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Outward: Surviving Hate and Finding Joy as a Trans Teen with Nico Lang

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News, News Commentary, Politics

4.56K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Outward hosts Bryan Lowder and Christina Cauterucci sit down with reporter and author Nico Lang to chat about their new book ‘American Teenager: How Trans Kids Are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Turbulent Era’. Nico’s book is a vivid and moving portrait of eight trans and nonbinary teenagers across the country, following their daily triumphs, struggles, and all that encompasses growing up trans in America today.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

All the big names are here.

0:02.0

Oh, who is that?

0:03.2

I think she was in the movie about that really big shark.

0:06.0

No, not her.

0:07.0

The Forest.

0:08.0

She's automating invoices on the go

0:09.7

so she can spend more time on that flower wall. Quickbooks to save you up to eight hours a week

0:15.0

so you could bring your vision to life.

0:17.0

That's how you business differently.

0:19.0

Into its quickbooks. The Hello and welcome to Outward Slates LGBT

0:35.0

podcast. I'm Brian Lauter and editor at Slate and I'm joined today by my co-host senior writer Christina

0:44.7

Carter Ruchi. Christina I am spiraling this morning I have to tell you.

0:50.3

What's happening? So for the first time that I'm aware of anyway, I have been tricked by an AI painting.

0:57.4

Oh no. Let me tell you what happened. So last night I'm getting ready for bed and Cam my partner is texting me or like

1:03.2

Instagram messaging me from the other room is that normal for you since this yeah

1:07.2

sometime not every night but like occasionally I'll like go to bed first

1:09.8

and then he'll still be sending things.

1:12.6

So he sends this painting that's three guys, like it's an impressionistic kind of style,

1:19.5

you know, like that period.

1:20.8

Three men in like 19th century suits who look like they're a thruple.

1:26.2

They're like, two are about to kiss and one's very close to them and very cute painting.

1:31.2

And of course, the camera's like, it's us, like it's us like it's like art trouble because each one actually kind of looked like one of us a little bit and so I was immediately like oh that's so cute wow like I didn't know who's who painted that like how wonderful and then about two minutes later he said oh no it's an

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