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

Well, we're just days away from the midterms, and I'm sure many of you in battleground states know that all too

well. But one of the things that has fascinated me for quite some time, basically starting in

last year, was this connection between trans rights, specifically the ability for us to control

our bodies, and that of reproductive

justice and abortion writ large, kind of all under the guise of bodily autonomy.

And the ways in which these movements have been linked for almost 50 years, but in ways which

go unacknowledged.

So we started this year, TransModies, Transchoices

film series, and that series has gone on to win awards and has been in many, many, many film

festivals throughout the year, something that we're all gratified about here at Transplash.

But with the midterms looming, it occurred to all of us

that it's really important for us to spotlight the way in which, again, bodily autonomy is going to be on the ballot

with regards to trans people and our rights and, of course, abortion and reproductive justice. That's why we are launching

the latest part of our series, TransBodies, Trans Choices, which will include not only three

new short films, animated films, our first animated films at Translash, which we're really

excited about, but also a zine, this podcast, as well as

other content. And you can find the link to that in our show notes. But I just want to encourage all

of you to remember what's at stake, to not take anything for granted and to do what you need to do

over the next couple of days and afterwards to protect yourselves and your

rights and to stand up for them. And this program is designed to help you be able to do that,

to remember what's at stake and to perhaps see it in some new and interesting ways. That's why

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