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Doing It! with Hannah Witton

Trans Rights and Transphobia in the British Media with Juno Dawson

Doing It! with Hannah Witton

Global Media & Entertainment

Health & Fitness, Relationships, Sexuality, Society & Culture

4.8651 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Hannah is joined by Juno Dawson, who is a bestselling author, screenwriter and journalist. Juno discusses trans rights, and also transphobia in the British media. Her and Hannah talk about healthcare for trans youth, and her new book What's the T?. Finally, Hannah and Juno discuss the evolving nature of language, and how women with an x may not be as inclusive as it first seems.

CW: Transphobia and JK Rowling.

MORE ABOUT JUNO DAWSON

Juno Dawson is a bestselling novelist, screenwriter, journalist, and a columnist for Attitude Magazine. Her writing has appeared in Glamour, The Pool, Dazed and the Guardian. She has appeared on Pointless Celebrities, BBC Women’s Hour, Front Row, ITV News, Channel 5 News, This Morning and Newsnight.

Juno’s books include the global bestsellers, THIS BOOK IS GAY and CLEAN. She won the 2020 YA Book Prize for MEAT MARKET. She also writes for television and has multiple shows in development both in the UK and US. An occasional actress and model, Juno had a cameo in the BBC’s I MAY DESTROY YOU (2020) and was the face of Jecca Cosmetics Play Pots campaign.

Juno grew up in West Yorkshire, writing imaginary episodes of Doctor Who. She later turned her talent to journalism, interviewing luminaries such as Steps and Atomic Kitten, before writing a weekly serial in a Brighton newspaper.

Juno lives in Brighton. She is a part of the queer cabaret collective known as CLUB SILENCIO. In 2014, Juno became a School Role Model for the charity STONEWALL.

- Twitter: https://twitter.com/junodawson
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/junodawson/

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0:00.0

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0:27.7

Terms and conditions apply.

0:30.0

So in America, it's just, you know, trans people are scary.

0:33.1

They're coming for your children.

0:34.9

It's gross and disgusting.

0:36.4

It's against the Bible.

0:37.9

Whereas in the UK, you've got this kind of much more insidious brand of transphobia,

0:45.2

this kind of like this debate, the trans debate with so many straw men arguments.

0:51.0

You know, kind of, you know, oh, do you support trans people? Yeah. Oh, really? So do you

0:55.6

support penises in changing rooms? Wow, I never said any, you know, I never said anything about that.

1:01.0

Yeah. Welcome to Doing It with me, Hannah Witten, where we talk all things, sex, relationships, dating and our bodies.

1:16.7

Hi, welcome back to doing it and happy Pride Month to you all, especially my LGBT plus listeners.

1:24.2

I am thrilled to be bringing you this episode with one of my favorite people,

1:29.6

one of my favorite writers, Juno Dawson. A bit of housekeeping before we dive in. This is the

1:35.2

last episode in this season and next week I'll be doing my usual end of season Q&A. And so if you're

1:41.9

listening to this on release day, then please head over to our

1:45.5

Instagram stories to ask your questions about sexuality, relationships, or about podcasting

1:50.9

in general, and making this last season. And I will do my best to answer them in next week's

1:57.0

episode. I really hope that you've enjoyed this season. After the Q&A episode next week,

2:03.3

we'll be taking a bit of a break because your girl needs some time off. But we've got some

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