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Zach Randles-Friedman
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  1. 1h ago

    Ep. 389: Trans Sports Ban Fast-Track, Gay Couple Sues in Maine & Hunter Schafer on UK Bathrooms

    Today on Listen Up Girl, the Alliance Defending Freedom asks the Supreme Court to fast-track a national trans sports ban through its emergency docket. Military and veteran spouses of trans kids tell Congress that anti-trans policy is pushing experienced service members out. A trans woman sues Tennessee after the state refuses to match her license to her Illinois birth certificate. A married gay couple sues a solar company in Maine, alleging harassment and retaliation. Hunter Schafer takes on the UK's bathroom guidance. And Isaac Humphries, one of the few men to come out while playing top-tier basketball, retires at 28. Hosted by Zach Randles-Friedman https://www.listenupgirl.com/ Follow me at https://www.instagram.com/therealzachre/ Podcast music: https://dillonderosa.com/ Thank you Dillion!!! GayBFF: the app where making LGBTQ+ friends is finally as easy as swiping — no dating pressure, just your people. https://gaybff.app/ https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gaybff-make-real-friends/id6795699619 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    Ep. 389: Trans Sports Ban Fast-Track, Gay Couple Sues in Maine & Hunter Schafer on UK Bathrooms

  2. 1d ago

    Ep. 388: SCOTUS Protects Trans Inmates' Care, Judge Threatened & Russia Hunts Gay Journalist

    Today on Listen Up Girl, the Supreme Court votes 7-2 to keep gender-affirming care in place for trans people in federal prisons. Federal Judge Ana Reyes says her family received death threats after the president called her a "crazed lunatic" over a D.C. golf course case. Russia puts gay journalist Vadim Vaganov on a wanted list. An Arizona man faces terrorism charges after allegedly threatening a Pride parade. Georgia's attorney general investigates the "woke-free" beer company whose customers never got their orders. And Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten and fiancé Nicolás Keenan are expecting a baby. Chapters 0:00 Cold Open 0:47 Supreme Court Keeps Trans Inmates' Care in Place 2:40 Judge Ana Reyes Receives Death Threats 4:31 Russia Targets Gay Journalist Vadim Vaganov 6:07 Arizona Pride Parade Threat Arrest 7:49 The "Woke-Free" Beer That Never Arrived 9:10 Dutch PM Rob Jetten Expecting a Baby 10:16 Outro New episodes every day. Subscribe, rate, and share. listenupgirl.com | @TheRealZachRE Hosted by Zach Randles-Friedman https://www.listenupgirl.com/ Follow me at https://www.instagram.com/therealzachre/ Podcast music: https://dillonderosa.com/ Thank you Dillion!!! GayBFF: the app where making LGBTQ+ friends is finally as easy as swiping — no dating pressure, just your people. https://gaybff.app/ https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gaybff-make-real-friends/id6795699619 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    Ep. 388: SCOTUS Protects Trans Inmates' Care, Judge Threatened & Russia Hunts Gay Journalist

  3. 4d ago

    Ep. 387: LGBTQ+ News: Alabama Trans Candidates, St. Pete Pride, GameStop Lawsuit | Listen Up Girl

    Alabama's Republican Party chair called two transgender state House candidates "mental disorders." Ally Montgomery and Terri Osborne answered with a question about groceries, gas, and rent. Today on Listen Up Girl: how two trans Democrats are turning anti-trans attacks into an affordability argument ahead of November 3. Also today: St. Pete Pride, Florida's largest Pride celebration, launches a $289,000 fundraiser after its biggest drop in corporate sponsorship and a new state law targeting local diversity spending. A new report estimates Japan's lack of LGBTQ+ protections costs its economy $37 to $101 billion a year. A gay former GameStop employee in Brooklyn sues, saying he was fired the day after the coworker who threatened him was let go. And Hacks star Jean Smart officiates the wedding of co-star Mark Indelicato and David Watson. Hosted by Zach Randles-Friedman https://www.listenupgirl.com/ Follow me at https://www.instagram.com/therealzachre/ Podcast music: https://dillonderosa.com/ Thank you Dillion!!! GayBFF: the app where making LGBTQ+ friends is finally as easy as swiping — no dating pressure, just your people. https://gaybff.app/ https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gaybff-make-real-friends/id6795699619 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    Ep. 387: LGBTQ+ News: Alabama Trans Candidates, St. Pete Pride, GameStop Lawsuit | Listen Up Girl

  4. 5d ago

    Ep. 386: Musk Bankrolls Paxton, NHS Restricts Trans Patients, Harry Potter Gala Protest | LGBTQ+ News

    Elon Musk just put $158 million behind Ken Paxton's Senate campaign in Texas, and in the same week, someone texted Republican voters while posing as a trans rights group. On this Sunday episode of Listen Up Girl, Zach Randles-Friedman breaks down the money and the texts, plus NHS England's new rules for trans patients and staff, a protest at the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child gala in London, a conservative Catholic dad's message about his trans daughter, and a look back at Dragazine, the drag zine that came before drag TV. Listen Up Girl is a daily LGBTQ+ news podcast. New episodes every day. 🔗 listenupgirl.com 📱 Follow @TheRealZachRE everywhere Hosted by Zach Randles-Friedman https://www.listenupgirl.com/ Follow me at https://www.instagram.com/therealzachre/ Podcast music: https://dillonderosa.com/ Thank you Dillion!!! GayBFF: the app where making LGBTQ+ friends is finally as easy as swiping — no dating pressure, just your people. https://gaybff.app/ https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gaybff-make-real-friends/id6795699619 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    Ep. 386: Musk Bankrolls Paxton, NHS Restricts Trans Patients, Harry Potter Gala Protest | LGBTQ+ News

  5. 5d ago

    Ep. 385: Texas GOP Says Anti-Trans Ads Aren't Working, Rainbow Crosswalk Fights | Listen Up Girl

    Today on Listen Up Girl: two anti-trans measures on Colorado's November ballot that opponents say could reach every kid in the state, a former Texas House speaker admitting his party's anti-trans ads aren't working, Ukraine naming LGBTQ+ people in its new National Human Rights Strategy, the fight over painted-over rainbow crosswalks in Swampscott, Massachusetts, a Florida drag queen turning Miami Beach's removed crosswalk into Pride funding, a FIFA report on homophobic abuse at the World Cup, and a goodbye to Argentine trans trailblazer Ana Lupez. New episodes every day. Follow, subscribe, rate, and review. listenupgirl.com | @TheRealZachRE Hosted by Zach Randles-Friedman https://www.listenupgirl.com/ Follow me at https://www.instagram.com/therealzachre/ Podcast music: https://dillonderosa.com/ Thank you Dillion!!! GayBFF: the app where making LGBTQ+ friends is finally as easy as swiping — no dating pressure, just your people. https://gaybff.app/ https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gaybff-make-real-friends/id6795699619 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    Ep. 385: Texas GOP Says Anti-Trans Ads Aren't Working, Rainbow Crosswalk Fights | Listen Up Girl

  6. Oct 16

    Ep. 384: Texas School Cancels Little Shop, Meta Pays Anti-LGBTQ+ Creators | LGBTQ+ News

    Today on Listen Up Girl: A federal judge orders Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to answer questions under oath about his anti-trans statements in the lawsuit challenging the trans military ban, and warns a deposition is next if he dodges. Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, the first openly bisexual senator, is reportedly backing Republican Jay Feely, who's campaigning on anti-trans sports politics in Arizona. Hungary's parliament repeals the anti-LGBTQ+ provisions of Viktor Orbán's 2021 "child protection" law. A Texas school district cancels Little Shop of Horrors after a girl is cast as Seymour. An investigation finds Meta is paying at least 29 anti-LGBTQ+ creators through its monetization program. And Chick-fil-A's CEO is asked about the company's record and talks about hospitality instead. Hosted by Zach Randles-Friedman https://www.listenupgirl.com/ Follow me at https://www.instagram.com/therealzachre/ Podcast music: https://dillonderosa.com/ Thank you Dillion!!! GayBFF: the app where making LGBTQ+ friends is finally as easy as swiping — no dating pressure, just your people. https://gaybff.app/ https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gaybff-make-real-friends/id6795699619 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    Ep. 384: Texas School Cancels Little Shop, Meta Pays Anti-LGBTQ+ Creators | LGBTQ+ News

  7. Oct 15

    Ep. 383: Talarico's Flu Becomes a Smear, Stonewall Museum Denied & Senegal Arrests | LGBTQ News

    Vote for my podcast for the Listeners Choice Award: Everything and Anything and a bit gay: https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting#/2026/shows/genre/lgbtq  James Talarico took nine days off the campaign trail with the flu. A senior administration adviser responded by suggesting he'd had bottom surgery, and the vice president followed with a gay joke at a Texas airport. Today on Listen Up Girl: what the smear campaign against Texas's Democratic Senate candidate says about who it's really aimed at. Also today: Broward County denies the Stonewall National Museum, Archives & Library an operating grant ahead of Florida's anti-DEI law. Human Rights Watch documents hundreds of arrests, forced HIV testing, and frightened lawyers in Senegal. A Michigan jury awards more than $4 million to two TV news managers fired over a "both sides" Pride coverage memo. Sonoma Valley High School students walk out after their board takes down a Pride flag that flew since 2019. And we remember Lucian Piane, the producer behind the early sound of RuPaul's Drag Race. Today is Spirit Day. Wear purple. If you're a young person who's struggling, call or text 988. Hosted by Zach Randles-Friedman https://www.listenupgirl.com/ Follow me at https://www.instagram.com/therealzachre/ Podcast music: https://dillonderosa.com/ Thank you Dillion!!! GayBFF: the app where making LGBTQ+ friends is finally as easy as swiping — no dating pressure, just your people. https://gaybff.app/ https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gaybff-make-real-friends/id6795699619 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    Ep. 383: Talarico's Flu Becomes a Smear, Stonewall Museum Denied & Senegal Arrests | LGBTQ News

  8. Oct 14

    Ep. 382: Ohio Dems Silence Their Pride Caucus & a Trans Woman Deported to Africa | Listen Up Girl

    Two trans members of the Ohio Democratic Party's Pride Caucus resign within 24 hours, saying party leaders blocked them from sharing a statement supporting the party's own candidate for governor. Today on Listen Up Girl: what happens when a party asks its Pride Caucus to stay quiet. Also today: Army Reserve Lt. Nic Talbott, lead plaintiff against the trans military ban, receives his separation paperwork even though he won in the appeals court. Daniela Fuentes, a trans woman who built a life in Miami, is deported to the Central African Republic and says she now hides to survive. A new HRC Foundation survey finds 85% of LGBTQ+ adults living openly despite the political climate. A data analysis shows this summer's WNBA trans debate was driven by a handful of accounts chasing engagement. And a new biography restores 17th-century poet Katherine Philips, the Welsh Sappho, to the lesbian literary canon. Hosted by Zach Randles-Friedman https://www.listenupgirl.com/ Follow me at https://www.instagram.com/therealzachre/ Podcast music: https://dillonderosa.com/ Thank you Dillion!!! GayBFF: the app where making LGBTQ+ friends is finally as easy as swiping — no dating pressure, just your people. https://gaybff.app/ https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gaybff-make-real-friends/id6795699619 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    Ep. 382: Ohio Dems Silence Their Pride Caucus & a Trans Woman Deported to Africa | Listen Up Girl
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  • Creator
    Zach Randles-Friedman
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    392
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