Ep. 376: What a Democratic House Could Do for Trans People | LGBTQ+ News Oct 6
Can a Democratic House actually protect trans people with the orange convicted felon still in office? Today on Listen Up Girl, Vermont Rep. Becca Balint, the only out LGBTQ+ member of the House Judiciary Committee, lays out the tools: subpoenas, oversight hearings, and the power of the purse. She also calls out Democrats running anti-trans ads.
Also today: students and teachers at Fairview High School in Pennsylvania rally behind trans homecoming queen Sammi Gutierrez, and the district refuses to bow to online backlash. Gay Punjabi makeup artist and influencer Mad Sandhu is shot and killed outside a car wash in Amritsar, India, in what police call a planned attack. Pittsburgh's Blue Moon Bar apologizes for a blackface drag performance at its weekly Open Stage, then cancels the next show after death threats. And the man who killed 17-year-old trans girl Tayy Dior Thomas in Mobile, Alabama, pleads guilty and is sentenced to 25 years, in a deal her family says falls short.
Listen Up Girl is a daily LGBTQ+ news podcast hosted by Zach Randles-Friedman. New episodes every day. 🌐 listenupgirl.com 📲 @TheRealZachRE
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5 Oct 2026
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. Advocates for Trans Equality lays off 12 workers to close a $2.4 million deficit as its union says management rejected alternatives. In Canada, the queer punk band Rougaroux walks out of a Charlottetown venue after its trans singer is blocked from the women's washroom. And Dr. Anthony Fauci receives Equality Forum's International Role Model Award for his HIV/AIDS work, presented by activist Peter Staley.
4 Oct 2026
Ep. 374: Renee Good's Wife Sues ICE Officials, Gay Men's Chorus Denied Arts Grant | Listen Up Girl
Today on Listen Up Girl: Becca Good and Renee Good's family file two federal lawsuits over Renee's killing by an ICE officer in Minneapolis, naming Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and other senior officials. Elliot Page joins the Gender Liberation Movement to demand that NYU Langone, Mount Sinai, and NewYork-Presbyterian restart gender-affirming care for trans youth and apologize to the families they turned away. The South Carolina Arts Commission denies grants to the Greenville Gay Men's Chorus and Proud Mary Theatre Company, the only two LGBTQ+ groups under review, and the chorus is weighing legal action. Dame Esther Rantzen, founder of the UK's Childline, dies at 86. Grindr buys online PrEP clinic Freddie for $250 million. And Richmond, Virginia renames a street for Vicky Hester, longtime owner of Babes of Carytown.
Listen Up Girl is a daily LGBTQ+ news podcast hosted by Zach Randles-Friedman. New episodes every day. 🌐 listenupgirl.com 📲 @TheRealZachRE
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