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  • Ep. 300: WPATH Sued, Kansas Revokes Trans IDs & Gay Men Face Deportation to Iran

    Ep. 300: WPATH Sued, Kansas Revokes Trans IDs & Gay Men Face Deportation to Iran
    2026/07/02
    Episode 300 of Listen Up Girl — your daily LGBTQ+ news podcast. Tonight: LGBTQ+ legal advocates are openly questioning the strategy of bringing trans rights cases to the Supreme Court following Tuesday's ruling upholding state bans on transgender athletes. Kansas has invalidated the driver's licenses of 1,700 transgender residents under SB 244 — and one trans woman was nearly jailed over it before charges were dropped. The FTC and four Republican state attorneys general have sued WPATH, the world's leading transgender health organization, in what advocates are calling an assault on the entire medical infrastructure around gender-affirming care. Two gay Iranian men face deportation to a country where homosexuality is punishable by death. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries shows up at the Equality PAC National Pride Gala and makes a public commitment to stand with the community. And Keke Palmer comes out. Three hundred episodes in. We are not going anywhere. New episodes every day. Hosted by Zach Randles-Friedman. Follow: @TheRealZachRE 🎙️ Subscribe | ⭐ Leave a Review | 📲 Share This Episode Timestamps: 0:00 — Intro / Episode 300 1:00 — SCOTUS Fallout: Is the Litigation Strategy Working? 3:10 — Kansas Revokes 1,700 Trans Driver's Licenses 5:20 — FTC Sues WPATH 7:30 — Two Gay Iranian Men Face Deportation to Iran 9:40 — Hakeem Jeffries at Equality PAC Pride Gala 11:10 — Keke Palmer Comes Out 12:00 — Outro SHOW NOTES SEGMENT 1: After the Ruling — LGBTQ Advocates Are Asking Hard Questions Following the Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling upholding state bans on transgender athletes in women's sports, a debate has broken out within the LGBTQ+ legal community about whether bringing certain cases before this Court was a strategic mistake. A Washington Post analysis published July 1, 2026 examines how a series of trans rights cases — on youth healthcare, parental notification, and now athletes — have produced sweeping precedents that advocates worry could constrain the movement for years. The ruling, authored by the conservative majority, found that state bans do not violate Title IX or the Equal Protection Clause. Justice Sotomayor dissented, writing that categorical bans that exclude every transgender girl regardless of individual circumstances are about exclusion, not fairness. GLAD Law, Lambda Legal, and the ACLU have all emphasized that the ruling does not require states to ban trans athletes — and that inclusive state-level policies remain legal. Source: Washington Post, July 1, 2026; GLAD Law statement on West Virginia v. BPJ; Common Dreams, July 1, 2026 SEGMENT 2: Kansas Is Revoking Trans People's Driver's Licenses Kansas Senate Bill 244, enacted in early 2026 over Democratic Governor Laura Kelly's veto, immediately invalidated the driver's licenses of approximately 1,700 transgender Kansans who had previously updated their gender markers. The law also bans transgender people from using bathrooms in government buildings that align with their gender identity and creates a private right of action allowing any person to sue a trans individual they suspect of violating the bathroom provision for $1,000 in damages. Trans Kansans received letters with no grace period stating their licenses were invalid immediately. Kris Ripper, a trans woman, was pulled over by police in May and threatened with criminal charges related to her license status — charges that were dropped this week. The ACLU, the ACLU of Kansas, and Ballard Spahr LLP have filed suit challenging SB 244 in Douglas County District Court, arguing it violates the Kansas Constitution's guarantees of personal autonomy, privacy, equality under the law, due process, and freedom of expression. Source: ACLU press release, February 27, 2026; LGBTQ Nation, June 2026; NPR/KCUR, February 28, 2026; NBC News, March 4, 2026 SEGMENT 3: The FTC and State AGs Are Suing WPATH The Federal Trade Commission, joined by the attorneys general of Texas, Alaska, Iowa, and Nebraska, has filed a lawsuit against the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). The suit alleges that WPATH violated the FTC Act through deceptive practices — specifically, that it misrepresented evidence supporting gender-affirming care for minors, including by overstating its role in reducing suicide risk and understating long-term medical side effects. FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. both issued statements applauding the suit. Legal observers and healthcare advocates have noted that WPATH is a nonprofit medical advocacy organization, not a commercial seller, and that its standards of care are supported by the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and every other major medical association in the United States. Critics have also flagged that the suit was filed in the Northern District of Texas — where the DOJ has centralized much of its legal campaign against gender-affirming ...
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  • Ep. 299: SCOTUS Trans Sports Ruling, HRC Report, Shevrin Jones & Scott Wiener | Listen Up Girl

    Ep. 299: SCOTUS Trans Sports Ruling, HRC Report, Shevrin Jones & Scott Wiener | Listen Up Girl
    2026/07/01

    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 states from banning transgender girls and women from school sports teams. Justice Brett Kavanaugh authored the majority opinion in the combined West Virginia and Idaho cases, concluding that Title IX permits states to separate teams by biological sex. The ruling directly upholds bans in those two states but is expected to extend to roughly 25 others with similar laws, while liberal justices dissented sharply on the constitutional question.

    The episode then shifts to the HRC Foundation's Pride in the Marketplace 2026 report, showing LGBTQ+ consumers — representing $1.4 trillion in spending power — actively rewarding inclusive brands and pulling back from ones seen as retreating. Zach covers two history-making congressional campaigns: Florida's Shevrin Jones, seeking to become the state's first openly gay member of Congress, and San Francisco's Scott Wiener, who advanced to a runoff to succeed Nancy Pelosi and vowed to "go to the mat" for trans rights. The episode also covers a same-day federal hearing on class-action certification in the lawsuit challenging the transgender military ban, an international update on Dutch PM Rob Jetten's upcoming wedding, and the release of the Heartstopper Forever trailer ahead of its July 17 premiere.

    Hosted by Zach Randles-Friedman

    https://www.listenupgirl.com/

    Follow me at https://www.instagram.com/therealzachre/

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  • Ep. 298: Pride Month Finale: Illinois Trans Laws, Marriage Equality at 11 & Robin Byrd - June 30, 2026

    Ep. 298: Pride Month Finale: Illinois Trans Laws, Marriage Equality at 11 & Robin Byrd - June 30, 2026
    2026/06/30

    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 rights legislation before joining the Chicago Pride Parade that afternoon. HB 5095 strengthens the process for trans people to update the gender marker on their state IDs to male, female, or X. HB 5492 mandates that insurance companies cover up to a six-month supply of prescribed hormone therapy and necessary self-administration supplies — both laws take effect January 1, 2027. A third bill, HB 4834, updates Illinois' Prescription Monitoring Program to remove testosterone from the monitored list and bar the future addition of estrogen, mifepristone, and misoprostol. Illinois continues to lead on trans rights even as other states move in the opposite direction.

    Marriage Equality at 11 — And Still Standing
    The 11th anniversary of Obergefell v. Hodges just passed on June 26th, and this year it carries extra weight: the Supreme Court was directly asked to overturn Obergefell and declined. The Human Rights Campaign called it a reaffirmation that every family deserves equal protection under law. But a new Gallup poll adds sobering context — national support for same-sex marriage has dropped from 71% to around 65%, with Republican support falling from 55% to 37% in just four years. Support for trans rights among Republicans has dropped from 22% to 5% over five years. Obergefell stands. The fight doesn't stop.

    Robin Byrd Gets Her Flowers
    Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story premieres tonight on Prime Video. From 1977 to 1998, bisexual icon Robin Byrd hosted a sex-positive, anything-goes call-in show on New York City public access television — bringing on adult film stars, exotic dancers, and people of all genders and sexualities at a time when queer visibility was radical, especially during the AIDS crisis. The documentary dropping on the last day of Pride Month 2026 is a fitting tribute to a woman who was building queer community on cable access long before anyone called it activism.

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    Hosted by Zach Randles-Friedman

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