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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The Trans Past, Present, and Future
How attacks on trans kids shape lives, and a pioneer from the 1940s.
76 min
102
Two Revivals: "No Promo Homo" and Shortbus
63 min
103
Counting Queers, Queering Sequels
72 min
104
Jingle All the Gay
79 min
105
Who Owns Queer Aesthetics?
65 min
106
Pronouns and Poppers: A Queer History Party
69 min
107
Summer's Swan Songs
Saying goodbye to Rumaan, good riddance to Grindr, and long live Todd Stephens' Swan Song!
62 min
108
Hot Queer Summer, Hot Queer Strippers
63 min
109
Milestones Mourned and Celebrated
Plus an interview with baritone Lucia Lucas
67 min
110
Julien Baker’s Quantum Queerness and Cops at Pride
Why must we have the same fights every June?
64 min
111
Re-Introducing The Waves
The third season of Master of None focuses on a Black lesbian relationship. Is it worth watching?
35 min
112
ACT UP History and Queer Portraits
Sarah Schulman on her new book Let the Record Show.
68 min
113
Lesbians in Paris … and in Period Dramas
Diana Souhami on her new book No Modernism Without Lesbians.
69 min
114
Power Dynamics and Trans Discrimination
Discussing power, sexual consent, and why science may not be the best tool to fight the transphobes.
60 min
115
Gay Bars and Hookup Apps
Looking for spaces in real life and online where we can be our full selves.
62 min
116
Detransition, Baby and #GaysOverCOVID
Exploring queer adult fiction, and asking if shaming ever works.
65 min
117
Queer Holiday Movies: Naughty or Nice?
Ruth Coker Burks on AIDS in the South, and the gang unwraps the gift of LGBTQ Christmas movies.
50 min
118
Barrett, Biden, and Backwards Bryan
The ACLU’s Ria Tabacco Mar on future fights, and a discussion of Amazon’s Uncle Frank
61 min
119
Caught in Gay Amber
How do we keep queer history fresh without disrespecting it—or ourselves?
61 min
120
Being Horny Is Thorny
Asexuality reveals the flaws of a society based so deeply on sexual desire.
56 min
121
Who Is Ellen to Us?
Looking at how Ellen DeGeneres fits into the history and current landscape of queer media.
58 min
122
Sweat and Sorrow in the Summer
Discussing the atrocities in Chechnya and caring for our queer elders.
58 min
123
We’re Here, We’re Married, We’re Employed
The fifth anniversary of marriage equality, and the future of LGBTQ fights
68 min
124
ACT UP and Larry Kramer’s Legacy
He was good for the movement but maybe not for those inside of it.
37 min
125
The Queerness of Quarantine Bubbles
We’ve spent our whole lives negotiating contested spaces.
62 min