Outward: Are Advice Columns Intrinsically Queer?

Spring is in the air, and the Outward hosts are gay like tulips and
queer like allergies! First, they discuss a new animated version of
the beloved Frog and Toad series of children’s books, which
premieres on Apple TV+ on April 28. Then they welcome Daniel M.
Lavery to the pod. Danny was Slate’s own Dear Prudence for many
years, and now a Dear Prudence book is here to grace our
bookshelves. Danny shares his philosophy of advice-giving, talks
about what it was like to transition in the public eye, and offers
his take on a reader question current Prudie Jenée Desmond-Harris
answered a few weeks ago. Items discussed in the show: Jules and
the Framing Agnes team at the GLAAD Awards Outward’s December 2022
discussion of Framing Agnes with actress Jen Richards LMN’s
schedule Somerville, Massachusetts, extends protections to
polyamorous families “Frog and Toad: An Amphibious Celebration of
Same-Sex Love,” by Colin Stokes in the New Yorker “How Frog and
Toad Author Arnold Lobel Explored Gay Intimacy in His Work,” by J.
Bryan Lowder in Slate “This Is a Terrible Way to Commemorate a
Major Civil Rights Victory,” by June Thomas in Slate Dear Prudence:
Liberating Lessons From Slate.com’s Beloved Advice Column, by
Daniel M. Lavery Jenée Desmond-Harris answered the question we put
to Danny at the end of this Dear Prudence column The Big Mood,
Little Mood With Daniel M. Lavery podcast The Dear Prudence podcast
Gay Agenda Christina: Mae Martin’s new Netflix special, SAP Jules:
“Conservatives Are Turing to a 150-Year-Old Obscenity Law to Outlaw
Abortion,” by Melissa Gira Grant in the New Republic Bryan: Erick
Adame’s Daily Weather Report (more background from the New York
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