Queer (term)
Subject in Society & Culture
Queer (term) has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Pod Save America. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Jon LovettCo-host of Pod Save America; diarization split of the same speaker during the economics segment
Lovett says that, although married to a trans person, he chooses to call himself gay rather than queer.
“I choose to call myself gay, even though, truthfully, the word queer probably more appropriately defines what I am”
Pod Save America: David Sedaris is Mostly Bark, Some Bite (Jun 14, 2026) · Listen from 38:26
David SedarisAmerican humorist, essayist and diarist
Sedaris objects to the word queer because it is unspecific and because it is the third time he has been rebranded without being asked.
“I find my problem with the word queer, I have two problems. One, it doesn't tell me anything”
Pod Save America: David Sedaris is Mostly Bark, Some Bite (Jun 14, 2026) · Listen from 29:01
Podcasts
- Pod Save America · 1 episode
Episodes
David Sedaris is Mostly Bark, Some BitePod Save America · Jun 14, 2026 · 1 h 8 min
Jon Lovett talks with humorist David Sedaris about his essay collection The Land and Its People, his Trump-supporting father, progressive language, a dog bite, marriage and aging.