How the Right’s Anti-Trans Hate Machine Works

Notes from America with Kai Wright

WNYC Studios

News Commentary, Politics, History, News

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

More than 100 anti-Trans bills have been introduced across 30 states since January. We find out what’s happening — both in the courts and in society — and what still needs to be done. Executive Producer Veralyn Williams guest-hosts this week and is joined by journalist and media-maker Imara Jones of TransLash to discuss her work to elevate Trans stories and the inner workings of what she calls in her new podcast, The Anti Trans Hate Machine. Also, Veralyn and Imara breakdown why there is a lack of solidarity between Black cis and trans women. Companion listening for this episode: The ‘Beautiful Experiments’ Left Out of Black History (2/8/2021)Saidiya Hartman introduces Kai to the young women whose radical lives were obscured by respectability politics, in the second installment of our Future of Black History series. These 'Witches' Are Empowering the Next Generation (6/2/2017)At a time when "traditional" values are making a comeback, a new radical group is forming around skateboarding and art, trying to disrupt the system and empower young people. “The United States of Anxiety” airs live on Sunday evenings at 6pm ET. The podcast episodes are lightly edited from our live broadcasts. To catch all the action, tune into the show on Sunday nights via the stream on WNYC.org/anxiety or tell your smart speakers to play WNYC. We want to hear from you! Connect with us on Twitter @WNYC using the hashtag #USofAnxiety or email us at [email protected].

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0:00.0	This is the United States of Anxiety, a show about the unfinished business of our history and its
0:06.8	grip on our future.
0:07.8	It's been a record-breaking year of bills proposed in state legislatures that would limit transgender rights from
0:14.3	access to medical care to sports participation.
0:17.2	Athletic policies like the ones that we're seeing in the state of Connecticut
0:20.7	really undermine nearly 50 years of advances for women.
0:23.8	Yeah, we see this with literally any, you know, black or brown women in sports,
0:26.8	trans or not, there is an immense amount of policing of that person's body.
0:30.3	Black trans.
0:32.3	The most unprotected person in America is the black woman.
0:36.0	You will never know what it feels like to be born a certain way and feel another way.
0:42.0	And we as black women don't always have the language to talk about our privilege
0:46.1	or your privilege.
0:48.0	As cis black women.
0:50.8	Trans women are not your enemy. We are your sister.
0:57.0	Welcome to the show y'all. I am not Kywright. He's on vacation. I am Vairlin Williams, the executive producer of this show, and today I am your host. And we're going to cover a story that's really been on the top of our minds within our team.
1:12.8	The record number of anti-trans legislation
1:15.6	being introduced around the country.
1:17.7	And joining me to unpack what's been happening
1:19.6	and why is Amara Jones,
1:21.3	an award-winning journalist and creator of Trans
1:24.6	Media, a journalism and storytelling project that is trying to counter the
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