Hey, fam, it's me, Amara.

Welcome to the TransLash podcast, a show where we tell trans stories to save trans lives.

While we're in the middle of Black History Month, when it's important to center trans people who are all too often written out of

this pivotal month. That's why today we're going to dig deep into the life and legacy of someone

you might not be familiar with, Trailblazer Polly Murray, who was an attorney, civil rights

activist, organizer, and theologian whose work around equal

protection led to the rights enjoyed by millions. Today I'm joined by two guests who helped me learn

more about Murray's brilliant, pivotal story. First up is Professor Brittany Cooper of Rutgers University about how Murray's impact

is hard to underestimate or even adequately characterize. Murray always had the sense to be able to look at the system and say,

hey, however my gender identity works or doesn't work or can be named or cannot be named,

I can tell you how systems of oppression work.

Next up on the show is Angela T. Mason, the executive director of the Polly Murray Center for History

and Social Justice about how current and future generations can preserve and learn from

Murray's work.

Connection and care to family is really critical to helping us to understand not only how

Polly Murray becomes who they go on to be, but why being rooted in the South was critical

to Polly Murray's activism.

But before we get into it, let's, and DJ in Brooklyn, New York.

Jasmine has been remixing sounds ever since she was a little kid playing around

on the computer and now she makes electronic dance music under the name Command Jasmine.

Here she is talking about a full circle moment during one of her most memorable performances at BodyHack.

It's a trans dance party in New York City.

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