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(2016/06/10) The damage we’re doing (Anti-Trans Legislation)

Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

Jay Tomlinson

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.53.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2016

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Edition #1020

Today we take a look at the ongoing struggle to secure civil rights equality for trans people in states that are determined to stoke bigotry based on ignorance and fear

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Show Notes

Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill

Ch. 2: Act 1: Here's The Truth About The Anti-LGBT "Bathroom Predator" Myth - Media Matters (@MMFA) - Air Date 4-12-16

Ch. 3: Song 1: Police On My Back - The Clash


Ch. 4: Act 2: Professionals speak on the importance of supporting trans kids - @GAY_USAtv - Air Date 4-13-16

Ch. 5: Song 2: Kids - MGMT


Ch. 6: Act 3: Chase Strangio on the state and federal governments lawsuits against each other - @HumorlessQueers - Air Date 5-13-16

Ch. 7: Song 3: I got your back - Bara Heiða


Ch. 8: Act 4: Debunking Five Right-Wing Myths That Fuel Bathroom Bills - Popaganda from @BitchMedia - Air Date 5-5-16

Ch. 9: Song 4: N/A


Ch. 10: Act 5: Chase Strangio on the lies about bathroom bills and the damage they do - @HumorlessQueers - Air Date 5-13-16

Ch. 11: Song 5: Ashamed - Deer Tick


Ch. 12: Act 6: AG Loretta Lynch speech on behalf of the federal government in response to NC bathroom law - @GAY_USAtv - Air Date 5-11-16

Ch. 13: Song 6: Directions - Josh Rouse


Ch. 14: Act 7: #FlushDiscrimination via the National Center for @TransEquality - Best of the Left Activism

Ch. 15: Song 7: This Fickle World - Theo Bard


Ch. 16: Act 8: Sarah McBride on the best trans week ever and the history of bathroom discrimination - @TalkPoverty Radio - Air Date 5-13-16


Voicemails

Ch. 17: Rick Snyder was trying to privatize the water, not save money - James in Michigan

Ch. 18: Bernie opposes Bernie or Bust - Matt from San Diego

Ch. 19: Jokes - Alan from Connecticut

Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics


Ch. 20: Final comments introducing a bonus clip about how to respond to racist jokes

Ch. 21: Bonus Clip: How Do You Handle a Racist Joke? - Decoded MTV News - Air Date: 7-1-15

Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone


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0:45.6

Now, welcome to the award-winning Best of a Left podcast with clips today from Media Matters

0:49.8

for America, Gay USA, Humorless Queers, Papaganda, Activism from the National Center for Transgender

0:56.5

Equality and Talk Poverty Radio.

0:59.5

North Carolina just passed a law banning people from using certain bathrooms that don't

1:11.1

correspond with their biological sex.

1:13.1

Fast and easily on Wednesday with unanimous support from the public.

1:15.7

So if you're a transgender woman in North Carolina, you can be required to use the men's

1:19.7

bathroom.

1:20.7

It's going to force people like me and the men's rooms, which is going to put us in a huge

1:24.0

amount of danger of physical violence and sexual assault.

1:26.6

Putting me in a women's locker room puts me at risk for violence.

1:31.0

It makes me very vulnerable.

1:32.5

Proponents of these laws claim they're needed to stop sexual predators from dressing up as

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