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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Julien Baker’s Quantum Queerness and Cops at Pride
Why must we have the same fights every June?
64 min
127
Re-Introducing The Waves
The third season of Master of None focuses on a Black lesbian relationship. Is it worth watching?
35 min
128
ACT UP History and Queer Portraits
Sarah Schulman on her new book Let the Record Show.
68 min
129
Lesbians in Paris … and in Period Dramas
Diana Souhami on her new book No Modernism Without Lesbians.
69 min
130
Power Dynamics and Trans Discrimination
Discussing power, sexual consent, and why science may not be the best tool to fight the transphobes.
60 min
131
Gay Bars and Hookup Apps
Looking for spaces in real life and online where we can be our full selves.
62 min
132
Detransition, Baby and #GaysOverCOVID
Exploring queer adult fiction, and asking if shaming ever works.
65 min
133
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
134
Barrett, Biden, and Backwards Bryan
The ACLU’s Ria Tabacco Mar on future fights, and a discussion of Amazon’s Uncle Frank
61 min
135
Caught in Gay Amber
How do we keep queer history fresh without disrespecting it—or ourselves?
61 min
136
Being Horny Is Thorny
Asexuality reveals the flaws of a society based so deeply on sexual desire.
56 min
137
Who Is Ellen to Us?
Looking at how Ellen DeGeneres fits into the history and current landscape of queer media.
58 min
138
Sweat and Sorrow in the Summer
Discussing the atrocities in Chechnya and caring for our queer elders.
58 min
139
We’re Here, We’re Married, We’re Employed
The fifth anniversary of marriage equality, and the future of LGBTQ fights
68 min
140
ACT UP and Larry Kramer’s Legacy
He was good for the movement but maybe not for those inside of it.
37 min
141
The Queerness of Quarantine Bubbles
We’ve spent our whole lives negotiating contested spaces.
62 min
142
Finding Life at Queer Virtual Sex Parties
How can you cruise without any eye contact?
50 min
143
COVID-19, AIDS, and Community
How do we react when we’re unable to come together?
55 min
144
Outward Classic: Our Queer Roots
Where did we come from?
47 min
145
Queer Advice
“How can I mesh my fantasy life and my real life?”
55 min
146
Pandering and Parenting
How do we handle representation, and what does it mean to children?
58 min
147
Special Episode: The Inheritance
A multigenerational roundtable of gay men discuss Matthew Lopez's epic play
53 min
148
The LGBTQ Decade
Where have the last ten years taken us?
65 min
149
Kids These Days
How do we help children step outside of the heteronormative box?
53 min
150
Dolls and Democrats
Do the candidates know how to talk to LGBTQ people?
52 min