This is episode 115 of the Baehr and Curadh podcast. We are going to talk about queer politics.
* Voting for a presidential candidate. * Joseph Biden drops out. * Kamala Harris officially secures nomination for president. * Harris was California’s attorney general when she declined to defend Proposition 8. * That time when Kamala Harris stood up for queer lives… right in front of the president of Ghana. * Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was discussed as a long-shot possibility for vice-president. * Kamala Harris selected Democratic Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be her running mate. * Governor Walz has been a steadfast ally and advocate for the queer community. * Walz signed a ban on conversion therapy into law. * Supported trans affirming care, bodily autonomy and reproductive freedom. * He made a House floor speech supporting the repeal of "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell". * He helped the passage of the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act. * He also signed legislation that stops libraries in the state from removing books. * Walz was a high school teacher and coach. * When Republicans in Minnesota introduced a bill that would ban transgender athletes from playing sports, Walz said that he would veto it. * Walz consistently attended Pride. * While a teacher at Mankato West High School in the 1990s Walz was adviser to the school's first gay-straight alliance. * Kansas Governor Laura Kelly will chair the Democratic Governors Association to complete the term of Walz. * Donald Trump specifically listed Walz's support for queer people as a reason to oppose him, despite appointing Walz to the Council of Governors. * If Pete Buttigieg were heterosexual, he would be Tim Walz.