Outward: Slate's LGBTQ podcast - The Promise of Pride
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🗓️ 22 June 2022
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
It’s story time, fam! This month, Bryan, Christina, and Jules talk about whether—and why—we still need Pride. Every Pride is someone’s first, and to get that fresh perspective, the hosts spoke with Sammie Bennett, who just celebrated for the first time in Kalamazoo, Michigan. They then talk about their own memories and feelings about the annual queer gathering.
Thanks to Alicia DeMaio for our first "Thots & Queries" segment. Here’s the them.us piece she referenced.
Items discussed in the show:
“The Battle Over Gender Therapy,” by Emily Bazelon in the New York Times Magazine
Jules’ Twitter thread
Jules’ Substack response
Postmates’ “Eat With Pride” ad campaign
Leo Herrera’s Instagram story about this campaign
Christina’s Slate story about a U-Haul truck full of Nazis who headed to a Pride celebration in Idaho.
Gay Agenda
Bryan: Buzzfeed’s roundup of “This Pride Month” memes
Christina: Kaftko
Jules: Read a banned LGBTQ book
This podcast was produced by June Thomas.
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| 0:00.0 | Panty mini cheddar. They don't get cheddar than this. |
| 0:04.0 | Mmm! Could be the greatest cheese snack ever! |
| 0:08.0 | They might well breed. |
| 0:10.0 | I just wish I had my own packet. |
| 0:12.0 | Gives another? |
| 0:13.0 | No chance. You're better by your own. |
| 0:15.0 | Well, that's mature. |
| 0:16.0 | Add some cheese to the moment, with mini-chedders baked with real cheese. |
| 0:30.0 | Hello, and welcome to Outward. |
| 0:38.0 | Slates podcast about queer culture, politics, and all the cute things the LGBTs are wearing for Pride Month. |
| 0:46.0 | I'm Christina Cotterucci, a senior writer at Slate. |
| 0:50.0 | I am Jewel's Gil Peterson, and I am all of your mothers. |
| 0:56.0 | Just kidding, I am not your mother. |
| 0:58.0 | I'm not making any food for you or do your laundry. |
| 1:02.0 | And I'm Brian Lauder, and I edit Outward. |
| 1:06.0 | Well, y'all, it's June. |
| 1:08.0 | It's our big month. That's our moment. |
| 1:10.0 | I feel like June is to the LGBTs as a full moon is for werewolves. |
| 1:18.0 | It's like when we transform into our most dangerous and full-fledged and ferocious selves. |
| 1:24.0 | So, listeners, I hope you're hydrating and sunscreening and howling at the moon and steering clear of any hazardous discourse this month. |
| 1:33.0 | And hopefully, if you're a subscriber, which you should be, you have seen that we're doing extra episodes for Pride Month this year. |
| 1:40.0 | We have something in your feed every week, including a review of the gay rom-com fire island and a few episodes from elsewhere around Slate, |
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