Hey, Trans-Lash family. It's me, Amara Jones. Welcome to the Trans-Lash podcast, a show where we tell

trans stories to save trans lives. We're in the middle, of course, in Pride Month. And as you all

may have heard, there was recently a group of 31 men who were dressed in some sort of uniform altogether, arrested in Idaho on their way to a pride event. Those 31 men were a part of a group called the Patriot Front.

And although authorities are not releasing a lot of details about it,

what they are telling us is that they were intent on disturbing a pride.

So this is just another reminder that as we move through this month of celebration and fun and reveling

in who we are, that we pay attention to everything around us, given the world that we are living in.

This also goes for those of you all who will be headed out on the streets when the abortion

ruling comes down. Either way, I'm sure there will be demonstrations.

So just be safe, y'all, and make sure that you're paying attention and taking care of each other.

And when you're going out, please make sure you have a safety program and a safety plan, program and plan with your friends to keep each other safe because that's the only way it will happen

is for us to keep each other safe.

But despite the fact that there are people who are attempting to dampen our shine this

month with all these types of attacks that we described and others at a legislative

and others that are just mean on the internet,

we continue to thrive. Now, as you may have heard Michael R. Jackson's musical, a strange

loop won best musical at the Tonys this week. Now, it's produced, written, and acted by queer

people, and it's a musical about a black, fat queer man, writing a play

about a black, fat gay man. All of these representations are not normally seen on the stage,

let alone do they garner a Tony, but that happened. Now, it also made history in several other

ways, ensuring that Jennifer Hudson went into the halcyon of performers by getting an egot.

Now, what's an egot? That's an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony because she was a producer on a strange loop, so she got a statue for that, putting her in that extremely rare category. And even more important

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