Episode 19: March Madness

On this week’s episode, we give a long over due (LONG OVERDUE) shout-out to our friend and podcasting mentor, Tim Corrimal of The Tim Corrimal Show, whom we’ve known for years and who helped us considerably when we got started. Tim gave us great advice about podcasting … though we can’t say we’ve always followed …

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On this week’s episode, we give a long over due (LONG OVERDUE) shout-out to our friend and podcasting mentor, Tim Corrimal of The Tim Corrimal Show, whom we’ve known for years and who helped us considerably when we got started. Tim gave us great advice about podcasting … though we can’t say we’ve always followed it, which is our fault, not his. Check out his (much more professional) show, and follow him on Mastodon and Spoutible (@timcorrimal).

From there, we talk about our very own March Madness, which does not, much to Dave’s chagrin, mean we discuss the University of Illinois’ storied men’s basketball program and the many, many injustices that have been visited upon them. Nope. This March Madness includes our wedding anniversary, our oldest child’s 27th birthday, and our youngest child coming home from college for spring break.

Then, despite our promise to be more uplifting this week, we provide an update on the Jesse Singal Fiasco. Jesse, as many folks have reached out to tell us, is off Twitter … sort of … but it’s not Dave’s fault. We swear.

Returning to more positive things, we introduce you to Ronnie Angelique Young, a successful Black Latina trans woman who testified in Florida against laws targeting the LGBTQIA community. You can watch her remarkable testimony here and follow her on social media (@Dncndiva on both Twitter and Instagram).

Segueing from that great story, we talk in more general terms about the scrutiny LGBTQIA people face these days, especially trans and nonbinary people, and how the enemies of the community look for any perceived mistake on the part of queer people, their healthcare providers, and their supportive parents and allies, to paint a negative picture of the community as a whole. 

Finally, we talk about young people and how, when anti-LBGTQIA say “let kids be kids,” they overlook the fact that kids often know about their identity and orientation early in life — just like straight kids do! So when we say “let kids be kids,” that includes queer kids!  

Please enjoy to this week’s episode, feel free to share your thoughts in the comments, and, as always, support the rights of LGBTQIA people everywhere! And if you’re new here, you can also follow our Twitter account, @itsotetPodcast.

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