The Fight For Trans Liberation Is Everyone's Fight with Raquel Willis
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🗓️ 28 March 2022
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
On Saturday, President Biden gave a speech from Warsaw, Poland, where he talked about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But at one point, he briefly spoke off the cuff and said about Russian President Vladimir Putin, “This man cannot remain in power.” White House officials quickly walked back Biden’s statement, saying that the U.S. has no strategy of regime change in Russia.
Today is the fourth day of Trans Week of Visibility and Action, a 7-day campaign that aims to mobilize the masses in defense of trans lives. It culminates this Thursday, March 31st, with the Trans Day of Visibility. Activist Raquel Willis, one of the organizers of this week, joins us to discuss how the issue of trans rights spans over different states.
And in headlines: A Colorado jury found that Denver police officers used excessive force against the people protesting George Floyd’s death back in 2020, heatwaves and fires broke out across the western U.S., and President Biden is expected to unveil a new income tax on the country’s 700 richest American families.
Show Notes:
Trans Week Of Visibility And Action – https://www.trans-week.com/
The Nation: Chase Strangio and Raquel Willis on Keeping Transgender Youth Safe – https://youtu.be/Vx9pJ2H4okI
Trans Justice Funding Project: https://www.transjusticefundingproject.org/
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| 0:00.0 | It's Monday, March 28th, I'm Trevell Anderson. |
| 0:08.1 | And I'm Josie Deffy Rice and this is What a Day, where we're thankful to Timothy Shalame |
| 0:12.8 | for lending us his shirt to sub up some soda we spilled before the Oscars last night. |
| 0:16.7 | Yeah, you may have seen him shirtless under a jacket last night. |
| 0:21.1 | That's because we were a little too clumped. |
| 0:23.2 | We were. We did us a huge solid. |
| 0:25.3 | Thank you so much, Timothy. We have to be better about spilling soda. |
| 0:31.2 | On today's show with trans people under attack in several states, |
| 0:35.0 | we honor Trans Week of Visibility and Action. |
| 0:38.0 | Plus, America's West is scorching with heat waves and wildfires. |
| 0:41.9 | But first, an update on Russia's invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:45.5 | On Saturday, President Biden gave a speech from Warsaw, Poland, |
| 0:48.4 | as part of his four-day trip to Europe where he met with NATO leaders and others. |
| 0:52.6 | During the speech, Biden briefly spoke off the cuff, |
| 0:56.0 | calling Russian President Vladimir Putin a quote, butcher. |
| 0:59.1 | He also said this about Putin. |
| 1:01.4 | For God's sake, this man cannot remain power. |
| 1:05.9 | Ooh, the AP called it a quote, dramatic escalation and rhetoric, |
| 1:10.4 | which implied that the US was pushing for regime change in Russia. |
| 1:14.6 | A dangerous thing to do when the head of the current regime has access to nuclear weapons. |
| 1:19.3 | Immediately, White House officials walked back the statement, |
| 1:22.0 | saying that quote, the president's point is that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise |
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