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UNCLOSETED with Spencer Macnaughton

Hosted by Spencer Macnaughton · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 11 episodes

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UNCLOSETED with Spencer Macnaughton is a new podcast that investigates the people, money and power behind America’s anti-LGBTQ ecosystem. Join Spencer each week as he interviews Uncloseted reporters as well as the leading voices on issues facing the LGBTQ community today. From highlighting the voices of people fighting back against systems of injustice to covering breaking news current to the moment, Uncloseted’s reporting provides you with rigorous, objective LGBTQ reporting to better understand the world we live in. Spencer Macnaughton is a Gracie Award-winning and Emmy-nominated journalist. He has written and produced for 60 Minutes, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Vice, Vox, Time, NBC News, The Guardian, and Rolling Stone, and he teaches LGBTQ journalism at New York University. Read more at Unclosetedmedia.com and follow @unclosetedmedia <p style='color:grey;

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Spencer Macnaughton hosts UNCLOSETED with Spencer Macnaughton, a society show with 11 episodes published.

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Our Journalist Spoke to Four Trans Foster Kids Who All Attempted Suicide. Why?

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‘I’m Hopeful’: The President of Gays for Trump Speaks Out

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In 1992, James Dale Sued the Boy Scouts. Now, Pete Hegseth Presents a New Challenge

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Surviving Conversion Therapy, Reclaiming Love: A Father-Son Journey

Apr 15, 202634mEp. 40

On March 31, the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) voted 8-1 to overturn Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy. In their ruling, which was seen has a huge blow for LGBTQ rights, SCOTUS sided with lawyers from the Southern Poverty La

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Ketamine, Gay Men and Trauma: One Man's Story

Apr 8, 202631mEp. 30

Ketamine use is on the rise among Americans. But if you’re a gay man, that probably comes as no surprise. Gay and lesbian adults are almost four times more likely to use ketamine than their heterosexual counterparts, and

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This Journalist Spoke with Eight Trans Women in Prison. Here’s What She Found.

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On his first day back in office, President Trump signed an executive order that banned all forms of gender-affirming care for trans people in federal prisons. Six months later, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunc

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Meet Katy Faust, the New Leader Coming for Gay Marriage

Mar 25, 202629mEp. 10

When Katy Faust was 10 years old, her parents divorced. After that, her mom began a relationship with another woman. Faust says she loves her mom. So it may surprise you to learn that she’s now at the helm of The Greater

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Welcome to "UNCLOSETED with Spencer Macnaughton"

Mar 19, 20261m0

LAUNCHING MARCH 25th: UNCLOSETED with Spencer Macnaughton is a new podcast that investigates the people, money and power behind America’s anti-LGBTQ ecosystem. Join Spencer each week as he interviews Uncloseted reporters

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UNCLOSETED with Spencer Macnaughton has published 11 episodes.

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