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b'This month, host Christina Cauterucci, Jules Gill-Peterson, and Bryan Lowder start the show with a Thots & Queries segment in which a listener asks about orgy etiquette. In a completely different party setting, they try to figure out what on earth is going on in the U.S. Congress, where legislators are debating marriage equality in the form of the Respect for Marriage Act. Then Northwestern University professor and journalist Steven Thrasher joins them to discuss his new book The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide. Finally, they add some new items to the gay agenda.\\n\\nItems discussed in the show:\\nTaylor Blake and her emu friend Emmanuel\\nBeyonc\\xe9\\u2019s Renaissance\\nA shocking tweet from the official Log Cabin Republicans account\\nThe June 29 episode of Outward in which Mark Joseph Stern considered how the Dobbs decision might affect LGBTQ rights\\n\\u201cWhy Is There More Republican Support for Gay Marriage Than for Abortion Rights?\\u201d by Moira Donegan, in the Nation\\nThe Viral Underclass,, by Steven Thrasher\\nLet the Record Show, by Sarah Schulman\\n\\u201cAn Uprising Comes From the Viral Underclass,\\u201d by Steven Thrasher in Slate, June 12, 2020\\n\\xa0\\nGay Agenda\\nJules: X, by Davey Davis\\nBryan: The Sandman, on Netflix\\nChristina: \\u201cWe Failed,\\u201d by Eric Neugeboren, in the Texas Tribune\\n\\xa0\\nThis podcast was produced by\\xa0June Thomas.\\nPlease send feedback, topic ideas, and advice questions to\\xa0outwardpodcast@slate.com.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'