Episode 140: Anti-Trans Legislation

Coming Out Pod

Health & Fitness, Sexuality, Comedy, Mental Health

4.9 • 584 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2021

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Only three months into 2021, we've already broken our country's record for the highest number of anti-transgender bills in history; many of which are aimed at trans youth. To discuss the specifics of the anti-trans legislation that our community is currently battling, we brought back someone with a very personal connection to this fight: Episode 45 guest Dalila Ali Rajah, whose 18-year-old son, Phoenix, is trans. From puberty blockers to inclusion in sports, we shed some light on what's at stake.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all.
0:07.0	Hi.
0:08.2	Welcome to. Oh, hi. That's our guest.
0:12.4	So I guess is a little teaser.
0:14.2	Welcome to coming out with Lauren and Nicole.
0:16.7	We are a weekly podcast where we have queer folks on from all walks of life.
0:20.7	They tell us the
0:21.3	tales of how they came out to friends, family, and the world at large. Because who doesn't
0:26.1	love a coming out story wrapped in sociological issues surrounded by politics?
0:35.6	Oh man. Yeah, just that's the simple version. Okay. Yeah, yeah. So, but speaking of that, we, we do have a little diversion from our normal routine today in that, A, we have a repeat guest, Delilah Aalajah, yeah, hello, hello, hello.
0:54.9	Hey, family, thank you.
0:57.6	We're so happy to have you back.
0:59.5	Thank you for agreeing.
1:00.7	And this time, we actually have Delilah on not just as her fabulous self, but mostly for her role as the parent of a trans kid.
1:12.1	So, hello, beautiful parent of a trans kid.
1:15.5	Hello.
1:16.7	I'm so grateful to be a parent of a magical, magnificent being.
1:22.5	He is.
1:23.6	He genuinely is.
1:25.4	He really is.
1:26.6	And so the reason that we asked Leila to be back on is, well, beyond the fact that I could talk to you forever about all the things.
1:35.3	But specifically, as I'm sure most of you out there have noticed, lately in the news, there has been an enormous amount of coverage of
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