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Speaker 1: House Republicans have now passed a bill that would ban

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Speaker 1: transgender girls from competing in female athletics.

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Speaker 2: Left wing gender insanity being pushed in our children.

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Speaker 3: For the Kentucky generalism, really passing a sweeping anti tip.

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Speaker 2: If you've been following the news, you know that from

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Speaker 2: healthcare access to safe schools, lgbt Q plus rights are

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Speaker 2: under Attack'll be able to prescribe, but there are some

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Speaker 2: crucial voices that we rarely, if ever hear from, and

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Speaker 2: that's the youth themselves.

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Speaker 1: And I've gotten to the point where I'm just like,

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Speaker 1: why don't I just exist, you know, just like letting

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Speaker 1: myself exist as I am without trying to force it

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Speaker 1: in any way.

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Speaker 2: That's right. I'm talking about queer and trans youth. It's

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Speaker 2: about time they get the microphone and tell their own

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Speaker 2: stories in their own words.

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Speaker 3: Hi, I'm Libby.

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Speaker 4: Okay, so it's Daniel.

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Speaker 2: Hi, I'm your host. Rockel Willis. Join me on my

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Speaker 2: new podcast, Queer Chronicles, a show where we'll dive into

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Speaker 2: intimate portraits centered on the LGBTQ plus experience through a

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Speaker 2: mix of audio diaries, interviews, and roundtables. My whole friend

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Speaker 2: group is LGBTQ in some way. Oh, I'm out of

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Speaker 2: breath for some reason.

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Speaker 1: All right.

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Speaker 2: This season, a group of teenagers shared their perspectives on

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Speaker 2: growing up as queer trands and gender not.

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Speaker 4: Conforming and for actually, like the longest time, I thought

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Speaker 4: being like a tomboy meant being trends and so at

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Speaker 4: some point we'd be like, I'm a tomboy.

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Speaker 2: All while living in political battleground states.

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Speaker 1: I wish I could transition easier here, feel more comfortable

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Speaker 1: in my own body here, But that's just not the case.

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Speaker 2: Join us as we follow these incredible teenagers living their

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Speaker 2: lives across the US.

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Speaker 3: I find advocacy empowering, but it's also honestly really.

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Speaker 2: Hard witness their struggles and challenges. Almost every single day

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Speaker 2: after school, I would like look in the mirror and

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Speaker 2: just be like, I'm so ugly.

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Speaker 1: I hate myself, Like I literally hate how I look.

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Speaker 2: Here as they find themselves community and love.

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Speaker 1: I have this girl and the beginning of the month.

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Speaker 2: And follow along as they discover what queer transliberation means

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Speaker 2: to them.

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Speaker 1: This isn't running away from yourself, it's running to yourself.

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Speaker 2: It's running into who you want to grow into.

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Speaker 3: It will always exists, and we will definitely not let

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Speaker 3: them take away a joy no matter how hard they try.

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Speaker 2: Listen to Queer Chronicles on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,

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Speaker 2: or wherever you get your most fabulous shows.