1 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:07,400 Speaker 1: That's that's that's the thing. Just take photos of his 2 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:10,720 Speaker 1: children walking into the door of their public school. Yeah, 3 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 1: send him to him with the pro pro protonomail account. 4 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:22,439 Speaker 1: Don't let him know what he did to provoke this. 5 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:27,320 Speaker 1: Just just frighten him. I do like that. Els is 6 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 1: very recorded. Yeah, that's that's how you do it. With 7 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 1: the episode has begun. We're improuding all of that, Sofie, 8 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 1: all of that Welcome today could happen here the podcast 9 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 1: where we will take pictures of your children entering a 10 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 1: public school and send them to you as a threat. 11 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:43,880 Speaker 1: But we won't tell you what you're we're threatening you 12 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 1: over because that's I don't know what that is, probably 13 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 1: terrorism technically speaking, speaking of child abuse. Great Garrison very 14 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 1: proud nailed it. Yeah. Yeah, So we're gonna be We're 15 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:05,679 Speaker 1: gonna we're doing an episode to talk about the recent 16 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:08,680 Speaker 1: kind of letter and opinion piece that the Governor of 17 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 1: Texas and the Attorney general wrote relating to trans kids 18 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:16,120 Speaker 1: in Texas. We're we're also planning like a like a 19 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 1: more like a week long worth of stuff kind of 20 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:21,480 Speaker 1: going into this issue across not not just the States, 21 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 1: but also like like internationally as well in terms of 22 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 1: like the growing kind of war on trans people. But 23 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: because this thing happened, we we do want to kind 24 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: of talk about it now as well before we you know, 25 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:35,760 Speaker 1: spend a lot of time making a week long is 26 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 1: the worth of of of scripted pieces on it. So anyway, 27 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: we're gonna be talking about what happened last last weekend 28 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 1: or last week at time of recording, UM when the 29 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:50,440 Speaker 1: Texas Attorney General, Kent Paxton released an opinion piece UM 30 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 1: on I think it was it was Monday the twenty one, 31 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 1: declaring gender affirming medical care for transgender children to be 32 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: child abuse UM. In response, the next day, UH, the 33 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 1: Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, directed the Texas Department of 34 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 1: Family and Protective Services UM to investigate these practices UM 35 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 1: and then kind of on that following Wednesday, the letter 36 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: that Greg Gabbott wrote went viral, detailing both the Attorney 37 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 1: general's kind of opinion that a number of the so 38 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 1: called quote sex change procedures constitute child abuse under existing 39 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 1: Texas law UM and directing the Family and Protective Services 40 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: to protect these to quote unquote protect these kids from abuse. 41 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 1: And I hear by director agency to conduct a prompt 42 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 1: in through investigation to any reported instances of these abusive procedures. UM. 43 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 1: And what's really insidious is that like it's not even 44 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 1: it's like, of course, like there is not gender affirming 45 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:50,680 Speaker 1: surgery done on minors anyway, that does not happen. Um. 46 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 1: But the but this letter actually does UM go into 47 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: UM says uh. It's it says uh. According according to 48 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 1: the general in general opinion, it's already against the law 49 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 1: to subject Texas children to a wide variety of elective 50 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:08,559 Speaker 1: procedures for gender transitioning, including reassignment surgeries that can cause sterilization, 51 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: removals of otherwise healthy body parts, and administration of puberty 52 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: blocking drugs or doses of testosterone or estrogen. So it's 53 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:20,359 Speaker 1: not it is also including HRT, including puberty blockers, which 54 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 1: again we already give to sis gender children all the time. UM. 55 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 1: Puberty blockers are given to kids who have early onset 56 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 1: prebuty who assists UM. But it's now including puberty blockers 57 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:34,639 Speaker 1: inside like constituting that in its in and of itself 58 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 1: as child abuse, which is an escalation of things that 59 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 1: we've seen before. UM. Yeah, And then it's also talking 60 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 1: about how Texas law imposes reporting requirements upon all licensed professionals, um, 61 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 1: including doctors and nurses, teachers, therapists, and provides you know, 62 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 1: criminal penalties for failure to report things. So like it 63 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 1: is that that was that was that was the that 64 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:00,080 Speaker 1: was the main part of the of the letter, that 65 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: one viral detailing the different different ways that they're trying 66 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: to harass, intimidate, and um introduce possible legal legal repercussions 67 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 1: to parents and um, you know, caregivers who support transgender 68 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 1: youth inside the state of Texas. Oh yeah, um it is. 69 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,040 Speaker 1: It is like the perfect example of the thing these 70 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 1: people always do when they make laws based on their bigotry, 71 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 1: which is like reflexively make a law based on whatever 72 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 1: is like the fucking Twitter talking point that they've been 73 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 1: yelling about, and then don't consider all of the different 74 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 1: things that it's going to do that have nothing to 75 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 1: do with the group of people they're trying to hurt. 76 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:46,840 Speaker 1: And lots of cases, this is just gonna it's it's 77 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 1: not even gonna it's it's gonna impact a lot of 78 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 1: like queer people in general, right because it's it's in 79 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:53,839 Speaker 1: terms of like reporting things that seem outside the mainstream 80 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 1: so not even necessarily transer, not even necessarily transgender people, 81 00:04:56,960 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 1: not even necessarily queer people as well. Like there's a 82 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: lot of like you know, I ice and if definitely 83 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 1: when I was growing if there's a lot of like 84 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:06,600 Speaker 1: cis girls who enjoyed dressing more like butcher tomboy. Um. 85 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:08,600 Speaker 1: You know, there's a there's a and there's a whole 86 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:11,600 Speaker 1: bunch of stuff that will just affect like kids in general. 87 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:14,720 Speaker 1: Um with all of this reporting and all of this 88 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:19,839 Speaker 1: like and making making these like procedures and like hormone 89 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:22,720 Speaker 1: treatments like you know, to trying to make them seem 90 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 1: like they're legal. Because that because again, like the actual 91 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:27,920 Speaker 1: Texas law has has not changed. It is it is 92 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 1: the it is. This is an opinion piece investing directing 93 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 1: the child Protective Services to investigate these things. So the 94 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:37,720 Speaker 1: actual law in the books doesn't change. What it has 95 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 1: done is caused a whole bunch of like possible legal 96 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 1: danger um and a massive headache and just a whole 97 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 1: bunch of like legal harassment against parents and kids. And 98 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 1: that that's what it's gonna that's what's gonna result in 99 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:51,160 Speaker 1: because it's it's unclear what this what the Governor's directive 100 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 1: is going to actually practically look like UM because in 101 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:57,280 Speaker 1: the in the in a tweet on last Tuesday, he 102 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:00,160 Speaker 1: said that he's directing the Child Protective Services is to 103 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:03,920 Speaker 1: enforce this ruling and investigate and refer for prosecution for 104 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 1: instances of miners receiving affirming care UM, and then to 105 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 1: the Texas Protective Services told Time magazine on Wednesday that 106 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 1: it was going to comply with the Governor's directive UM, 107 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 1: but in terms of like directing them for prosecution, there 108 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 1: has been like five Texas digitit attorneys UM, including the 109 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:24,479 Speaker 1: d as of Dallas County and Houston's Travis County. They 110 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 1: issued a statement to the day after h condemning the 111 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 1: directive UM and saying that they plan to enforce the 112 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 1: constitution to quote their quote unquote that's what they said, 113 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 1: and that they are quote deeply disturbed by Governor Abbots 114 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 1: and Attorney General Paxton's cruel directives treating transgender children's access 115 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:43,920 Speaker 1: to life saving gender firm and care as child abuse. 116 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:47,679 Speaker 1: We will not irrationally and ajustifiably interfere with medical decisions 117 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 1: made between children, their parents, and their medical physicians to 118 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 1: ensure the safety of transgender youth, adding that we will 119 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 1: not allow the governor or turn general to disregard Texas 120 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 1: children's lives in order to score political points. So in 121 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:02,720 Speaker 1: terms of you know, there's many certain parts of the 122 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 1: certain parts of the state where even even if protective 123 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: Services does investigate reports of this, they're not gonna get prosecuted. 124 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 1: But there will be other parts of the state where 125 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 1: these they probably will like and because like it's because 126 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 1: because it is just because it is just an interpretation 127 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 1: of the law, you can still you can still get 128 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:21,480 Speaker 1: lots of legal trouble and it's going to be up 129 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 1: to juries and other people to decide on what interpretation 130 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:27,720 Speaker 1: of the law is going to be enforced and enacted upon. Um, 131 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 1: So you're seeing a lot of people being like, oh, no, 132 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 1: it's actually okay because the law is not changing, it's 133 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 1: just the interpretation. And we're like, well, no, it actually 134 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 1: gets a big problem. Like it's like and it's not 135 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 1: even it's just the overall like it's saying the things 136 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 1: that have been gone unsaid for a long time, like it' 137 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 1: it's it's it's making the things that everyone kind of 138 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 1: assumed or was kind of the unsaid bigotry, putting it 139 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 1: into writing and making it concrete, and it's like the 140 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 1: overall escalation of this thing, which is which is is deep, deep, 141 00:07:56,880 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 1: deeply concerning. I mean, it's it's the thing that happened 142 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 1: with like COVID restrictions to like masks and stuff, where 143 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 1: you've got the cities and stuff where you have kind 144 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 1: of more rational leadership are saying like we're not we're 145 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 1: not paying attention to this directed from the governor. We're 146 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 1: gonna keep having letting people mask or we're not going 147 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 1: to let you, you know, go after businesses that require masks. 148 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:32,200 Speaker 1: But with the added dimension of like the rather than 149 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:35,560 Speaker 1: it being sort of targeting businesses and schools, it's it's 150 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 1: targeting individuals, and it's allowing individuals to target other individuals, 151 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 1: like the Texas abortion law exactly. And the primary purpose 152 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:46,720 Speaker 1: of this is going to be too basically gradually erode 153 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 1: the areas in which which trans kids can can live 154 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 1: in Texas. Like, yep, they'll be able to live in 155 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 1: some of the cities for a while at least, well 156 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:57,920 Speaker 1: and even even in the cities. Right, it's like, yeah, okay, 157 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:00,440 Speaker 1: so maybe the the doesn't prosecute but that doesn't mean 158 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: that CPS can't just can't investigate you, and like that 159 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:07,520 Speaker 1: that's gonna be traumatic, a lot of legal harassment because 160 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:12,199 Speaker 1: like DFPS cannot remove any child from their parents or 161 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 1: guardians without a court order, and no court in Texas 162 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: or anywhere in the country has yet found gender affirm 163 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 1: and care to be considered child abuse. So it has 164 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 1: not happened yet, but they sure wanted to happen, and 165 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:26,079 Speaker 1: this is these are the next These are the next 166 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:29,320 Speaker 1: steps that can make it happen. Right, They are trying 167 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 1: to get there um with this like incremental like these 168 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:35,839 Speaker 1: incremental things, you know, starting off with like legal interpretations 169 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:38,199 Speaker 1: and the law. Eventually they would want to change the 170 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 1: law just to reflect this opinion, right, Like they want 171 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 1: this to happen. They're just they're trying to slowly, slowly, 172 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 1: slowly get at it um and it needs to be 173 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:52,720 Speaker 1: pushed back upon because yeah, any any slow incremental thing 174 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 1: that they're going to try to do to make it 175 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:57,679 Speaker 1: basically be impossible to live as trans in Texas, the 176 00:09:57,960 --> 00:09:59,839 Speaker 1: UH and lots of other states as well. It's not 177 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:02,520 Speaker 1: it's not just Texas. There's things like this happening across 178 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:06,440 Speaker 1: all of the United States, basically especially especially you know, portions, 179 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:12,360 Speaker 1: portions of the South. Um. And it's yeah, it does 180 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 1: play into this kind of overall in the past five years, 181 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:18,640 Speaker 1: you know, once they lost the gay marriage issue, they're like, Okay, 182 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:21,199 Speaker 1: the next line of defense for these people is making 183 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 1: it be impossible to be trans. So it is that 184 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 1: it's like the new that's the new thing they're gonna 185 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 1: be really focusing on. And it's we've seen so many, 186 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 1: so many new bills against against like being trans over 187 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:34,839 Speaker 1: the course of the past five years. Again, it's it 188 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 1: is more so putting into writing the things that have 189 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:41,400 Speaker 1: been always kind of unconscious bigotry or even concious bigotry, 190 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 1: but it's putting that into actual stone and making it 191 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:47,559 Speaker 1: like cemented. Um. You know, just at just at the 192 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 1: start of this year, there was new restrictions put in 193 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 1: place for Texas is transgender student athletes playing on K 194 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:56,840 Speaker 1: through twelve school sports teams UM that that went into 195 00:10:56,840 --> 00:10:59,680 Speaker 1: effect on January eighteenth. It was it was a house 196 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:06,320 Speaker 1: built twenty five authored by Representative Valerie Swanson. UM requires 197 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:10,079 Speaker 1: student athletes to complete in interslastic competition to play on 198 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:12,360 Speaker 1: sports teams that correspond with the sex listed on their 199 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:15,440 Speaker 1: birth certificate at or near their time of birth, which 200 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:18,680 Speaker 1: means that the legislation went further than the previous rules 201 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 1: from the University of Slastic League UM, which governs the 202 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:25,559 Speaker 1: school sports in Texas, in which the students gender is 203 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:28,840 Speaker 1: determined by their birth certificate, but that that can also 204 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:32,040 Speaker 1: be legally modified, like you can change these sex assigned 205 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 1: at birth on on on your birth certificate. The new 206 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:36,880 Speaker 1: ruling is that it needs to be it needs to 207 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:38,880 Speaker 1: match the one that it was at or near your 208 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:41,400 Speaker 1: time of birth. So again, like they're finding all these little, 209 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:45,280 Speaker 1: these little small like things to like pry um that 210 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:49,560 Speaker 1: just makes things overall be harder to live in UM. 211 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:51,760 Speaker 1: And at this point, like ten ten other states have 212 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 1: put in very similar laws relating to like relating to 213 00:11:55,880 --> 00:12:00,960 Speaker 1: to school sports and like bathroom bills, and yeah, yeah, 214 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 1: I mean it's it's the it's the same thing that 215 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:06,680 Speaker 1: authoritarians always do, which is they're just kind of edging 216 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 1: further and further and and continuing to proceed as they 217 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:13,840 Speaker 1: do not meet resistance, and the goal is to make 218 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:17,520 Speaker 1: it illegal and impossible to exist as a transgender person 219 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:19,520 Speaker 1: in society. You know, part of what they're doing with 220 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:22,520 Speaker 1: with the wording of how this change in Texas has 221 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:26,079 Speaker 1: been announced, as they're trying to frame being trans is 222 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 1: a contagion that threatens children, and step one of that 223 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 1: under the is going proceeding under the ages if we 224 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 1: are protecting children by making these kind of surgeries and 225 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:39,720 Speaker 1: stuff illegal. But the steps beyond that are eventually banning 226 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:42,840 Speaker 1: and restricting the ability of trans people to be around 227 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:45,440 Speaker 1: children and eventually be in civil society at all because 228 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 1: they're a threat to children. That that that's the logical 229 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:51,120 Speaker 1: procession of the arguments that they're making, and I think 230 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:57,599 Speaker 1: they're proceeding in a fairly um um logical way in 231 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:01,199 Speaker 1: terms of achieving that as a goal, and they're not 232 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 1: going to stop until they are stopped by probably force, 233 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:09,280 Speaker 1: if anything stops it. At this point, that's that's what 234 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 1: it's going to have to be, because the local government 235 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:17,599 Speaker 1: has realized that that's how you get elected because you 236 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 1: can't you can fix the power grid in Texas, you 237 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:22,600 Speaker 1: can't provide people with anything that makes their lives easier, 238 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:25,960 Speaker 1: but you can hurt trans people. Um and Republicans are 239 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:29,240 Speaker 1: are well are always down with that. It's it's it's 240 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:31,120 Speaker 1: it's it's the thing fascists to where they introduce a 241 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:33,640 Speaker 1: false crisis. They introduce a false crisis that they can 242 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 1: actually take steps to to, you know, um, make changes about. 243 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:40,959 Speaker 1: But all that ends up doing is hurting more of 244 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 1: the population. It doesn't actually solve any issue that actually 245 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:46,079 Speaker 1: hurts people. Um. It's it's one of the core things 246 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:48,599 Speaker 1: in the fascist playbook. And I think it's even in 247 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:50,719 Speaker 1: the States where there aren't just like blanket bands on 248 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:54,240 Speaker 1: kids being able to participate in sports teams. Um, there's 249 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:57,440 Speaker 1: other horrifying things happening. Um. Like in the beginning of February, 250 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:02,640 Speaker 1: it came out that the Utah Republicans propose a pros 251 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:07,560 Speaker 1: Commission to analyze trans kids bodies. Um, you're talking about 252 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 1: the firstman's kind anti transit sports bill that would form 253 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:14,439 Speaker 1: a commission to determine a student athletes eligibility on a 254 00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:17,360 Speaker 1: case by case basis. The commission would have authority to 255 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 1: establish a baseline range for various attributes including height, weight, 256 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 1: body mass, wingspan, hiptoony ratio another physical characteristics affected by 257 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:27,880 Speaker 1: puberty bearing trans athletes um, who do not fall within 258 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:31,480 Speaker 1: the established limits to from from participating engendered sports um. 259 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:35,600 Speaker 1: And yeah, asking like a government appointed panel to analyze 260 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 1: the bodies of transminers. It does sound like a giant 261 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:41,160 Speaker 1: recipe for disaster. Um and there is some even more 262 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:45,600 Speaker 1: like horrifying details. The bill would render the commission quote 263 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 1: immune from suit like lawsuits with respect to all acts 264 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:52,560 Speaker 1: done and actions taken in good faith in carrying out 265 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 1: their purposes. Uh so, yeah, you can't sue anybody for 266 00:14:56,840 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 1: what happens under the guise of this commission. So yeah, 267 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:03,880 Speaker 1: they're just going to be investigating trans youth bodies and yep, 268 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:08,840 Speaker 1: you can't. There's no lawsuits allowed. Let's let's let's let's 269 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:12,640 Speaker 1: let's give the let's give the trans child abuse phrenology 270 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:19,280 Speaker 1: panel just immunity from lawsuits like, yeah, qualified extend qualified 271 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 1: immunity to citizens hurting the group of people that, uh, 272 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 1: we don't think are human. Like, this isn't the only 273 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:30,600 Speaker 1: way place we're going to see that logic extended towards 274 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,160 Speaker 1: You're already seeing it in places like Louisiana with these 275 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 1: bills to make it legal to kill protesters if you 276 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 1: feel threatened. Um, Like, it's it's the same playbook, and 277 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:43,280 Speaker 1: it's going to be the same playbook because there's no 278 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:46,920 Speaker 1: way to fight it without some sort of force. You 279 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:51,000 Speaker 1: can't vote these people away. The courts are packed for 280 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 1: the time being. There's there's only there's not a solution 281 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:58,080 Speaker 1: that isn't some kind of force. Now we can discuss, 282 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:00,200 Speaker 1: is it like the force of getting the Fed to 283 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 1: intervene or whatever, But like, there's no there's no solution 284 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 1: that is just like democratic I mean, and like Biden's 285 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 1: office made a statement on this recent Texas like a 286 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:16,880 Speaker 1: law opinion interpretation thing, and they're like, yeah, this seem 287 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 1: was bad anyway, good luck could You're like, yeah, oh cool, Yeah, 288 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:24,440 Speaker 1: it's that that meme of like the person drowning with 289 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:29,320 Speaker 1: their hand out and they high. You're thinking, yeah, that's 290 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 1: exactly what's happening. And I think the situation is like 291 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 1: is it's worse than that too, because you know, in 292 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 1: the past couple of weeks, what's something we started seeing 293 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:40,160 Speaker 1: as we started seeing democratic journals and democratic strategists openly 294 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:41,880 Speaker 1: talking about how we need to make as sessions to 295 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:43,440 Speaker 1: the right and the culture wars Like okay, well, what 296 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:45,160 Speaker 1: what does that mean? Is like, yeah, throw pro trans 297 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 1: concert the bus, right, Yeah, because they can't vote, they're 298 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:52,360 Speaker 1: already freaks, So yeah, they're the easiest person to pick 299 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:56,360 Speaker 1: away at the rights for UM. And because overall, just 300 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 1: in the past year alone, more than a hundred bills 301 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:00,240 Speaker 1: designed to restrict the rights of transgender people have been 302 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:03,920 Speaker 1: introduced at least thirty three states. Um, it's a it's 303 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 1: a it's a record breaking year for anti trans legislation 304 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 1: that's been that has been introduced. UM. In Arkansas, the 305 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 1: state legislator recently banned gender affirming treatment for minors, UM, 306 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:19,160 Speaker 1: including hormotherapy like like puberty blockers and similar treatments. Again, 307 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 1: this is the thing that like that could not happen 308 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:24,240 Speaker 1: for a long time anyway, just because like culturally and 309 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 1: medically doctors would never do that. But now at the 310 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 1: point where that started starting to change, it is this 311 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:33,880 Speaker 1: it is this like um reactive, reactive effect that people 312 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:35,359 Speaker 1: are doing. And like now now that now that these 313 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:38,240 Speaker 1: cogs are turning, people are putting the massive brakes on 314 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:40,240 Speaker 1: it and putting the thing that used to be just 315 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:43,760 Speaker 1: unsaid now into actual legal writing. So now this actually 316 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:46,280 Speaker 1: is like just not allowed as opposed to it just 317 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:49,640 Speaker 1: not happening because doctors were assholes. So yeah, in Arkansas, 318 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 1: you can't even receive hormone treatment or beauty blockers. The 319 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:58,640 Speaker 1: bill was called the Save Adolescence from Experimentation Act. Yeah, 320 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:01,480 Speaker 1: so referring to medical treatment of one of affirming one's 321 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:04,480 Speaker 1: gender identity as experimentation. Um, which is not great. I 322 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:07,800 Speaker 1: mean that is that is how I view it for myself, 323 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:10,879 Speaker 1: because I like being a freak. But as an overall trend, 324 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 1: that is that is horrible. Like, that is a horrible 325 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 1: way to to phrase this type of thing for a 326 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:19,679 Speaker 1: lot of people, especially the people who who know specifically 327 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 1: what gender they want to be and and are like 328 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:25,320 Speaker 1: that is that affects them so differently. I mean, I'm 329 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:28,720 Speaker 1: I'm lucky enough just to be more gender queer, is 330 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:32,280 Speaker 1: ish um And but yeah, it's all of these bills 331 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:35,280 Speaker 1: are gonna affect so many people in different ways, and 332 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:40,400 Speaker 1: it's it's real bad. Like shortly after the Aukranstar bill 333 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:44,720 Speaker 1: prohibiting transforming medical practices was signed into law last April, 334 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:48,200 Speaker 1: reports of suicide attempts among trans youth in the state. Uh, 335 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:55,040 Speaker 1: we're going up, um. And the doctor Michelle Hutchinson, who 336 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:57,280 Speaker 1: runs the largest provider of hormo therapy in the state, 337 00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 1: called the ap that just just into office alone. During April, 338 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:04,680 Speaker 1: she saw an uptick in suicide attempts from from from 339 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:08,919 Speaker 1: trans youth. And this is, this is it's gonna keep happening, 340 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:11,159 Speaker 1: and like there is you can't trust a lot to 341 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:15,720 Speaker 1: stop it. Like the Arkansas Governor um uh Issa Hutchinson, 342 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 1: a Republican, did veto this bill, citing potentially dangerous consequences 343 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:22,440 Speaker 1: for trans youth and telling it that telling reporters that 344 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 1: it was a vast government overreach and a byproduct of 345 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 1: the culture war in America, and her veto was vetoed 346 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 1: by the state legislator. So like it's gonna be a looping, 347 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:35,520 Speaker 1: endless problem of legal issues. So it's there's there's needs 348 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:37,920 Speaker 1: to be other things, Like I've been on Twitter the 349 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:39,880 Speaker 1: past week just watch looking at all the go fund 350 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:43,480 Speaker 1: means by parents of trans kids in Texas who are 351 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 1: trying to move out of state so that their kid 352 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:49,399 Speaker 1: can receive like hormone treatment and just like be allowed 353 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:53,200 Speaker 1: to be a person without being harassed by protective services 354 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:56,880 Speaker 1: and teachers and the school system. And it's it's it's 355 00:19:56,960 --> 00:20:00,159 Speaker 1: it's horrifying, like watching all these people like asking for 356 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:02,119 Speaker 1: help so they can move out of state so that 357 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 1: they can let their kid be it just a kid. 358 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:09,280 Speaker 1: Um and it's it is. It is really rough, um 359 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 1: And a big part of why, part of why it's 360 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:15,080 Speaker 1: so horrifying is that like obviously, if you're in that situation, 361 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 1: you can get your kid out there, of course, but 362 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:21,480 Speaker 1: it also means the more people who move out of 363 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:24,399 Speaker 1: places like that, the less resources there will be in 364 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:26,960 Speaker 1: the future for kids whose parents can't get them out, 365 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:28,879 Speaker 1: you know, and the less support there will be, the 366 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,040 Speaker 1: less and like there is just there is no real 367 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:34,960 Speaker 1: escape from it, like you cannot get fully away. It 368 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:38,119 Speaker 1: is that you cannot ever fully escape that type of 369 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:43,240 Speaker 1: fascist um thought and creep within the state. Letis later 370 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 1: on specifically around you know how it's going to affect 371 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 1: different different classes of minorities. UM. I will direct people 372 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:53,639 Speaker 1: if you want to kind of learn more about this 373 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:55,879 Speaker 1: sort of thing and if you, you know, can you 374 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 1: can find some some stuff around that. There's an organization 375 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:01,960 Speaker 1: Texas called TENT which is uh the UH I just 376 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:04,159 Speaker 1: want to make sure I say it right. Oh no, 377 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:08,840 Speaker 1: it's it's the Texas Educational Network, the trans Educational Network 378 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:11,600 Speaker 1: of Texas. UM. It's one one of those, but it 379 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 1: is it is a. It is a. It has a 380 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 1: whole bunch of like mental health resources, guides for trans 381 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 1: youth in Texas for how to make things slightly less shitty. 382 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,680 Speaker 1: Um and yeah they do. They do some advocacy work 383 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:25,400 Speaker 1: in Texas. There's also a Quality Texas which is another 384 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:30,320 Speaker 1: organization that does that does some assistance for transgender people. 385 00:21:30,359 --> 00:21:33,440 Speaker 1: Look in schools. Um and just you know, try again 386 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:38,040 Speaker 1: trying to make life slightly less, slightly less shitty. Um, yeah, 387 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:41,120 Speaker 1: I kind of the last the last thing I wrote 388 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:44,400 Speaker 1: is the is just fix your hearts or die, which 389 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:48,520 Speaker 1: is the kind of overall overall message that you can 390 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:50,680 Speaker 1: really only give to people who want to do this 391 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 1: type of thing, is that Yeah, there's really no arguing 392 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:56,840 Speaker 1: with them. Um, you have to either they need to 393 00:21:56,880 --> 00:22:00,240 Speaker 1: fix their hearts or not be around any are like 394 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:02,359 Speaker 1: they're they're just like whether that be like the just 395 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:05,920 Speaker 1: secluded to your part of society. But it's like it 396 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:08,600 Speaker 1: it needs to be actually like resisted upon because these 397 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:10,240 Speaker 1: people are never going to back down on their own. 398 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:21,920 Speaker 1: The other part of the problem here again is just 399 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 1: with how you know, like this this is sort of 400 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 1: kind of this is an inherent problem that you have 401 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:31,760 Speaker 1: with democracies, right with with democracies, and in civil rights, 402 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:33,480 Speaker 1: where it's yeah, you have a group people who aren't 403 00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:36,560 Speaker 1: extremely small minority, and you know, and you know and 404 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:38,920 Speaker 1: and and this gets compounded by the fact that you're 405 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:43,240 Speaker 1: dealing with extremely well minority of people and you know, 406 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:46,320 Speaker 1: you're already dealing with like the you know, the thing 407 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:48,639 Speaker 1: that is called democracy, right is only participated in by 408 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:51,760 Speaker 1: an extremely small number of people, especially when you get 409 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 1: you know, especially when you get down to like the 410 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 1: the state level of the local level, right like very 411 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:57,480 Speaker 1: few people are actually voting in these things that people 412 00:22:57,480 --> 00:22:59,720 Speaker 1: who are voting in these things like want trans people 413 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:03,719 Speaker 1: to die, and so you know, you you you you need, 414 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:06,240 Speaker 1: you need some kind of other solution to actually secure 415 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 1: to secure civil rights, because there's just there's there literally 416 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:12,880 Speaker 1: are not enough trans people, and there are not enough 417 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:15,159 Speaker 1: people who support them and care enough to do it 418 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:19,040 Speaker 1: and also are in these areas to prevent this through 419 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 1: just the normal like vote blue. I mean, like I 420 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 1: keep seeing this with with Texas. Everyone keeps saying it's like, well, Okay, 421 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:26,000 Speaker 1: we just gotta vote blue. And it's like people have 422 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:29,760 Speaker 1: been like people have been saying this about stuff in Texas. 423 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:33,000 Speaker 1: For as long as I've been alive, it has never happened. Ever, 424 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 1: like it hasn't my entire life. They keep saying, is 425 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 1: it keeps not happening and kids keep dying, and yeah, 426 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:42,760 Speaker 1: there has there has to be something else because yeah, 427 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:46,080 Speaker 1: Texas is going to come back here. Texas has been 428 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:50,480 Speaker 1: labor laboriously constructed as a political entity to sty me 429 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:54,160 Speaker 1: all of your liberal dreams of of uh it going 430 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:58,440 Speaker 1: purple um and and it will continue to be for 431 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:03,520 Speaker 1: the foreseeable future. You cannot This is not a voting issue. 432 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:08,720 Speaker 1: This is a I mean, like I said, some kind 433 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:10,359 Speaker 1: of force is going to have to be used to 434 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:13,120 Speaker 1: oppose these people. They're not They're not there. They wouldn't 435 00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:15,639 Speaker 1: listen if you voted them out, you know, and like 436 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 1: and they do like they themselves do for is you 437 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:21,119 Speaker 1: look at all the stuff we've been yeah, and and 438 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:23,919 Speaker 1: and even like regular people like this whole thing of like, yes, 439 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 1: you should like report your neighbors that you see. If 440 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:28,520 Speaker 1: you if you see a kid who doesn't look like 441 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:32,640 Speaker 1: a regular normal borings this child, then yeah you should 442 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:35,080 Speaker 1: report them. But you should go harass everyone who works 443 00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:37,320 Speaker 1: in your school board so that they ban all books 444 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:41,200 Speaker 1: referencing anything related to being queer. It's like they do 445 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:46,600 Speaker 1: take steps to actually hurt other individuals. Um. And they 446 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 1: can do it through these means that you know, they 447 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:52,400 Speaker 1: don't necessarily have to always punch you in the face, 448 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:56,000 Speaker 1: but they can sure direct the state to send agents 449 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:59,159 Speaker 1: to your house to to like to intimidate, harass you 450 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:02,720 Speaker 1: and threaten threatened to take away your children. Um. Or 451 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 1: they can you know, if you're a therapist or a teacher, 452 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:08,240 Speaker 1: you can be fired or put in jail for failing 453 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:12,560 Speaker 1: to report, you know, kids who don't subscribe to their 454 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:17,639 Speaker 1: Christian supremacist ideas of like traditional general rules. Um. Because 455 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:19,720 Speaker 1: again it's it's it's not even all It's like, again 456 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:23,160 Speaker 1: there's not tons of trans people in general. Usually it's 457 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:25,280 Speaker 1: like this is just gonna affect a lot of CIS 458 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:28,520 Speaker 1: kids as well, who maybe don't want to who don't, 459 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:31,240 Speaker 1: who don't who don't who who just want to dress cool? 460 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:33,800 Speaker 1: Like it's like it's it's it's it doesn't even just 461 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:37,680 Speaker 1: like it is is it does affect everybody. Um, So 462 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:39,960 Speaker 1: it is it's a it's a it's a it's a 463 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 1: horrible it's a horrible thing that is not even like 464 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:45,119 Speaker 1: there's no escape from it, and it will affect you 465 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:48,120 Speaker 1: whether or not your trends or not. And I think 466 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:50,480 Speaker 1: it's important also to talk about the manager reporting stuff 467 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:54,920 Speaker 1: because even manager reporting in general, like even like I've 468 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:57,680 Speaker 1: I've had things where I was in a school and 469 00:25:57,760 --> 00:25:59,679 Speaker 1: my school essentially turned into a police state because there 470 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:01,960 Speaker 1: are people who I couldn't talk to about things because 471 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,040 Speaker 1: of things that happened to me that if if if 472 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:06,440 Speaker 1: if any of them heard it, and one time someone 473 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:08,159 Speaker 1: did and had to literally beg them, like on my 474 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:10,639 Speaker 1: knees not to report me, right, not not to report 475 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:12,680 Speaker 1: the thing that happened to me, because if you know, 476 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:15,240 Speaker 1: because because if if if that had been heard, like 477 00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:17,440 Speaker 1: and if that had actually been reported, it would have 478 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:19,000 Speaker 1: you know, it would have started an enormous process and 479 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 1: I would have had to, you know, like the I 480 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:24,720 Speaker 1: I would have had to, you know, deal with this 481 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:29,080 Speaker 1: like this is an institutionalized thing, and that like the 482 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:35,639 Speaker 1: absolute terror that this kind of stuff creates where you 483 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:38,520 Speaker 1: have to you know, you have to watch every single 484 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:40,520 Speaker 1: word that you say around all of the adults in 485 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:43,800 Speaker 1: your life because if you don't do it, they are 486 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:46,560 Speaker 1: going to report you. It is like the level of 487 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:50,200 Speaker 1: psychological terror you weren't flicting on people is horrific. And 488 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:52,960 Speaker 1: then that in and of itself just is is a 489 00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:56,280 Speaker 1: cost like and and it is something that is going 490 00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 1: to contribute to trans kids killing themselves. And it's it's 491 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:02,639 Speaker 1: it's just that simple net place. It is such a 492 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:05,399 Speaker 1: life and death issue, so you have to really be 493 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:08,560 Speaker 1: forced to go. Yeah, it goes into like it's very 494 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:11,920 Speaker 1: like ontological issue as well, um. And it deals with 495 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:14,520 Speaker 1: so many things around the nature of like being and 496 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:18,280 Speaker 1: what you're allowed to be inside as this societal construct. Um. 497 00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:21,960 Speaker 1: And they're just trying to make that impossible for so 498 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 1: many people and make everything so limited in their very 499 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:29,200 Speaker 1: narrow version of what they want the world to be 500 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 1: that makes them feel comfortable. Yeah. And then and because 501 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:35,080 Speaker 1: because it's not it's not what the world is, they 502 00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:39,040 Speaker 1: have to use violence to do it. Yeah. So because 503 00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:41,359 Speaker 1: it's stuck, because that is the rule that that is, 504 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:43,080 Speaker 1: that is the rules that we're playing by, that is 505 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:47,280 Speaker 1: the game we're playing. Yeah, my, my, only. The the 506 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:50,959 Speaker 1: default response to be for those people is yeah, they 507 00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:53,360 Speaker 1: need to they need to fix their hearts or die 508 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:56,000 Speaker 1: and just get out of the way. And because it's 509 00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:59,440 Speaker 1: that's they already have that for us, except they don't 510 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:01,440 Speaker 1: want us to their hearts. They just want us to die. 511 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:04,239 Speaker 1: So like we are way more empathetic than they are, 512 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:08,200 Speaker 1: um because they can just not be transphobic. They cannot, 513 00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:10,760 Speaker 1: they can they can just not do these things. Um. 514 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:13,760 Speaker 1: But if they're gonna keep doubling down, then yeah, well 515 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:16,720 Speaker 1: that's if if you want to play by their rules, 516 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:19,320 Speaker 1: then we need to start playing by their rules because 517 00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 1: they're not going to have if they're not going to 518 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:23,639 Speaker 1: change the rules, then that is the that is the 519 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:27,960 Speaker 1: game that they want us to do. Um. And again, 520 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:31,520 Speaker 1: like actual like I want to I always, I always 521 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:33,040 Speaker 1: ever epis it's like this, I always want to kind 522 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:34,879 Speaker 1: of end with like here are some steps that you 523 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:37,920 Speaker 1: can like take that are relatively easy, and it's it's 524 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,080 Speaker 1: it's challenging for these types of some sorts of things 525 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:42,520 Speaker 1: like like there, yes, there is things you can do 526 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:45,200 Speaker 1: around you know, getting like making sure you're aware of 527 00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:48,720 Speaker 1: what bills are being talked about in your local like 528 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:52,520 Speaker 1: your local area, contacting representatives to to do stuff, going 529 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:55,480 Speaker 1: to going to you know, either whether their school board 530 00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:58,240 Speaker 1: meetings or stuff. But like a lot of the electoralist 531 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:01,920 Speaker 1: type of ideas around this is always so inadequate, um, 532 00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:05,320 Speaker 1: and that it feels always so fake. Um that you 533 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:07,640 Speaker 1: know it's it's it is so much it feels a 534 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:10,080 Speaker 1: lot easier to that to like, you know, figure out 535 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:12,920 Speaker 1: different ways to actually help actual trans people in your area, 536 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:16,280 Speaker 1: um and give trans people money. Um. Like It's like 537 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:19,120 Speaker 1: that is often can be actually have a way more 538 00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:23,040 Speaker 1: positive effects at least effects that are like observable. But like, 539 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:25,520 Speaker 1: but there are also ways to stop this type of legislation, 540 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:27,400 Speaker 1: like there is that there is there there is ways 541 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:30,160 Speaker 1: to do that, and I will I'll try to get 542 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:32,080 Speaker 1: into more of that kind of stuff as well once 543 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:35,400 Speaker 1: we get you know, our our week long of stuff 544 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:37,720 Speaker 1: about the war on trans people, um that will be 545 00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:44,680 Speaker 1: upcoming probably sometimes in this in this next month. Yeah. Um. 546 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:50,400 Speaker 1: Remember folks, if anybody ever suggests doing something for children 547 00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:53,040 Speaker 1: that isn't providing them with food or shelter, you should 548 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:55,800 Speaker 1: probably hit that person because they're probably trying to fund 549 00:29:55,880 --> 00:30:01,440 Speaker 1: something up for somebody. It's nearly always don't trust anyone 550 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:06,000 Speaker 1: who says there need to do something to protect children 551 00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:09,080 Speaker 1: that they're lying to you. As a rule, they're lying 552 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:23,720 Speaker 1: to you. Um, anyway you guys. Um, how's the boy 553 00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:28,320 Speaker 1: that's Star Wars? Oh yeah, I love there's the there's 554 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:31,280 Speaker 1: the there's the the Obi WANs coming out. That'll be good. 555 00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:35,240 Speaker 1: I am excited for the Obi WANs because it speaking 556 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:38,720 Speaker 1: of speaking speaking of you and McGregor. A few months ago, 557 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:42,480 Speaker 1: I saw the film Velvet gold Mine starring you and McGregor, 558 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:46,480 Speaker 1: which is a wonderful, like pseudo fictional film but about 559 00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:50,640 Speaker 1: kind of the glam rock era inside Britain. It's very, very, 560 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:53,600 Speaker 1: very gay, very whole bunch of a whole bunch of 561 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:56,920 Speaker 1: very good twink action. And there was one scene where, um, 562 00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:01,280 Speaker 1: you McGregor's character, he's he's like, he's kind of based 563 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:04,520 Speaker 1: off one of the one of those types of music people. 564 00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:08,360 Speaker 1: I forget, I forget which one it is. Um, I 565 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:12,520 Speaker 1: think people, I think, I think, I think he's playing 566 00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:14,560 Speaker 1: like a kind of a version of that. But there's 567 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:16,600 Speaker 1: one scene where he's doing a performance where he takes 568 00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:18,080 Speaker 1: all of his clothes off on stage and you get 569 00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:22,760 Speaker 1: to see you and McGregor's dick, um, and yeah you do. 570 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:26,200 Speaker 1: So if if people, if people want to see a 571 00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:30,239 Speaker 1: kind of David Bowie esque film starring you, McGregor. It has, 572 00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:33,160 Speaker 1: It has like a weird gay email, Christian Bale as 573 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:35,720 Speaker 1: as a twink, and a whole bunch of other really 574 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:39,440 Speaker 1: really solid twink stuff. I would recommend watching Vella Guild Mine. 575 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:42,239 Speaker 1: It has, it has a lot of great stuff. Um 576 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:44,480 Speaker 1: and You do very early in the film get to 577 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:47,960 Speaker 1: see you and McGregor's penis just flapping around on stage 578 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:52,360 Speaker 1: and it is. It's pretty good. It's speaking of movies 579 00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:54,600 Speaker 1: where you see a famous person's dick, if you want 580 00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:58,160 Speaker 1: to see another famous penis The movie Galaxy Quest contains 581 00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:00,920 Speaker 1: several shots and Tim now and daw I don't want 582 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:04,360 Speaker 1: to see Tim Allen's hanging wang. As someone who's seen 583 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:06,880 Speaker 1: both Galaxy Quest and Velvel gold Mine and who appreciates 584 00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:11,400 Speaker 1: both films, dearly You and You and McGregor is miles 585 00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:15,960 Speaker 1: hotter than Tim Allen. Tim Allen's dong shot is not hot. 586 00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:18,440 Speaker 1: It's not pleasing. It is not supposed to be. He 587 00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:23,840 Speaker 1: has hungover in his like bathrobe leaning over. But if 588 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:25,120 Speaker 1: you want, if you if you want to see, if 589 00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:28,440 Speaker 1: we see rain Or Fastbender's dick Germany and Autumn, Okay, 590 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:30,280 Speaker 1: that that's why I could. I could, I could do 591 00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:35,080 Speaker 1: that very weird movie. However, if you were in terms 592 00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:37,240 Speaker 1: of in terms of actionable things to make you feel better, 593 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:39,960 Speaker 1: everyone go watch Vella gold Mine because it has some 594 00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:43,480 Speaker 1: dairy it has some very good gender play, has wonderful, 595 00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:46,720 Speaker 1: wonderful s off around gender, wonderfu stuff around gayness, and yeah, 596 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:49,080 Speaker 1: the film from like the nineties where there was like 597 00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:51,200 Speaker 1: lots of gay fucking and you're like, wow, how is 598 00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:54,080 Speaker 1: this film made in the nineties, because it is a 599 00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:56,719 Speaker 1: whole bunch of like big name actors now who were 600 00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:59,320 Speaker 1: like unknown at the time, all being gay and sucking 601 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:03,600 Speaker 1: each other and like, holy sh it. Alright, so folks, 602 00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:07,320 Speaker 1: that is the uh, that's what we got that. There's 603 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:12,000 Speaker 1: your action items items. Go watch, Go watch other gold Mine. 604 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:14,400 Speaker 1: Make everyone you know watch the gold Mine and I'll 605 00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:17,240 Speaker 1: thank you feel good about gender. Take screen grabs of 606 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:20,800 Speaker 1: Ellan McGregor's dick, make Berner Twitter accounts and just start posting. 607 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:23,560 Speaker 1: Just just get it out there, get it out there 608 00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:25,680 Speaker 1: the one it needs to know. Throw some of Tim 609 00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:28,080 Speaker 1: Allen's dick out there too. Don't be don't be choosy. 610 00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:32,120 Speaker 1: Stick it all all the dicks, all right, that's gonna 611 00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:38,400 Speaker 1: be the day. That's that's the show. 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