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Listen Up GirlEp. 333: Australia's Census Adds LGBTQ+ Question, Senegal Crackdown & MAGA Bot Scandal
Today on Listen Up Girl: Australia's census includes a sexual orientation and gender identity question for the first time ever. Senegal's anti-LGBTQ+ crackdown…
Listen Up GirlEp. 332: NH Rep's Betrayal, Hospital Caves to DOJ & Ken Jennings Defends Trans Rights
Monday, August 10th on Listen Up Girl: a trans New Hampshire state rep says a fellow Democrat pressured her out of a congressional race, a children's hospital…
Listen Up GirlEp. 331: Anti-Gay Congressman Loses Seat, Canada Ends Donor Ban & More LGBTQ+ News
Broadway Bounces Actor After Transphobic Videos Resurface — Geno Segers was set to play Hades in Hadestown until old videos surfaced of him comparing trans…
Listen Up GirlEp. 330: El-Sayed's Michigan Upset, Missouri Says No, Florida Drag Ban Upheld
Progressive Abdul El-Sayed pulls off a razor-thin, AIPAC-defying upset in Michigan's Democratic Senate primary. Missouri voters crush two GOP-backed…
Listen Up GirlEp. 329: Trans Military Purge, Griner Divorce & Becerra's LGBTQ+ Run | Aug 6 News
In today's episode of Listen Up Girl, Zach Randles-Friedman covers six stories shaping LGBTQ+ life this week. First, reporting on closed-door separation…
Listen Up GirlEp. 328: Arkansas Jails Librarians, SCOTUS Trans Sports Explained, Boy Scout Twist
Today on Listen Up Girl: Arkansas can now criminally charge librarians over "harmful materials," a GLAD Law attorney breaks down what the Supreme Court…
Listen Up GirlEp. 327: Michigan's Conversion Ban KILLED, Moulton's Apology & WNBA Coach's Trans Shirt
Today's episode covers six major LGBTQ+ stories: A federal judge signed a permanent order blocking Michigan from enforcing its conversion therapy ban against…
Listen Up GirlEp. 326: Graham Family Feud, GOP Threat Scandal, Trans Teen Bullied to Death, Sam Smith Engaged
Today on Listen Up Girl: a new political candidate's transphobic ad campaign is getting a surprisingly cold reception from her own party, a tangled scandal…
Listen Up GirlEp. 325: Ohio Dem Governor Race Blowup, UK Trans Guidance Takes Effect | Listen Up Girl
On today's episode of Listen Up Girl, we're breaking down six stories shaping LGBTQ+ life and politics right now — starting with the fallout from Ohio…
Listen Up GirlEp. 324: Trans ID Bans, Russian Journalists Flee & An Anti-LGBTQ Congressman's Secret
with a restroom encounter, South Dakota moves to become the 11th state blocking trans ID updates, a UCLA study confirms trans Californians are searched and…
Listen Up GirlEp. 323: Kirralie Smith Loses Appeal, PepsiCo Sued & Talarico Fact-Checked
Today on Listen Up Girl: An anti-trans activist in Australia loses her appeal and owes $95,000 in damages after lying about a trans athlete injuring cis women…
Listen Up GirlEp. 322: Bipartisan Win Against Trans Military Ban, Plus a Hate Crime Gets Justice
Today on Listen Up Girl: House Democrats — joined by four Republicans — defeat Lauren Boebert's attempt to write the trans military ban into law. Pete…
Listen Up GirlEp. 321: Rainbow Dinosaur "Grooming" Panic, Hegseth Dodges a Judge | Listen Up Girl
Listen Up Girl — Tuesday, July 28, 2026 A dinosaur book gets called "sexual grooming." A federal judge asks the Pentagon a question it really doesn't want to…
Listen Up GirlEp. 320: Berlin Pride Attack, Dem Hides LGBTQ+ Support & Cynthia Nixon Officiates Wedding
Today's episode: a vehicle attack tore through Berlin's Pride celebration, killing one person and injuring dozens, with German authorities calling it a…
Listen Up GirlEp. 319: Nancy Mace Brings Drag Queen Poster Boards to Congress
Listen Up Girl — Saturday, July 25, 2026 A federal program for LGBTQ+ veterans dismantled by email. A member of Congress hauling poster boards of drag queens…
Listen Up GirlEp. 318: Pastor Says Kill Gay People, Trans Woman Assaulted in Shelter, Tucker Impression Goes Viral
Welcome to Listen Up Girl — your daily LGBTQ+ news podcast. Friday, July 24, 2026. Today's episode goes to some dark places before it finds the light — and I'm…
Listen Up GirlEp. 317 :GOP Senator Threatens Kari Lake Over HIV Funds, Mob Attacks Trans Women
Listen Up Girl — your daily LGBTQ+ news podcast, hosted by Zach Randles-Friedman. Today on Listen Up Girl: A Republican senator threatens to block Kari Lake's…
Listen Up GirlEp. 316: UK's New PM Is a Queer Ally, Uganda Women Freed & WTA's Trans Test | Listen Up Girl
Listen Up Girl — your daily LGBTQ+ news podcast, hosted by Zach Randles-Friedman. Today on Listen Up Girl: The UK has a new Prime Minister — Andy Burnham, a…
Listen Up GirlEp. 315: Gay Cabinet Member Blames the Left, England Bans Trans Kids' Bathrooms | Listen Up Girl
Listen Up Girl — your daily LGBTQ+ news podcast, hosted by Zach Randles-Friedman. Today on Listen Up Girl: A Sydney drag venue called Divine Playhouse is…
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Ep. 314: Elliot Page Silences Haters, NH Bathroom Bill Vetoed Again & Gay Bar Shooting | Listen Up Girl
Listen Up Girl — your daily LGBTQ+ news podcast, hosted by Zach Randles-Friedman. Today on Listen Up Girl: Trans actor Elliot Page is receiving some of the…
Listen Up GirlEp. 313: White House Backs Off Trans Care Ban, Kansas Bathroom Nightmare & Rowling's Upskirt Photo | Listen Up Girl
Listen Up Girl — your daily LGBTQ+ news podcast, hosted by Zach Randles-Friedman. Today on Listen Up Girl: The administration has quietly shelved a rule that…
Listen Up GirlEp. 312: Trump Kills LGBTQ Foster Protections, Hegseth's Hormone Hypocrisy & More
It's July 17, 2026, and Listen Up Girl has six stories you need to hear. The orange convicted felon officially erased the Biden-era rule protecting LGBTQ+…
Listen Up GirlEp. 311: Trans Healthcare Win, Rapinoe Speaks Out & A Love Story That Will Break You | Listen Up Girl
Today's episode covers six stories you need to know: the orange convicted felon backs off a national ban on transgender healthcare — a real win for advocates…
Listen Up GirlEp. 310: Gay Mayor Shot Dead in Mexico, NH Outs Trans Kids & Groomer Lie Costs $1 Million
YouTube Show Notes / Description: Listen Up Girl | July 15, 2026 Today on Listen Up Girl: Mexico's first openly gay mayor, Benjamín Medrano Quezada, is shot…
Listen Up GirlEp. 309: Lindsey Graham Dead, Non-Binary People's Day & Gay App Scandal | LGBTQ News July 14
On today's episode of Listen Up Girl: U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham has died at 71 — and the LGBTQ+ community is taking a clear-eyed look at his decades-long…
Listen Up GirlEp. 308: Gay GOP Candidate Called Pedophile By Own Party | Trans Inmates Forced to Detransition
On today's Listen Up Girl — Monday, July 14th, 2026 — six stories you need to know: An openly gay MAGA Republican in Wyoming is suing members of his own party…
Listen Up GirlEp. 307: Lindsey Graham Is Dead: His Anti-LGBTQ Legacy & The McConnell Mystery
What are all the anti-lgbtq things Lindsey Graham did Searched the web Searched the web Worth noting upfront: Lindsey Graham died on July 12, 2026 — today. So…
Listen Up GirlEp. 306: Pete Buttigieg CPS Hoax + GLAAD Report: Zero Trans Characters | July 12
Today on Listen Up Girl: Pete Buttigieg reveals that an anonymous caller filed a false report with Michigan Child Protective Services, claiming he abused his…
Listen Up GirlEp. 305: Women Moving From Straight? + California $26M Trans Fund | LGBTQ News July 11
On today's episode of Listen Up Girl: A major new 15-year study from SUNY's Human Sexualities Research Lab finds that nearly half of young women now report…
Listen Up GirlEp. 304: Gay Cruise Banned by 2 Countries + NH Trans Outing Law | LGBTQ News July 10
On today's episode of Listen Up Girl: An Atlantis Events LGBTQ+ cruise carrying nearly 2,000 passengers has been denied entry by both Turkey and Egypt — the…
Listen Up GirlEp. 303: NJ Trans Shield Law, EEOC Power Grab & Heartstopper Ends | LGBTQ News July 9
Show Notes: On today's Listen Up Girl, six stories covering the full scope of what our community is navigating right now: New Jersey passes a landmark trans…
Listen Up GirlEp. 302: DeSantis "Stop WOKE Act" Struck Down + Lyra McKee Verdict | Listen Up Girl Jul 8
On today's Listen Up Girl (Wednesday, July 8, 2026), Zach breaks down six new stories from across the LGBTQ+ world. A federal appeals court strikes down Ron…
Listen Up GirlEp. 301: LGBTQ+ News: Trans Athletes, Supreme Court & Budapest Pride | July 3, 2026
Today on Listen Up Girl — your daily LGBTQ+ news podcast — the Supreme Court allows 27 states to keep trans athlete bans in place, a new SCOTUS case threatens…
Listen Up GirlEp. 300: WPATH Sued, Kansas Revokes Trans IDs & Gay Men Face Deportation to Iran
Episode 300 of Listen Up Girl — your daily LGBTQ+ news podcast. Tonight: LGBTQ+ legal advocates are openly questioning the strategy of bringing trans rights…
Listen Up GirlEp. 299: SCOTUS Trans Sports Ruling, HRC Report, Shevrin Jones & Scott Wiener | Listen Up Girl
Today's episode of Listen Up Girl leads with breaking news: the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 today that Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause do not prevent…
Listen Up GirlEp. 298: Pride Month Finale: Illinois Trans Laws, Marriage Equality at 11 & Robin Byrd - June 30, 2026
In this episode: Illinois Governor Signs Three Trans Rights Bills — Then Marches in Pride On June 29th, Governor JB Pritzker signed three pieces of trans…
Listen Up GirlEp. 297: 529 Anti-LGBTQ Bills, Conversion Therapy Ruling & NYC Pride March Recap | Listen Up Girl June 29
It's the second-to-last episode of our full Pride Month run on Listen Up Girl, and we are going in. On today's show: the NYC Pride March drew over one million…
Listen Up GirlEp. 296: NYC Pride March Stonewall Anniversary & LGBTQ News | Pride Month Day 28
SHOW NOTES Listen Up Girl | Day 28 of Pride Month Sunday, June 28, 2026 Episode Summary It's the last day of Pride Month — and the biggest one. On Day 28, we…
Listen Up GirlEp. 295: Judge BLOCKS DOJ From Seizing Trans Kids' Medical Records | Pride Saturday 2026 | Listen Up Girl
LGBTQ news June 27 2026, trans kids medical records DOJ blocked, Judge Failla NYU Langone trans records, federal judge trans youth privacy, Paris Pride 2026…
Listen Up GirlEp. 294: Pride March Showdown: Hospitals vs. Grand Marshals | LGBTQ+ News June 26
Listen Up Girl — Day 26 of Pride Month | Friday, June 26, 2026 Your daily LGBTQ+ news podcast SEGMENT 1: NYC Pride Grand Marshals Demand Hospitals Be Banned…
Listen Up GirlEp. 293: Congress Fights FCC Trans TV Labels + SF Pride Begins | June 25, 2026
📋 SHOW NOTES Segment 1 — FCC Trans Content Warning Labels Source: LGBTQ Nation, Washington Blade, The Advocate, TV Tech (June 22–23, 2026). 68 House Democrats…
Listen Up GirlEp. 292: LGBTQ+ Americans Fleeing the US, GWAR vs Secret Service | June 24, 2026
📋 SHOW NOTES Segment 1 — LGBTQ+ Americans Fleeing the U.S. Rainbow Railroad's annual report, Understanding the State of Global LGBTQI+ Persecution, released on…
Listen Up GirlEp. 291: Alan Turing Day, Japan's LGBTQ+ Education Win & Florida Fights Back | Pride Day 23
SHOW NOTES Episode: Listen Up Girl — Day 23 of Pride | Tuesday, June 23, 2026 Segment 1 — Alan Turing Day Alan Turing (June 23, 1912 – June 7, 1954) was a…
Listen Up GirlEp. 290: Intersex Teacher Fired, HUD Guts Housing Rights, GLAAD AI Report | June 22
Seven stories for Day 22 of Pride Month. An intersex teacher in Florida was fired by his school district and the ACLU is fighting back. HUD is moving to strip…
Listen Up GirlEp. 289: House of Dragon Premieres, Castro Surveillance & Capital Pride Concert | June 21 2026
SHOW NOTES Story 1 — Capital Pride Concert The 2026 Capital Pride Concert takes place today, Sunday June 21, on Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C…
Listen Up GirlEp. 288: FTC Sues WPATH + Trans Pride LA, Bronx Pride & NYC Grand Marshals | Pride Day 20
Story 1 — FTC Sues WPATH The Federal Trade Commission, along with Alaska, Iowa, Nebraska, and Texas, filed a federal lawsuit against the World Professional…
Listen Up GirlEp. 287: Idaho Bathroom Ban Blocked + Juneteenth Pride + Columbus & SF Open | June 19
Episode Notes: Juneteenth + Pride: June 19th, 1865 marked the announcement of emancipation in Texas. Capital Pride DC's 2026 Pride week has included a panel on…
Listen Up GirlEp. 286: MLB Pride Backlash, Ranger Fired Over Trans Flag, Florida Scraps Arch | June 18
MLB & Pride: The Texas Rangers remain the only one of 30 MLB teams never to hold a Pride Night, hosting Faith and Family Night on June 18 instead. Separately…
Listen Up GirlEp. 285: UFC Scandal, VA Cuts LGBTQ+ Vets, Niger Criminalizes Being Gay | June 17
On today's episode: UFC fighter Josh Hokit shocks the nation with a transphobic attack on Michelle Obama during a post-fight interview at the White House — and…
Listen Up GirlEp. 284: Nancy Mace Out, Ghana Anti-LGBTQ Bill & Stonewall's Mark Segal | June 16, 2026
Listen Up Girl — Day 16 of Pride Month | June 16, 2026 Story 1: Nancy Mace Primary Loss Nancy Mace finished fifth in the South Carolina Republican…
Listen Up GirlEp. 283: First Trans Tony Winner, Madonna's World Cup Show + Cubs Pride Night | LGBTQ News - June 15, 2026
Listen Up Girl — Day 15 of Pride Month | June 15, 2026 Story 1: Chicago Cubs Pride Night The Chicago Cubs host their annual Pride Celebration tonight at…
Listen Up GirlEp. 282: Day 14 of Pride: LA Pride Parade, David Archuleta & 796 Anti-Trans Bills - June 14, 2026
Segment 1 — LA Pride Parade 2026 The 56th Annual LA Pride Parade takes place today, Sunday, June 14, 2026, in Hollywood, organized by Christopher Street West…
Listen Up GirlEp. 281: Pulse 10 Years Later, Baltimore Pride Parade & More | Day 13 Pride News
SHOW NOTES Segment 1 — Pulse 10th Anniversary Friday, June 12, 2026 marked 10 years since 49 people were killed at Pulse nightclub in Orlando during Latin…
Listen Up GirlEp. 280: LGBTQ+ News: Idaho Bathroom Bill DNA Tests, Pete Buttigieg & Pride Month
SHOW NOTES Story 1: Idaho DNA Bathroom Bill Idaho's House Bill 752, signed by Governor Brad Little, makes it a crime for transgender people to use public…
Listen Up GirlEp. 279: LGBTQ+ News: McBride vs. Mace, Trans Healthcare Attacks & Pride Under Fire | June 11, 2026
Thursday, June 11, 2026 — Day 11 of Pride Month Today's stories: Sarah McBride celebrates as Nancy Mace loses South Carolina gubernatorial primary (LGBTQ…
Listen Up GirlEp. 278: World Cup's Egypt-Iran "Pride Match" + Budapest Marches Again | Listen Up Girl June 10, 2026
📝 SHOW NOTES Story 1 — World Cup "Pride Match" between Egypt and Iran Seattle organizers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup designated a June 26 match at Lumen Field…
Listen Up GirlEp. 277: June 9: The Gay Vote, Vivian Wilson's Exit & Portland's Witches
It's Day 9 of Pride, and host Zach Randles-Friedman digs into the sharper stories: a Northwestern study showing voters still penalize candidates who "look or…
Listen Up GirlEp. 276: June 8: WeHo Drops Its Grand Marshal & São Paulo Goes Big
Segment 1 — WeHo Pride Grand Marshal: West Hollywood and WeHo Pride producer JJLA named Kathy Hilton as 2026 Grand Marshal Icon, then reversed course after…
Listen Up GirlEp. 275: June 7: A Nun, A Slur in Maine & A World Cup Pride Match
It's Day 7 of Pride, and today's theme is refusing to back down. Host Zach Randles-Friedman covers seven fresh LGBTQ+ stories: an 81-year-old Catholic nun…
Listen Up GirlEp. 274: LGBTQ+ Candidates Sweep California, Trans Athlete's Supreme Court Fight & More | June 6, 2026
Listen Up Girl | LGBTQ+ Daily News | Saturday, June 6, 2026 — Day 6 of Pride Today on Listen Up Girl, six fresh stories for Day 6 of Pride Month. California…