WEBVTT - Legislating Hate

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, peeps, and welcome to wok F Daily with

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<v Speaker 1>Meet your Girl Danielle Moody recording from the Home Bunker. Folks,

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<v Speaker 1>I want to bring you a really disturbing story that

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<v Speaker 1>came across my new speed that just shows you how

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<v Speaker 1>the Republican cult, white supremacists, transphobic wool parties policies are

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<v Speaker 1>transcending outside of the United States and has global reach.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me tell you about this story, folks, just prepare

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<v Speaker 1>yourself for this. A nine year old girl. This is

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<v Speaker 1>according to The Daily Beast, a nine year old Canadian

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<v Speaker 1>girl was left visibly shaking and sobbing. Why you ask,

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<v Speaker 1>will let me tell you because she was accused by

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<v Speaker 1>a grown ass fucking man of being transgender at a

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<v Speaker 1>school track meet. Let me just say this again. A

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<v Speaker 1>nine year old little elementary school girl who was in

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<v Speaker 1>the middle of a shot put competition was berated by

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<v Speaker 1>a man who has been identified as Joseph Tessar for

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<v Speaker 1>stopping the event and asking the officials if this was

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<v Speaker 1>a mixed competition. He further claimed that he wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>know whether or not this was a girl's event. He

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<v Speaker 1>says that the mother of the child that he yelled at,

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<v Speaker 1>shouted out him and said, do you want to see

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<v Speaker 1>her naked? Do you need to see her genitals? Folks?

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<v Speaker 1>This is at a fucking kids track meet. It happened

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<v Speaker 1>in British Columbia. The man who was screaming at the

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<v Speaker 1>child used phrases like groomers, pedophiles, and genital mutilators. By

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<v Speaker 1>the way, the little girl that he was yelling at

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<v Speaker 1>as a ciss gender nine year old shot put her.

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<v Speaker 1>This is what the Republican white supremacist hate group formerly

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<v Speaker 1>noticed the Republican Party has done. How their message, which

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<v Speaker 1>has proliferated outside of the borders of our country and

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<v Speaker 1>is spreading their hate around the world. Let me just

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<v Speaker 1>repeat to you what you already know because we've discussed

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<v Speaker 1>it during our Pride month. Trans people make up about

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<v Speaker 1>one million people in the entire United States one million.

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<v Speaker 1>The US population in comparison is three hundred and thirty

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<v Speaker 1>million people. Trans athletes make up about one hundred not

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred thousand, not one hundred million, one hundred spread

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<v Speaker 1>across the United States. But you see, the trans community,

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<v Speaker 1>because of its very small size, because of bigotry and hatred,

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<v Speaker 1>is low hanging fruit for the Republican Party, because they

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<v Speaker 1>can create a boogeyman and a monster, tell you about

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<v Speaker 1>scary people in bathrooms, tell you about scary books that

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<v Speaker 1>talk about, you know, equity and justice and treating people

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<v Speaker 1>with kindness. They can talk to you about all of

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<v Speaker 1>these scary things because in the grand scheme of this

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<v Speaker 1>country right now, only about thirty percent of Americans know

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<v Speaker 1>somebody who is trans. That leaves seventy percent of the

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<v Speaker 1>population that has never come into contact with somebody that

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<v Speaker 1>is trans. So you can fill that gap with bigotry

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<v Speaker 1>and hatred as a way to distract from the policies

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<v Speaker 1>that aren't being created to actually keep people safe, like oh,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know gun reform, or I don't know climate change,

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<v Speaker 1>or I don't know education reform or voting reform or

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<v Speaker 1>policing reform or anything anything that could actually help secure

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<v Speaker 1>our country, make our citizens safe, and allow us all

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<v Speaker 1>to live free in this quote unquote democratic society. But

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<v Speaker 1>you see, Republicans don't want to create policy that matters

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<v Speaker 1>because they know that none of the things that they

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<v Speaker 1>believe in register nationally with the people of this country.

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<v Speaker 1>So instead of them focusing on creating policies that would

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<v Speaker 1>actually compete with the Democratic Party and actually compete for

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<v Speaker 1>people's votes. Instead, they give you somebody to fear, somebody

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<v Speaker 1>to hate, because it's easier to do that than actually

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<v Speaker 1>do anything that makes your life and the life of

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<v Speaker 1>your children, your family better. One hundred trans students across

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<v Speaker 1>this fucking country, and they have rolled out over five

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<v Speaker 1>hundred policy bills for this imaginary monster. Do you know

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<v Speaker 1>what trans people want? They want what all fucking people want, dignity, respect,

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<v Speaker 1>the ability to live their lives inside of their bodies,

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<v Speaker 1>inside of their skin, free from harm, free from abuse,

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<v Speaker 1>free from discrimination. But that's not what the Republican Party wants.

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<v Speaker 1>They don't want that for trans people, and they sure

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<v Speaker 1>as fuck don't want that for the rest of us.

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<v Speaker 1>They want you to conform, They want you restricted, they

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<v Speaker 1>want your thoughts minimized, they want your critical thinking erased,

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<v Speaker 1>they want you subjugated. And where they start, dear friends,

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<v Speaker 1>is with the transgender community. Because, unlike the larger lgb

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<v Speaker 1>plus community, which has a majority of people in this

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<v Speaker 1>country know somebody that is lesbian, gay, or bisexual, a

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<v Speaker 1>majority of people in this country right have somebody within

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<v Speaker 1>their family, somebody whom they know so they can defend

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<v Speaker 1>right said person because they have real life experience. The

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<v Speaker 1>fact is, you shouldn't have to know somebody in order

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<v Speaker 1>to treat a community with dignity and respect. You should

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<v Speaker 1>see another human being targeted and think about how you

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<v Speaker 1>would feel if it were you, knowing that you indeed

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<v Speaker 1>are next. We have got to be better, folks, and

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<v Speaker 1>we have got to come together as a collective, as

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<v Speaker 1>a collective group of humans that care about the future

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<v Speaker 1>of our humanity and our democracy that is under attack.

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<v Speaker 1>You should need to know somebody black. You should need

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<v Speaker 1>to know somebody trans, You should need to know somebody Latin. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>you should need to know somebody that is Asian American

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<v Speaker 1>to see that when one community is being targeted, we

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<v Speaker 1>are all being targeted. We are the majority, so let's

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<v Speaker 1>start fucking acting like it. Coming up next, dear friends,

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<v Speaker 1>my conversation with Jonathan Hamilt, the founder and the director

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<v Speaker 1>of Drag Story Our folks, I am very excited to

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<v Speaker 1>welcome to WOKF Daily for the very first time Jonathan Hamilt,

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<v Speaker 1>who is the executive director of a Drag Story Time

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<v Speaker 1>and Jonathan. First off, I I wanted you to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about Drag story Time for those people who have only

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<v Speaker 1>ever heard about it, you know, from the headlines that

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<v Speaker 1>have been made over the last I guess year of

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<v Speaker 1>drag story Times being banned, and all of these attacks

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<v Speaker 1>tell people about like the beauty of drag story Time,

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<v Speaker 1>the history of drag story Time, the creation of drag

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<v Speaker 1>story Time.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, thank you so much for having me. This is awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>Happy pride, Thank you, Happy pride to you.

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<v Speaker 2>So Drag Story Hour is exactly like it sounds. It's

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<v Speaker 2>drag artists, kings, queens and all other non binary royal

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<v Speaker 2>beings that read to kids and public schools and libraries

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<v Speaker 2>all across the country. And we've been around since twenty fifteen.

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<v Speaker 2>But I'm sure there's been many queer people in costume

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<v Speaker 2>reading the kids since the dawn of time. We were

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<v Speaker 2>just the first ones to really organize it and kind

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<v Speaker 2>of replicate our best practices and share resources and kind

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<v Speaker 2>of make it a really organized thing.

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<v Speaker 1>And even just your description of saying, oh, yes, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>pretty sure there have been people that have dressed up

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<v Speaker 1>and read to kids since the beginning of time, which

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<v Speaker 1>is what this is, right, it is about. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>I've always understood it as a way to spark imagination

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<v Speaker 1>and creativity and a way to actually bring story to life.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that how you have seen like the the experience

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<v Speaker 1>and the kind of the essence around drag.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, drag is like it's a form of play as praxies.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like, you know, drag is a great tool and

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<v Speaker 2>a great study for kids to learn about resilience and

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<v Speaker 2>strength in creativity and kind of see the world in

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<v Speaker 2>a different way, you know, are one of our objectives

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<v Speaker 2>is to kind of really think outside of a binary system.

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<v Speaker 2>And before kids are baked, baked into societable norms, they

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<v Speaker 2>have like freedom of expression and creativity to kind of

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<v Speaker 2>explore whatever they want to explore with without being told, oh, no,

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<v Speaker 2>you can't do that the society says, you know, blues

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<v Speaker 2>for boys, or you know, whatever the case may be.

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<v Speaker 2>So drag can be like a great window and mirror

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<v Speaker 2>for kids to access really creative channels.

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<v Speaker 1>And yeah, what do you make then based on your

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<v Speaker 1>description and how you understand and how you have understood

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<v Speaker 1>your work and the history of drag. This the attack,

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<v Speaker 1>the attacks that the community is under the year are

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<v Speaker 1>now that is being stoked in all of these places

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<v Speaker 1>like Kentucky and Alabama and Florida and Texas, and the

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<v Speaker 1>list is so long that I can't even remember all

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<v Speaker 1>of the states where drag is now banned. What do

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<v Speaker 1>you make of the reasoning behind these attacks?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, you know, queer people, the LGBT community

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<v Speaker 2>has always been you know, under attacked, and there's there's

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<v Speaker 2>always been having hate crimes, and there's always there's always

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<v Speaker 2>been rampant homophobia and transphobia. But with this recent iteration

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<v Speaker 2>that's twenty twenty three, it's obviously very apparent that people

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<v Speaker 2>very homophobic and transphobic, and Drag Story Hour and programs

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<v Speaker 2>like ours are I think, just a scapegoat to what's

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<v Speaker 2>really going on, which is transphobia and trans missogity, and

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<v Speaker 2>people can't pinpoint it. But it's not about drag, it's

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<v Speaker 2>not about protecting the children. It's about legislating queer people

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<v Speaker 2>out of existence and having control over people's bodies and

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<v Speaker 2>having control over people's self expression and art, which is

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<v Speaker 2>extremely dangerous. And if this isn't a red flag for

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<v Speaker 2>someone who is not even in a martialized community or

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<v Speaker 2>you know, gay or anything, it should be a red

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<v Speaker 2>flag that a big group of people want to censor

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<v Speaker 2>books and art forms and speech. That's kind of a

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<v Speaker 2>terrifying thing to think about. So it's part of a

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<v Speaker 2>larger ripple effect, and sadly drag is in the middle

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<v Speaker 2>of everything going on.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I have spoken to a lot of people

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<v Speaker 1>over the course of the last you know, year plus

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<v Speaker 1>across the LGBTQ community because one, you know, there was

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<v Speaker 1>a time when we were all celebrating in twenty fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>the creation of drag Story hour for you all. But

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<v Speaker 1>you know, when I was celebrating the fact that the

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<v Speaker 1>White House had turned rainbow, where like the work that

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<v Speaker 1>I'd been doing on the front lines of the LGBTQ community,

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<v Speaker 1>it was like, oh my god, We've made it, you know, here,

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<v Speaker 1>here we have arrived. What do you make of kind

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<v Speaker 1>of the the that celebratory moment, right And I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know if if the creation of drag Story are also

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<v Speaker 1>coincided or just happened to be. You know that during

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<v Speaker 1>that twenty fifteen year, we saw marriage equality passed, we

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<v Speaker 1>saw the White House turn rainbow. We you know, there

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<v Speaker 1>were representation of more queer people in government than we'd

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<v Speaker 1>ever seen. And now you have but a handful of

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<v Speaker 1>years later, this return to the dark ages, This this

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<v Speaker 1>return to a time where I just got an article

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<v Speaker 1>sent to me about queer youth and the toll, the

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<v Speaker 1>emotional toll that all of this hatred is taking. So

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<v Speaker 1>how do you kind of see this sea change and

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<v Speaker 1>also its effects that it's having on queer youth.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know, in twenty fifteen, we were in a

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<v Speaker 2>very different place obviously, you know, with marriage equality passing

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<v Speaker 2>on a national level, Story Hour being birthed in the

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<v Speaker 2>middle or the start of the Trump presidency, it was

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<v Speaker 2>a whole different time. And you know, with marriage equality

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, more representation than politics of queer people,

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<v Speaker 2>it kind of showed the country in the world like, oh, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, gay people are just like you. We just

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<v Speaker 2>want to get married and we want to have kids,

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<v Speaker 2>and we can run for office, and we're citizens that

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<v Speaker 2>pay our taxes and we're you know, we all go

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<v Speaker 2>to the bathroom and you know, go to work and

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<v Speaker 2>do everything that everyone does. But with that said, Story Hour,

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<v Speaker 2>the progression of like gay rights and queer rights has

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<v Speaker 2>changed a lot because Story Hour doesn't work in the

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<v Speaker 2>binary and doesn't fit into this kind of like you know,

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<v Speaker 2>a patriarchical, capitalistic view. It's not cut and dry like

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<v Speaker 2>marriage equality. It's not you know, it's not Pete for president.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a little more complex and nuanced, and a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of people don't understand the rich intersectionalities of queer culture

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<v Speaker 2>and how a bunch of different marginalized groups can merge

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<v Speaker 2>together and create new culture and new waves. And not

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<v Speaker 2>everybody's going to fit into this like white, patriarchal, monogamous

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<v Speaker 2>you know, thing that we've been told forever, and Story

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<v Speaker 2>Hour really breaks that out, and it's a whole different

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<v Speaker 2>wave of rights and the movements for like queer families

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<v Speaker 2>and queer youth zerbe lives their lives differently.

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<v Speaker 1>And do you think that that was part of do

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<v Speaker 1>you think, you know, Jonathan, that that was kind of

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<v Speaker 1>part of the problem with the way that marriage equality

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<v Speaker 1>was pushed, which was like we're just like you, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we want the same things as opposed to this expansive

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<v Speaker 1>thought of what queerness actually was and is like that

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<v Speaker 1>is that has been part of the that has been

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<v Speaker 1>part of the problem.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, I mean, I wish the gay agenda

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<v Speaker 2>was that organized with a nice clear out, nice clear outline.

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<v Speaker 3>But you know, whether you're whether you're gay or straight.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, people either believe a marriage or get married

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<v Speaker 3>or they don't. And that's no different for a queer

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<v Speaker 3>person or a straight person. And the great thing about

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<v Speaker 3>being queer is there's no right or wrong way to

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<v Speaker 3>be queer. So a lot of people in the community

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<v Speaker 3>want to get married and want to have that union

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<v Speaker 3>and have a family, which is great, and other people

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<v Speaker 3>want that and or something totally different. And it's you know,

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<v Speaker 3>important to recognize that families and structures look totally different

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<v Speaker 3>and that not everything is going to fit into this

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<v Speaker 3>pretty kind of nineteen fifties box that we think things

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<v Speaker 3>should look like.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, can you speak to what is happened

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<v Speaker 1>with drag story time in different locations around the country.

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<v Speaker 1>I know that you're in New York like I am,

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<v Speaker 1>and so I mean, but there was a protest that

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<v Speaker 1>I did read about that happened. I guess it was

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<v Speaker 1>the Proud Boys that showed up or whoever it was

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<v Speaker 1>that showed up at some library where there was a

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<v Speaker 1>story time that was happening here in New York, and

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<v Speaker 1>I was absolutely appalled. But what can you speak to

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<v Speaker 1>what is happening or what you have heard happening in

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<v Speaker 1>other places where now it's illegal.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>What's interesting about, you know, the rise of protests against

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<v Speaker 2>our program is many of the people that are against

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<v Speaker 2>it are not part of the community. So they'll either

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<v Speaker 2>try community.

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<v Speaker 1>That it's happening in.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we'll either drive in or fly in or make

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<v Speaker 2>phone calls from out of state. And it's just it's

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<v Speaker 2>just silly that somebody is going to spend all this

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<v Speaker 2>time and attention going out of their way to protest

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<v Speaker 2>literacy or something different, you know. And different parts of

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<v Speaker 2>the country are facing different challenges. You know, in the

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<v Speaker 2>rural South, we have a lot of you know, BIPOC

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<v Speaker 2>trans performers. And if you're you know, a trans woman

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<v Speaker 2>of color that does drag in the South where drag

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<v Speaker 2>is banned, you could be arrested for just living your life.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're stopped at a stoplight and your gender market

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't match the clothing assigned that it's opposed to, you

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<v Speaker 2>could be arrested for quote, being in drag in public

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<v Speaker 2>and be put into prison for six years as a

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<v Speaker 2>sex offender. So these anti drag bills and laws are

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<v Speaker 2>really harmful for our trans community, and they specifically target

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<v Speaker 2>people that aren't wearing clothes that fit their you know,

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<v Speaker 2>sex at birth and drag is an art form where

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<v Speaker 2>you can take off and on and it's theater. But

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<v Speaker 2>for the trans community, this isn't theater. Is their lives

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<v Speaker 2>and gender. For me, clothing and appearance is you know,

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<v Speaker 2>part of who we all are and taking that away

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<v Speaker 2>is really dangerous.

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<v Speaker 1>I know that within you know, and I have experienced

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<v Speaker 1>this that within the LGBTQ community there has often times

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<v Speaker 1>also been discrimination against the trans community. And so, in

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<v Speaker 1>your opinion, what does solidarity and like real strengthening of

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<v Speaker 1>community look like in this moment when we know specifically

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<v Speaker 1>that this isn't just about the costume, Like you said

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<v Speaker 1>that you can take on and off for drag, but

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<v Speaker 1>this is actually real people's lives, right, and the trans

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<v Speaker 1>community has often been the letter of the alphabet that

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<v Speaker 1>has been left behind in a lot of ways in

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<v Speaker 1>the progress that has been made. So for you, in

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<v Speaker 1>your mind, what does solidarity and community strengthening look like

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<v Speaker 1>at this time?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I feel like it's it's a really big conversation

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<v Speaker 2>that we're having currently within the community and figuring out

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<v Speaker 2>what does you know, true allyship look like and not

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<v Speaker 2>just performative work. And for so long the focus has

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<v Speaker 2>been on like this, like cis White male gayness, which

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<v Speaker 2>has kind of been the front runner of the movement

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<v Speaker 2>for a long time. But you know, with all these intersectionalities,

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<v Speaker 2>all these different groups, there's all these different tiers of community, right,

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<v Speaker 2>So you have like the big umbrella of like LGBT,

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<v Speaker 2>but you could have you know, you know, POC queer people,

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<v Speaker 2>and within that community there could be like disabled poc

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<v Speaker 2>queers and it just kind of there's all these different

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<v Speaker 2>levels of community, right, and kind of until we lift

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<v Speaker 2>up the most marginalized group and we're all bringing each

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<v Speaker 2>other up together on that most impacted level, that's probably

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<v Speaker 2>the only time we're going to actually have real equity

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<v Speaker 2>and really bring everyone up at the same time, to

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<v Speaker 2>have a space for everyone at the table. When like

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<v Speaker 2>that group of like two spirited drag performers that no

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<v Speaker 2>one even thinks about when they're getting lifted up, then

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<v Speaker 2>we're all going to be lifted up. So it just

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<v Speaker 2>takes a lot of work, and you know, realizing that

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<v Speaker 2>we're not the center of the world, and like there

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<v Speaker 2>are other people out there that need help too.

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<v Speaker 1>So, yeah, last question for you for people that are

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<v Speaker 1>listening and you know, they may be allies, they may

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<v Speaker 1>be a part of the community, but they are really

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<v Speaker 1>struggling with how they can help, how they can help,

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<v Speaker 1>whether it is in protecting organizations like yours, protecting the

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<v Speaker 1>community writ large. What advice do you give to them?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I figure if you really want to be a

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<v Speaker 2>good ally and help, just ask, just ask the community

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<v Speaker 2>what they want. Don't just assume that a social media

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<v Speaker 2>post will do it or donating to some really big

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<v Speaker 2>nonprofit or really overarching thing. Really ask community, what do

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<v Speaker 2>you need? Do you need resources? Do you need money?

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<v Speaker 2>And do you need an event space? Do you need security?

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<v Speaker 2>Do you need artists? You know, a photographer? Like, what

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<v Speaker 2>do you need from us? Do you need to be silent?

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<v Speaker 2>You need need to speak up for you? What does

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<v Speaker 2>a defender of your group look like? So with Story Hour,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, we have a lot of protests, obviously, but

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<v Speaker 2>we've a lot of defenders that come out and support

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<v Speaker 2>Story Hour. But sometimes the people that defend us just

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<v Speaker 2>yell back at opposition, which they should be yelled at.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, sometimes communities need more than you just

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<v Speaker 2>defending them and defending yelling back at haters may not

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<v Speaker 2>be always the best thing in community needs. So just

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<v Speaker 2>I guess asking, Yeah, what do you need from me?

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<v Speaker 2>And I'll sit and I'll listen, and I'll help out

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<v Speaker 2>the best I can.

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<v Speaker 1>Appreciate you, and please tell people how Jonathan, that they

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<v Speaker 1>can find their next Drag Story Hour, how they can

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<v Speaker 1>connect with you and your organization.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, find us on Facebook, Instagram and for the gen

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<v Speaker 2>zsor on the TikTok so follow us along our events

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<v Speaker 2>calendar on our Facebook page. Will have events all over

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<v Speaker 2>the country and you can always catch our Virtual Story

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<v Speaker 2>Hour online. So stay safe and have a happy pride.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much, appreciate you. I'm happy pride to you.

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<v Speaker 1>That is it for me today. Dear friends, on Woke

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<v Speaker 1>a f as always Power to the people and to

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<v Speaker 1>all the people. Power, get woke and stay woke as fuck.