The Most Extreme Trans Healthcare Ban You've Never Heard Of
It Could Happen Here
Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts
4.0 • 6.5K Ratings
🗓️ 13 April 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Mia talks with David Forbes, editor and journalist with the Trans News Network, about her work covering the Catholic Church’s draconian trans healthcare ban and how Catholic hospitals spread across the healthcare system.
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| 0:44.7 | Welcome to Akadapen to Hear a podcast about things falling apart and how to put them back together again. |
| 0:46.4 | I am your host, Mia Wong. |
| 0:54.8 | And today we are going to be talking about, frankly, the largest and most draconian trans health care ban in the country. |
| 1:00.4 | And the unexpected place that, well, I don't know if unexpected is the right word, |
| 1:03.9 | but the ignored place that it's come from. |
| 1:10.2 | And with me to talk about this band is David Forbes, who is an editor and a journalist with the Trans News Network. |
| 1:11.9 | David, welcome to the show. |
| 1:13.7 | Always good to be here. |
| 1:15.4 | I, once again, back to my, I wish I could have people on the show to talk about, like, cool and normal things. |
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