Episode 11: The Trans Ban

Conversations with People Who Hate Me

Dylan Marron & TED

Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Tyler Gilmore is a veteran of the Marines who vocally expressed his support for the trans ban. In this episode Dylan connects him to Maddie Makara, a veteran who served for 16 years and recently came out as a trans woman.

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Conversations with People Who Hate Me is a production of Night Vale Presents. Credits: Dylan Marron (creator, producer, host), Christy Gressman (executive producer), Vincent Cacchione (audio engineer, mixer), Rob Wilson (logo designer). Theme song: “These Dark Times” by Caged Animals.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
0:05.0	This is Tyler.
0:08.0	He's a veteran.
0:09.0	I looked up like, how long does it take to transition?
0:11.0	What happens when someone does transition?
0:13.2	And so I thought maybe it would be better if trans people weren't able to serve.
0:17.8	And this is Maddie.
0:18.9	She's also a veteran.
0:19.9	I served for 16 years in the military.
0:23.2	So the place I have in my heart for the Marines
0:26.6	is right next to the place where I feel in my core
0:28.8	that I'm trans. Hi Maddie.
0:34.0	Hello, how are you?
0:36.0	Hey listener, a quick favor.
0:38.0	We are conducting an audience survey and we'd be really grateful if you could take just a few minutes to respond.
0:43.0	Please visit survey. PRX.org slash Ted
0:47.0	to take the survey today.
0:48.6	That's survey dot PRX.
0:50.2	org slash Ted.
0:52.1	Thanks. Hey, I'm Dylan Merin, and welcome back to conversations with people who hate me.
1:07.0	The show where I move negative online conversations from inboxes, comments sections, and social media posts to phone calls.
1:14.4	Now sometimes I speak one-on-one with people who have said negative things about me on the
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