Transgender Ideology-Inspired Violence and Extremism (TIVE)
TransLash Podcast with Imara Jones
TransLash Media
4.3 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Last month, reports surfaced that the FBI is considering a new domestic terrorism category: “Transgender Ideology-Inspired Violence and Extremism,” or TIVE. In today’s episode, Imara unpacks what that means—and why it’s so dangerous. First, Dr. Cynthia Miller-Idriss lays out the state of violent extremism across the political spectrum and why the far-right has turned trans people into scapegoats. Then, R.G. Cravens from the Southern Poverty Law Center discusses how a TIVE designation could create permission structures for white supremacist and anti-LGBTQ violence. Despite their dire warnings, both guests also share where they’re finding hope in the fight against domestic violent extremism and disinformation.
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| 0:00.0 | Before we get to today's show, I want to take a moment to let you know about a big investigation |
| 0:05.7 | we've been working on here at Translash Media. For the last year, my team and I have been looking |
| 0:11.8 | into the anti-trans attacks on education. And what we have found is that these attacks are |
| 0:18.1 | part of a much larger plan by the right wing to destroy public schools |
| 0:23.2 | and democracy. Public schools are where we practice pluralism. They are where families gather, |
| 0:30.0 | where young people learn about civics, and communities engage across differences. This season of |
| 0:36.0 | anti-trans hate machine is some of the most important work |
| 0:38.7 | we've done here at Translash because without public schools, there can be no democracy. |
| 0:44.4 | This assault is important to understand the authoritarian takeover that's currently underway, |
| 0:49.8 | as well as the plans that the people behind it have in store for all of us, because their bid to |
| 0:55.6 | take over schools, is part of a bottom-up attack on democracy that's not widely covered. |
| 1:01.9 | So go listen to our critical investigation and subscribe to the anti-trans hate machine |
| 1:07.2 | wherever you get your podcast. |
| 1:16.6 | Thank you. tape machine, wherever you get your podcast. Hey, fam, it's me, Amara. |
| 1:18.8 | Welcome to the Translash podcast, a show where we tell trans stories to save trans |
| 1:23.0 | lives. |
| 1:24.2 | Last month, we learned that the FBI is reportedly considering to categorize trans people as violent extremist. |
| 1:31.5 | Specifically, they're considering the designation of transgender ideology-inspired violence and extremism, also known as T-I-V-E. |
| 1:40.9 | This T-I-V-E designation was originally floated by groups connected to the Heritage Foundation as part of their long-standing attack on trans people and trans communities. |
| 1:52.0 | But the reality is that violent paramilitary organizations and far-right actors are actually the ones who are spreading political violence across the United States, |
| 2:02.2 | as well as targeting our community. They are emboldened by political rhetoric and the rise |
| 2:08.2 | of far right networks. So today we're breaking down what this proposed designation really means, |
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