Introducing The Anti-Trans Hate Machine: Paramilitary Groups Stoke Political Violence
TransLash Podcast with Imara Jones
TransLash Media
4.3 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 1 October 2024
⏱️ 4 minutes
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Summary
In this gripping season of the Anti-Trans Hate Machine, host Imara Jones examines the disturbing links between the rise of political violence in America, far-right paramilitary groups, and anti-trans hate. Join us as we show how far-right militias, by redirecting their focus after the January 6 insurrection to attacking drag shows and LGBTQ events, are seeking to destabilize communities from the ground up.
We’ll uncover how these extremist groups, in tandem with Republican politicians at all levels, are leveraging anti-trans ideology to advance their broader agenda of political upheaval. In each episode, we'll shed light on the dangerous rise in targeted attacks, from Idaho's militia battlegrounds to neo-Nazi rallies in Idaho, and analyze the systemic failures enabling this surge. Importantly we will also unpack what must be done to combat this rising threat and preserve democracy.
Season 3 of the Anti-Trans Hate Machine launches October 8.
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| 0:00.0 | Before the story time started, I could hear them. |
| 0:05.8 | Everybody was armed at day. |
| 0:07.5 | Everybody was carrying sidearms. |
| 0:10.7 | Everybody had knives on display. |
| 0:12.6 | Everybody was putting their hands on their pistol grips. |
| 0:15.5 | Hi, I'm Amara Jones. |
| 0:19.0 | I've spent years investigating authoritarian and far-right movements, and lately I've been |
| 0:24.8 | alarmed by the rise of dangerous political violence across the United States. |
| 0:29.6 | It's at levels not seen since the 1970s. |
| 0:34.5 | What many don't know is that an unprecedented amount of this violence is being directed at queer and trans people. |
| 0:41.4 | That's why on this season of the anti-trans hate machine, I'm going to show how the anti-trans ecosystem has expanded its fight from legislatures and courtrooms to the streets. |
| 0:53.6 | And what it means for all of us. |
| 1:01.0 | That's not a proud boy. |
| 1:07.0 | That society is not proud of his boy. |
| 1:10.0 | We're proud of that boy. |
| 1:12.9 | Paramilitary groups have seized upon anti-trans hate to solidify their alliance with supposedly |
| 1:20.3 | mainstream conservatives. I'll show you how groups like the proud boys have become essentially |
| 1:26.5 | the armed wing of the Republican Party. |
| 1:29.8 | And after this, we're going to walk down and I'll be there with you. We're going to walk down |
| 1:34.6 | to the Capitol. When you basically sold your soul to the devil and you're flirting with these |
| 1:41.6 | groups all to win elections, that's not good. |
| 1:44.9 | They've been using attacks on Drag Story Hour to keep their members engaged locally |
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