Hey there, it's me Amara. Before we get to the heart of our podcast, I wanted to urge you right now to go to wherever you're listening to this podcast, go to wherever the search is, and type in Antitrans hate machine to subscribe to season two of the anti-trans hate machine, which launches on Trans Day of Visibility March 31st. You won't want to miss it.

Hey fam, it's me, Amara Jones. Welcome to the TransLash podcast, a show where we tell trans stories to save trans lives.

Well, we're almost a week away from Trans Day of Visibility on March 31st, a day where we urge

trans people of all backgrounds to be unapologetically who we are so that the world can see us.

But visibility has two sides.

On one side is the fact that positive representation can actually translate

into favorable views of us and increase support for trans equality.

But on the other hand, the increasing Christian nationalist backlash

means that visibility can be even more dangerous for us individually.

Of course, recognizing that for many in our community, safety has always remained elusive.

So today, we're going to take a look at both sides of visibility, both the good and the bad, what's working, and what's a little bit more treacherous.

First, I'll talk with Amy Schneider about her record-breaking run on Jeopardy and the affirming visibility that came with her historic winds.

We just need to see that being trans is possible and not weird to suddenly accept that for ourselves.

And then we come out and we're visible and we're giving that same lesson to other people.

And I could never have imagined growing up in the 80s and 90s in Ohio that a trans person would be a very popular well-beloved celebrity in any context.

Next, I'm joined by Peyton Daisy O'Connor to discuss her experience as the first openly trans member of the Asheville, North Carolina school board and the dangerous targeting that came

as a result of her service. I knew a lot of the people involved in local politics, and I just

hoped someone would speak up. And that's the point where I was like, you know what, we do not

have the protection or the insulation that I, I guess, dreamed that we had.

And this is not something that I want my children exposed to you.

As always, we like to start with trans joy,

but no one embodies joy more than Amy Schneider.

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