Hey, it's Amara and you're listening to the TransLash podcast, a show where we tell trans stories to save trans lives.

Today, I'm doing something a little different. I'm going to share another podcast with you that I think you'll enjoy.

We're going to hear an episode of transcripts, a show about how trans people are remaking the world.

The show is hosted by Andrea Jenkins, the first black, openly trans woman elected to political office in the U.S.

You might have heard our interview with Andrea last year on the TransLash podcast, as well as Merle Beam, an assistant professor of gender, sexuality, and women's studies at Virginia Commonwealth University.

This episode, you're going to hear about trans people living in the South, like Atlanta, where I grew up.

Andrea and Merle speak with trans people in Virginia, Georgia, Louisiana, and Tennessee who are fighting to make their homes welcoming for each other.

There are some really heartfelt stories here, and I can't wait for you to hear them.

After you listen, please remember to subscribe to transcripts wherever you get your podcasts.

This is just a note that this episode contains sensitive topics like sexual violence and police abuse.

So please take care of yourself while you're listening.

It was really surreal to watch.

SWAT and police were arresting people in my backyard.

They were setting off flash bombs, a block away from my house.

There were car fires and car explosions.

I would look out my back door and there was a car on fire,

looking at my front door and there was SWAT shooting rubber bullets

at crowds of people protesting.

That frustration that was initially triggered then got compounded on a feedback loop every

night that the state would try to oppress civil disobedience.

Welcome back to transcripts.

Since our last episode dropped, we've watched so many of our major cities experience

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