Outward: Slate's LGBTQ podcast
Outward, Slate's queer podcast, is a whip-smart monthly salon in which hosts and guests deepen the audience’s understanding of queer culture and politics, delight them with unexpected perspectives, and invite listeners into a colorful conversation about the issues animating LGBTQ communities.
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We’re Here, We’re Queer, Here’s Some Advice!
Jules, Bryan, and Danny Lavery talk through some tough relationship problems from a queer perspective.
36 min
77
Fellow Travelers Brings the Gay Sex and Questio...
The sex and sexual politics in Showtime’s Fellow Travelers
43 min
78
PragerU’s Transphobic Twitter Takeover
Bryan, Jules, and Christina break down Prager University’s million dollar transphobic takeover ad campaign on X.
27 min
79
Taylor Swift's Queer Fans Want to Liberate Her
Guest host Danny Lavery looks at the lively queer subculture within the Taylor Swift fandom
36 min
80
Amy Schneider is a Champion
Bryan, Julia, and Christina talk with Jeopardy! winner and trans trailblazer Amy Schneider about her bold new memoir In The Form of a Question
35 min
81
Bob the Drag Queen's Gay Barz
The non-binary artist is spreading their wings.
31 min
82
Living for the Dead Queers the Ghost-Hunting Genre
What’s so gay about ghosts and demons?
43 min
83
Mercury Stardust Helps Queer People Feel Safe a...
TikTok’s trans handy ma’am on the emotional dimensions of home maintenance.
62 min
84
Red, White & Really Bad
A gay romance among the ruling class seems to have been created for straight people.
61 min
85
The Pleasures and Politics of Cruising
Two new works of art focus on the realities of outdoor sexual encounters.
62 min
86
Despair Is a Rational Response to Anti-Trans Ac...
Trans and queer people have always existed. We always will.
22 min
87
Pride Special: The Trans Pharmacist Who Went Viral
Gwen Herzig went to the Arkansas legislature to share her medical expertise. What came next was humiliating.
25 min
88
What Was Corporate Pride?
We always knew that rainbow-washing was bogus. So why do we miss it?
52 min
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Pride Special: Why the Law Cares About Your Sex
Paisley Currah discusses his book Sex Is as Sex Does with Sol Werthan.
30 min
90
Lesbian Bars: A Love Story
Krista Burton and Naomi Gordon-Loebl visited every U.S. dyke bar.
29 min
91
Pride Special: The Joys of Writing Queer Love S...
A conversation with romance novelist Harper Bliss.
31 min
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Pride Special: Is “I Do” Best for You?
A better way to protect all kinds of relationships—including queer ones.
34 min
93
Queer Utopian Fiction and Dystopian Reality TV
Netflix’s queer dating show features pets, processing, and very little sexual chemistry.
69 min
94
Are Advice Columns Intrinsically Queer?
Plus, the undeniable gayness of Frog and Toad.
79 min
95
Why Is Everything “Lesbian” Always Dying?
Plus, PFLAG turns 50, but have the parents of queer kids really grown up?
79 min
96
Are Throuples All That Different From Couples?
Plus, the shocking history and radical queer possibilities of psychedelics.
78 min
97
The War on Drag
Why drag? Why now?
78 min
98
How Can Queer People Keep Each Other Safe?
Plus, a conversation with actress Jen Richards about the groundbreaking trans film Framing Agnes.
87 min
99
How to Read a New York Times Story About Trans ...
Plus, a conversation with James Roesener, the first out trans man to win a seat in a U.S. state legislature.
70 min
100
Debating Queer History in Bros and at the Libra...
Is consuming gay culture a political act?
83 min