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Or visit slate.com slash culture plus to get access wherever you listen. Hey, everybody and welcome to Outward Slate's LGBTK podcast. I'm Brian Lauder and editor at Slate, and I am joined by my co-host Slate senior writer Christina

at Carterucci. Hey Christina. How you holding up? Hi Brian. How you holding up? Um, I'm all right.

I'm here. I'm queer. You know, and that's the best we can hope for. That is the best. That is

definitely the best we can hope for right now. So we've got an important show for you all today. ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio,

who you've probably seen in the news a lot recently and who you may remember from a previous

show last spring, will be back with us to discuss the Trump administration's ongoing attacks

against trans Americans and the legal challenges Chase and his colleagues are leveling in response.

You'll want to hear this because

while things are definitely dark right now, those lawsuits are already beginning to bear some

hopeful fruit. But first, Christina, I wanted to discuss a little bit of breaking news with you.

The day before we were recording this on February 13th, word spread that the National Park Service

had erased all references to the words

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