Trans in Texas

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🗓️ 31 August 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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This week Texas will join the 20 or so other states that have passed laws restricting access to medical therapies and procedures for transgender children. But there are thousands of young people in Texas who identify as transgender. We talk to one teenager who describes herself as just a “normal semi-popular girl,” about her and her family’s decision to leave Texas as a result of the government’s actions. Also: If you have any comments or suggestions about the show, submit feedback at theatlantic.com/listener-survey. We'd love to hear from you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm like fixated on your posters.
0:07.0	I'm just like I really want to start the interview,
0:09.0	but I'm just trying to guess what's, what each of the posters are.
0:13.0	Who set up your room when you, when you moved?
0:16.0	Me.
0:17.0	You did?
0:18.0	Mm-hmm.
0:19.0	Did you have, are these movie posters from your old room?
0:22.0	Yeah, I, I brought lunch and I stuff.
0:25.0	I've seen.
0:26.0	I'm Hannah Rosen.
0:27.0	This is Radio Atlantic.
0:29.0	And I'm talking to a teenager from Texas.
0:32.0	Or she used to be from Texas.
0:34.0	She left the state last year and moved to a more suburban place in California.
0:38.0	I, I was new.
0:39.0	I got here after winter break.
0:42.0	So I was like the only new kid I'm in the middle of the year.
0:47.0	What's the first thing you noticed about it?
0:49.0	Because you think of yourself as a city kid.
0:51.0	The first thing I noticed was I saw the same cars all the time.
0:56.0	I'll say that.
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