What Next - Best of 2023 | What Texas' Attacks on Trans Healthcare Did to One Family
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🗓️ 30 August 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
As the What Next team catches its breath at the end of summer, we’re revisiting some of the biggest stories of the year. This story originally ran on Nov. 9, 2022. What Next will resume regular programming next week.
As Texas laws have become more discriminatory against trans individuals and their families, many wonder if they can even stay in the Lone Star State, especially when parents could be investigated as child abusers for providing healthcare to their children. This family made the difficult decision to move to Colorado.
Guests:
Katie Laird, social justice blogger.
Noah Laird, high school student.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's Mary. |
| 0:04.0 | All week long, I am sharing some of my favorite episodes from the year. |
| 0:08.3 | Stories of people caught up in the swirl of the culture wars and other hot button issues. |
| 0:13.1 | Stories I think are especially important to hear as we ramp up into the 2024 election |
| 0:17.2 | season. |
| 0:18.2 | Today, you're going to hear from Trans Teenager Noah Laird and his mom, Katie. |
| 0:24.3 | We're dealing with an onslaught of anti-trans legislation in Texas. |
| 0:29.3 | These two felt like they had no choice than to pack up and leave the state entirely. |
| 0:35.1 | Really, it feels like life or death where we need to be able to run away. |
| 0:40.7 | And that's kind of what we did is we ran away as quickly as we could to be safe. |
| 0:47.6 | Over the last two and a half years, more than 20 states have passed Bill's targeting |
| 0:51.4 | trans youth from bands on gender-affirming care to school sports participation and gender |
| 0:56.8 | ideology has become a favorite topic for just about every Republican candidate for president, |
| 1:03.2 | which is why it's especially important to listen to people like Noah and Katie right |
| 1:07.8 | now. |
| 1:08.8 | Alright, here's the show. |
| 1:17.2 | Here's what I picture when I think about the importance of elections. |
| 1:20.8 | I picture this scene that played out about a year ago in Austin, Texas. |
| 1:26.6 | The House Select Committee on Constitutional Rights and Remedies will come to order. |
| 1:30.3 | The clerk will call the roll. |
| 1:31.8 | Chairman Ashby. |
| 1:32.8 | Here. |
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