The Future of Trans Rights in a Trump Presidency

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🗓️ 12 November 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Transgender kids and their families have become a frequent target of president-elect Donald Trump and other conservative politicians. While the Bay Area and California have some of the strongest protections for trans people, federal policies could pose major challenges here. We’ll talk about the future of trans rights, whether access to gender-affirming care will remain possible, and what could happen during a second Trump administration. Guests: Honey Mahogany, Director of the Office of Transgender Initiatives, City of San Francisco - former chair of the San Francisco Democratic Party and cofounder of the Transgender District in the Tenderloin Tom Temprano, managing director of external affairs, Equality California, an LGBTQ+ rights advocacy organization Kate Redburn, academic fellow, lecturer and co-director, The Center for Gender and Sexuality Law, Columbia Law School Nadine Pourier Blumenshine, vice president, PFLAG Fresno, a nonprofit organization of LGBTQ+ people, parents, families, and allies focused on creating an equitable and inclusive world Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:13.8	From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Alexis Madrigal. Among the culture war issues that Donald Trump ran on, few got the focus and advertising
1:20.0	dollars as his attacks on trans kids and their families.
1:23.8	In a region that's long been a sanctuary, such as one exists, for people who don't fit the gender boxes our society has created,
1:31.6	the Trump administration promises a series of executive actions and legislative changes that could vastly change schooling, health care, and life for trans people.
1:42.3	We'll talk about what Trump could do and what California legislators
1:45.5	and trans advocates may do in response.
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2:10.7	The Bay Area has been a bastion of LGBTQ plus advocacy for more than 50 years.
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