This is a big election year in the US, and legislative sessions across the country are beginning. It’s important to understand how we got here and recognize the patterns of anti-LGBTQ legislators and decision-makers to be strategic in our fight for livable worlds. Since 2022, we have recorded multiple episodes to discuss LGBTQ+ issues in America, but we kept running into a problem: By the time the episodes were ready for release, there was newer information relevant to discuss. And so we recorded a new conversation. Then another. To disrupt this cycle, this episode is a mash-up of three select recordings we had about the state of LGBTQ+ issues and politics in the US. Hear how--over this almost 2 year period--different problems came to the fore, how our views evolved, and how our feelings changed.
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Selected Sources
Gender Underground: A Trans History of Do-It-Yourself by Jules Gill-Peterson
Right to Maim by Jasbir Puar
The whiteness of ‘coming out’: culture and identity in the disclosure narrative by Asiel Adan Sanchez
Histories of the Transgender Child by Jules Gill-Peterson
Behind the Backlash Against Bud Light
Target says backlash against LGBTQ+ Pride merchandise hurt sales
Cruz Watch: The Senator Calls for an Investigation Into Bud Light for Some Reason
Who’s getting hurt most by soaring LGBTQ book bans? Librarians say kids. Harvard Gazette
Challenges to library books continue at record pace in 2023, American Library Association reports
Andrzejewski, J., Pampati, S., Steiner, R. J., Boyce, L., & Johns, M. M. (2021). Perspectives of Transgender Youth on Parental Support: Qualitative Findings From the Resilience and Transgender Youth Study. Health Education & Behavior, 48(1), 74–81. https://doi.org/10.1177/1090198120965504
Chen, D. C., Abrams, M., Clark, L., Ehrensaft, D., Tishelman, A. C., Chan, Y., Hidalgo, M. A. (2021). Psychosocial characteristics of transgender youth seeking gender-affirming medical treatment: Baseline findings from the TYC study. Journal of Adolescent Health, 68(6), 1104-1111.
Rafferty, J. (2018). Ensuring Comprehensive Care and Support for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children and Adolescents. Pediatrics (Evanston), 142(4). https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2018-2162
Sobara, J. C., Chinara, L. N., Thompson, S., & Palmert, M. R. (2020). Mental health and timing of gender affirming care. Pediatrics, 146(4).