Talking Trans History with Trans Scholars
TransLash Podcast with Imara Jones
TransLash Media
4.3 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 19 October 2023
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
As we continue to celebrate LGBT History Month, Imara is joined by two leading trans scholars to discuss our community’s history and future. First, she talks with historian Dr. Susan Stryker about the last century of trans life and activism in the United States. They discuss why Compton’s Cafeteria Riot has been overlooked in the story of trans history, how to make sense of today’s reactionary politics, and what we can learn from past survivors of oppression. Next, Imara chats with cultural theorist Dr. C. Riley Snorton, who dives into the racialized history of transness. He explains how enslaved people were experimented on by medical researchers and used to determine ideals about gender, and talks about his work to document a Black radical tradition.
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Louisiana Trans Oral History Project: https://www.louisianatransoralhistory.org/
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Translash Team: Imara Jones, Oliver-Ash Kleine, Aubrey Calaway.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's me, Amara Jones. Before we get to the heart of our show, I just wanted to urge you to go check out my new PBS docu-series, American Problems, Trans Solutions. |
| 0:13.1 | Through this docu-series, we show how black trans leaders are tackling some of the most pressing issues of our time, including affordable housing, trans rights, |
| 0:22.7 | and the plight of immigrants, and they're doing so with hope and real solutions. |
| 0:29.1 | So when you have a minute, go to pbs.org, type in American Problems, Transolutions in the |
| 0:34.5 | search, sit back back and be inspired. |
| 0:47.3 | Hey there, it's me, Amara Jones. Welcome to the Translash podcast, a program where we tell |
| 0:53.9 | trans stories to save trans lives. |
| 0:57.0 | Well, we are still deep into LGBTQ History Month, and we at TransLash want to continue the conversation about our history, |
| 1:07.0 | especially at a time when people are telling us that we don't have one and are using that as a basis to try to erase our varied existence. |
| 1:16.6 | And so as you know, we started this month with a conversation with someone who is living history, the legendary Miss Major. |
| 1:24.6 | But we want to keep our conversation going by looking into the scholarly |
| 1:30.5 | basis of our history. What does research say about us? And how does that research inform who |
| 1:39.8 | we are today and where we're going into the future? So I'm excited to talk to two iconic, leading trans |
| 1:49.4 | experts and historians. First, I'm joined by Dr. Susan Stryker, who shares her perspective on the |
| 1:57.1 | last 100 years of trans activism and life in the United States. |
| 2:01.7 | And I just hope that being able to offer some kind of testimony or bear witness |
| 2:06.5 | about the fact that we have a history is news that people can use about the past |
| 2:11.3 | in some way that will empower and give them resources for the really dire struggle we are engaged in right now. |
| 2:19.3 | Next, I'll chat with professor and cultural theorist see Riley Snorten about the intersection |
| 2:25.2 | of race and trans identity in this country's history. |
| 2:28.9 | The ways that black folks and black radical folks have built a analysis around the police, |
| 2:36.8 | an analysis of abolition is also deeply rooted in the histories and the stories of black trans people |
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