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I guess that has to be the reason why this keeps happening.

This from them.us. Why does Meta keep suspending the Instagram accounts of gay bars? Anthem Orlando is just the latest LGBTQ plus nightclub to report having its account unexpectedly taken down.

The owner of the Anthem Orlando nightclub says the Meta suspended the venue's Instagram account shortly after the city's October Pride celebration, marking yet another LGBTQ plus business that has had its social presence scrubbed by the social media giant in recent months.

On October 20th, two days after Pride weekend, at Anthem Orlando was suspended.

you wrote.

It was via them.us, which is a queer publication.

And the day before it dropped, I messaged my parents.

I messaged my mom.

To that end, I have two debut authors joining the show today.

First up, Bobuk Saeed, the author of the novel No God But Us, which was named one of Them Magazine's most anticipated LGBTQ books of 2026.

Also on the couch today, Kyle Carrero Lopez, the author of the poetry collection Party Line.

He's also a founding member of Legacy, a production collective by and for Black queer artists.

But like many other trans women, especially Black trans women, Kelly faced many hardships and had turned to sex work to support herself.

According to Them Magazine, trans people are more likely than cis people to engage in sex work.

That's 42% of trans people versus 12% of cisgender people who engage in sex work.

Hmm.

That's all I've got.

Thank you to our listeners for joining us on this episode.

I'd also like to thank Them Magazine, the Crime Scene YouTube channel, and Vice News for providing most of the material for this episode.

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It's running against Democratic Senate candidate Sherrod Brown, who is, is leading in those polls.

This from Them.us: "A detransitioner stars in a new GOP ad.

Surprise, it's full of lies.

A re-election advertisement created by a Republican super PAC in support of Ohio Senator John Husted misleads viewers into thinking that a young person's gender transition was somehow Democratic opponent Sherrod Brown's fault due to failed state-level policies.