Ep. 375: Fewer Teens Coming Out, Gay Frog Conspiracy & a Trans Dad Killed | Listen Up Girl
Are fewer young people queer, or are fewer willing to say so out loud? Today on Listen Up Girl, new federal youth survey data shows the share of ninth graders identifying as gay or bisexual dropped from 17% to 11% in two years, while older teens and young adults are holding steady.
Also today: Minnesota Republican state House candidate William Beck repeats the conspiracy theory that chemicals in the water are changing frogs' sex. Jonathan McKinsey, a transgender father and software engineer, is shot and killed in Dublin, California, days before a custody hearing, and his in-laws are charged…
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