Ep. 292: LGBTQ+ Americans Fleeing the US, GWAR vs Secret Service | June 24, 2026

Listen Up Girl · Jun 24, 2026 · 9m

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Segment 1 — LGBTQ+ Americans Fleeing the U.S.

Rainbow Railroad's annual report, Understanding the State of Global LGBTQI+ Persecution, released on World Refugee Day (June 20, 2026), documents 20,215 relocation requests from queer and trans people in 2025 — a 51% increase from 2024 and the highest total since the organization's founding in 2006. Simultaneously, U.S. refugee resettlement has dropped sharply, with over 99% of the 6,668 refugees accepted between October 2025 and May 2026 being white South Africans. Transgender woman Terry-Kay Walker from Jamaica was approved for U.S…