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July 6 · 17 min
The Doodler Killer - True Crime
The Doodler Killer - A True Crime Fifty years after a man with a drawing pad lured gay men to the edge of San Francisco and killed them, the detective who thinks he knows who did it can’t make anyone say so. A true crime podcast. To help keep our journalism free for everybody, consider donating here. Enhance your understanding with award-winning journalism at www.GAY45.eu.
May 18 · 20 min
Eurovision Under Militarised Siege in Vienna
The seventieth Eurovision Song Contest took place in Vienna under one of the largest security operations modern Austria has mounted: a robot dog, an FBI cyber task force on call from New York, and a 1.5-kilometre no-fly ring drawn around three points in the city. We report from inside the perimeter. In today's podcast, we cut through the week's noise with incisive analysis exclusively for our subscribers, plus essential recommendations you won't want to miss. We bring you essential queer news — every Wednesday. To help keep our journalism free for everybody, consider donating here. Enhance your understanding with award-winning journalism at www.GAY45.eu.
April 16 · 18 min
Neo-Nazism and the Self-Determination Act
When a German neo-Nazi changed his legal gender to dodge prison, he handed the European far right a weapon no amount of speechmaking could have produced. His arrest at a Czech border village last week has placed the consequences before a judge in Plzeň — and an entire trans community before a gathering backlash. In today's podcast, we cut through the week's noise with incisive analysis exclusively for our subscribers, plus essential recommendations you won't want to miss. We bring you essential queer news — every Wednesday. To help keep our journalism free for everybody, consider donating here. Enhance your understanding with award-winning journalism at www.GAY45.eu.
April 8 · 19 min
The Machinery of Silence: Hungary’s 2026 Election Crisis
On 12 April, Hungarians go to the polls in what Politico has called the EU’s most consequential election of 2026: a vote that will determine whether Viktor Orbán’s sixteen-year experiment in dismantling democracy, capturing the media and criminalising queer visibility inside a European Union member state can be reversed by a ballot. We bring you essential queer news — every Wednesday. To help keep our journalism free for everybody, consider donating here. Enhance your understanding with award-winning journalism at www.GAY45.eu.
March 22 · 21 min
Rob Jetten and Donald Trump: The Queer and the Beast
The EU is looking to the Prime Minister of the Netherlands as a new continental leader. Donald Trump’s war is made for television. Rob Jetten’s Europe is not. That is the point. We bring you essential queer news and journalism.
March 20 · 24 min
Queer Gen Z and the Copy Machine: While We Were Scrolling, AI Moved On Without Us
AI agents are rewriting the rules of knowledge work. Most queer Europeans have not been told the rules have changed. In today's podcast, we discuss the digital skills of queer GenZ. We bring you essential queer news nd journalism.
March 18 · 21 min
Do not bomb Iran’s “gaytollah” in my name
In today's podcast, we cut through the week's noise with incisive analysis exclusively for our subscribers, plus essential recommendations you won't want to miss. We bring you essential queer news — every Wednesday. To help keep our journalism free for everybody, consider donating here. Enhance your understanding with award-winning journalism at www.GAY45.eu.
March 11 · 18 min
Chancellor Merz is nostalgic for an unattainable past
In today's podcast we cuts through the week's noise with incisive analysis exclusively for our subscribers, plus essential recommendations you won't want to miss. We bring you essential queer news and investigations. To help keep our journalism free for everybody, consider donating here. Enhance your understanding with award-winning journalism at www.GAY45.eu.
March 5 · 19 min
Anthropic Said No to the War Machine
In today's podcast, our host discusses the Anthropic case and the war the Trump administration started against the AI company. We bring you essential queer news — every Wednesday. To help keep our journalism free for everybody, consider donating here. Enhance your understanding with award-winning journalism at www.GAY45.eu.
March 4 · 19 min
When Nowhere Is Safe
In today's podcast, Jude Jones, editor-in-chief of GAY45, cuts through the week's noise with incisive analysis exclusively for our subscribers, plus essential recommendations you won't want to miss. We bring you essential queer news — every Wednesday. To help keep our journalism free for everybody, consider donating here. Enhance your understanding with award-winning journalism at www.GAY45.eu.
February 25 · 17 min
The EU needs a hero – how about a gay Prime Minister?
In today's podcast, Jude Jones, editor-in-chief of GAY45, cuts through the week's noise with incisive analysis exclusively for our subscribers, plus essential recommendations you won't want to miss. We bring you essential queer news — every Wednesday. To help keep our journalism free for everybody, consider donating ⁠here⁠. Enhance your understanding with award-winning journalism at ⁠www.GAY45.eu⁠.
February 22 · 18 min
The Dark Eclipse of Pascal Kaiser
In today's podcast, we discuss the latest investigative report of Taylor Abbot on the dark developments of the case of the referee Pascal Kaiser. We bring you essential queer news — every Wednesday. To help keep our journalism free for everybody, consider donating here. Enhance your understanding with award-winning journalism at www.GAY45.eu.
February 20 · 16 min
The Gay Furry Hackers: How They Changed Activism
In today’s podcast, we discuss the investigative report behind the new book The Gay Furry Hackers: How They Changed Activism, written by Dr Raz Ion. We bring you essential queer news and reportage every week. To help keep our journalism free for everyone, please consider donating here. Enhance your understanding with award-winning journalism at www.GAY45.eu.
February 18 · 14 min
Trump Wants a Europe in His (and Orbán’s) Image
In today's podcast, Jude Jones, editor-in-chief of GAY45, cuts through the week's noise with incisive analysis exclusively for our subscribers, plus essential recommendations you won't want to miss. We bring you essential queer news — every Wednesday. To help keep our journalism free for everybody, consider donating here. Enhance your understanding with award-winning journalism at www.GAY45.eu.
February 11 · 14 min
Epstein vs Europe
In today's podcast, Jude Jones, editor-in-chief of GAY45, cuts through the week's noise with incisive analysis exclusively for our subscribers, plus essential recommendations you won't want to miss. We bring you essential queer news — every Wednesday. To help keep our journalism free for everybody, consider donating here. Enhance your understanding with award-winning journalism at www.GAY45.eu.
February 4 · 13 min
A Civil Society Too Frightened
In today's podcast, Jude Jones, editor-in-chief of GAY45, cuts through the week's noise with incisive analysis exclusively for our subscribers, plus essential recommendations you won't want to miss. We bring you essential queer news — every Wednesday. To help keep our journalism free for everybody, consider donating here. Enhance your understanding with award-winning journalism at www.GAY45.eu.
January 28 · 14 min
Trump Has Killed Atlanticism, So What Comes Next?
In today's podcast, Jude Jones, editor-in-chief of GAY45, cuts through the week's noise with incisive analysis exclusively for our subscribers, plus essential recommendations you won't want to miss. We bring you essential queer news — every Wednesday. To help keep our journalism free for everybody, consider donating here. Enhance your understanding with award-winning journalism at www.GAY45.eu.
January 21 · 14 min
Queer News and Journalism
n today's podcast, Jude Jones, editor-in-chief of GAY45, cuts through the week's noise with incisive analysis exclusively for our subscribers, plus essential recommendations you won't want to miss. We bring you essential news — every Wednesday. To help keep our journalism free for everybody, consider donating here. Enhance your understanding with award-winning journalism at www.GAY45.eu.
January 14 · 31 min
THE WEDNESDAY DISPATCH
In today's podcast, Jude Jones, editor-in-chief of GAY45, cuts through the week's noise with incisive analysis exclusively for our subscribers, plus essential recommendations you won't want to miss. We bring you essential queer journalism — every Wednesday. To help keep our journalism free for everybody, consider donating here. Enhance your understanding with award-winning journalism at www.GAY45.eu.
Dec 17, 2025 · 13 min
Queer News. 17 December. Iran and Egypt match on Pride, Mayor under pressure and Much More
This week: Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content. Kazakhstan postpones a vote on its contested LGBTQ+ "propaganda" ban. Pornhub reports surging demand for trans and "femboy" content despite the rising anti-trans climate. Turkey's First Lady issues another broadside against the LGBTIQ+ community. And a World Cup match between Iran and Egypt will coincide with Seattle's Pride weekend and much more. We bring you essential queer news — every Wednesday. To help keep our journalism free for eerybody consider donating here. Enhance your understanding with award-winning journalism at www.GAY45.eu.

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