Hey, Nancy Listeners, it's Kathy and Tobin.

We're jumping into your podcast feeds because man, it has been a week.

Yes, yes it has. So if you hadn't heard, there's been a lot of news about the Trump

administration's stance on trans rights in the US. The New York Times reported on a memo

from the Department of Health and Human Services saying that a person's gender should be determined

by genitalia at birth. Basically says the government shouldn't recognize the legal existence of

trans and gender nonconforming people. There's also been news that the Justice Department doesn't

think federal law protects trans workers against discrimination. So understandably, a lot of you

had feelings. I know caffeine, I were just sort of sad and angry all week. And we heard from a lot

of you that you were also frustrated and scared, especially our trans and gender nonconforming Nancy

family. So we decided to ask for voicemails from all of you, telling us what you were feeling and what

you wish cisgender people would be aware of in this moment. We'll be back with a whole new

episode on Monday about the battle over trans rights and Massachusetts. But for now, here's some

of the messages we received. Hi, Tobin, Kathy and all the folks at Nancy, I've never seen an

voice memo before. So I hope I'm doing this right. I am a 41 year old gender fluid person.

My name is Jay and I'm a trans masculine nonbinary person three months on T.

Hi, my name is Jonah and I think I just might be a trans guy. I want cis people to know that when I

read the news, I cried before bed wondering how I could possibly tell my parents what I've been

going through. I want cis people to know that I'm out to everyone at school, at work, my friends,

my boyfriend, everyone, except for my family. I talked to my parents a few days ago and my

voice is starting to sound different because it's changing on T and they finally noticed. They

asked me if I have a cold and I lied and said yes. It hurts that I feel like I can't tell them the truth.

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