Hello and welcome to the October edition of Outward. I'm Brian Louder, Editor of Outward,

and this is your annual PSA, not PSL. PSA, that pumpkin is not a flavor. If you don't believe

me, try eating the unseasoned flesh of your jack-a-lantern and get back to me. Not a flavor. I would say it is a

flavor. It's just not a flavor anyone would actually put in a latte. It tastes like earth. I learned this

because I tried to make a home syrup once for the pumpkin spice latte and it involved actual pumpkin

and it was the nastiest thing in the world. You're like, all right, back to just cloves. I'm Kristina

Cotterucci, a senior writer at Slate, and I too have a PSA. Actually, I want to remind our queer

fam that Halloween is straight pride. So watch yourselves out there. They're going to be flaunting

their sexuality. They're going to be getting trashed in public. They're going to be getting in

messy street side fights with their exes. You don't have to like it, but you do have to respect

their culture. So give them their space, leave them be, and let them have their pride. That's very

generous of you, Kristina. I appreciate that. Thank you. So this is where we would normally have a

third host chime in with their adorable and witty banter, but we're still looking for a third

listeners. If you know of any voices who you think would be a good fit for the podcast,

you can definitely reach out and share them with us at outwardpodcast.sate.com and on our social

media at Slate Outward on Twitter, we'll be posting a job description in the next week or so.

So look out for that, and we're really excited for you to hopefully meet a third once we find

them next month. Brian, tell us about what we're doing this month. Absolutely. So as our listeners

probably know, October is queer history month, and it is our custom here at outward to mark that

occasion with a history-themed show. But hold on, if you think you've heard about as much as you

can stand on Stonewall or the Managing Society, this sorts of things. Stick with us, I can almost

guarantee that you will leave this episode having learned about aspects of queer history that will

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