@apnews.com platforming genocide denial. Turkey and Armenia also have a more than century-old dispute over the deaths of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians in massacres. Historians widely view the event as genocide. Turkey denies the deaths constituted genocide, saying the toll has been inflated.

My first act as Senate Budget Chair this year was to pass legislation providing resources to our Attorney General @robbonta.bsky.social to sue Trump for violating the law & to protect Californians. Results? We’ve won 80% of the lawsuits & protected exponentially more taxpayer funds than we spent.

My newly regular radio spot (*nerdy radio lover's shriek*) In which, this time, I recommend: Dinner on Monster Island by @taniaderozario.bsky.social This Place Kills Me by Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by @nicolegoux.bsky.social and The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden

It's the 3rd Friday of the month! @ilanaslightly.bsky.social joined us to give us 3 books to get us through the holidays. Watch the full video here: youtu.be/csXcjGWOKBQ?... youtube.com/shorts/VwPBq...

To accomplish what the Trump Admin proposed today with transgender healthcare will take a very LENGTHY and complicated process, including public comment period. What we need RIGHT AWAY is State Attorney Generals reminding providers NOT to submit in advance. Like MI AG Dana Nessel this year. Link 👇

FYI: MN and IL law STILL protects gender-affirming care. REACTIONS TODAY: Megan Peterson, Gender Justice: It’s an outrageous overreach of federal power—an attack not just on transgender people, but on everyone’s right to make private medical decisions free from political control.

On track for the 2026 Olympics, you can support out speed skater Conor McDermott-Mostowy here: www.gofundme.com/f/be-a-part-... Follow him on Instagram: www.instagram.com/conor.mm/?hl... youtube.com/shorts/7S2vW...

I didn't have re-watching The Family Stone on my 2025 to do list (I originally thought it was meh?), but @josephlezza.com makes a good case. And I love holiday rom-coms. So lezzz do it! youtube.com/shorts/axADH...

Hard to argue that you're not fascist when you stop banning the swastika in the Coast Guard. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Had enough bad news? Need a moment? How about a holiday rom com? @josephlezza.com joins us to talk about the best holiday rom-coms, as well potential nominees for the hall of shame. ❄️📽️🤩 youtu.be/t3B7_lGpt5Q

Our 2026 Olympics Coverage begins with speed skater Conor McDermott-Mostowy! He just missed out on the 2022 games. This time he's coming in hot with personal best times and recent medals at the US championships. Support Conor here: www.gofundme.com/f/be-a-part-... youtu.be/1OwYmc9nXhk

BIG show today. We kick off our 2026 Olympics coverage with out US speed skater Conor McDermott Mostowy! Plus, @josephlezza.com and R. Eric Thomas share their favorite holiday rom coms (plus their nominees for the wall of shame). ❄️🎁🍿 Tune in live at 2pm @am950radio.bsky.social or anytime on YT.

If you're in the Twin Cities this weekend (or this is a good reason to come to the Twin Cities this weekend), The Ballet Co.Laboratory's production of The Snow Queen will be at the Ted Mann Concert Hall. It features a musical score by Ethel Smyth, a queer 19th century composer! youtu.be/_e1BRlP8Ico

‘The Trump Era Is Ending’: Political World Rocked by Bombshell Susie Wiles Tell-All

Uh oh. Governor Newsom has realized that not only did he not gain any MAGA supporter, but he screwed himself over with LGBTQ voters. Now he's trying to back pedal. He's turned to Ezra Klein to help rehabilitate his image. BUT, read on for his ACTUAL 2025 record. www.advocate.com/politics/gav...

Joe Reberkenny is the White House Correspondent for the Washington Blade. Last week, he sat down with Rep. Garcia to talk about the Epstein Files. He also had an exclusive interview with George Santos. Eye-opening stuff from Joe. He previewed those articles with us here 👇 youtu.be/u4WCZ2Dy94I

After reading Trump's post about Rob Reiner, it is now the official editorial position of our show that any claim of "This isn't what I voted for" is reprehensible and indefensible. In 2024, exactly 75,017,613 voters warned America about exactly this type of behavior. They knew it and you knew it.

"When same-sex marriage was still years away, there was America’s Uncle, straight as can be, demanding a future in which LGBTQ families be given a full stake in the American Dream and hurry the fuck up on that, please and thank you." charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/americas-u...

As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

A lot of times, the queer books that guests talk about on @thisqueerbook.com just start flipping all all sorts of switches in their head. That's what English teacher and author Joel Freedman talks about here. The magic when all those queer possibilities turn on. thisqueerbook.com/good-times-b...

The best part of this video? The framed Wellstone campaign logo. If you're from MN, or know your progressive history, then you know why that's on point. youtu.be/X8DvjQTdxwE?...

@genderjustice.us scored a big win for transgender people in Minnesota's Hennepin County. Sara Jane Baldwin, Senior Attorney for Gender Justice, joined me to unpack it for us. youtu.be/c06P-H0IeZ4

BREAKING: Last night the city council of Arlington Texas voted to strip LGBTQ people of protections in that city. Protections they only put in place 4 years ago. We'll have more details on the show today (12/10).

As we ponder how calibri is a woke font (calibri for f sakes), let's all enjoy Elle Cordova again... youtube.com/shorts/diN5s...

A huge night for Democrats: —They flip Miami's mayorship. —They flip a state House district in Georgia that had voted Trump by 13%. —They keep Albuquerque's mayorship, while the liberal faction flips city council. —And they get big overperformances (+18 & +22) in 2 Florida specials.

According to the 5th Circuit, and AFFIRMED by SCOTUS yesterday when they declined to review the case, when the government bans a book from a school library it isn't a book ban. Because you can just go buy it from a store. Thread /1 apnews.com/article/supr...

Catch up with the latest LGBTQ headlines from across the rainbow! Victory in Federal Court New LGBT senior housing NDAA Surprise Instagram axes accounts University of Oklahoma:🤦‍♂️ youtu.be/ayK8h8W5emU

Our 2026 Election Coverage officially begins. We head to the swingiest of swing states: Wisconsin. We talk to Chris Armstrong who is running to flip Wisconsin's 7th District (Northern WI). We talk affordability, cost of living in WI, and the activism that led him to run. youtu.be/t-sVTjTAJ2Y

Chicago officially updated the status of the Mpox outbreak. @windycitytimes.com Managing Editor @jakewittich.bsky.social brings you the details. For the full story: youtube.com/live/VJGwOca... youtube.com/shorts/uHPyE...

Did he just admit *in writing* that he handed out a pardon in expectation of political loyalty? And the Dem Representative he pardoned was (*checks notes*) indicted for allegedly accepting $600k in bribes?

Per the ACLU, know your rights if ICE approaches you. Link to full details: bit.ly/aclu-ice-advice youtube.com/shorts/juFHp...

So grateful for the @washblade.bsky.social's White House Correspondents joining us bi-weekly this year to share their amazing reporting from inside the Oval Office and at the Capital. We've created a playlist capturing it all for you! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

@kenschneck.bsky.social decided to go out into the freezing cold to promote this week's ep of This News Is So Gay. I, on the other hand, did not. But however you listen to your podcasts (in the frigid snow or wearing thick sweaters indoors) here's the link! thebuckeyeflame.com/2025/12/03/t...

This second installment of @elliekrug.bsky.social's memoir series Being Ellen is about all the challenges and joy that come with finally finding one’s authentic voice. Get your copy here (after you watch this interview! 😍) bookshop.org/a/82376/9780... youtu.be/7cuMxJ5QNzA

"What this book showed me was how to balance pieces of myself that didn't fit together." ~ Author Abdi Nazemian on James Baldwin's Another Country. Our guests have discussed James Baldwin's books more than any other author. And for good reason. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

Find Manchin and Sinema and never let them forget they axed the best chance to save American democracy. Now Dems are playing catch-up because they took the "high road" and let MAGA get away with redistricting for decades. www.politico.com/news/2022/01...

If you don't support adding 3 justices to SCOTUS, you're not paying attention. They will do anything to back up Trump. Which means they will do everything to make sure a future Dem President and Congress can't undo it. Dems learning the hard way on redistricting. Don't make same mistake with SCOTUS.

Chicago's long-awaited LGBTQ+ Affairs Director could be hired by the end of this week. My latest for @windycitytimes.com

So, if you take her at her word, what does it even mean? Unless I renounce my French citizenship I'm still going to be a dual citizen of the US & France. So...is she going to force me to go to the consulate to renounce my citizenship?

What we know, 10:30pm: —Dems flip mayor's office in Roswell, Georgia. —GOP defends TN-07. Margin shifts blue by ≈14%. —Solomon crushes McGreevey to become Jersey City mayor; his progressive slate also dominates city council. —In Atlanta, establishment ahead in most but not all battles vs. left

25% off! This book is so poignant and incisive and had one of the funniest sentences I've ever read (in a very funny chapter). There was also a letter to a family member that still lives in my brain. And an essay that needs to be taught in schools. vineleavespress.myshopify.com/products/im-...

As a former faculty adviser to a college newspaper, please trust me when I say that the US Dept. of Justice pressuring universities to shutdown magazines they don't like is......FASCISM.

Of course he did. He was super jazzed about Andrew Cuomo earlier this year too. If David Hogg wants to primary Democrats he should start with Rep. Jeffries first.

Long time listener, first time guest on This News Is So Gay! What we discussed: Are we getting desensitized to the Trump admin? How gay have US elections been this year? What's the status of Trump's lawsuit against MN? What can LGBTQ folks expect from the upcoming legislative session in Kentucky?

If you know, you know. Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Sarah Michelle Gellar's career have been real sources of solace and healing for so many queer people. And here's Erik Fuhrer's absolutely phenomenal book celebrating just that! youtu.be/a6EnWR5IPTA

It's a mini-election day in America. So, I've been on @boltsmag.org website all day long. Because that's what the rad politicos do... boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...

Yes, because following laws they don't like is something the Trump administration is famous for. They will never release those files. Let's see how well this post ages. www.inquisitr.com/fbi-director...

Amazon and Walmart pay their full time employees so little they need SNAP benefits. These are RICH companies who could afford to actually pay their workers a real wage. INSTEAD, they donate money to Trump who literally fought tooth and nail to take away those SNAP benefits.

Had Biden done this to the Ivy League they would have sued him up to SCOTUS. They would have launched PR campaigns viciously attacking him as un-American and howled in Congressional testimony. Makes you wonder: maybe they never did care about their marginalized students. apnews.com/article/trum...

Northwestern kissing the boot. They are now a willing pawn of the White House. They could have used that $75 million to sue the gov't. OH, BTW: their endowment is ~$15 BILLION DOLLARS. apnews.com/article/trum...