Re-air: Making Her-story with Guest Stella Keating 🏳️‍🌈

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🗓️ 31 March 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Today is Trans Day of Visibility and we're highlighting teen activist Stella Keating. Enjoy this re-air and hear about her amazing accomplishments. In today's episode: 🏳️‍🌈 We're wrapping up Women's History Month with a young girl standing up for LGBTQ+ rights. ✨ Meet teenage activist Stella Keating! 🎙️ Stella shares her experience testifying in front of Congress about the Equality Act. 😎 And, have you heard about the GenderCool project? Hear about how the organization is helping change perceptions of transgender and non-binary youth. And, test your Congressional knowledge on today's Trivia on the Ten. ✅

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0:00.0	Wait, what if, what if, I mean, cause then, and, and, and,
0:07.7	Pst, Ryan, are you okay?
0:10.2	Yeah, but no, I'm just trying to figure out what's going on with all these laws that are getting passed.
0:15.7	Oh, do you mean the bills are affecting trans, non-binary, and LGBTQ plus people?
0:20.9	Florida's controversial don't say gay bill, as it's known by critics signed into law by
0:25.6	Governor Ron DeSantis.
0:27.0	A judge in Texas has temporarily blocked the state from investigating parents who
0:30.9	obtain gender transitioning medical care for their children.
0:34.5	Yeah, I'm a little confused.
0:36.4	Can you help?
0:37.4	Yes, I am so happy you brought this up because I know someone who can.
0:42.3	Today, we're talking to Stella Keating about her incredible work in advancing LGBTQ plus rights.
0:50.3	I am Bethany Van Delft. It's Thursday, March 31st, and this is the 10 News.
0:56.0	10. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5, 4, 3.0. 1. 10ers, I was so excited to sit down with kid activist Stella Keating.
1:09.2	She is the first transgender kid to testify in front of Congress.
1:12.6	She works with a gender cool project, and she's promoting the Equality Act, which would guarantee equal rights for LGBTQ plus people.
1:25.6	Stella, I'm so excited that you joined us today. Yay. Tell us a little bit about yourself.
1:35.5	Yeah. So my name is Stella. I use she her pronouns. And I am a gender cool champion and a student activist.
1:42.4	That is amazing. You mentioned the Gender Cool
1:45.6	Project. I know you're part of that. Could you tell us a little bit more about it? Yeah. So the
1:49.6	gender cool project started out as a storytelling campaign, sharing positive stories of who
1:55.3	transgender and non-binary youth are, not what we are. So so often we see in media more negative stories about transgender
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