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Join our Patreon to unlock 25+ full-length bonus episodes, ad-free weekly episodes, mp3 downloads of our original songs, exclusive Discord access, and more! You can also support the show by grabbing a cozy fall sweater at bit.ly/lezmerch & picking up Lez-ssentials songs on Bandcamp. Welcome back to Lez Hang Out, the podcast that is begging for Britney Spears to release the non-binary edition of “I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman”. This week, co-hosts Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with non-binary actor Robyn Holdaway (@robynholdaway) who you may recognize as Layla from Netflix's Sex Education. Robyn is a prolific voice actor, as well as an educational creator on TikTok where they make videos with their wife about everything from exploring gender and sexuality to navigating physical and mental health challenges. We talk with Robyn about LGBTQ+ representation across media, the differences between realistic/accurate representation and idealistic representation, and what it means to actually become the representation they wish they'd seen when they were younger. In examining the intersection of sapphic and non-binary identities, Robyn discusses the (unfortunately unsurprising) amount of backlash they've received online for explaining the meanings of words like ‘sapphic' using gender-inclusive (and completely accurate) language. From there Robyn dives into explaining their non-binary identity and why their marriage doesn't feel particularly ‘sapphic' due to Robyn's “Gomez Addam's”-style masculinity, and we consider our own gender identities– concluding that Leigh's gender is “Tiny Dad Mom” and Ellie's is “Rainbow Unicorn Overalls”. Give us your own answers to our Q & Gay on Instagram and follow along on Facebook, TikTok, and BlueSky @lezhangoutpod. Email us @lezhangoutpod@gmail.com. Connect with us individually: Ellie Brigida (@elliebrigida). Leigh Holmes Foster (@lshfoster). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
TP Hà Nội đang lấy ý kiến người dân về dự thảo quy định thực hiện vùng phát thải thấp (LEZ). Theo đó, dự thảo mới rút ngắn lộ trình 5 năm và dự kiến cấm xe không đạt chuẩn ở vành đai 2 sớm hơn kế hoạch trước đó. Vậy, những nội dung mới này, sẽ có tác động ra sao trên thực tiễn?
Join our Patreon to unlock 25+ full-length bonus episodes, ad-free weekly episodes, mp3 downloads of our original songs, exclusive Discord access, and more! You can also support the show by gearing up for fall (we've got beanies, cozy mugs, and sweatshirts!) at bit.ly/lezmerch & picking up your favorite Lez-ssentials songs on Bandcamp. Welcome back to Lez Hang Out, the podcast that would 100% play Pink Pony Club while the boat sinks. This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with Broadway producer, writer, actor, creator of viral sapphic content, and host of the Sapphic Panic Podcast (and co-host of new podcast,That's So Sapphic), Alexi Melvin (@thealeximelvin), to talk about why James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster film Titanic Should've Been Gay. Honestly, there is shockingly little that needs to be changed for Titanic to be a full-on queer masterpiece. Jack is already so androgynous that he's giving Gentleman Jack and Rose… well, she'd literally rather fling herself into the freezing sea than marry a man. Everything– from the directorial choices made (especially the framing of Jack and Rose's sex scene), the casting decisions (Leonardo DiTWINKrio was truly a bizarre choice for a 90's male romantic lead), and the lesbian savior-complex audacity of Jack sacrificing himself for a woman he kissed for the first time only 6 hours prior– combines to make Titanic a film that truly feels gay. Whether you were a young femme in the 90s feeling seen by Kate WinsLEZ's portrayal of sad-girl Rose or a young androgynous queer feeling inspired by Leo's depiction of Jack and his “Hey Mamas” energy, Titanic had something for everyone. We talk about the few tweaks we would make to the movie, the added layer of complexity the story gains when viewing Jack as either an androgynous lesbian or a young trans man, the ‘eat the rich' of it all, and why we truly believe both Jack and Rose could've fit on that ‘door' at the end. We know one thing for sure, Titanic Should've Been Gay. Give us your own answers to our Q & Gay on Instagram and follow along on Facebook, TikTok, and BlueSky @lezhangoutpod. Email us @lezhangoutpod@gmail.com. Connect with us individually: Ellie Brigida (@elliebrigida). Leigh Holmes Foster (@lshfoster). We're heading to France from March 25-31st, 2026, and we want you to come with us! Learn more and secure your spot on our Big Gay Trip to Paris and Bordeaux at bit.ly/lezdofrance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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ESSENTIEL, le rendez-vous culture présenté par Sandrine Sebbane. Elle reçoit Stéphane Koechlin pour « Arthur Koestler, la fin des illusions » aux éditions du Cerf. À propos du livre : « Arthur Koestler, la fin des illusions » paru aux éditions Cerf Géant littéraire aux millions de lecteurs, auteur visionnaire au destin de météore, Arthur Koestler fut un écrivain adulé, haï, immense, dont la vie épousa les chaos du siècle dernier. Partisan de toutes les causes, il vit sa quête d'absolu se heurter aux grandes tragédies et son existence basculer. Devenu l'adversaire de toutes les idéologies, son engagement antitotalitaire culmina avec la publication de son maître-livre, Le Zéro et l'Infini. Parce qu'il avait tout vu. Parce qu'il avait tout dit. Voici son histoire. Tour à tour espion communiste et militant sioniste, passé par les prisons et condamné à mort, Arthur Koestler a eu mille vies. Mille vies que raconte Stéphane Koechlin dans cette biographie qui se lit comme un roman d'aventures et nous entraîne sur les pas d'un homme qui aura cherché toute sa vie une terre d'élection, un idéal politique. Un homme déchiré entre plusieurs langues, son hongrois natal, l'allemand qu'il répudiera, l'anglais, l'hébreu fantasmé. Enfin un homme libre, écrasé entre les blocs totalitaires du xxe siècle, qui s'accrochera à la littérature et déchirera le voile des illusions. Aujourd'hui, plus que jamais, la vie d'Arthur Koestler doit être racontée, et sa sagesse apprise. Acquise qu'elle fut dans les drames, les malheurs et les guerres dont nous voyons le retour aujourd'hui. Un livre capital.
Thank you so much for hanging out with us for 9 seasons! Join our Patreon to unlock 25+ full-length bonus episodes, ad-free weekly episodes, mp3 downloads of our original songs, exclusive Discord access, and more. You can also support the show by gearing up for fall at bit.ly/lezmerch & picking up Lez-ssentials songs on Bandcamp. Welcome back to Lez Hang Out, the podcast that thinks, “It's not the time” to be glorifying traditional heteronormative values. This week, co-hosts Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) are back from summer break and more unfiltered than ever! We have not even been away that long and in the meantime a really insidious conservative “family values” vibe has begun to spread through the queer community. Prominent queer celebs (cough Fletcher and JoJo Siwa) who built their brands on the backs of a predominantly queer audience are “reverse” coming-out publically as dating cishet men while our rights are crumbling all around us. It's giving ‘I'm one of the good gays' and we are really not here for it at this time in our political landscape. Keep in mind, we recorded this episode before the Betty Who debacle and we didn't even need that to fill an hour-long podcast on the ‘tradwife' of it all. Now before you get out your pitchforks, we have ZERO issues with bisexuals. Our world of algorithms and click bait isn't really keen on nuance and this issue requires it in spades. We are not denying that biphobia exists in the lesbian community and that lesbians need to do better; AND it is also true that queerness is about more than just who you're dating. Like it or not, there is a political and cultural component to queerness and you cannot just opt out and expect to not piss off your fanbase. There is nothing wrong with being a queer woman and dating a cishet man, that in itself does not make you less queer. However, there is something deeply jarring about the sharp pivot from Fletcher straddling women on stage in leather pants for years to Fletcher making the very calculated decision to release “Boy” (the 2025 ‘trad' equivalent of “I Kissed A Girl”) as the single for her album during one of the most politically fraught Pride months in recent history. When highly visible queer women like Fletcher and JoJo Siwa are behaving more “trad” than the Mormon wives on TikTok (you know the ones) at the exact same time that the Supreme Court is about to potentially rip away our right to get married, there's a serious problem. Between the decline of political queerness, the rise of traditional gender roles (where did all the “bi wife energy” kings go?), and whatever the hell is going on with all these butter-churning performatively queer “pick-me gays” taking influencer jobs away from hard-working cottagecore dykes, the overall vibe is a mess™ right now. We don't love that the world appears to be burning down around us; but, hey, at least we have each other. Give us your own answers to our Q & Gay on Instagram and follow along on Facebook, TikTok, and BlueSky @lezhangoutpod. Email us @lezhangoutpod@gmail.com. Connect with us individually: Ellie Brigida (@elliebrigida). Leigh Holmes Foster (@lshfoster). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Send us a textHey everyone, we have a super cool crossover episode with Lez Hang Out to hold y'all over until we're back from break!We hope you enjoy!!Lez Hang Out Show Notes!Title: 814: Serving Books with Queer Liberation LibraryDescription: When you join our Lez Hang Out family on Patreon you will gain instant access to 24 and counting full-length bonus episodes, ad-free weekly episodes, mp3 downloads of all our original songs, an invite to our exclusive Discord channel, and more! You can also support the podcast by buying our original merch at bit.ly/lezmerch and by purchasing our original Lez-ssentials songs for as little as $1 each on Bandcamp.Welcome back to Lez Hang Out, the podcast that wants you to read banned books!This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with academic librarian Amber and nonprofit witch Lindsay of the Queer Liberation Library (@queerliblib). The QLL got its start in 2023 and has since curated a collection of 2,715 unique LGBTQ+ ebooks and audiobooks accessible to anyone in the United States (regardless of zip code) for the low, low cost of absolutely nothing! Once you sign up (for free!), you will be able to check out ebooks and audiobooks from an ever-expanding collection through Libby. They have everything from popular queer adult fiction to LGBTQ+ poetry, manga, and children's books. In today's environment of book bans and censorship, projects like the Queer Liberation Library are more important than ever as they provide access to titles that local physical library branches may not be able to stock.We talk with Amber and Lindsay about how the Queer Liberation Library got its start, going from “7 friends in a trench coat” with a big dream to create a nonprofit to “7 friends in a trench coat” with an extensive, fully functional digital library. We also talk about how the curation process works, the intricacies of licensing restrictions on book borrowing, and all the little behind the scenes things that make the project possible. One of the best things about QLL is the accessibility. While there are already well-established physical libraries dedicated to LGBTQ+ books (and doing an incredible job!), they are not accessible for someone like a queer or trans youth with unsupportive parents or someone living in a more restrictive state where the physical libraries may have less ability to combat queer censorship. Digital collections like the one at QLL are lifesavers in these cases because they can be accessed for free from anywhere in the US, providing a way around any potential local physical barriers to access.You can join the QLL today and start borrowing books right away by going to their website. And if you do happen to live in a less queer-friendly location and are in any way nervous about being caught browsing the site, the QLL provides an easy exit button that redirects visitors to weather.com in the blink of an eye. Remember, you can give us your own answers to our Q & Gay on Instagram and follow along on Facebook, TikTok, and BlueSky @lezhangoutpod. Find your fav tol and smol hosts Ellie & Leigh at @elliebrigida and @lshfoster respectively.
Lez out of action due to Mad Monday, Isaac comes straight into the starting side. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Orvosok szerint létezik az aszpirinnél is jobb szívroham-megelőző gyógyszer Bombarecept és hack-tippek is előkerültek a biztonsági teszten Minden, amit az iPhone 17 modelljeiről sejteni lehet Furcsa aktivitást mutatott a rendszerünkön átszáguldó csillagközi vándor 1952-ben Sztálin mutatta az utat, ma Orbán Viktor diktálja az aszály elleni védekezés szabályait Újra növekedést mutat az okosórák piaca Lezárta a PR-Telecom akvizícióját a 4iG Az áramhiány okozhatja az Nvidia szárnyalásának végét Hackerek törtek be a Google-hez, több milliárd felhasználó adatait szerezték meg Teljes holdfogyatkozás lesz szeptember 7-én A ChatGPT azt hozta el 2025-re, hogy újra kézzel kell megírniuk a beadandókat a diákoknak Új szintre emelte a humanoid robotokat a Toyota Orosz hekkerek zavarhatták meg Ursula von der Leyen gépét Bulgária felett A további adásainkat keresd a podcast.hirstart.hu oldalunkon.
Orvosok szerint létezik az aszpirinnél is jobb szívroham-megelőző gyógyszer Bombarecept és hack-tippek is előkerültek a biztonsági teszten Minden, amit az iPhone 17 modelljeiről sejteni lehet Furcsa aktivitást mutatott a rendszerünkön átszáguldó csillagközi vándor 1952-ben Sztálin mutatta az utat, ma Orbán Viktor diktálja az aszály elleni védekezés szabályait Újra növekedést mutat az okosórák piaca Lezárta a PR-Telecom akvizícióját a 4iG Az áramhiány okozhatja az Nvidia szárnyalásának végét Hackerek törtek be a Google-hez, több milliárd felhasználó adatait szerezték meg Teljes holdfogyatkozás lesz szeptember 7-én A ChatGPT azt hozta el 2025-re, hogy újra kézzel kell megírniuk a beadandókat a diákoknak Új szintre emelte a humanoid robotokat a Toyota Orosz hekkerek zavarhatták meg Ursula von der Leyen gépét Bulgária felett A további adásainkat keresd a podcast.hirstart.hu oldalunkon.
Túl sok kérdés, túl kevés válasz – 5 film, amit a mai napig nem értünk Kinek a temetésén lehet Anne Hathway és Stanley Tucci Az ördög Pradát visel 2-ben? A 10 legjobb film, amit 40 év felett mindenkinek muszáj lenne látnia - főszerepben az életközepi válság! Netflix: Ez Most a 10 legnézettebb sorozat a világon, bedarálta a mezőnyt az 1. helyezett! A Konklávé rendezőjének új filmjében Colin Farrell lassan beleőrül a játékba Meddig a sajátunk a testünk és az érzelmeink? Újra összehozta Kamarás Norbit és Kármán Odettet az Exek csatája Lezárult a Szegedi Szabadtéri Játékok 2025-ös évada Samuel L. Jackson és Dave Bautista a világvége után – itt a magyar előzetes! Híres magyar nők, akik háromszor vagy többször váltak A Bányavirág, a Platonov és a Bohémélet is színre kerül a Miskolci Nemzeti Színházban A további adásainkat keresd a podcast.hirstart.hu oldalunkon.
"Fogalmam sincs, hogy miről szólhat a felvétel" – reagált a volt fideszes képviselő Toroczkai László súlyos vádjaira Kárpátalján támogatnák az uniós tagságot Magyar Péter képeket posztolt a vitorláson álldogáló-üldögélő Orbán Viktorról Mindkét üzemanyag drágul szombaton! "Nagyon dühös vagyok" – üzente Orbán Viktornak Donald Trump Trump meggondolta magát: elengedte a 250 százalékos vámterveit 41 ezer harcosnak üzente meg Orbán Viktor, mi lesz az árrésstoppal Megvan az idei gazdasági növekedés fő gyilkosa? Kéri László: Elképzelhető, hogy Orbánék tudatosan sodorták vállalhatatlan helyzetbe az államfőt 2040-ben rá sem ismerünk a turistaközpontokra, más nyelveket fogunk hallani Lezárták a Balaton egyik legnépszerűbb kilátóját Gyönyörű magyar sikerek a kajak-kenu világbajnokságon A Fradinak nem kellett, most bosszút állt korábbi edzőjén Hűvösebb idő jön, de még nem szabad temetni a nyarat A további adásainkat keresd a podcast.hirstart.hu oldalunkon.
"Fogalmam sincs, hogy miről szólhat a felvétel" – reagált a volt fideszes képviselő Toroczkai László súlyos vádjaira Kárpátalján támogatnák az uniós tagságot Magyar Péter képeket posztolt a vitorláson álldogáló-üldögélő Orbán Viktorról Mindkét üzemanyag drágul szombaton! "Nagyon dühös vagyok" – üzente Orbán Viktornak Donald Trump Trump meggondolta magát: elengedte a 250 százalékos vámterveit 41 ezer harcosnak üzente meg Orbán Viktor, mi lesz az árrésstoppal Megvan az idei gazdasági növekedés fő gyilkosa? Kéri László: Elképzelhető, hogy Orbánék tudatosan sodorták vállalhatatlan helyzetbe az államfőt 2040-ben rá sem ismerünk a turistaközpontokra, más nyelveket fogunk hallani Lezárták a Balaton egyik legnépszerűbb kilátóját Gyönyörű magyar sikerek a kajak-kenu világbajnokságon A Fradinak nem kellett, most bosszút állt korábbi edzőjén Hűvösebb idő jön, de még nem szabad temetni a nyarat A további adásainkat keresd a podcast.hirstart.hu oldalunkon.
Túl sok kérdés, túl kevés válasz – 5 film, amit a mai napig nem értünk Kinek a temetésén lehet Anne Hathway és Stanley Tucci Az ördög Pradát visel 2-ben? A 10 legjobb film, amit 40 év felett mindenkinek muszáj lenne látnia - főszerepben az életközepi válság! Netflix: Ez Most a 10 legnézettebb sorozat a világon, bedarálta a mezőnyt az 1. helyezett! A Konklávé rendezőjének új filmjében Colin Farrell lassan beleőrül a játékba Meddig a sajátunk a testünk és az érzelmeink? Újra összehozta Kamarás Norbit és Kármán Odettet az Exek csatája Lezárult a Szegedi Szabadtéri Játékok 2025-ös évada Samuel L. Jackson és Dave Bautista a világvége után – itt a magyar előzetes! Híres magyar nők, akik háromszor vagy többször váltak A Bányavirág, a Platonov és a Bohémélet is színre kerül a Miskolci Nemzeti Színházban A további adásainkat keresd a podcast.hirstart.hu oldalunkon.
Lez returns alongside Grant Chappell to preview the Round 24 clash against the Parramatta Eels at Allianz Stadium!!Plus, Big Lez had made the finals for South Eastern U/21's. Grand Final should be the 30th of August at Redfern Oval, yet to be confirmed...
Lez breaks down the stats and tries to determine who won the trade between Isaiah Iongi & The Parramatta Eels, and Blaize Talagi & The Panthers!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Theo đề xuất, từ năm 2026, TP.HCM sẽ thiết lập vùng phát thải thấp (LEZ) trong ranh Vành đai 1, hạn chế xe công nghệ, xe thương mại không đạt chuẩn Euro 4 và xe máy kinh doanh không đạt chuẩn Euro 2 lưu thông trong khu vực này.
VOV1 - Trong nỗ lực cải thiện chất lượng không khí, bảo vệ sức khỏe cộng đồng và ứng phó với biến đổi khí hậu, vùng thủ đô Brussels, Bỉ đang từng bước mở rộng Khu vực Phát thải thấp (LEZ), hướng tới mục tiêu loại bỏ hoàn toàn xe chạy bằng nhiên liệu hóa thạch vào năm 2035.
Congres PNL. Ce nu s-a văzut la TV: surprize, negocieri purtate până la votul final, atacuri interne și scepticism privind împărțirea funcțiilor (Libertatea) - Bucureștiul vrea iar zone fără mașini poluante. De ce n-a reușit în 2019 și care sunt „rețetele” altor capitale europene (SpotMedia) - Istoric, despre scandările „Ceaușescu!” de la „Beach, Please!”: „Așa au apărut lucrurile și în Rusia, cu evocări sentimentale” (Adevărul) Moţiunea de cenzură împotriva Guvernului Bolojan – dezbătută şi supusă votului, luni, în plenul comun al Parlamentului (G4Media) Moţiunea de cenzură depusă de parlamentarii AUR împotriva Executivului şi intitulată „Au ruinat ţara şi acum îi obligă pe români să achite nota de plată – afară cu Guvernul ipocrit” va fi dezbătută şi supusă votului luni, de la ora 15:00, în plenul Parlamentului. Moţiunea de cenzură, semnată de parlamentari AUR, POT, S.O.S. România şi neafiliaţi, a fost prezentată săptămâna trecută de liderul senatorilor AUR, Petrişor Peiu, în fața unei săli aproape goale. Parlamentarii partidelor din coaliţia de guvernare, PSD, PNL, USR, UDMR, vor asigura cvorumul la şedinţă, dar nu vor vota. Anunţul a fost făcut de preşedintele interimar al PSD, Sorin Grindeanu. Pentru a fi adoptată moţiunea de cenzură este nevoie de 233 de voturi pentru. Votul va fi secret cu bile. Dacă moţiunea de cenzură va primi votul majorităţii deputaţilor şi senatorilor, atunci Guvernul Bolojan este demis. Dacă aceasta nu va fi adoptată, atunci proiectul pe care Executivul şi-a asumat răspunderea este adoptat. Congres PNL. Ce nu s-a văzut la TV: surprize, negocieri purtate până la votul final, atacuri interne și scepticism privind împărțirea funcțiilor (Libertatea) Congresul PNL nu a fost doar o competiție în care s-a ales conducerea liberală, în urma unor lupte și negocieri dure, dar și loc de socializare și discuții privind teme importante pentru orice membru de vază: cum se împart funcțiile pe vreme de austeritate și cu încă un partid în coaliție. După patru ani de pauză electorală internă, pentru că alegerea lui Nicolae Ciucă la Congresul din 2022 numai competiție nu a fost, liberalii și-au înnoit garda, într-un cadru mai puțin tensionat față de aprilie 2021, dar unde au existat în continuare orgolii. Iar lupta cea mare a fost pentru funcțiile de prim-vicepreședinte. Nicoleta Pauliuc, senatoare de Ilfov, a purtat discuții om la om și i-a chemat la poze pe toți cei pe care îi întâlnea. La rândul său, campanie până pe ultima sută de metri a făcut și Adrian Veștea (șeful CJ Brașov și secretar general interimar). Acesta a mers să poate discuții om la om, iar în sala unde a fost ținut Congresul pe toate scaunele puteau fi găsiți fluturași cu candidatura aceasta. În ceea ce privește ceilalți candidați, oarecum surprinzătoare a fost o ostilitate destul de mare la o parte din delegații din sud, fie că erau din filiale din București, fie din județe. Veniți ca invitați au fost Nicușor Dan (președintele României), Igor Grosu (președintele Parlamentului Rep. Moldova), Ionuț Moșteanu (prezentat eronat ca lider al parlamentarilor USR, deși acum e ministru al Apărării, iar în trecut a fost șef doar la Cameră), dar și Csoma Botond (liderul deputaților UDMR), precum și Varujan Pambuccian, liderul Grupului minorităților. Bucureștiul vrea iar zone fără mașini poluante. De ce n-a reușit în 2019 și care sunt „rețetele” altor capitale europene (SpotMedia) Primăria Capitalei a lansat în dezbatere publică Planul de Acțiune pentru Orașe Verzi – un document strategic care propune, printre altele, delimitarea, în București, a unor zone cu emisii reduse (cunoscute în engleză ca Low Emission Zones sau LEZ), În aceste zone, accesul vehiculelor vechi și poluante ar urma să fie restricționat, cu scopul de a reduce nivelul de poluare din oraș. Planul de Acțiune pentru Orașe Verzi este scris de o echipă de experți internaționali, selectați și coordonați de BERD. Documentul e gata încă din 2023, dar n-a fost încă adoptat, din cauză că era nevoie să parcurgă un traseu birocratic. Acum a ajuns în etapa finală. Alte capitale europene au adoptat astfel de măsuri în urmă cu zeci de ani. A avut și Bucureștiul o tentativă în 2019, în timpul mandatului Gabrielei Firea. Dar până la urmă, de teamă să-și piară capitalul politic, Firea a făcut pasul înapoi. Istoric, despre scandările „Ceaușescu!” de la „Beach, Please!”: „Așa au apărut lucrurile și în Rusia, cu evocări sentimentale” (Adevărul) Scandările pro-Ceaușescu de la festivalul „Beach, Please!” reflectă un val periculos de nostalgie totalitară, chiar dacă organizatorii invocă o glumă, atrage atenția istoricul Cosmin Popa. Institutul de Investigare a Crimelor Comunismului şi Memoria Exilului Românesc (IICCMER) a reacționat, duminică, după apariția unor imagini video în care un grup de participanți la festivalul „Beach, please!” a scandat „Ceaușescu! Ceaușescu!” la vederea lui Selly (Andrei Șelaru), organizatorul festivalului. „A fost o glumă” ar putea explica tinerii, nicidecum un act de omagiere a fostului dictator comunist, știut fiind faptul că Selly este poreclit „dictatorul”, explicația lui fiind aceea că a primit această poreclă pentru eficiența cu care organizează lucrurile. Realitatea este însă aceea că societatea românească se confruntă cu un val de nostalgii totalitare, iar pe acest teren mișcările de destabilizare sunt ușor de implementat.
Join our Patreon to unlock 30 full-length bonus episodes, ad-free weekly episodes, mp3 downloads of our original songs, exclusive Discord access, and more! Right now, we're retiring our lower tiers– so all new patrons who join at $5/month or higher (or upgrade!) by will be entered into a raffle to guest star on a bonus Patreon episode. Once we reach 100 PAID tier patrons, we will pick the winner! You can also support the show by grabbing your #pride365 gear at bit.ly/lezmerch & picking up Lez-ssentials songs on Bandcamp. Welcome back to Lez Hang Out, the podcast that does its little dance on the catwalk. This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with Lauren Chan (@lcchan), a Canadian model, TV personality, entrepreneur, and former fashion editor. She is also an outspoken advocate for LGBTQ+ and AAPI representation as well as an expert in the size-inclusive fashion world. If you happened to walk by a newsstand recently and took enough time away from petting the bodega cat to peruse the magazines, you likely saw Lauren. She made queer history with her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit appearance as the very first out lesbian to appear on the cover! Can you believe it took until now for an out lesbian to be featured? While we may think Sports Illustrated is a male-gaze aligned space, Lauren says that's what makes it so perfect for these kinds of stories. By meeting people where they are and introducing them to concepts and perspectives they may not have had a reason to think about, Lauren provides a gateway to nuanced conversations and increased empathy. Sure, straight men may initially buy the magazine for the bikini pics, but if they stay for the coming out stories that can go a long way in changing the narrative toward LGBTQ+ people. Lauren came out in 2023, incredibly publicly, in her first appearance in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit where she made history as the first lesbian rookie! She discovered her sexuality in a very familiar way– with the lesbian masterdoc in hand, podcasts about coming out later in life on repeat, and an expanse of free time provided by the pandemic lockdowns. From divorcing her husband to now being engaged to be married again (but, to a woman) the short years since coming out have been a real whirlwind for Lauren. We are obsessed with how Lauren takes the media's long history of objectifying women and flips it on its head. She may look like just another hot girl, but Lauren is a catalyst for change, inclusivity, self-love, body positivity, and sheer gay audacity. That's a wrap on Season 8, lezzies! Thank you for hanging out with us this season, and we can't wait to see you back for Season 9. Give us your own answers to our Q & Gay on Instagram and follow along on Facebook, TikTok, and BlueSky @lezhangoutpod. Find your fav tol and smol hosts Ellie & Leigh at @elliebrigida and @lshfoster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
With Syntetic Soul, RAD.LEZ delivers a powerful debut EP that blends driving techno with deep, atmospheric textures. The title track stands out through its hypnotic groove, warm pads, and a clean, focused production style. Even on his first release, RAD.LEZ demonstrates a strong sonic identity and a clear artistic vision. The Remix by TYLER HILL brings a more club-oriented energy to the table. With punchier drums and a tense, evolving arrangement, it reinterprets the original in a more peak-time direction while staying true to its core essence. A strong debut that works just as well on the dancefloor as it does in your headphones – RAD.LEZ proves hes one to watch. Artwork is made by Heinrich&Heine
With Syntetic Soul, RAD.LEZ delivers a powerful debut EP that blends driving techno with deep, atmospheric textures. The title track stands out through its hypnotic groove, warm pads, and a clean, focused production style. Even on his first release, RAD.LEZ demonstrates a strong sonic identity and a clear artistic vision. The Remix by TYLER HILL brings a more club-oriented energy to the table. With punchier drums and a tense, evolving arrangement, it reinterprets the original in a more peak-time direction while staying true to its core essence. A strong debut that works just as well on the dancefloor as it does in your headphones – RAD.LEZ proves hes one to watch. Artwork is made by Heinrich&Heine
Join our Patreon family to unlock 25+ full-length bonus episodes, ad-free weekly episodes, mp3 downloads of our original songs, exclusive Discord access, and more! You can also support the podcast by buying our original merch at bit.ly/lezmerch. Welcome back to Lez Hang Out, the podcast that is “back in black-and-white”. This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out to talk about the 2025 Black Mirror episode: Hotel Reverie, for this Lez-ssentials episode, a recurring segment on the essential movies and TV shows in the lesbian canon. Hotel Reverie stars Issa Rae, Emma Corrin, and Awkwafina in a bittersweet sapphic story that centers around a sci-fi style high-tech simulation of an old 1940's classic film, “Hotel Reverie”. The premise is that Hollywood A-lister Brandy Friday (Issa Rae) will be playing the lead role of Dr. Alex Palmer (in spite of the original actor being a white man) in the remake; and to do so, she will be sent inside a fully immersive simulation of the film complete with “people” who think they are real, but are they? Of course as soon as Brandy enters the simulation, she begins to fall for Clara, Dr. Palmer's love interest in the original. Initially, Clara sticks to the script, but as the movie progresses, she begins to completely break the plot with her uncontainable gayness. The explanation is that the actor who played Clara, Dorothy Chambers, put so much of herself into the performance that “echoes” of Dorothy exist now in the simulated version of Clara. With the influence of Dorothy's memories and a growing attraction to Brandy, Clara begins to be more and more openly gay and that is actually bad for Brandy– if she doesn't manage to stick the landing and say the final line of the movie, she could be trapped forever in Hotel Reverie. Plus there's that sticky little feature that if Brandy were to be killed in the simulation, she would die in real life. But for all the danger, Brandy cares about only one thing, Clara, their love, and the little simulated life they build while the movie is “frozen”. We talk about the unavoidable comparisons to San Junipero, the many, many glaring plot holes throughout the episode, and the implications of Black Mirror consistently burying their gays and also only allowing gay characters to exist in simulations, video games, computers, etc. Additionally, we discuss the unsatisfying ending and why it didn't feel as resolved or happy as it did for our lesbians in San Junipero. At the end of the episode, stick around to hear our original song based on Hotel Reverie, titled “A Time You Don't Remember”, written by Leigh Holmes Foster and produced by Ellie Brigida. Join us on Patreon at bit.ly/lezpatreon for instant access to mp3 downloads of all our original songs or find us on Bandcamp to purchase songs individually. Remember, you can give us your own answers to our Q & Gay on Instagram and follow along on Facebook, TikTok, Youtube and BlueSky @lezhangoutpod. Find your fav tol and smol hosts Ellie & Leigh at @elliebrigida and @lshfoster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chaps & Lez break down the loss to the Dolphins and what to do with all of the injuries and outs for Round 18!!We also dissect the NSW Cup & Flegg matches, and discuss if we should give some of the young lads a crack in First Grade.
Join our Patreon family to unlock 25+ full-length bonus episodes, ad-free weekly episodes, mp3 downloads of our original songs, exclusive Discord access, and more! Right now, we're retiring our lower tiers– so all new patrons who join at $5/month or higher (or upgrade!) by July 1st will be entered into a raffle to guest star on a bonus Patreon episode. You can also support the show by grabbing some #pride gear at bit.ly/lezmerch or picking up Lez-ssentials songs on Bandcamp. ********* Welcome back to Lez Hang Out, the podcast that is having a rough night. This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out and talk about why the 2017 dark comedy Rough Night Should've Been Gay(er). Rough Night stars Zoë Kravitz, Scarlett Johansson, Kate McKinnon, Ilana Glazer, and Jillian Bell in a Bridesmaids meets The Hangover-style romp around Miami. If you've seen Rough Night, you're probably thinking– but that movie already IS gay. The lesbian couple, Blair and Frankie (#Blankie!), should qualify it for a Lez-ssential! And you're right, the movie is already pretty gay and we do love #Blankie; but it is honestly impossible for us to ignore Alice's BIG LESBIAN CRUSH on her best friend Jess. Alice literally murders the first guy we see try to touch Jess. And Jess choosing to marry a straight up diaper man isn't exactly a strong endorsement for her heterosexuality either. We talk about gay magnetism a lot, and it is inconceivable to us that this friend group only has 2 gay girls in it. We're not sure why the movie is trying so hard to pretend that the whole group is mostly straight women, but we're not buying it. We know one thing for sure, Rough Night Should've Been Gay(er). Don't forget to give us your Q & Gay answers on Instagram and follow along on TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and BlueSky @lezhangoutpod. You can find your favorite smol and tol hosts at @lshfoster and @elliebrigida. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join our Patreon to unlock 30 full-length bonus episodes, ad-free weekly episodes, mp3 downloads of our original songs, exclusive Discord access, and more! Right now, we're retiring our lower tiers– so all new patrons who join at $5/month or higher (or upgrade!) by July 1st, 2025 will be entered into a raffle to guest star on a bonus Patreon episode. You can also support the show by grabbing your #pride gear at bit.ly/lezmerch & picking up Lez-ssentials songs on Bandcamp. Welcome back to Lez Hang Out, the podcast that still pledges allegiance to Heda Lexa. This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) hangs out solo with Regan Latimer (@thereganlatimer), director of the documentary Bulletproof: A Lesbian's Guide to Surviving the Plot (@bulletproofdoc). We've talked a lot on this podcast about the longstanding BYG (bury your gays) trope in media and the “cancel your gays” version of today. The absolute slaughter of 2016 is what ultimately led us down the path of creating our own queer musicals with guaranteed happy endings and zero dead gays. Regan was inspired in a similar way, after one straw too many– the brutal killing of Denise on The Walking Dead. She decided to turn that outrage and pain into fuel for exploring the BYG trope, learning why these plot decisions are made, and even exploring the psychology behind why lesbian character deaths impact LGBTQ+ viewers so strongly. For Bulletproof, Regan spoke with filmmakers, screenwriters, passionate fans, showrunners, and television industry professionals about their experiences and perceptions on lesbian representation in the media. They wanted to look not only at where representation stands now, but at where it started and where it may be headed. When the pendulum for LGBTQ+ rights and societal acceptance swings in either direction, the media landscape reflects those changes. The few positive examples of queer representation we have on screen right now are as a result of projects greenlit before the pendulum began its broad backswing. Regan reminds us to enjoy the representation we have right now, to cherish the precious happy moments of Ellie and Dina while we still can. After all, the pendulum swings as society does; and we are at a particularly scary time for queer rights and acceptance, especially here in the United States. The real worry is about what types of projects may be getting greenlit right now, whose voices and stories are allowed to be told and amplified, and whether that push we saw after 2016 for more diversity in writer's rooms continues or is abandoned. We're already seeing more and more shows with prominent queer characters get unceremoniously cancelled– but it is not all doom and gloom. Even with queer rights and representation sliding backward, there remains more lesbian representation than we ever had growing up. With any luck, younger gays will never have to know what its like to not see themselves on their screens, even if the only representation left is, to Regan's dismay and Leigh's chaotic delight, problematic queer people on reality television shows. Canadian listeners, you're in luck (for so many reasons). Bulletproof: A Lesbian's Guide to Surviving the Plot is streaming now. Not in Canada? Follow @bulletproofdoc on Instagram for release updates in your country. Give us your own answers to our Q & Gay on Instagram and follow along on Facebook, TikTok, and BlueSky @lezhangoutpod. Find your fav tol and smol hosts Ellie & Leigh at @elliebrigida and @lshfoster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join our Patreon family to unlock 25+ full-length bonus episodes, ad-free weekly episodes, mp3 downloads of our original songs, exclusive Discord access, and more! Right now, we're retiring our lower tiers– so all new patrons who join at $5/month or higher (or upgrade!) by July 1st will be entered into a raffle to guest star on a bonus Patreon episode. You can also support the show by grabbing some #pride gear at bit.ly/lezmerch or picking up Lez-ssentials songs on Bandcamp. Welcome back to Lez Hang Out, the podcast that is brought to you by BIG SHARK. This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) hangs out with queer screenwriter, returning guest and friend of the pod, Alix Markman (@markwoman), to talk about why The Meg Should've Been Gay. Alix has been waiting to talk about this incredibly queer shark movie for years and we are so excited to fin-ally dive in. Self-aware, comedic monster movies are the best monster movies and The Meg does not disappoint. From the gay shark girlfriends (who were roommates!) to the marine biology commune and their shared child (And the sheer presence of Ruby Rose), everything about this movie feels queer. Alix whips out an L Word-style “Alice board” to break down the relationship dynamics of the commune before adding even more research to the mix with unquestionable proof of The Meg's gayness– a 2016 Autostraddle article titled “The 100 Most Lesbianish First Names, Ranked By Lesbianism”, in which “Meg” is number 16. We know one thing for sure, The Meg Should've Been Gay. Don't forget to give us your Q & Gay answers on Instagram and follow along on TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and BlueSky @lezhangoutpod. You can find your favorite smol and tol hosts at @lshfoster and @elliebrigida. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lez Hang Out is proud to be sponsored by Olivia, the travel company for lesbians and all LGBTQ+ women! Join our Patreon to unlock 25+ full-length bonus episodes (including our brand new one on Bros), ad-free weekly episodes, mp3 downloads of our original songs, exclusive Discord access, and more! Right now, we're retiring our lower tiers– so all new patrons who join at $5/month or higher (or upgrade!) by July 1st, 2025 will be entered into a raffle to guest star on a bonus Patreon episode. You can also support the show by grabbing your #pride gear at bit.ly/lezmerch & picking up Lez-ssentials songs on Bandcamp. Welcome back to Lez Hang Out, the podcast that wants to wish everyone a Happy Pride Month, because queer joy is resistance. This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with Jennie Wetter, the Director of rePROS Fight Back (@reprosfb), an initiative that fights for sexual and reproductive health rights and justice issues. Jennie is also the creator and host of the rePROs Fight Back podcast. Among the many things that rePROS does to fight back is to grade each of the 50 states on access to reproductive and sexual health rights and care (including access to gender-affirming care). They have recently released their 13th annual (fully interactive!) 50-state Report Card and spoiler alert: The United States as a whole gets an F. Fair warning, looking up your state's grade might make your heart hurt (unless you're like Leigh and live in one of the 5 states that actually got an A). We talk with Jennie about what things have been like for rePROS since the reversal of Roe and whether our Gilead robes absolutely have to be red (it's just not our color). Although it can be really easy to become overwhelmed by how bad things are, Jennie explains that there's actually a lot to be hopeful about. Between the abortion funds and local clinics there are quite a lot of resources on the ground to help people access care, even in states with strict legislation. Medication abortion remains available and is a fully safe option. With the recent attacks on trans rights, initiatives like rePROS are fighting even harder to ensure access to gender affirming care for all who need it, including minors. Even though at the federal level, things are bleak (that report card is a real eye-opener), there are ways to fight back at the state-level and getting involved locally can really help keep that feeling of doom at bay. Jennie reminds us that no one person can do or know everything (even if Ellie's ADHD really wants her to try). Figure out which one cause you want to put your energy toward and focus solely on that. Even Jennie doesn't know everything, but she makes herself a trusted resource by knowing what direction to point people in when they come to her for help. Take a deep breath and remember, you don't have to take on everything yourself! Find your lane and follow it and know that others are doing the same in the lanes you didn't choose. Burning yourself out trying to do it all won't help anyone and certainly won't help you feel any better. We see you, we appreciate you, and we want you to remember: no act of resistance is too small. Give us your own answers to our Q & Gay on Instagram and follow along on Facebook, TikTok, and BlueSky @lezhangoutpod. Find your fav tol and smol hosts Ellie & Leigh at @elliebrigida and @lshfoster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chaps, Browny & Lez analyse Round 13's LOSS to the Warriors and go through the Team-Lists for Round 14's game against a top of the table Raiders!!
Lez Hang Out is proud to be sponsored by Olivia, the travel company for lesbians and all LGBTQ+ women! Join our Patreon to unlock 25+ full-length bonus episodes, ad-free weekly episodes, mp3 downloads of our original songs, exclusive Discord access, and more! Right now, we're retiring our lower tiers– so all new patrons who join at $5/month or higher (or upgrade!) by July 1st will be entered into a raffle to guest star on a bonus Patreon episode. You can also support the show by grabbing some merch at bit.ly/lezmerch or picking up Lez-ssentials songs on Bandcamp. Welcome back to Lez Hang Out, the podcast that would probably be down to f*ck a dragon. This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out and talk about why the 2024 Netflix dark fantasy film Damsel Should've Been Gay. Damsel stars Millie Bobby Brown and is perhaps the only movie that dares to ask the question, what if the princess' love interest is a dragon? It's like if Fiona got thrown into that tower in Shrek and then fell in love with Dragon instead of the ogre that rescued her. Shrek 2 would've gone A LOT differently. If you haven't seen Damsel (and even if you have), you do not want to miss Leigh's recap where it takes us approximately 12 minutes to get 4 seconds into the story because (in our defense) the movie starts with what is essentially a thirst-trap of Millie Bobby Brown's character Elodie chopping wood in the frozen tundra with the most jacked arms you've ever seen. She may not be wearing a flannel, but that is a whole lez. And you'd be surprised how important it is to the plot that Elodie be freaking jacked. Honestly the level of suspension of disbelief we would have to employ to watch this movie without that wood-chopping scene is nearly insurmountable. Elodie survives not only a 125 foot drop into the dragon pit, but then gets set on fire like 1000 times, hauls her body up solid rock walls with nothing but a knife, and is able to eventually reach freedom (for all of 5 minutes before having to go back to the pit to rescue her sister). But she really does make it out, a feat that was impossible for the previous princesses that had been tossed to the dragon (because only a lesbian could survived any of this!) The best thing about this movie is that it doesn't do that obnoxious redemption arc for the prince where the obviously lesbian-coded princess gets stuck with him in the end. Instead, Elodie rides off into the sunset on the back of the dragon, enemies-to-lovers style, and we straight up watch that milk-toast man get burned alive. We know one thing for sure, Damsel Should've Been Gay. Don't forget to give us your Q & Gay answers on Instagram and follow along on TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and BlueSky @lezhangoutpod. You can find your favorite smol and tol hosts at @lshfoster and @elliebrigida. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Le 25 mai, c'est la journée internationale de l'Afrique. BSG rediffuse à cette occasion cet épisode de NOMEN, l'un des 4 petits frères de Baleine sous Gravillon. Il existe 3 espèces de zèbres, que vous saurez distinguer à la fin de l'épisode :le Zèbre des plaines (de Burchell) : 25 à 30 rayures, le plus abondant, le moins rayé.le Zèbre des montagnes (vrai, daw) : 43 rayures, le mâle a une grosse pomme d'Adam (sillon gulaire) in the middle ;), en voie d'extinction.le Zèbre de Grévy : 80 rayures, en voie d'extinction, plus proche de l'âne.Tous les trois appartiennent au genre Equus. Le Zèbre des plaines et le Zèbre des montagnes appartiennent au sous-genre Hippotigris. Ils ressemblent au cheval.Mais le Zèbre de Grévy est la seule espèce du sous-genre Dolichohippus. Ce dernier ressemble davantage à un âne, auquel les zèbres sont étroitement apparentés génétiquement. Le Zèbre de Grévy et le Zèbre des montagnes sont en danger d'extinction. Les zèbres des plaines sont beaucoup plus abondants, mais une sous-espèce, le Quagga, rayé sur une seule moitié du corps, a disparu à la fin du 19e siècle. En 2016, on dénombrait, dans toute l'Afrique, moins de 800 000 zèbres. Une légende africaine demande si le Zèbre est blanc à rayures noires ou noir à rayures blanches. Cette question a généré de nombreuses légendes ou réponses fantaisistes, mais des explications plus scientifiques existent. Les premières populations de zèbres étaient de couleur gris-ardoise. Les zèbres étaient originellement des animaux pigmentés de noir. Les raies blanches se forment par inhibition de la production de mélanine. Les fœtus sont en effet tout noirs. Les rayures faciliteraient le camouflage vis-à-vis de la mouche tsé-tsé ou des grands prédateurs. De nombreuses théories sont proposées mais aucune n'est validée. Les autres hypothèses sur la fonction des zébrures concernent :Le camouflage (casse la silhouette)L'évasion face aux prédateurs (effet stromboscopique ou "dazzle"). La thermorégulation (l'aternance noir et blanc crée des microtubulences qui rafraîchissent le Zèbre sous le cagnard africainLes interactions sociales (se reconnaître avec un système de code-barres).Le petit du Zèbre s'appelle le zébreau et la femelle du zèbre s'appelle la zébrelle. On rencontre aussi le terme zébresse ou zébrette. Le zèbre hennit comme le cheval, mais le Zèbre de Grévy brait comme l'âne, on dit aussi qu'il jappe.Quelques proverbes sublimes pour finir : « La pluie mouille le zèbre mais n'efface pas ses rayures » (massaï, Kenya)« Un homme sans tradition est comme un zèbre sans rayure » (Afrique)« L'ombre du zèbre n'a pas de rayures » (René Char, poète français)_______
Lez Hang Out is proud to be sponsored by Olivia, the travel company for lesbians and all LGBTQ+ women! Join our Patreon to unlock 25+ full-length bonus episodes, ad-free weekly episodes, mp3 downloads of our original songs, exclusive Discord access, and more! Right now, we're retiring our lower tiers—so all new patrons who join at $5/month or higher (or upgrade!) by July 1st will be entered into a raffle to guest star on a bonus Patreon episode! You can also support the show by stocking up for Pride at bit.ly/lezmerch & picking up Lez-ssentials songs on Bandcamp. Welcome back to Lez Hang Out, the podcast that wants to take you to, “Bermuda, Bahama, Come on pretty mama.”
Lez Hang Out is proud to be sponsored by Olivia, the travel company for lesbians and all LGBTQ+ women! Join our Patreon to unlock 25+ full-length bonus episodes, ad-free weekly episodes, mp3 downloads of our original songs, exclusive Discord access, and more! Right now, we're retiring our lower tiers– so all new patrons who join at $5/month or higher (or upgrade!) will be entered into a raffle to guest star on a bonus Patreon episode. You can also support the show by grabbing some merch at bit.ly/lezmerch or picking up Lez-ssentials songs on Bandcamp. Welcome back to Lez Hang Out, the podcast that would eat Anne Hathaway's toilet french fry. This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out and talk about why the 2019 crime comedy The Hustle Should've Been Gay. This movie is 90 minutes of Anne Hathaway (Josephine) and Rebel Wilson (Penny) flirting in the French Riviera while occasionally committing crimes against men with the help of Jo's policewoman lover (that we're 99% sure lives with her) and a sassy old gay butler. If you're looking for a comedy with sapphic energy that doesn't really require any brain power and isn't incomprehensibly 3 hours long, The Hustle should be at the top of your list. This may be a Should've Been Gay, but lesbihonest, there is not one straight woman in the entire movie. For women who spend a lot of their time seducing men, they really could not be less interested in them. Hell, Josephine doesn't even sleep with any of them! Only Anne Hathaway could convince three obscenely rich men to propose to her without even putting out. She is maybe too powerful– we didn't even flinch at that toilet french fry scene. When Jo isn't radiating sex (without actually having any) in order to swindle some rich guy out of millions, she's parading Penny around on a leash to assert her dominance. Hot. While the vibes for Penny are more chaos-bisexual, Josephine is giving full high femme, lesbian dominatrix energy and we are SEATED. Together, they make a hilarious and surprisingly effective conwoman team. And what could be better than sapphics swindling immoral rich men out of their millions? By the end of the film they are in a full on power-throuple with a man that gives even Penny a run for her money on bi-vibes (and who is a direct descendant of someone whose crime code-name is Medusa- yep, the man-hating snake-haired woman who turns men to stone with one look). As we watched the newly formed polycule sail off into the beautiful Capri sunset with their stolen riches, we just had one thought– The Hustle Should've Been Gay. Don't forget to give us your Q & Gay answers on Instagram and follow along on TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and BlueSky @lezhangoutpod. You can find your favorite smol and tol hosts at @lshfoster and @elliebrigida. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Pop on a bubble skirt and hop in the pool fully clothed with Lauren, Sarah and the gals from the L Word! This week, the dipz set sail with Olivia Cruises and a handful of the gang for a whirlwind trip aboard the Lez-boat while Bette, Kit and multi-award winner Ossie Davis, in one of his final roles, struggle with family dynamics at home. Featuring: The Long Taco debate round II, cello musings, sapphic extras, Shawn Colvin, vocal fry and MORE! BONUS: board shorts.Email us! dipperzpod@gmail.comSupport the pod! www.patreon.com/dipperzInstagram! @dipperz_podcast
Lez Hang Out is proud to be sponsored by Olivia, the travel company for lesbians and all LGBTQ+ women! Join our Patreon to unlock 25+ full-length bonus episodes, ad-free weekly episodes, mp3 downloads of our original songs, exclusive Discord access, and more! Right now, we're retiring our lower tiers– so all new patrons who join at $5/month or higher (or upgrade!) will be entered into a raffle to guest star on a bonus Patreon episode. You can also support the show by stocking up for Pride at bit.ly/lezmerch & picking up Lez-ssentials songs on Bandcamp. Welcome back to Lez Hang Out, the podcast that's, “leaving on a midnight train”. This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with Devon Matthews, the Head of Programs for Rainbow Railroad (@rainbowrailroad), a global nonprofit that helps LGBTQ+ people get to safety worldwide. We talk with Devon about how Rainbow Railroad got started (spoiler alert: it took a LOT of gay audacity), what types of requests for help they receive, and how they organize with other nonprofit organizations and even government leaders to make the seemingly impossible, possible. We also discuss the challenges for Devon and the rest of the Rainbow Railroad's staff of tireless advocates in providing trauma-informed care as people who mostly come from trauma-backgrounds themselves. Content warning for discussions of trauma related to queer and trans identity, situations involving domestic and state-sponsored violence, and the distressing realities of forced displacement. Through the support of partner organizations on the ground in countries all across the globe, Rainbow Railroad has the extraordinary task of connecting queer and trans people who are in great need with critical resources and a pathway to safety. When a request for help comes in, the case managers work to meet individuals where they are and devise a plan specific to their unique circumstances. The realities of assisting a queer youth who is trying to escape from domestic violence at home in a country where being gay is all-out illegal to assisting a trans adult in Europe get to safety are vastly different and require different approaches. Devon explains that the more visible the organization becomes, the more requests from LGBTQ+ people in serious crises come in– a sad fact of Rainbow Railroad's growth is that it is needed at all (and at an almost unimaginable scale!). With over 120 million displaced people worldwide, there is an immense need for Rainbow Railroad and their partner organizations. But they can't do it alone. The time is always now. There have never been a larger amount of requests for help from Rainbow Railroad than after the recent election results right here in the United States. If you are feeling fired up and ready to join the fight, consider donating to Rainbow Railroad, signing up to volunteer, or reaching out via email with ways that your access can help. There is always something we can do as individuals to fight for queer liberation– Whether you have a rich aunt ready to donate on your behalf, a property (or literally just a bedroom) you'd like to offer up as a “safe-house”, or are really good at community-building on the ground– YOU can make a difference. Remember, you can give us your own answers to our Q & Gay on Instagram and follow along on Facebook, TikTok, and BlueSky @lezhangoutpod. Find your fav tol and smol hosts Ellie & Leigh at @elliebrigida and @lshfoster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lez Hang Out is proud to be sponsored by Olivia, the travel company for lesbians and all LGBTQ+ women! Join our Patreon to unlock 25+ full-length bonus episodes, ad-free weekly episodes, mp3 downloads of our original songs, exclusive Discord access, and more! Right now, we're retiring our lower tiers– so all new patrons who join at $5/month or higher (or upgrade!) by July 1st will be entered into a raffle to guest star on a bonus Patreon episode. You can also support the show by grabbing some merch at bit.ly/lezmerch or picking up Lez-ssentials songs on Bandcamp. Welcome back to Lez Hang Out, the podcast that's just a big vault full of gay thoughts locked deep in your brain. This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) hangs out with returning guest, stand-up comedian Kia Barnes (@kiacomedy), to talk about why Disney Pixar's Inside Out 2 Should've Been Gay. Ellie (@elliebrigida) couldn't make the recording, and she's devastated to have missed it, especially since Inside Out 2 was the movie she and Bailey saw on their very first date. From the second Val glides onto the screen, it's instant gay panic, from Riley and every emotion in her head. Whether it's Anxiety (voiced by queer queen Maya Hawke), Envy (played by none other than Ayo Edebiri!), or Ennui (channeling the energy of a deeply disaffected gay French man), Riley's internal world is working overtime. Add a suspiciously queer-coded coach to the mix (we're pretty sure her wife is hidden in the background somewhere) and the gay subtext is basically screaming at us in every scene. Kia shares how deeply she related to Riley, as a baby gay who just wanted to impress the older, cooler butch girls. She even smoked a cigarette (as an asthmatic!!) to get a girl's attention. Riley trying to fit in with the butch boys club? Been there. We also talk about how hard Disney tried to scrub the gay out… and failed spectacularly. From the queer-coded coach to the LGBTQ+ cast to the metaphorical coming-out arc hidden inside a vault, Inside Out 2 practically demands a rainbow overlay. And let's not forget “Beardville”, Riley's imaginary Mount Crushmore of forced heterosexuality, where she literally has to carve boys into stone so she doesn't forget them. Subtle? Absolutely not. Accurate? Tragically, yes. Then there's the “big dark secret” locked deep in Riley's mental vault. It's glowing purple, heavily guarded, and very clearly not ready to come out yet. We all know what it is (spoiler: it's lesbianism), but we'd genuinely love to know what straight people think it is. We also break down the tension between Riley and Grace, whose jealous-ex energy is off the charts. Whether Riley's feelings are mutual is still TBD, but that tension? So real. From baby gay chaos to closet metaphors and a whole lot of repressed sapphic energy, we know one thing for sure: Inside Out 2 Should've Been Gay. Don't forget to give us your Q & Gay answers on Instagram and follow along on TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and BlueSky @lezhangoutpod. You can find your favorite smol and tol hosts at @lshfoster and @elliebrigida. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oklahoma takes down Texas in NCAA Softball. Ottawa Charge beats the Montreal Victoire in the PWHL. Team USA snags its 11th gold over Canada at the IIHF World Women's Championship. What's the future of Unrivaled basketball? Tune into the LEZ for some hot takes.If you rate the podcast 5 stars, send Women's Sports Weekly a screenshot and you will receive a sticker!SUBSCRIBE TO WOMEN'S SPORTS WEEKLYYouTubeSpotifyApple Podcasts FOLLOW WOMEN'S SPORTS WEEKLY ON SOCIALInstagramTikTokCONTACTWomensSportsWeeklyPod@gmail.com Women's Sports Weekly is created, produced, edited, and hosted by Carolyn Bryan and Danielle Bryan. Music is by the talented Melvin Alexander Black.
Lez Hang Out is proud to be sponsored by Olivia, the travel company for lesbians and all LGBTQ+ women! Join our Patreon to unlock 25+ full-length bonus episodes, ad-free weekly episodes, mp3 downloads of our original songs, exclusive Discord access, and more! Right now, we're retiring our lower tiers– so all new patrons who join at $5/month or higher (or upgrade!) will be entered into a raffle to guest star on a bonus Patreon episode. You can also support the show by grabbing some merch at bit.ly/lezmerch or picking up Lez-ssentials songs on Bandcamp. Welcome back to Lez Hang Out, the podcast that believes sharing our individual stories is a powerful way to inspire change. This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with journalist and historian Eric Marcus (@makinggayhistorypodcast), the creator of Making Gay History, the podcast that brings LGBTQ+ history to life through intimate, first-person stories from the people who lived it. This is a bit of a heavier episode than we usually do, so please take care of your mental health and listen mindfully. From conversations with trailblazers like Sylvia Rivera and Frank Kameny to countless unsung heroes whose stories deserve to be heard, Making Gay History is a powerful reminder that queer liberation has always been hard-won. (After all, the first Pride was a riot.) These first-hand accounts offer more than nostalgia. They're blueprints for a much needed resistance. At a time when book bans, anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, and chillingly fascist rhetoric are once again becoming the norm, Eric's archive provides a pivotal look into our collective past so that we can all be better prepared for the road ahead. The struggle sadly isn't new; but with a little courage and a lot of community, we believe that queer people will always persevere. Eric shares the origins of Making Gay History (which originally started as a book in the late 80s!), the importance of preserving queer voices, and the deep responsibility of memory work in the face of erasure. This episode is both a tribute to the ancestors that fought for our rights and a call to action: to listen, to remember, and to keep telling our stories, especially now. You can explore Eric's archive and the most recent season of the podcast (A 12-part series about the experiences of LGBT+ people during the rise of the Nazi regime, World War II, and the Holocaust) at makinggayhistory.org. Remember, you can give us your own answers to our Q & Gay on Instagram and follow along on Facebook, TikTok, and BlueSky @lezhangoutpod. Find your fav tol and smol hosts Ellie & Leigh at @elliebrigida and @lshfoster respectively. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lez Hang Out is proud to be sponsored by Olivia, the travel company for lesbians and all LGBTQ+ women! When you join our Lez Hang Out family on Patreon you will gain instant access to 25 and counting full-length bonus episodes, ad-free weekly episodes, mp3 downloads of all our original songs, an invite to our exclusive Discord channel, and more! We can't wait to see you there. You can also support the podcast by buying our original merch at bit.ly/lezmerch and purchasing our original Lez-ssentials songs for as little as $1 each on Bandcamp. Welcome back to Lez Hang Out, the podcast that is about to be cancelled by the Catholic church. This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with return guest, comedian and host of Cheers, Queers, Mari Taren (@mariel_taren), to talk about why the 2024 political thriller Conclave Should've Been Gay(er). If you are a deeply devoted Catholic, we apologize in advance, because this episode might have you running for the confessional. Whether you've seen Conclave or not, we're almost 100% sure that you have seen at least one version of Mean Girls, so the plot should feel familiar to you. This movie gives viewers a peek behind the curtain into the secretive and ancient practice of electing a new Pope. This might not on the surface sound particularly gay to you, but that is where you would be wrong. We don't know why SNL is sleeping on such high quality content, but we would give anything for a Love Island-ified Conclave skit. There is no chance in our minds that all these men were shut into a room together and no one hooked up. The entire film is just spilled tea after spilled tea as we follow 108 men who normally don't get a chance to see one another sequestered in one place. It's basically just a big sleepover full of hot goss and the most dramatic b*tches you've ever seen. These cardinals are so dramatic they don't even wipe the dust off their robes after getting literally bombed. We talk with Mari about which cardinal we think aligns with which Mean Girls character, why the intersex Pope reveal at the end of the movie felt too rushed, and how the Conclave marketing team missed a huge opportunity in not advertising directly to the gays. We know one thing for sure, Conclave Should've Been Gay(er). Remember, you can give us your own answers to our Q & Gay on Instagram and follow along on Facebook, TikTok, Youtube and BlueSky @lezhangoutpod. Find your fav tol and smol hosts Ellie & Leigh at @elliebrigida and @lshfoster respectively. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week Danielle has resurrected from the Final Four Flu. She shares her love for Elena Della Donne following her retirement announcement. Then Carolyn shares her views on all the transfer portal news from NCAA basketball. They highlight the USWNT's loss to Brazil and Boston College's win over Virginia in college lacrosse. Then they deep dive into a topic from the LEZ. Can coaches like Kim Caldwell from Tennessee (and women everywhere) really have it all when it comes to having kids and professional life? Tune in to hear their thoughts.Women's Sports Weekly T-Shirts are here! This is the last week to complete the Pre-Order Form. The form closes this Friday, April 18th.If you rate the podcast 5 stars, send Women's Sports Weekly a screenshot and you will receive a sticker!Women's Sports Weekly is created, produced, edited, and hosted by Carolyn Bryan and Danielle Bryan. Music is by the talented Melvin Alexander Black.Follow Women's Sports Weekly. Contact us: WomensSportsWeeklyPod@gmail.com
Lez Hang Out is proud to be sponsored by Olivia, the travel company for lesbians and all LGBTQ+ women! When you join our Lez Hang Out family on Patreon you will gain instant access to 25 and counting full-length bonus episodes, ad-free weekly episodes, mp3 downloads of all our original songs (including our brand new song based on PLL), an invite to our exclusive Discord channel, and more! We can't wait to see you there. You can also support the podcast by buying our original merch at bit.ly/lezmerch. Welcome back to Lez Hang Out, the podcast where “two can keep a secret if one of them is dead”. This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with return guest and founder of TGI Femslash, John Arrow (@jarrow272), to talk about the 7 season teen mystery drama, Pretty Little Liars, for this Lez-ssentials episode, a recurring segment on the essential movies and TV shows in the lesbian canon. Come with us on a journey back to 2010, when television seasons were 26 episodes long and showrunners were just starting to figure out how to harness the power of social media to engage with fandoms in a big way. Pretty Little Liars itself does not age all that well in many ways, especially in the treatment of their one and only trans character; but back in the 2010s it was actually considered pretty progressive for having several queer characters and a lesbian showrunner. If you were queer or questioning in the early aughts you 1000% knew about Shay Mitchell as sporty lesbian Emily Fields who seemingly turned every woman within a 5 mile radius of her gay. If you are a lesbian of a certain age, Emily likely played a role in your own coming out journey too. For those of you who were part of the #BooRadleyVanCullen (like Leigh), you may recall more of the social fandom experience than you do the plot. Before Twitter became the cesspool it is today, there were the golden days of weekly live tweeted episodes of PLL with the cast members, the showrunner and the writers. The extremely unhinged plot made it the perfect group-viewing show and we highly recommend that if you have never watched PLL, you watch with a friend or three. While we do talk about a lot of the major plot points, the whole series is just too convoluted for us to really spoil anything for you. Even hardcore fans like John find something new in each rewatch. At the end of the episode, stick around to hear our original song based on PLL, titled “A Liar”, written by Leigh Holmes Foster and produced by Ellie Brigida. Join us on Patreon at bit.ly/lezpatreon for instant access to mp3 downloads of all our original songs or find us on Bandcamp to purchase songs individually. Remember, you can give us your own answers to our Q & Gay on Instagram and follow along on Facebook, TikTok, Youtube and BlueSky @lezhangoutpod. Find your fav tol and smol hosts Ellie & Leigh at @elliebrigida and @lshfoster respectively. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lez Hang Out is proud to be sponsored by Olivia, the travel company for lesbians and all LGBTQ+ women! When you join our Lez Hang Out family on Patreon you will gain instant access to 25 and counting full-length bonus episodes, ad-free weekly episodes, mp3 downloads of all our original songs, an invite to our exclusive Discord channel, and more! We can't wait to see you there. You can also support the podcast by buying our original merch at bit.ly/lezmerch and purchasing our original Lez-ssentials songs for as little as $1 each on Bandcamp. Welcome back to Lez Hang Out, the podcast that just doesn't know how to love Him. This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with return guests, the team behind Sweetbitter Podcast (@sweetbitterpod), Leesa Charlotte (@leesacharlotte) and Alyse Knorr (@spikeskywalker12), to talk about why the 1973 Pope-approved rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar Should've Been Gay. This movie answers the question, “What if the entire story behind the crucifixion was really just about Judas having a crush on Jesus?”. Jesus Christ Superstar is a campy masterpiece with a soundtrack that honestly slaps. It features the most dragtastic version of white Jesus we have ever seen surrounded by a bunch of leather daddies in the desert. While there are a few things in the film that had us side-eyeing the 70s (and Leigh still isn't 100% convinced the movie she saw was not actually a porn parody), according to resident researcher Alyse, the story is actually pretty Biblically accurate. From the homoerotic undertones of Jesus turning to all his boyfriends with a loaf of bread and being like, “eat me”, to the oddly Gelphie-coded relationship between Judas and Jesus, we explore how much better religion can be when it's queer. We know one thing for sure, Jesus Christ Superstar Should've Been Gay. Remember, you can give us your own answers to our Q & Gay on Instagram and follow along on Facebook, TikTok, Youtube and BlueSky @lezhangoutpod. Find your fav tol and smol hosts Ellie & Leigh at @elliebrigida and @lshfoster respectively. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lez Hang Out is proud to be sponsored by Olivia, the travel company for lesbians and all LGBTQ+ women! When you join our Lez Hang Out family on Patreon you will gain instant access to 25 and counting full-length bonus episodes, ad-free weekly episodes, mp3 downloads of all our original songs, an invite to our exclusive Discord channel, and more! You can also support the podcast by buying our original merch at bit.ly/lezmerch and by purchasing our original Lez-ssentials songs for as little as $1 each on Bandcamp. Welcome back to Lez Hang Out, the podcast that absolutely under no circumstances would ever talk about Bruno, no, no, no. This week we are rewinding the clock to when Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hung out with actor Jessica Darrow (@jessdarrow_) to talk about the myriad of reasons why Disney's 2021 animated musical Encanto Should've Been Gay. When you think of queerness and Encanto the first character to come to mind is probably Jess's character Luisa, the hunky beefcake older sister with a heart of gold. And yea, obviously she's gay, but we'd argue that Luisa is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the queerness of Encanto. From the magic “miracle” powers bestowed on each member of the Madrigal family to the colorful, rainbow-filled casita where they reside, this film is practically overflowing with queer energy. There's Camilo, a shapeshifter who frequently changes gender; Bruno, the misunderstood outcast who just wanted to be accepted by his family; Mirabelle, the main character whose coming out didn't quite go as planned; and of course Isabela, the “perfect” (closeted femme) sister who is hiding her true self out of fear of ending up rejected like Bruno. One thing is for sure, Encanto Should've Been Gay. Remember, you can give us your own answers to our Q & Gay on Instagram and follow along on Facebook, TikTok, and BlueSky @lezhangoutpod. Find your fav tol and smol hosts Ellie & Leigh at @elliebrigida and @lshfoster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lez Hang Out is proud to be sponsored by Olivia, the travel company for lesbians and all LGBTQ+ women! When you join our Lez Hang Out family on Patreon you will gain instant access to 25 and counting full-length bonus episodes, ad-free weekly episodes, mp3 downloads of all our original songs, an invite to our exclusive Discord channel, and more! You can also support the podcast by buying our original merch at bit.ly/lezmerch and by purchasing our original Lez-ssentials songs for as little as $1 each on Bandcamp. Welcome back to Lez Hang Out, the podcast that wants to be forever young. This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out and talk about the overall experience of aging as a queer person in an ever-changing society. With Ellie and Leigh both having birthdays around the time of recording this episode, they thought it would be interesting to take a look at the nonlinear experience of aging and the differences between coming out back in the day and coming out now. The entire concept of queerness has evolved and changed throughout time both as a political identity and a sexual one. There is widely used language and understanding of queerness and queer identities that just did not exist in the same way when Ellie and Leigh were gaybies. When Leigh got married, she was only able to do so because gay marriage had been legalized in the state of Massachusets (not the entire country, literally just that state). Back then, even just being able to get married at all was astounding and a huge win. And honestly, that was not that long ago! Ellie talks about how when she first showed her girlfriend The L Word, Bailey asked her if Bette and Tina were married. This feels like a wild question to us, because of course we know that it was illegal to be married when this show was actually being made and aired. But for younger gays that have grown up with gay marriage being legal for the majority of their lives, that huge shift in queer rights and overall societal attitude toward the community that we experienced just doesn't register in the same way for them. With the landscape of queer rights being continually nonlinear and unfortunately experiencing a backslide at the moment in many areas across the globe, it is so important for queer people of all ages to share our experiences with one another. Remember, you can give us your own answers to our Q & Gay on Instagram and follow along on Facebook, TikTok, and BlueSky @lezhangoutpod. Find your fav tol and smol hosts Ellie & Leigh at @elliebrigida and @lshfoster respectively. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lez Hang Out is proud to be sponsored by Olivia, the travel company for lesbians and all LGBTQ+ women! When you join our Lez Hang Out family on Patreon you will gain instant access to 24 and counting full-length bonus episodes, ad-free weekly episodes, mp3 downloads of all our original songs, an invite to our exclusive Discord channel, and more! You can also support the podcast by buying our original merch at bit.ly/lezmerch and purchasing our original Lez-ssentials songs for as little as $1 each on Bandcamp. Welcome back to Lez Hang Out, the podcast that has never seen a more intense UHaul than Veddie. This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with comedian, actor, and writer Jordan Myrick (@jordanmyr1ck), to talk about why Venom Should've Been Gay. If you're familiar with Venom from the MCU, the comic books are canonically quite gay, but the movies try (and fail) to tone down the queerness. If you are entirely unfamiliar with Eddie and his sassy, affectionate, shape-shifting alien boyfriend, buckle up; because you are in for a wild ride. Is there anything queerer than being so attached to your partner that you literally have to do everything together (in the same body) or else you'll die? We think not. As lesbians, we honestly have to give it to Veddie; because they are taking UHauling to a whole other level. Eddie and Venom are full-on biologically made for one another; they are compatible at the most basic cellular level. Venom may be a symbiote, but he can't successfully merge with just anyone. His bond with Eddie is rare and special (and beautiful!). There is truly no straight explanation for how obsessed Venom is with Eddie. He is constantly trying to sacrifice himself to save Eddie and when they do briefly break up in the 2nd film, Venom is so distraught that he goes on a bender (at a freaking gay bar!). Aside from the “urge to merge” of it all, Venom themself is a nonbinary queer icon. At first glance you may think Venom is clearly a guy, but Venom is really anything it wants to be. He tries on multiple different gender expressions, even taking on a curvy, feminine form when merging with Eddie's ex-girlfriend Annie- which he pretty much immediately uses to make out with Eddie (hello, Xena, we've seen this before). These two may bicker a lot, but they are quite obviously madly in love. We are convinced that a gay person was in that writer's room, because Veddie's banter reaches levels of camp that a straight person would just never think up. We know one thing for sure, Venom Should've Been Gay. Remember, you can give us your own answers to our Q & Gay on Instagram and follow along on Facebook, TikTok, Youtube and BlueSky @lezhangoutpod. Find your fav tol and smol hosts Ellie & Leigh at @elliebrigida and @lshfoster respectively. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lez Hang Out is proud to be sponsored by Olivia, the travel company for lesbians and all LGBTQ+ women! When you join our Lez Hang Out family on Patreon you will gain instant access to 24 and counting full-length bonus episodes, ad-free weekly episodes, mp3 downloads of all our original songs, an invite to our exclusive Discord channel, and more! You can also support the podcast by buying our original merch at bit.ly/lezmerch and by purchasing our original Lez-ssentials songs for as little as $1 each on Bandcamp. Welcome back to Lez Hang Out, the podcast that wants you to read banned books! This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with academic librarian Amber and nonprofit witch Lindsay of the Queer Liberation Library (@queerliblib). The QLL got its start in 2023 and has since curated a collection of 2,715 unique LGBTQ+ ebooks and audiobooks accessible to anyone in the United States (regardless of zip code) for the low, low cost of absolutely nothing! Once you sign up (for free!), you will be able to check out ebooks and audiobooks from an ever-expanding collection through Libby. They have everything from popular queer adult fiction to LGBTQ+ poetry, manga, and children's books. In today's environment of book bans and censorship, projects like the Queer Liberation Library are more important than ever as they provide access to titles that local physical library branches may not be able to stock. We talk with Amber and Lindsay about how the Queer Liberation Library got its start, going from “7 friends in a trench coat” with a big dream to create a nonprofit to “7 friends in a trench coat” with an extensive, fully functional digital library. We also talk about how the curation process works, the intricacies of licensing restrictions on book borrowing, and all the little behind the scenes things that make the project possible. One of the best things about QLL is the accessibility. While there are already well-established physical libraries dedicated to LGBTQ+ books, they are not accessible for someone like a queer or trans youth with unsupportive parents or someone living in a more restrictive state where the physical libraries may have less ability to combat queer censorship. Digital collections like the one at QLL are lifesavers in these cases because they can be accessed for free from anywhere in the US, providing a way around any potential local physical barriers to access. You can join the QLL today and start borrowing books right away by going to their website. And if you do happen to live in a less queer-friendly location and are in any way nervous about being caught browsing the site, the QLL provides an easy exit button that redirects visitors to weather.com in the blink of an eye. Remember, you can give us your own answers to our Q & Gay on Instagram and follow along on Facebook, TikTok, YouTube and BlueSky @lezhangoutpod. Find your fav tol and smol hosts Ellie & Leigh at @elliebrigida and @lshfoster respectively. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When you join our Lez Hang Out family on Patreon at any paid tier you will gain access to 24 and counting full-length bonus episodes, ad-free weekly episodes, mp3 downloads of all our original songs, an invite to our exclusive Discord channel, and more! As a special treat for this week, we are sharing one of our bonus Lez-tracurricular episodes! If you enjoy this episode, there's a bunch more waiting for you on our Patreon. We can't wait to see you there. This week, Ellie and Leigh discuss the 2023 animated Netflix film Nimona based on the graphic novel by ND Stevenson (who you may recognize as the creator of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power!). The story follows Nimona, possibly the most nonbinary shapeshifter character ever made, as they team up with Ballister, an aspiring knight from a humble background who is set up and accused of murdering the Queen. Nimona is pretty disappointed that Ballister is not actually a villain mastermind, but decides to be his sidekick anyway in an attempt to help him clear his name. It's all fun and shapeshifting sharks until Ballister starts to realize that his boyfriend Goldenloin really does not believe he is innocent and cannot see Nimona as anything more than a ‘monster'. Overwhelmed by the extent of the Director's deception and the loss of everything he has ever known in his life including his relationship, Ballister turns on Nimona triggering flashbacks of being betrayed long, long ago. Things become intense and dark very quickly from here on, but honestly we get it. Everyone with any ounce of power in town would rather kill and destroy innocent lives than change or remotely challenge their worldview. They see Nimona as a monster simply because they are different and everyone grows up being taught to 'kill first, ask questions never'. We do ultimately get a happy ending, but not before being absolutely stabbed in the heart at least 12 times with the feels. Remember, you can give us your own answers to our Q & Gay on Instagram and follow along on Facebook, TikTok, Youtube and BlueSky @lezhangoutpod. Find your fav tol and smol hosts Ellie & Leigh at @elliebrigida and @lshfoster respectively. Check out our original merch at bit.ly/lezmerch. Every purchase directly supports our little indie podcasting team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When you join our Lez Hang Out family on Patreon you will gain instant access to 24 and counting full-length bonus episodes, ad-free weekly episodes, mp3 downloads of all our original songs, an invite to our exclusive Discord channel, and more! We can't wait to see you there. You can also support the podcast by buying our original merch at bit.ly/lezmerch and purchasing our original Lez-ssentials songs for as little as $1 each on Bandcamp. Welcome back to Lez Hang Out, the podcast that is not that girl! This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with Amanda Holland (@fruity.productions), award-winning comedy writer and filmmaker (who you may recall from our Frozen SBG) to talk about why the 2024 hit musical film Wicked Should've Been Gay. Now, you're probably thinking, “But wait, Ellie and Leigh, the 2024 hit musical film Wicked is already gay”. After all, the source material, a literal Wizard of Oz fanfiction, is pretty much the gayest book ever. But, while we see the tragic enemies-to-lovers (and they were roommates!) of it all between Elphaba and Galinda on screen clear as day, it technically only exists in subtext (so far). We really don't get how, but there are a wild amount of people that do not see Elphie and Glinda as anything more than “really good friends”. In our opinion the only thing that might be gayer than the Wicked movie is the Wicked movie press tour. Whatever was happening there between Cynthia and Ari, we support it 1000000%. In this episode we go through the entire movie song by song (with a few detours along the way). It was incredibly hard to keep this episode from being as long as the movie itself. In our defense, all three of us are massively passionate about Wicked. Amanda's senior yearbook quote was taken directly from the lyrics of “Defying Gravity”, which we all know is a queer anthem (please hold space for the lyrics of “Defying Gravity”, thank you). Leigh, who insists she never had a “Wicked phase”, just isn't that girl (but maybe she could be “that boy”). And Ellie is ready to call out Galinda's name change for what it really is, “white girl activism”. We know one thing for sure, Wicked Should've Been Gay. Stay tuned on Youtube to @fruitytv where Amanda plans to release 6 episodes of her brand new queer indie television show throughout the year! Remember, you can give us your own answers to our Q & Gay on Instagram and follow along on Facebook, TikTok, Youtube and BlueSky @lezhangoutpod. Find your fav tol and smol hosts Ellie & Leigh at @elliebrigida and @lshfoster respectively. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When you join our Lez Hang Out family on Patreon you will gain instant access to 24 and counting full-length bonus episodes, ad-free weekly episodes, mp3 downloads of all our original songs, an invite to our exclusive Discord channel, and more! We can't wait to see you there. You can also support the podcast by buying our original merch at bit.ly/lezmerch. Welcome back to Lez Hang Out, the podcast that is forever in its Wachowski era. This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) talk about the 2015 Netflix series Sense8 for this Lez-ssentials episode, a recurring segment on the essential movies and TV shows in the lesbian canon. Sense8 is an incredibly queer show that we honestly cannot believe first premiered a whole entire decade ago. It truly ranks up there next to Orphan Black for us as one of the most impressive shows ever to exist on television. Although we really wish it had gotten more seasons, what we did get was an absolute masterpiece. Sense8 was nominated for GLAAD media awards in 2016, 2018 and 2019 for its queer representation and if you did not get a chance to watch it back then, we really cannot recommend enough that you watch it right now. Like for real, why are you reading this? Go watch Sense8 first and then listen to the episode, because this is full of spoilers from here on. As you might recall from our episodes on The Matrix and Bound, we are big fans of the Wachowski sisters' work. Sense8 is no exception. In fact, Lana Wachowski has said that much of Nomi's storyline was autobiographical in nature. In terms of lesbian couples in media, it doesn't get much more top tier than Nomi and Amanita. Honestly, they might still be at the top even now. We love that Amanita is so ride or die for Nomi; and in context of it being 2015 at the time, the scenes where she defends Nomi against her terfy friends hit even harder. But, as much as we are all in on Nomi and Amanita, they are not the only queer rep in this show. In fact, we'd argue that every single person in the cluster is queer simply by nature of being a sense8. By having this diverse group of people all across the globe suddenly psychically linked, the Wachowskis make a statement about the nature of sexuality, the value of shared experiences in relation to developing empathy, and what it means to be a “we” in all senses of the word. At the end of the episode, stick around to hear our original song based on Sense8, titled “Sum of Our Parts”, written by Leigh Holmes Foster and produced by Ellie Brigida. Join us on Patreon at bit.ly/lezpatreon for instant access to mp3 downloads of all our original songs or find us on Bandcamp to purchase songs individually. Remember, you can give us your own answers to our Q & Gay on Instagram and follow along on Facebook, TikTok, Youtube and BlueSky @lezhangoutpod. Find your fav tol and smol hosts Ellie & Leigh at @elliebrigida and @lshfoster respectively. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When you join our Lez Hang Out family on Patreon you will gain instant access to 24 and counting full-length bonus episodes, ad-free weekly episodes, mp3 downloads of all our original songs, an invite to our exclusive Discord channel, and more! We can't wait to see you there. You can also support the podcast by buying our original merch at bit.ly/lezmerch and purchasing our original Lez-ssentials songs for as little as $1 each on Bandcamp. Welcome back to Lez Hang Out, the podcast that is surfin', surfin' cause we're gay. This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with queer comedians Erin Judge (@iamerinjudge) and Jenny Chalikian (@jchalikian) to talk about why Blue Crush Should've Been Gay. This 2002 Cali surfer film may only have a 62% on Rotten Tomatoes but it has a 100% in Erin's heart. Blue Crush stars Kate Bosworth and Michelle Rodriguez as Anne Marie and Eden, two surfer girls in Hawaii who are 1000% in love with one another. Since it's 2002, the movie tries to convince us that Anne Marie is interested in some football player dude, but we all know the truth. They even keep a third girl, Lena, around for the main purpose of making Anne Marie and Eden seem less gay for each other (but they aren't fooling anyone). It's a toss up for us when it comes to who is the queerest between Anne Marie and Eden. They both totally lose their minds over the professional surfer dykes with their wolf cuts and tiny bikinis and Eden makes zero attempt to hide her extreme jealousy when Anne Marie begins dating the football guy. We know one thing for sure, Blue Crush Should've Been Gay. Erin and Jenny's new comedy album, Romantic Comedy: Live at the Ripped Bodice is available now; and if you happen to be in or near LA, you can check out the show in person! Find out more by following along @romcomshow. Remember, you can give us your own answers to our Q & Gay on Instagram and follow along on Facebook, TikTok, Youtube and BlueSky @lezhangoutpod. Find your fav tol and smol hosts Ellie & Leigh at @elliebrigida and @lshfoster respectively. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices