On the Basis of Sex

Call Your Girlfriend

Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow

Society & Culture

4.7 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Chase Strangio, an activist for trans rights and a staff attorney at the ACLU, talks about the Supreme Court case that we should all be outraged about. The government wants to redefine the Civil Rights Act to discriminate against transgender Americans, people in queer relationships, and anyone who doesn't fit a tidy definition of male and female. The Court takes up oral arguments on October 8.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Call Your Girlfriend, a podcast for long distance besties everywhere.
0:05.0	I'm Amina Tussaud. And I'm Anne Friedman. On today's agenda, we are talking to Chase
0:11.6	Strangio, who is a really incredible activist for Trans Rights, and he's also a staff attorney
0:17.6	at the ACLU. He and I had a conversation about a couple of cases that the Supreme Court is hearing
0:24.4	oral arguments on just a few weeks from now that will have really, really serious implications
0:31.2	for the way employees are able to express their gender in the workplace.
0:54.4	Hi, Anne Friedman. Hi, Amina Tussaud. How's it going over there? You know, getting by, getting
1:16.0	by, like, truly, um, that is the most accurate answer I have for you. What about you? I feel
1:22.3	like you stole my answer. It's been a tough week over here. We're still here. Like my favorite
1:29.4	nurse at the hospital always says she's like, that's a lot for one baby to carry. And I'm like,
1:34.0	thank you for calling me a baby. I love that. That's so tender. It really is, but I also think she
1:41.8	thinks I'm nine years old. I'm gonna be a little grateful for her for a second. Oh my god. Shout out
1:47.2	to nurse Christi and the best. Well, when our bodies are not betraying us and we feel better
1:54.6	about everything else, one of the things I'm excited about is going on tour. Yes, this fall. This fall
2:00.9	in mere weeks away, in fact, mere weeks away. Where are we going, Anne? We're going to Toronto. Yes,
2:08.6	she said it right. Detroit, Denver, Austin, and Houston, Texas. Woo! All ticket information is
2:19.2	at callyourgirlfriend.com slash tour. I will say that historically not to pat ourselves on the back,
2:24.6	but I will pat ourselves on the back. Our shows are hella fun. Bring a friend, bring more than one
2:30.5	friend. Come have a good time with us. A good time will be had by all. Guaranteed. Yeah, we will see
2:36.6	you so soon. Also, I have to say the merch is fire. So, you know, if you're down for some limited
2:43.2	edition merch, definitely come to the live show. Oh yeah, thank you for bringing up merch, because I
2:48.1	had like a quick note about that too. So we have this very popular hat in our current merch run,
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