Good Queer News Does Happen! with Ben Greene

Writer KB Brookins joins the show to talk about trans news that doesn’t suck. It’s a really great conversation about specific wins and how to see them, use them, and get involved in creating them.Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Author and activist Ben Greene joins the pod to talk about why he focuses on good news. Your despair is someone else's business model. Plus, some extremely insane stories of passing as cis. (Ben's is wild!!!)Good Queer News: https://www.goodqueernews.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Eligio Guerrero from The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) in Seguin, TX joins the show to talk about the organization's work and its return to its roots as a civil rights stalwart in the face of ICE raids. And then the people of Big Bend National Park fight back against a wall. Plus, the children of the Dilley detention center, investing in the youth, and how to make it easier for Latinos to vote despite all the efforts against it. -Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Gabe and Lex Rofeberg, who had very similar childhoods, talk about discarding the Zionism they were taught growing up. What does that mean for their futures and the future of Judaism?https://www.judaismunbound.com/2026-courses/p/jewish-citizenshipAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In honor of her new book Like, Follow, Subscribe, Fortesa Latifi joins Gabe to talk about something Gabe hates: child influencers and family vlogging.---Reporter Fortesa Latifi joins Gabe to discuss the origins of mommy blogging and child influencers, what has come out since these children have grown up, and what these families are actually selling. Plus, the dangers and problems of selling exclusive content of your children, turning your home and their safe space into a "set," and strangers being a fan of your child. What laws can be put into place to protect the children in these online famous families?Join My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gabesdunnCheck out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Bill O’Reilly book titles. Zionist Instagram accounts. Checking NewsMax every day. Lyz Lenz, author and writer of the newsletter Men Yell At Me, joins the show to talk about making men mad. We discuss divorce, our funny(?) families, and how we’ve become better and worse for consumption of political media. Political discussion starts about 8 minutes in. Tw for Epstein.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Writer Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya joins the show to talk about finding queer community and chosen family in a red state like Florida. Gabe shares his stories of growing up there and learns about the type of solidarity that can beautifully develop in adversity --- both with the weather and, you know, otherwise.Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Gabe’s old BuzzFeed coworker and writer Ash Perez joins the show to talk about his new rom com Speak Now. The duo catch up about transness, autism, and the wild paths their lives have taken. Speak Now is a queer rom-com about a rising-star chef who’s forced to confront her first love when she’s hired to cater her ex–best friend’s wedding, putting her career-defining opportunity at odds with unresolved feelings from her past. Set in the world of fine dining in Big Sur, it’s a funny, emotionally honest story about second chances and self-discovery. Speak Now is Ash's fiction debut! The audiobook features a full cast led by Jena Malone and Arienne Mandi.Speak Now is available for preorder now wherever you get audiobooks, and publishes on March 31 (on International Transgender Day of Visibility). Link is here to preorder: https://bit.ly/3MiDUtm Woooo!Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jesse, of Theater Workers For A Ceasefire, talks about the importance of theater in the political space, divesting from Israeli state-sponsored, colonialist and imperialist theater, and coming into anti-Zionism as a Jewish artist. Links: https://theaterworkersforaceasefire.com/statementhttps://www.bacbi.be/Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Reporter Madeline Peltz joins the show to talk about her years of covering Turning Point USA, the liberal journalists who suck up to Nazis, and how liberals and leftists focus on elections over building movements. Plus, the right's ability to embrace anyone who wants in, how right-wing women are losing faith in MAGA and why we keep not believing what the right is telling us straight up that they are doing.Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy