Episode 145 FREE: fewer young girls identify as L and B; being a gay footballer in Saudi Arabia; asexual rights in the UN; the Lipstick Lesbians beauty product drama.

From last week: tour through Lesbians Leap From the Archive

Drop in US younger women identifying as L or B

https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/high-school-girls-identify-lesbian-bisexual-0nvnzqnzn

Fan backlash as gay World Cup star joins Saudi club (from a month ago)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cvgyl2dvvv0o

Asexuality in the UN

https://www.qwearfashion.com/home/yasmin-benoit-makes-history-introducing-asexuality-to-the-united-nations

https://www.yasminbenoit.co.uk/

The Lipstick Lesbians drama

Background: https://web.archive.org/web/20260318060118/https://www.thecut.com/article/the-lipstick-lesbians-leaked-labs-drama-explained.html

The product

Their first response to the backlash https://www.facebook.com/thelipsticklesbians/videos/welcome-to-our-first-leakedlabs-state-of-the-union-if-we-are-going-to-build-in-p/1882470882384956/

Their second response

Their third response

Their fourth response

Julie Bindel wears Avon https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/may/06/avon-party-makeup-cosmetics-feminism