Anti-Trans Legislation and Trans Women in Sports featuring TransLash Media, Plus Bodily Autonomy, the Culture Wars, and the Legacy of Shirley Chisholm

Our Body Politic

Diaspora Farms, LLC

News Commentary, Documentary, Society & Culture, Government, News

4.8 • 658 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

This week, Our Body Politic finishes its month-long series 'Our Body Politic Presents' with TransLash Media, where trans people and allies talk back about what matters most and discuss how to create a fairer world for all. Host Imara Jones interviews journalist Zoë Schiffer of NBC to discuss what’s going on behind the scenes at Netflix after Dave Chappelle’s special 'The Closer' was criticized as transphobic and how employees are organizing and speaking out. The TransLash team investigates the origins of the movement to ban trans women from sports — and the right-wing group driving the effort. On the weekly roundtable 'Sippin' the Political Tea', Farai is joined by regular contributor Errin Haines of the 19th and Imara Jones of TransLash Media to explore trans rights, the culture wars, and Black woman leadership.

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0:00.0	Hi, folks, we are so glad that you're listening to Our Body Politic.
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0:26.1	We are here for you, with you, and because of you.
0:30.2	Thank you.
0:32.1	This is Our Body Politics.
0:33.9	I'm Farai Chidea.
0:35.6	For the month of January,
0:36.9	we're bringing you fresh voices from the
0:38.4	podcasting world in our series Our Body Politics Presents. This week, we bring you work by Translash Media.
0:45.5	Amara Jones is the host and producer of the Translash podcast, and her work has won prestigious
0:50.6	awards, including the Emmy and P Body. In 2019, Jones chaired the United Nations
0:56.2	first ever high-level meeting on gender diversity. As America grapples with a multifaceted
1:02.2	culture war, transgender rights have drawn political fire. There has been a cascade of legislation,
1:08.5	nearly 150 anti-trans bills in state houses across the country in
1:13.5	2021, for example. And more states are considering new legislation this year. The October release of
1:20.1	Dave Chappelle's special The Closer brought transgender rights into focus from a different direction,
1:25.0	culture. In his special, the comedian declared himself a turf,
1:29.1	which is shorthand for trans-exclusionary radical feminist. Other celebrities, including Harry Potter
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