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Hello Gazers! This week’s Problematic Gazette begins in the traditional fashion: with unexpected background noise, minor technical chaos, and the startling discovery that we had somehow planned our Pride Month content for July!!
After owning our spectacular scheduling error, we discuss why Pride still matters in 2025. From rising homophobia and online \"straight pride\" arguments to the quieter burdens of shame that many LGBTQ+ people continue to carry, we reflect on why visibility, community and celebration remain as important as ever. Along the way, Lee shares a moving diary entry from Kenneth Williams written in 1966, whose observations about loneliness, identity and being reduced to a joke still feel painfully relevant today.
Elsewhere, we discuss Russell T Davies' increasingly unsettling drama Tip Toe and explain why it feels less like fiction and more like a warning siren with a production budget. We also chat about our recent appearance on the Everyone's a Little Queer podcast and the conversations that followed.
There are listener messages, fascinating chart trivia involving Abba Gold's seemingly immortal presence in the UK Top 100, and considerable excitement over Madonna launching Pride Month with a free Times Square performance and new music. Plus: more love for Rivals, an unexpected It's a Royal Knockout reference, and yet more evidence that popular culture is far stranger than either of us remembers.
Happy Pride Month, everyone. Even if it took us a little longer than expected to realise it had already started.
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