Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of Left Podcast.

This is a sample of our recent bonus episode, usually only available to members.

These episodes are comprised of our crew of researchers, Amanda and myself all getting

together for a roundtable discussion on topics that we find interesting.

So here's a few minutes for free so you can know what all the fuss is about.

Amanda had a realization recently that she has an interesting insight on what it's like to be trans.

I don't think she would appreciate me framing it that way.

Yeah, definitely not.

Yeah.

But all will make sense when she reveals her insight.

Oh, man.

After she's done rolling her eyes.

Yeah, I have no idea and could never possibly.

So let's just put that out there.

But I did have a realization that helped me maybe more deeply understand the importance of

trans women being included as women and trans women being included as men.

That's where the clarity came in.

I'd already agreed with that.

I already supported that but I had this additional level of understanding.

So maybe I mentioned on the show before I have something called the Desmoin tumor and it's a

rare disease and it's a type of soft tissue tumor.

And even though patients with Desmoids undergo chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, all sorts of

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