Hey there, it's Amara.

Welcome to the Translash podcast, a show where retail trans stories to save trans lives.

Well, we are in the midst of Halloween, that season where everyone is dressing up and trick- treating and doing all things related to horror and

things that are scary and also a lot of parties.

And this is generally a really important time of the year for trans people.

It's the time when so many of us growing up had the ability to be able to transform our

gender or even as we were getting older to be able to embody different versions of ourselves

to see what felt right, the ability to be able to be ourselves fully without anyone questioning

it. And there's nothing that embodies all of that like Broadway, which is

sort of Halloween every single night. So it was an absolute treat for me recently to be able to go

see Angelica Ross and her amazing role as Roxy on Broadway, actually the first trans person to play a lead role in a major

legacy musical. And so we'll talk to Angelica about what it's like to embody this character

night after night. And what playing this role has meant for her and what she thinks it means

for our community.

You know, I was being told, well, girl, I mean, as a trans woman, that's about as good as it can get,

and I had the audacity to feel like I wanted more.

But before we get to that interview, where we actually pill back the curtain on some really important realities,

let's celebrate some trans joy.

Hi there. Yep, it's still me, Amara, but I'm coming to you in the middle of this program with a really important message about a vital effort that we're undertaking this month at Translash.

While we're on the subject of bringing who we are fully into the world, a key part of that is

a course control over our bodies, being able to decide how we present them, what we do with them,

and whatever we need to do to feel

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