leading complaint aims to "address Rady Children's Health's (RCH) unlawful refusal to fulfill its legal obligations to the Attorney General to the detriment of its patients." This Week In Culture & Entertainment The National Rainbow College Fund is Accepting Applications The National Rainbow College Fund has launched their 2026–2027 Scholarship Program! "National Rainbow College Fund is powered by San Diego Foundation, one of the largest community foundations in the U.S. and a leading scholarship provider in California. The fund supports efforts to reduce educational disparities for students who have faced barriers related to sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, and is open to all applicants and allies who support these principles." The fund will award 200 selected California students a combin

This week on the Queer News podcast, Our top story is all about Don Lemon and the group of journalists arrested while covering the protests in Minneapolis. In politics, we dive into the twelve states suing the HHS, and USA Hockey's secret ban of trans athletes. In culture and entertainment, we take a look at the safest travel destinations for the LGBTQ+ community and the LGBTQ artists that won big the Grammy's. Want to support this podcast? 🏳️‍🌈 Join the QCrew: If you believe LGBTQ stories need to be amplified, support the work we do. Join the QCrew for as low as $5 a month, https://bit.ly/3L3Ng66 🎧 We are Queer News Done Right. 00:26 Welcome to Queer News 03:10 Join the QCrew, https://bit.ly/JoinQCrew 03:58 Leave a Queer News Tip, Email info at e3radio.fm or leave a message here https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/s/243669/19/rc6z5z67pp1op502 04:18 Queer News Headlines 04:54 Independent Journalist Don Lemon Arrested while covering the protests in Minneapolis 10:28 States Sue Trump over Transphobic Policies 13:14 The USA Hockey Organization Quietly Banned Trans Athletes In Secret 17:18 Book an ad today! Email info @ e3radio.fm 18:46 Subscribe to the Queer News Newsletter, https://bit.ly/QueerNews 19:12 LGBTQ+ and traveling within the US? Here are some of the safest cities to visit in 2026 21:26 Billionaire philanthropist Mackenzie Scott Gifts Millions to the Trevor Project. 23:34 Queers Win Big at the Grammy's 26:13 Anna's Got A Word 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ Important Episode Links Join the QCrew! Giving starts as low as $5/month Send In a Queer News Tip or email info at e3radio dot fm 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ Interested in advertising? Email: info at e3radio.fm Subscribe to our YouTube Channel https://youtube.com/@e3radio 📣 Stay Connected Subscribe for news & queer deals: Queer News Newsletter, https://bit.ly/QueerNews Follow Anna @annadeshawn on social for the latest queer news updates! Rate, review, and share this episode to help amplify LGBTQ+ voices. 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ This week's episode of Queer News is packed with historic milestones, urgent calls for justice, and accountability. Here is your social-media-ready breakdown of every story from Episode 322. This Week's Top Story Independent Journalist Don Lemon Arrested while covering the protests in Minneapolis Don Lemon was one of multiple journalists arrested on Friday for covering a protest at a Minnesota church. The pastor of Cities Church in St. Paul, David Easterwood, was alleged to be working with ICE, so protestors peacefully interrupted a Sunday service, and Don Lemon was one of a group of journalists present at the church. The DOJ charged the journalists with "conspiracy against the rights of religious freedom at a place of worship and injuring, intimidating and interfering with the exercise of the right of religious freedom at a place of worship". Lemon was later released the same day with a court date of February 9th in Minneapolis. This Week In Politics States Sue Trump over Transphobic Policies California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington have joined together to sue the head of health and human services Robert F. Kennedy over the executive order embedded within the Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. By refusing to comply with the executive order, these states have lost millions in funding for vital programming. New York Attorney General Letitia James is guiding the collection of states during the lawsuit. The USA Hockey Organization Quietly Banned Trans Athletes In Secret The USA Hockey organization quietly made the move to ban trans athletes from competing in "hockey leagues that match their gender identity" late last year. USA Hockey debuted a new participant Eligibility Policy back in November. Within the policy restrictions for trans athletes are written boldly: "In all programs where participation is restricted by sex, athletes are only permitted to participate in such programs based on their sex assigned at birth, except that a female (as assigned at birth) may not play in programs restricted to females if they have undergone any male hormone therapy." This policy will go into effect for the 2026 USA hockey season set to begin on April 1st thus essentially barring trans athletes from competing on National and Olympic teams. Several have spoken out against this discrimination including the first out trans hockey player Harrison Browne and the Seattle Women's Hockey League. This Week In Culture & Entertainment LGBTQ+ and traveling within the US? Here are some of the safest cities to visit in 2026 Blog misterb&b's Queer Safety Index has the 411 on the safest cities to visit in 2026. They describe the Index as "an ordered ranking based on a weighted scoring model incorporating multiple data sources, starting with misterb&b most booked destinations. Safety is measured using FBI-reported hate crimes over the last five years. Each factor is normalized to a 0-1 scale, and weighted

This week on the Queer News podcast, Chicago has appointed Antonio King as the city's first Director of LGBTQ+ affairs. In politics, we have updates on the murders committed by ICE in Minneapolis. and. In culture and entertainment, we share the 2026 LGBTQ Sports Hall of Fame inductees, we say goodbye to ballroom legend Boom Balenciaga, and we stand with Karamo as this Queer Eye drama unfolds. Want to support this podcast? 🏳️‍🌈 Join the QCrew: If you believe LGBTQ stories need to be amplified, support the work we do. Join the QCrew for as low as $5 a month, https://bit.ly/3L3Ng66 🎧 We are Queer News Done Right. 00:26 Welcome to Queer News 03:54 Join the QCrew, https://bit.ly/JoinQCrew 04:24 Leave a Queer News Tip, Email info at e3radio.fm or leave a message here https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/s/243669/19/rc6z5z67pp1op502 06:02 Queer News Headlines 06:42 Chicago's new Director of LGBTQ+ affairs 09:12 The Murders in Minneapolis 14:54 Book an ad today! Email info @ e3radio.fm 15:23 Subscribe to the Queer News Newsletter, https://bit.ly/QueerNews 15:58 The 2026 Class of the LGBTQ Sports Hall of Fame 18:32 Ballroom Loses A Legend 20:46 All Eyes on Queer Eye 24:00 Anna's Got A Word 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ Important Episode Links Join the QCrew! Giving starts as low as $5/month Send In a Queer News Tip or email info at e3radio dot fm 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ Interested in advertising? Email: info at e3radio.fm Subscribe to our YouTube Channel https://youtube.com/@e3radio 📣 Stay Connected Subscribe for news & queer deals: Queer News Newsletter, https://bit.ly/QueerNews Follow Anna @annadeshawn on social for the latest queer news updates! Rate, review, and share this episode to help amplify LGBTQ+ voices. 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️✨ This week's episode of Queer News is packed with historic milestones, urgent calls for justice, and accountability. Here is your social-media-ready breakdown of every story from Episode 321. This Week's Top Story Chicago's new Director of LGBTQ+ affairs Chicago has elected Antonio King as the city's new Director of LGBTQ+ affairs. This is the first time that the newly elected director will work directly with Mayor Brandon Johnson's office to oversee the creation of policies that protect and create openings for LGBTQ+ Chicagoans. When asked about the promotion, King had this to say: "I'm building on the foundations that were laid by people like Mary Morten and Bill Greaves," King told the Windy City Times. "We're at a time where we have a federal administration that is so adversarial to the LGBTQ+ community, including our trans siblings who are under attack. It's important to have this role working with this mayor, at this moment in history, to show that we are supported in Chicago." This Week In Politics The Murders in Minneapolis Yesterday ICE struck again, killing Alex Prettia, 37 year old nurse from Minneapolis. Caught on videos by a bystander, Alex could be seen helping a woman who was being targeted by ICE. He defended her from their physical assaults and in turn they redirected the attacks on him. Multiple ICE officers can be seen pepper spraying Alex and beating him before they brutally opened fire, shooting at the man multiple times. Alex was later pronounced dead by a local hospital. In the aftermath of the shooting protestors who were already on scene flocked to the location of Alex's murder to voice their anger with ICE. In response ICE deployed tear gas and flash bangs to disperse the crowd, but Minneapolis residents refused to back down. Hundreds gathered to pay their respect to Alex at a makeshift memorial on site. At this time updates about the shooting are still rolling in, but we will continue to keep you updated on ICE activity in Minneapolis as best we can. This Week In Culture & Entertainment The 2026 Class of the LGBTQ Sports Hall of Fame Last Tuesday the LGBTQ Sports Hall of Fame announced their class of 2026 at the Center on Halsted. Established 13 years ago, the LGBTQ Sports Hall of Fame has honored LGBTQ athletes for their efforts in sports and in the community. "The group's mission is to celebrate diversity, promote inclusion, and inspire future generations by recognizing the courage, talent, and perseverance of LGBTQ individuals who have broken barriers and made a lasting impact on the sporting community. Through education, advocacy, and celebration, we strive to create a more inclusive and equitable sporting landscape where every athlete can thrive authentically, inclusive of sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression." Inductees will be inducted into the LGBTQ Sports Hall of Fame during a ceremony on July 25, 2026 in New York City. Congratulations to the Hall of Fame class of 2026. Ballroom Loses A Legend The House of Balenciaga announced on January 21st that legendary ballroom commentator and social media icon Boom Balenciaga has passed away at the young age of 36. Also known as Kirk Pressley, the beloved ballroom figure was a member of The House of Balenciaga as well as an ini