Ep. 347: The Gay Bit: Why Your Midterm Vote Matters for LGBTQ+ Rights, Inflation & the Iran War

In a rare serious episode of the Gay Bit, Zach Randles-Friedman makes his final pre-election case for voting in the November 3 midterms. He covers the first-ever anti-trans measures to go directly to voters, including Missouri’s Amendment 3, Colorado’s measures, and Arizona’s HCR 2003, along with Virginia’s vote to remove its constitutional same-sex marriage ban and the flood of anti-LGBTQ+ bills filed in 2026. He also covers what everyone is feeling: inflation back up to 3.7%, record diesel prices, and a costly Iran war now in its eighth month. Zach reminds listeners how confident polls were in 2016, and that the race came down to fewer than 78,000 votes across three states. His message is simple: every vote counts, so make a plan and go vote.

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