Air Date: 3-29-2025

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You might not be trans yourself but that's just like how coal miners aren't canaries because when they saw that the canaries were under threat, they knew the danger was all around them. Fascists always start with those who are the easiest to dehumanize, but they never stop there.

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: The Threat of Project 2025 on LGBTQ+ Rights - The Blueprint with Jen Psaki - Air Date 9-16-24

KP 2: The fight to protect LGBTQ+ rights from Trump - Politics Weekly America - Air Date 1-31-25

KP 3: Ezra Young on Trans Rights Law, Anne Sosin on RFK Jr. and Rural Health - CounterSpin - Air Date 2-7-25

KP 4: The Rights About-Turn on Parental Rights - Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick - Air Date 11-30-24

KP 5: Humanizing Trans People Laverne Cox - The Majority Report - Air Date 3-23-25

KP 6: Imperialism and Totalitarianism Go Hand in Hand M. Gessen on Trumps Policies at Home & Abroad - Democracy Now! - Air Date 3-14-25

KP 7: The Fight for Trans Futures - In The Thick - Air Date 12-12-24

KP 8: Know Your LGBTQIA+ Rights with Chase Strangio - At Liberty - Air Date 2-13-25

(01:02:12) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On the launch of SOLVED!

DEEPER DIVES

(01:10:48) SECTION A: POLICY ROLLSBACKS

A1: How is sex determined Scientists say it's complicated - Short Wave - Air Date 3-12-25

A2: Iowas Trans Protections Reversed, the Pentagon Targets Trans Troops & Paul Tazewell Makes Black Queer History at the Oscars - Queer News - Air Date 3-3-25

A3: The Rights About-Turn on Parental Rights Part 2 - Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick - Air Date 11-30-24

A4: Iowas Trans Protections Reversed, the Pentagon Targets Trans Troops & Paul Tazewell Makes Black Queer History at the Oscars Part 2 - Queer News - Air Date 3-3-25

A5: Gender-Affirming Care Gets Its Day at SCOTUS - Boom! Lawyered - Air Date 12-4-24

(01:47:25) SECTION B: DEHUMANIZATION

B1: Trans Rights Under Trump Katelyn Burns - The Majority Report - Air Date 3-12-25

B2: Know Your LGBTQIA+ Rights with Chase Strangio Part 2 - At Liberty - Air Date 2-13-25

B3: Gender-Affirming Care Gets Its Day at SCOTUS Part 2 - Boom! Lawyered - Air Date 12-4-24

B4: Trump Drops Eric Adams Charges, And Stonewall's Trans History - Brian Lehrer A Daily Podcast - Air Date 2-14-25

B5: Humanizing Trans People Laverne Cox Part 2 - The Majority Report - Air Date 3-23-25

(02:25:13) SECTION C: HISTORICAL ATTACKS

C1: Hungary Viktor Orban Bans Woke Pride Marches in Anti-LGBTQ Crackdown - Firstpost America - Air Date 3-20-25

C2: How the British Empire Exported Homophobia - Empires of Dirt - Air Date 11-5-20

C3: Persecution and Resistance LGBTIQ+ People Under Nazi Rule - United Nations Outreach Programme on the Holocaust - Air Date 11-25-24

C4: LGBTQ Persecution in the United States Lavender Scare DOCUMENTARY - The Cold War - Air Date 6-4-22

C5: Persecution and Resistance LGBTIQ+ People Under Nazi Rule Part 2 - United Nations Outreach Programme on the Holocaust - Air Date 11-25-24

(02:59:41) SECTION D: STORIES 

D1: The fight to protect LGBTQ+ rights from Trump Part 2 - Politics Weekly America - Air Date 1-31-25

D2: Gender is a negotiation whether you realize it or not. - It's Been a Minute - Air Date 3-12-25

D3: Radically centering trans teens with Nico Lang - Everyday Trans Activism - Air Date 10-1-24

D4: Gender is a negotiation whether you realize it or not. Part 2 - It's Been a Minute - Air Date 3-12-25

(03:29:55) SECTION E: TRANS JOY AND RESISTANCE 

E1: Know Your LGBTQIA+ Rights with Chase Strangio Part 3 - At Liberty - Air Date 2-13-25

E2: Sam Nordquist deserves justice, Montanas big win for trans rights & MSNBCs Historic LGBTQ Move - Queer News - Air Date 3-10-25

E3: New Administration - Trans Joycast - Air Date 2-8-25

E4: Future Allyship - Supporting Trans Communities - T Break - Air Date 11-18-24

E5: The Fight for Trans Futures Part 2 - In The Thick - Air Date 12-12-24

LGBTQ under attack

Description: A photo of people and NPS Park Rangers waving pride flags on a street in NYC holding a banner that says Stonewall National Monument - National Park Service

Credit: “NYC Gay Pride March along West 8th Street” by Elvert Barnes, Flickr | License: CC BY-SA 2.0

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