All right welcome listeners to episode 51 of Know Your Enemy. I'm Matt Sipman, your podcast go host

I'm here with my friend Sam at the Bell. How's it going Sam? It's going good. It's going well. That's right

I never ask you how you're doing. I know it's the push and pull the flow of the intro

It doesn't really work, but I'm doing great. I'm doing really well. I listeners may know I quit my day job as an editor at commonwheel

So I'm writing full-time and podcasting full-time. So I'm really excited about that and

I think that means you'll get more of my stuff to read and I think more of the podcast too for better for worse just kidding

That's right now. I now have one co-worker in his name Sam at the Bell

and Jesse Brennan and so two co-workers total one you get along with and one you can't fucking stand

So what's the new episode about Sam? Oh, we have a really good episode

It's an episode that listeners have requested for a long time for good reason

We're talking today about the

Aggressive attack on trans rights that the right has been prosecuting for well many many years

But that has ramped up in the past year or so. That's right and we had the perfect guess for it our friend Jillian Brandstetter

Who is the press secretary for the National Women's Law Center a gender justice organization based in Washington DC

She works a lot doing media strategy workshops public advocacy working with reporters editors in

Everkits to promote accurate and thorough coverage about transgender people and their rights

She also has written a lot been featured in the media the New York Times Washington Post time Newsweek BBC

So she's really someone who knows the ins and outs of both these proposed laws these anti-trans bills and you know more positively

What it means to support trans people in their you know the healthcare they need the rights and dignity they deserve and the ins and outs of that too

Yeah, I was so happy. We got to have her on we've been mutuals on Twitter for a long time

I've been a long time admirer of hers and so it was great to have her on know your enemy

Yes, it was a tough topic to talk about but Jillian was great and we hope you like it before we get to the episode a few housekeeping items

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