The GOP’s All-Out Assault on Trans People
The Waves: Gender, Relationships, Feminism
Slate Podcasts
4.2 • 903 Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2022
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s episode of The Waves, we’re talking Texas. Slate community manager Evan Urquhart and author and co-host of Slate’s Outward podcast Jules Gill-Peterson dig into the Texas governor’s directive to treat gender-affirming health care for transgender youth as child abuse. In the first half of the show, they explore what’s going on in Texas and the harm it’s already causing. Later they talk about how the problem in Texas is symptomatic of a much bigger trans obsession by the GOP.
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“Mental Health Outcomes in Transgender and Nonbinary Youths Receiving Gender-Affirming Care”
Jules: Support on the ground organizations in Texas and contacting lawmakers to demand they support trans kids.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening ad-free on Amazon Music. |
| 0:03.7 | This is the waves. |
| 0:05.6 | This is the waves. |
| 0:06.6 | This is the waves. |
| 0:07.7 | This is the waves. |
| 0:08.5 | This is the waves. |
| 0:09.5 | This is the waves. |
| 0:10.2 | This is the waves. |
| 0:14.2 | Welcome to The Waves, Slate's podcast about gender, feminism, and messing with Texas. |
| 0:22.3 | Every episode, you get a new pair of feminists to talk about the thing we can't get off our minds, |
| 0:26.9 | and today you've got me, Evan Urquhart. I'm a writer on video gaming and trans issues, and the |
| 0:31.7 | community manager for Slate. And I'm Jules Gil Peterson. I'm a trans historian and writer, |
| 0:37.2 | as well as a co-host of the Outward podcast here at Slate. |
| 0:41.3 | And we're here today to talk about the Texas Governor's Directive to Treat Gender Affirming Healthcare for Trans Youth as Child Abuse. |
| 0:49.8 | This topic hits so close to home because as someone who's been a foster parent for queer youth, |
| 0:54.8 | I've had close dealings with the world of child welfare. |
| 0:58.4 | And the idea that trans youth could be taken from supportive homes and put into the system |
| 1:03.1 | with the intent of removing support for their identities, as well as removing necessary medical interventions, |
| 1:09.1 | is just absolutely horrific for me. |
| 1:11.0 | And I know a lot of people are feeling the same way. |
| 1:12.8 | So, Jules, why did you want to talk about this? |
| 1:15.2 | Well, you know, about a year ago when this kind of unprecedented wave of anti-trans legislation |
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