In this week’s episode of Our New South, hosts Kevin Blackistone and Dr. Robert Green II discuss the evolution of transgender communities in the South and the challenges that they face in the midst of a growing political backlash emanating from Southern government leaders. Our guests on today’s episode are Errol “ER” Anderson, the Executive Director of Charis Circle, the non-profit arm of one the South’s oldest feminist bookstores, who speaks about the challenges facing transgender communities in Georgia, and why he chose to go public with his own transition. Also, Joaquin Carcaño, who works for the University of North Carolina Institute for Global Health and Infectious Disease, speaks about becoming a plaintiff in a lawsuit fighting North Carolina’s anti-Transgender HB2 legislation, and also talks about issues that immigrants and first generation Amricans face in the South receiving quality healthcare, especially in the areas of HIV training and treatment. ER Anderson is the Executive Director of Charis Circle, is lead facilitator of Charis’ Trans and Friends adult support group, and co-facilitates the Gender Creative Parenting Collective. Joaquin works at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Institute for Global Health and Infectious Disease, where he provides medical education and services such as HIV testing to the Latino population. He also serves as the Director of Southern Health Policy for Latinos In The South and is a Board Member of the Southern AIDS Coalition and the ACLU of NC.