Air Date: 7-7-2017
Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: Norman Spack How I help transgender teens become who they want to be - @TEDTalks - Air Date 4-16-14
Ch. 3: Song 1: Luriana Lurilee - Ben McElroy
Ch. 5: Song 2: Body Was Made - Ezra Furman
Ch. 6: Act 3: The eager child: informed consent and watchful waiting - @TransAdvocate - Air Date 1-9-17
Ch. 7: Song 3: Rain Begins To Fall (instrumental) - Silence Is Sexy
Ch. 8: Act 4: A look at one person's experience with detransitioning - Love and Radio - Air Date 2-27-17
Ch. 9: Song 4: Take Me There instrumental 03-12 - Silence Is Sexy
Ch. 10: Act 5: #DearBetsy: Enforce Title IX to Protect Students via @TransEquality - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 11: Song 5: Activism - Shihan
Ch. 12: Act 6: There is no universal experience of women - #PoliticallyReactive with @wkamaubell and @harikondabolu - Air Date 6-22-17
Ch. 13: Final comments on how to normalize positivity, support and nuance in the discussion of gender dysphoria
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
Activism:
TAKE ACTION
Tell the Dept. of Ed that Title IX must be Federally enforced with #DearBetsy
Learn more about the impacts of the Title IX guideline roll backs with National Center for Transgender Equality’s School Action Center
EDUCATE YOURSELF
The Simple, Self-Evident Truths Of Transgender Kids, Equality And Title IX (Huffington Post)
Trump administration rolls back protections for transgender students (Washington Post)
The Trump administration is systematically dismantling Title IX (Think Progress)
Betsy DeVos Confirmation Hearings Spark Title IX Concerns (Teen Vogue)
DeVos says it’s ‘premature’ to commit to following Title IX guidance on campus sexual assault (Think Progress)
Parents of Transgender Kids Meet With Education Secretary Betsy DeVos (NBC News)
Trump administration withdraws federal protections for transgender students (CNN)
Written by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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Ijeoma Oluo has done a lot of great work on several formats to explain the lack of professionalism in the way and context of the piece and the organization. A couple of summative pieces include this article:
https://theestablishment.co/when-your-words-are-weapons-feeb806298fb
and this video:
https://www.facebook.com/ijeoma.oluo/videos/10154498233832676/