2022-07-06 Boys and Oil

Jonny interviews author Taylor Brorby about his memoir, "Boys and Oil," which explores his life growing up gay on the plains of North Dakota and becoming, among other things, an environmental advocate for those fragile ecosystems. In the back half of the show, Jonny reviews some of the ways the SCOTUS Dobbs decision is already being mobilized in anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and calls for language and gestures of unity rather than division in how we push back. On notice: the biological-determinism rhetoric of celebrities like Macy Gray and Bette Midler this week. Jonny also shares information about upcoming events of interest to the LGBTQ Community in Southern Illinois.

Note: Apologies to Taylor Brorby for mispronouncing his name in the intro and not catching it until the show was uploaded for broadcast. I do better in the interview. (It's Brorby, not Brobry!)