Girl, Interrupted

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🗓️ 23 June 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Donald Trump recently marveled that talking about trans rights whips his supporters into a frenzy far more effectively than economic issues like tax cuts do. He and other Republican leaders are (thus!) intensifying attacks on trans kids, banning health-care procedures and trying to separate them from their parents. The politics and discourse in some parts of the U.S. have left families with trans children little choice but to pack up their belongings and move to more welcoming places. Twelve-year-old trans activist and author Kai Shappley and her mother Kimberly left their home state of Texas and relocated to Connecticut less than a year ago. They join host Brian Beutler to talk about why they had to move, what it’s like being targeted by the state for gender expression, and how the Biden administration can better support girls like Kai.

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0:00.0	Crooked Media's award-winning podcast, This Land, is back with a bonus episode delving
0:05.0	into the recent Supreme Court ruling on Halen vs. Breckine and the Constitutional Battles
0:09.5	surrounding the Indian Child Welfare Act.
0:12.3	Host Rebecca Nagel dissects this pivotal court case in season 2, revealing how the far
0:16.5	right is trying to use native children to chip away at American Indian tribes and their
0:22.0	sovereignty rights.
0:23.8	That case, Halen vs. Breckine aimed to strike down the Indian Child Welfare Act and undermine
0:29.2	tribal sovereignty, but the Supreme Court's decision was a stunning defeat for the plaintiffs.
0:34.2	The episode is out now, and you can listen to this episode plus the first two seasons
0:38.4	of this land wherever you get your podcasts.
1:01.3	Hello and welcome to Positively Dreadful with me, your host, Brian Boyler.
1:06.3	The other day, Donald Trump said something characteristic for him, but unusually revealing
1:11.8	about how he kind of feels around for talking points that keep his supporters agitated
1:18.7	and mobilized.
1:20.2	He said, it's amazing how strongly people feel about that, referring to the conversation
1:26.4	about trans rights.
1:27.8	He says, I'm talking about cutting taxes and people get bored.
1:32.2	I talk about transgender, everyone goes crazy.
1:36.4	Who would have thought five years ago you didn't know what the hell it was?
1:41.4	Everyone goes crazy.
1:43.3	That was his basic takeaway, and that's kind of how it's been going on that side of the
1:48.1	aisle for a while now.
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