Hey fam, it's Amara.

Now, you know that the election is coming up.

And that's why I wanted to share with you some crucial reporting that we've been doing here at Translash Media that highlights what's at stake.

For the last year, we've been doing an expansive investigation for the Anti-Trans Hate Machine

podcast about the links between the rise of political violence, paramilitary groups,

the GOP, and anti-trans hate.

The series takes us from the mayhem of January 6th to the Department of Homeland

Security to drag performances across America to cities and towns facing paramilitary violence

that you may not have heard of. Through our investigation, I even ended up sitting to interview the

founder of the Proud Boys.

It's a chilling series, and I'm sharing the first episode with you here right now.

You can binge listen the entire series right now by subscribing to the anti-trans hate machine wherever you get your podcast.

It's March 19th, 203.

And people who are lined up outside of the LGBTQ Center in Manhattan Scrantage Village. It's a place where I've been more than 100 times over the years for meetings,

dances, parties, and celebrations of all kinds. But the people facing opposite of the center

are not in a celebratory mood. They're there

to protest an event by New York State Attorney General Letitia James, one of the top law enforcement

officials in the country going after Donald Trump. Facing them is a larger crowd, waving rainbow flags,

and chanting and singing.

Now, that's typical behavior for the center.

A pillar of New York's queer community, located in the neighborhood,

which helped birth the modern LGBTQ rights movement,

...