Hey, fam, it's me, Abara.

Welcome to the Translis podcast, a show where we tell trans stories to save trans lives.

Well, we're in a brave new world.

Donald Trump has been inaugurated for a second time, and is making good on his

promise to go after trans people, specifically the military, educators, and the families of trans

kids. It's all a part of his bid to make good on his campaign promise to, quote, get the transgender insanity

the hell out of here. So I wanted to talk to people who are working at the front lines of

these two critical issues, the parts of our community, that will be among the biggest targets.

Now, we're going to have a series of conversations because it is not beginning, nor will it end here in terms of who's the most affected.

But there's no better place to start than where the Trump administration has vowed to start than these two areas.

So first I'll be talking with Army veteran and advocate Patricia King about the stakes of a new trans military man.

It demonizes trans people.

It puts them in a class of people that are unfit, unqualified,

in a class of people that can't be our best and brightest.

Next, I'm joined by the executive director of Blissson, Melanie William Jaggers,

to discuss her organization's plans to help protect students,

teachers, and schools from the anti-trans and broader anti-LGBQ attacks.

Be clear about where you stand. Defend it. Defend it. And make them take it from you.

But before we get to these two important conversations,

I wanted to start out as always, even now, with some trans joy.

Thank you. There are an estimated 15,000 trans people serving in the United States military.

You heard that right, 15,000. Lieutenant Ray Timberlake is one of them. After joining the Navy at 17 years old, Ray served for many years before coming out as non-binary in 2020.

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