if you're about protecting kids, which is what all of these conservatives say they're doing,

then like you would actually think about it this way. Because I don't know if the New York Times

is thinking about like what a 16 year old who's Googling what to do if you're a trans kid

with an unsupportive parent and then comes across an article like that. Like are they not

thinking about what that person's experience is like reading that article? Because if you're not doing that, who are you showing up for? Whose rights are being protected by that being the way your coverage approaches it? I'm Welcome to the Death Panel.

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So today, it's myself and my co-host, Jules Gil Peterson.

Hello.

And Jules and I are joined by a wonderful guest today, Lexi McMeneman.

Lexi is here to talk about the broader political economy and all too

tangible material stakes of this year's already out of control anti-trans legislative agenda.

Lexi is a writer and the news and politics editor of Teen Vogue. They have done extensive work in the last

few years covering politics, culture, and specifically the way that

both the mainstream conservative right and liberal Democrats are both afraid of and failing young

people. So with all that said, Lexi, welcome to the deaf panel. It's so great to have you on the show.

Yes. As a Patreon subscriber, it's an honor to be here. And yeah, I'm excited to have a good, fun, good faith conversation. A thing I never get to do, it feels like. Oh my God, that's very real. Yes. And it's kind of depressing how often we hear that from folks. They're like, oh, thank God, I can speak my mind

on death panel. Yeah. And be taken seriously. What a concept. So this episode, you know,

all joking aside, in many ways, this is a pretty grim anniversary. Uh, 2023 marks the fourth

consecutive spring in our ongoing coverage of record-breaking years for new

anti-trans legislation in the United States. So every year now at the start of the legislative

calendar in the United States, which is always in the spring, we've seen exponential increases

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