(to the polls) Understanding the Anti-LGBTQ Agenda with Lauren Ashley Simmons

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5 • 933 Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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The 5th episode of our voter education series - Made It Out (to the polls) takes a deep dive into how the radical right-wing has used the bible and weaponized it against the LGBTQ community and to pass regressive laws. Organizer from Houston, Lauren Ashley Simmons discusses, the various anti-LGBTQ laws being passed around the country, including book bans, gender-affirming care bans and bathroom bans. This episode also includes many fun cameos to explain political concepts including: Chelsea Cutler and Kathryn Gallagher. Follow our guest @lasimmonstx146 and follow LPAC @teamLPAC. Make a donation to LPAC at https://www.teamlpac.com or make a donation to Lauren at https://www.laurenashleysimmons.com SHOP OUR "LESBIANS FOR KAMALA" MERCH! https://madeitoutmedia.com/collections/all We want Made It Out (to the polls) to be a safe, collaborative and engaged space where we can all discuss so we invite conversation in the comments but, as always, we ask that you do so with care. This series is a collaborative project between Made It Out Media and LPAC, and was produced by Mathilde Jourdan, Jacqueline Toboni and Michelle Atwood. The episode was edited by Mathilde Jourdan with cameos edited by Amber Rivera. Thank you for watching!! For all other inquiries, please email [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey all, welcome back to Made it Out to the Polls, our voter education series in collaboration with
0:04.7	El Pac.
0:06.0	We flew to my home state of Texas to sit down with Lauren Ashley Simmons, who's a political
0:11.0	organizer running for the State Representative of District 146 in Houston.
0:16.0	What is a political organizer? Here is singer-songwriter Chelsea
0:20.3	cutler eating deviled eggs to explain.
0:23.0	A political organizer is someone who brings people together to work towards a common goal related to politics.
0:32.0	They might help a candidate win an election,
0:33.8	support a specific issue, or advocate for change in government policy. They often do
0:38.4	this by door knocking, organizing events, and getting people to vote.
0:41.2	I really think you guys are going to enjoy today's conversation. events and getting people to vote.
0:42.6	I really think you guys are going to enjoy today's conversation.
0:46.0	Lauren and I talked about how religion can be used as a weapon
0:49.4	to pass anti-Lg LGBTQ laws. HereLg-Q-L-Q-Lah's
0:55.0	here is made it out to the pulse.
1:02.0	Thank you for being here. Of course, thank you for being here.
1:03.0	Of course, thank you for having.
1:05.0	Of course.
1:06.0	In your time as an organizer, have you seen Christianity and family values being weaponized against the LGBT
1:13.8	community?
1:15.0	Absolutely and it's very frustrating to me because as much as people don't realize it like I go to church all the time like I grew up in at
1:22.6	Trinity United Methodist Church in third ward and you know that's just not the
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