Jonny, on his own this week, reflects on Earth Day and the queer leadership behind the All Species Puppet Parade as an entry into a broader consideration of Queer Ecology. Queer and trans folks, as it turns out, have a lot to offer to environmental advocacy and policy ..read more

Jonny and Heather, in the wake of Tax Day, discuss a variety of current events including the start of the Trump trial in New York, Arizona's new/old abortion law from the 19th Century, and the latest excuses from JK Rowling. In the back half of the show they discuss the difference in how the major Presidential campaigns are appealing to LGBTQ+ voters. They also cover new drivers license policy in Illinois as well as end of the school year LGBTQ+ events in Southern Illinois ..read more

Jonny and Heather pair the good news with the bad news while setting up announcements of various observations of Trans Day of Visibility in Southern Illinois. There is much in the day and in the news to celebrate while also keeping our eyes on the ways it is hard out here for the LGBTQ+ community ..read more

Jonny interviews Craig Gingrich-Philbrook about his upcoming show, "Ways To Say Goodbye" in the Marion Kleinau Theatre. This is queer autobiographical performance art exploring some of the root causes of Craig's struggle with Functional Neurological Disorder.  ..read more

Jonny recaps last week's LGBTQ Town Hall sponsored by Equality Illinois and Rainbow Cafe and held in the Carbondale Civic Center ..read more

Jonny digs into the IIQ archive to revive a 2021 interview with Clare Killman about the word "queer" and "queer liberation." This revisit is in anticipation of now Councilwoman Clare Killman's participation in a Town Hall Meeting later this week. In the back half of the show, Jonny puts Clare's thoughts in dialogue with recent proposed legislation coming out of her home state, Missouri, and announces a local vigil for Nex Benedict ..read more

Jonny and Heather discuss the continued move by states to become sanctuaries for gender affirming care (Maryland is the latest addition) alongside the inclusion of gender and sexuality questions in the latest US Census survey and why it matters. In the back half of the show they discuss what the NYT and other journalistic venues are getting wrong by treating Gender Critical as a reasonable countervoice to the basic human rights of transgender people. They close out the show with a celebration of Marriage Equality in Greece and the announcement of local community opportunities for the LGBTQ+ co ..read more

Jonny, alone on Valentines Day, puts several stories in dialogue to ask if things are getting better for the LGBTQ+ community. It's a bit of a mixed verdict, but one thing is clear: as things seem to be doing better for the restof the country, LGBTQ+ are increasingly targetted as the old,familiar wedge issue for political gain. In the back half of the show, Jonny puts two stories in dialogue that remind us it is important to remember those queers who are no longer with us, to preserve their visibility in history and in memorials ..read more

Jonny and Heather queer the Southern Border and the so-called immigration crisis by showing how the politicization of the problem mirrors how gender afirming care has been politicized. They discuss rebuttals to Pamela Paul's recent op ed in the New York Times as well as recent anti-trans policy initiaitices in Iowa and Alberta. In the back half of the show they link recent assaults on a St Louis gay bar to president Trump's legal loss on the issue of permanent and universal immunity, taking the opportunity to explore how "inalienable rights" might more effectively be expanded in the modern wor ..read more

Jonny and Heather discuss the Trangender American Veterans Association's law suit brought against the Department of Veteran Affairs to get them to respond to a petition to have the VA include surgical gender confirmation therapies in VA insurance coverage of transgender veterans. Heather serves on the board of TAVA and uses her own experience as a transgender veteran to explain the suit and what led up to it. In the back half of the show, Jonny and Heather discuss their disappointment in Maine abandoning its bid to be a transgender sanctuary state and in breaking news about new anti-trans poli ..read more