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Five minutes of the news you need to know about civil rights in the Southwest and across the united States every week. Produced by LOOKOUT, a nonprofit news outlet focused on LGBTQ+ news in the Southwest. 

Episodes

  1. 3d ago

    It's a Blue Tsunami! Here's What Happened on Election Week.

    Lorenzo Gomez, LOOKOUT’s Elections Accountability Fellow, sits in for Joseph Jaafari on a post-election episode of the Roundup.  In Arizona, voters appear to have approved Prop 318, which bars trans students from girls’ sports teams and from school locker rooms and bathrooms that don’t match their sex assigned at birth, while rejecting Prop 144’s mail-ballot ID requirement. Democrat JoAnna Mendoza, an openly LGBTQ+ Marine veteran, unseated Rep. Juan Ciscomani in the 6th Congressional District, and Democrats are leading in enough races to possibly flip both chambers of the Legislature for the first time in about 60 years.  In Colorado, two anti-trans ballot measures remain too close to call as outside money keeps flowing to the campaign behind them, a fight over religious preschools and LGBTQ+ protections reached the U.S. Supreme Court, and GEO Group settled a 14-year forced-labor lawsuit from former detainees in Aurora. Nationally, a “rainbow wave” made history: Chris Pappas became the first openly gay man elected to the U.S. Senate, Sarah McBride won reelection, and Georgia and Alabama elected their first out trans state lawmakers. Vermont added gender identity to its constitution and Missouri voters rejected Amendment 3, but trans sports measures in Nebraska and Washington were leading, with Washington’s on track to become the first such law approved directly by voters in a blue state. Plus, New Hampshire families of trans youth ask a federal judge to block a Trump administration rule cutting Medicaid coverage for gender dysphoria treatment. Support the show

  2. Oct 28

    A Gay Son’s Allegations, Trans Troops Fight to Stay and Rainbow Dome Rolls Into Denver

    The Roundup breaks down the stories shaping LGBTQ+ communities across Arizona, Colorado and the country.  Support LOOKOUT: Visit lookoutnews.org to subscribe to our newsletter for weekly news, local events and legislative updates from your region.  Support the show

  3. Oct 22

    Voter Purges, Pride Parade Threats, and the Fight Over Trans Health Care

    The Roundup breaks down the stories shaping LGBTQ+ communities across Arizona, Colorado and the country.  Support LOOKOUT: Visit lookoutnews.org to subscribe to our newsletter for weekly news, local events and legislative updates from your region.  Support the show

  4. Oct 14

    Border Patrol controversy, anti-trans ballot fights and a $4 million Pride lawsuit

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  5. Oct 8

    Birth Certificates, Ballot Measures and a Failed Execution

    This week on the LOOKOUT News Roundup: A federal appeals court clears a path for transgender Arizonans to update their birth certificates without surgery, while Arizona’s governor’s race puts LGBTQ+ issues and the 2020 election back in the spotlight. In Colorado, voters are weighing two measures targeting transgender youth, a fight over LGBTQ+ protections in the state’s universal preschool program is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court, and thousands of legal immigrants have lost Medicaid coverage. And nationally, an attempted execution in Tennessee ends with the state pausing executions, immigrants in a Texas ICE detention center launch a hunger strike, and the Trump administration faces another court fight over deportations to third countries. The LOOKOUT News Roundup brings you the biggest LGBTQ+ and civil rights stories from across the Southwest and beyond, with accountability at the center. Support the show

  6. Sep 30

    Tucson shooting investigation, Colorado’s transgender rights battles and LGBTQ migrant deportations

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  7. Sep 23

    Political attack ads, transgender students’ sports rights and LGBTQ Pride under pressure

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Five minutes of the news you need to know about civil rights in the Southwest and across the united States every week. Produced by LOOKOUT, a nonprofit news outlet focused on LGBTQ+ news in the Southwest. 

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  • Creator
    LOOKOUT Publications
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    7
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 The Roundup
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