The 82 Percent: Bonus Conversation with Alex Chen

This Is Actually Happening

Wondery

True Crime, Tiah, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.6 • 9.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

In this special bonus episode, Whit Missildine interviews Alex Chen. Alex Chen is the Founding Director of the Harvard Law School LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic and a founding member of Polyamory Legal Advocacy Coalition. In this conversation we discuss the legal and historical roots of the nuclear family, monogamy and the challenges and successes in the fight for rights for diverse family structures.

Alex is one of the nation’s leading experts in LGBTQ+ civil rights law. He also teaches Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, and the Law at the Law School. Previously, Alexander served as an Equal Justice Works Fellow at the National Center for Lesbian Rights. He also co-drafted AB 2119, a bill that made California the first state to guarantee access to transition-related health care for trans youth in foster care. Alex received his J.D. from Harvard Law School, where he was the first openly transgender editor of the Harvard Law Review. You can find out more about Alex and his work at PLAC at polyamorylegal.org

Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits

Content/Trigger Warnings: sexual themes, explicit language

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This is actually happening features real experiences that often include traumatic events.
0:04.1	Please consult the show notes for specific content warnings on each episode and for more information about support services. Today as part of our mini-series, the 82% modern stories of Love and Family.
0:22.8	We bring you an in-depth interview with Alex Chen,
0:25.6	the founding director of the Harvard Law School
0:27.9	LGBTQ Plus Advocacy Clinic,
0:30.2	and a founding member of the Polyamory Legal Advocacy Coalition.
0:34.0	In this conversation we discuss the legal perspective of the nuclear family, monogamy,
0:39.0	and the challenges and successes in the fight for rights for diverse family structures.
0:44.0	Alex is one of the nation's leading experts in LGBT-plus civil rights law.
0:48.0	He also teaches gender identity, sexual orientation, and the law at the Harvard Law School.
0:53.2	Previously, Alex served as an Equal Justice Works Fellow at the National Center for Lesbian
0:57.7	Rights.
0:58.7	He also co-drafted AB 2113, a bill that made California the first state to guarantee access to transition-related health
1:05.8	care for trans-youth in foster care.
1:08.2	Alex received his JD from Harvard Law School, where he was the first openly transgender editor of the Harvard Law Review.
1:14.6	You can find out more about Alex and his work at plaque, the Polymery Legal Evixiccie Clinic
1:19.4	at Polymery Legal.org.
1:37.0	From Wundere, I'm Witt Misleine. You're listening to this is actually happening.
2:14.0	The 82%, a conversation with Alex Chen. This episode is sponsored by it ends with a This Faithful adaptation of the book is the movie of the summer. Blink Lively stars as Lily Bloom, a woman embarking on a new life in Boston,
2:19.0	after overcoming a traumatic childhood.
2:22.0	A chance meeting with charming neurosurgeon Royal
2:25.0	sparks an intense connection.
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