GETTING CURIOUS | How Can We Support Intersex Rights? with Alicia Roth Weigel

Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

Sony Music

Science, Self-improvement, Comedy, Education, Society & Culture

4.9 • 21.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

It’s a new week—and we’re debuting a new series! Welcome to Curious Now, where every other Monday, we’ll be covering topical issues like elections, climate change, LGBTQIA+ rights, and beyond. For our premiere episode, we’re honored to be back in conversation with Alicia Roth Weigel, a beloved Getting Curious guest who is advocating for intersex rights. We discuss how recent anti-trans legislation also affects intersex people, and what it looks like to protect the “I” in LGBTQIA+. We get into our conversation with Alicia 10 minutes into the episode, so skip to then if you simply can’t wait to hear from her! For more information on the news stories we covered this week, head to @curiouswithjvn on Instagram. Alicia Roth Weigel is a writer and activist working to improve the political and social landscape for marginalized populations in the South and worldwide through her firm, Intrepida Strategy. As a partner for the Pride Fund, Alicia is raising and deploying capital to grow LGBTQIA+-led companies in Texas and beyond. A Human Rights Commissioner for the City of Austin, she continually advocates for the rights of intersex people like her. You can follow Alicia on Instagram @xoxy_alicia. Make sure to order her new book Inverse Cowgirl: A Memoir, watch the documentary Every Body, and read fellow intersex activist Pidgeon Pagonis' book Nobody Needs To Know. And check out Alicia's first episode of Getting Curious. Tune in next Monday for the premiere episode of our other new series Pretty Curious, all about beauty! And don’t worry—Getting Curious isn’t going anywhere. We’ll still be releasing new episodes every Wednesday! Follow us on Instagram @CuriousWithJVN to join the conversation. Jonathan is on Instagram @JVN. Transcripts for each episode are available at JonathanVanNess.com. Find books from Getting Curious, Curious Now, and Pretty Curious guests at bookshop.org/shop/curiouswithjvn. Our executive producer is Erica Getto. Our producer is Chris McClure. Our associate producer is Allison Weiss. Our engineer is Nathanael McClure. Our theme music is also composed by Nathanael McClure. Production support from Julie Carrillo, Anne Currie, and Chad Hall. Curious about bringing your brand to life on the show? Email [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Curious Now, I'm Jonathan Van Ness, and every other week I sit down
0:14.8	with a brilliant expert to go beyond the headlines.
0:18.2	Y'all, welcome to our first episode of Curious Now.
0:21.5	Starting this show has been a dream of mine.
0:24.3	Since launching Getting Curious in 2015,
0:26.8	we've done over 300 episodes,
0:29.6	but we don't always have the chance to keep up
0:31.6	with some of our stories, some of the things that we've gotten curious about over these last seven years.
0:36.7	And we also don't get the chance to break new stories.
0:39.6	So we are so excited to be here with you in a more real-time way.
0:44.4	So on Curious Now, we'll be giving you some headlines at the top.
0:48.5	Then we'll cut to an interview and then we'll be answering some listener questions.
0:52.2	So we're giving you a little bit of a different format from Getting Curious
0:55.2	and we are so excited to switch it up.
0:57.9	Now, for our premiere episode, we're catching up with one of our favorite getting curious guests.
1:03.6	She's a fellow Texan, she's an intersex rights activist,
1:07.2	and someone I'm honored to call a friend.
1:09.2	Her new book, Inverse Cowgirl, is coming out now.
1:13.2	Welcome to the show, Alicia Roth Weigall.
1:15.7	If you want to skip to that convo,
1:17.4	head to the episode description for more info on how far to skip ahead.
1:20.8	But for now, let's get over to our news desk. Hello Jonathan.
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